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mega drops on price drop tv
I was watching price drop tv tonight and the presenter said that there would be a mega drop where the price of the item fell to one pound before 10.00. Figured out it would be the bread maker (because it was almost 10.00 and nothing had dropped to a pound) and rang in as soon as it came on. The quantity still said 40…
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SO UPSET
I ordered a apple I pod through argos on the 28th nov and it should have arrived on dec 1st. I have just called argos to find out where it is, they have said it had been delivered and signed for :o I told them to check my addy as I did change my address on line when ordering and sure enough they sent it to my old address…
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can they debit my account?
i ordered some goods on-line with my debit card about a month n a half back. i received a mail saying that one of the items was out of stock and thought no more of it.... then the other day they took the cost of the out of stock item out of my bank account, i received the item the next day (which i no longer wanted as had…
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Abbey!
My mother and father had all their cards stolen in Benidorm along with passports and driving licences on their way to a new life of retirement in Spain. 4 of the cards stolen had fraudulent transactions and 3 of them have been refunded in full. The one she is still waiting for is from ABBEY. To date (5th Dec) she has had…
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cillit bang
dont use this on work surfaces! has totally ruined mine :'( my surfaces were black, they are now black with white stains - looks awful am gutted
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Argos Direct
Just wanted to say how impressed I have been with Argos. I was one of the many who ordered in the Argos sale who had their internet order "lost" in their system. Six weeks later, I got an email stating they thought they had lost my order, but if I had proof that I had placed an order they would honour it at the promotional…
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Siemens customer service
Anyone got an alternative to the rip off 75p a minute customer service number, im buggered if i'm going to pay them to sort out a problem on their phone. highway robbery tried non-geographical telephone number site but no listing
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Costcutter supermarket
We only have a costcutter supermarket on campus, and all the other supermarkets are miles away. The other day, me and my friends bought some mince and froze it on the day of purchase. When we came to use it, it had gone off! We then bought some more mince (we were in the middle of making shepherd's pie) and that was going…
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Argos
I bought two lights from Argos back in August 2003. Earlier this year both of them went faulty and i took them back under the 1 year guarantee and got two new replacements. In October one of the replacements starting to play up so i contacted argos and they said that although the item was only 6 months old - the 1 year…
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Boots V CD-Wow Delivery
Boots online order dispatched 29th November from Chesterfield, England - STILL NOT DELIVERED 4TH DECEMBER :( CD-Wow online order dispatched 2nd December from HONG KONG - DELIVERED 4TH DECEMBER! :)
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my local Post Office
I love my local post office - the big shops could learn a lot!! personal service open at convenient times - until 6.30pm and from v early! can pay money & cheques in & withdraw cash for free can get foreign currency all in a little shop! the other day i sent something special delivery, got home (only across the road) and…
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18866 problems
I'm unsure if this is the right place to post this but i'm sure it'll be moved if i'm wrong. I signed up to 18866 about 1 month ago when i changed from dial up to broadband. For about a week it worked fine. Then one day out of the blue i realised on occassions when i dialled out, i couldn't get through, i'd experience an…
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Buying a new car
I do think there should be a special section on the newsgroup for this. I tried to buy a second hand car today from a garage in Middlesbrough (CD Bramall Vauxhall Middlesbrough, Cargo Fleet Lane). The salesman offered me a deal on the price, until we got into the office when he said he couldnt do anything better than the…
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Royal London insurance
I wasn't sure whether to put this here or in warnings but I am so cross this seemed suitable. Two weeks ago my Royal London agent called to collect my premium. He told me that it would be his last visit and that they wanted customers to go over to direct debit. I was very reluctant as over the past two years this company…
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BT Yahoo
I have BT Broadband, now BT Yahoo, I got a mail on Wednesday asking me to change certain settings on Outlook/Outlook Express as they were changing the security settings today. I followed the instructions and everything was fine until yesterday when my send/receive command gave errors which indicated that the new settings…
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Whinging in the right place
Why can't people whinge about their non-deliviers or no receipts of things on the correct board? Why aren't these whinging threads moved immediately when we have more mods than ever? >:( For example there are currently three threads moaning about not getting something from a particular set of companies in the Quick Grab it…
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o2 rip off before even got started!!!!
I just bought 2 phones from the link on o2, because I was getting mighty brassed off with orange overbilling and having a devil of a time to even get them to admit to it, never mind refund! So I got 2x phones in the evening of 25th Nov. They've finally ported the numbers over today so I can start using them. (yes I'm aware…
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Dentists - Aaaarrgghh
Just phoned my dentist to make an appointment for a routine inspection...... Dragon-Lady on reception says:- 'Can't, you've been de-registered' Says I. 'Why' ??? ??? ??? Dragon-Lady says 'Its one year and two weeks since we last saw you, so we can no longer see you as a National Health patient' Apparentley you get 'struck…
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Savastore.com/Watford Electronics
I purchased a 17inch TFT Monitor from this company 3 months ago and it died 3 weeks ago. This company will not do anything to replace it, saying that it is the manufactures problem. Philips dispute this i am stuck in the middle with no monitor. When you ring Watford Electronics the customer service line is never answered…
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selling on amazon
i am am selling various things at amazon. i have been inandated with emails from people around the world asking me to sell to them using western union etc etc. i assume it is a scam but it is getting on my nerves i even replied to a couple today. is anyone else getting this?
