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Contacting Metropolitan Police Control Rooms
I am becoming highly disillusioned by the system by which we, the members of the public, are expected to contact the police. In my time I have made a number of reports of observations and incidents. I have used 999 for what I perceived as emergencies requiring immediate attention which has included apparent ongoing petty…
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Tiscali Music
Last night, I paid in the region of £20 to download tracks from Tiscali music. I was searching for individual tracks to make a compliation. When Tiscali had received my money they began to download albums I was only checking the playlist on! As a result I ended up with TWO albums I did not want. If that wasn't enough, I…
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Sky+ after its been cancelled
I have subscribed to sky for many years (i hang my head in shame) and when SKY+ came online i bought my very own box... how the hell anyone lived without it is unfathomable its brilliant, and easy to use. (this is not a spam post honestly). BUT when i cancelled last month due to the fact that i have very little time to…
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WARNING*Micro Direct*WARNING
Hi, I sent off for a new motherboard and processor from https://www.microdirect.co.uk The items turned up very quickly but when i took them to a local computer shop he told me there was a problem with one of them. I was told to return the items for re-testing by MD and that they would be in touch in 3 days. They never got…
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Virgin Mobile
I have just changed over to them from BT Mobile ( Grrrrrr !! ) and I must say what a pleasure they are to deal with. The call centre answers immediately , they know what they are talking about and everything , including porting my number , went without a hitch. A couple of days ago , while going through the " Virgin…
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argos are a disgrace --- camera/printer offer
:'( spent all week looking for the deal at £99.99 tried website several times a day just in case now i go into the relevant items and glasgow fort have plenty!!1 so much for till stock lasts asa here we come!!!!!!!!!! :(
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People who ask questions but don't want answers
Being a helpful sort of person I've always been happy to give helpful answers where I can on various forums and on the Tech board here. However it drives me mad that people who ask questions can't be bothered to check answers. If you don't want to know don't ask. This behaviour puts me off helping in case I'm wasting my…
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LXDirect - BEWARE
LXDirect operate a deliberate policy of displaying misleading prices when a "discount code" has been used. The price you will be charged is likely to be more than the price you approve at the time of purchase LXDrect Customer Service Quote "All orders raised through our website are subject to acceptancewhere a promotional…
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Binge Drinking
Whilst I agree with the general premise of the legislation, I understand that an £80 fine is for Urinating and being sick in the street etc. This will be very unfair in our local town ,Battle, as Rother council is to close ALL the public toilets, permanently, as a cost saving measure-even the ones at the local coach park.…
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Currys TV Advert
The current Currys TV advert shows a 14 inch TV/DVD Combi, reduced from £149.99 to £74.99. Been trying all my local Currys this week (a total of 10 stores), all "Out of Stock". I finally ran out of patience and ask the manager of my local store when they were likely to get any more in "We are not expecting any more." So…
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PIA Jewellery
Ordered some earrings via the internet in November. Email confirmation received immediately confirming order and delivery in 7 days. Wait a few weeks without receiving anything or hearing anything. Phoned their helpline - waited in queue for an eternity. Surprise, surprise, they are being despatched "today" - what a…
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Phone vote rip-off?X factor/BBC Sports Personality
Hi there, Do you guys and gals think we're being scammed by these programs? I know the text to vote messages are extortionate anyway (and i don't actually vote on them myself) but I'm sure those who do are being conned (especially children and other vulnerable types too). For example, each week the presenter of X-factor…
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Amazon! Grrrrrrrrr
I posted a fairish sized order online to Amazon on Sunday evening, paying for 1st class delivery which guarantees 'next business day delivery'. When it had'nt arrived today(Thursday) I phoned their CS and and was told 'it's Christmas, things get delayed because it's busy, you can't expect next day delivery (even though I'd…
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Burger King
As a newbie money saver, thought I would tell a story (bit long I’m afraid) about an experience at Burger King in Manchester Airport about one and a half years ago (May 2003 – I know ages ago!) All is done and dusted with letters to and from them and have now received my money back, but thought I would post to pose the…
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Paypal Problems!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi Has anyone else had problems with Paypal and does anyone know if I can do anything about my situation??? I sold some vouchers on ebay and got an instant payment through paypal. The day after I sent the vouchers (recorded delivery), as I always thought if I received the money from paypal all was good...NO, as 2 days…
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HSBC Avoid like the plague
On 30th November I used one one of thier cash machines to take some money out. It did the business then said take your card - it didnt give me my card back, then take your cash - it didnt give me the cash either. So I went straight to my branch and told them this. They cancelled the card and ordered a new one for me. 2…
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This you will agree is NAUGHTY!
I ordered a Aston CAM for my Netgem I-Player so I could watch TUTV over xmas. The CAM was priced @ £20.00 with a HUGE banner at the top of the page which showed "FREE UK postage on ALL online orders" however when I got to check out postage had been added at £6.50 ??? regardless I decided to continue as it was still £13.50…
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Microsoft xbox
basically 4week old xbox decided to start chewing up disks so called microsoft helpline who said they would duly oblige and retrieve it for reapair and also stated wud give me vouchers towards the games. so waited couple of days amd the box came through to return it but after couple of days no mention of how to return it…
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BCA and its book clubs
Has anyone else had bother recently with Book Club Associates and all its clubs - BOL.com and Just Good Books in particular. I ordered a book from BOL.com at the beginning of September, it duly arrived, but damaged. The dent in it was under its plastic wrap and it looked as if someone had noticed as it was sort of scribed…
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Little Chef
Just had lunch in the "Little Chef" at Lancaster. Less than half full. The staff were absolutely useless. We asked for non-smoking but were first put next to a group of four smokers. It took well over an hour between taking our order and the food arriving. Out of four meals ordered, two were wrong - another 15 minutes to…
