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Renault Scenic ignition coils
If your Renault Scenic starts spluttering check your ignition coils aren't faulty. If so, Renault are aware of a coil problem & may pay for them - I was advised by my local dealer that ignition coils are £41ea & they replaced all 4 for free on my 4 year old Scenic. Also, they advised all 4 sets of brake pads required…
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Argos/John Lewis/M&S holiday scam.
There is currently a new scam operating using the name of the companies above. You receive a call telling you that you have won a prize in a draw entered in one of the stores mentioned. You will then be told that you have won a holiday, but need to pay $300 (this figure varies). In reality, you will end up paying around…
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i want one of those
I ordered something from i want one of those(iwoot) yesterday afternoon. (30 march)Not on special delivery or anything and it arrived this morning 31 march.So 5 stars for them and 5 stars for the royal mail.:j :T
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Why DD's have a bad name.
I swapped from SWEB to Powergen online for gas and electric. I talked to the bank and cancelled the monthly direct debits. Told SWEB they were cancelled. Had two letters from SWEB confirming both (gas and elec) DD's were cancelled. Today had a final bill for gas with a DD for £10 on it then below that 'DD returned by bank…
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Harry Potter!!
I am probably the only person in the world who thinks like this but dont you think that Harry Potter is over hyped. I admire J K rowling and I enjoy the books but I dont think it deserves the £billions that it makes. Bloomesbury (the publishers) are also milking to as much as it can get by taking advanced orders and…
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worst retailer customer support poll
i have been having the worst customer support for television set i bought, i think there should be a poll of the worst companies,ie for after sales support, response time after initial contact for warranty issues and followups and overall thought of the company after sales support. id nominate LG electronics as the worst…
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Conservatory Roof
We wanted to have a conservatory built but our next door neighbours objected to it. We ended up building a smaller conservatory with a flat roof so that we could get it within our permitted development rights and then when it was completed, we applied for permission to extend it. As the extension part did not affect our…
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TV Licensing
Despite advertising the license fee as £121 for a year (colour TV), it will only be valid until the end of the previous month of the next year in which purchased. I bought mine on March 22nd - valid until February 28th 2006. How is that one years viewing? No other 'company' would be allowed to get away with this. Surely…
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British Gas, messed up my move to a new gas supplier
Has anyone had a similar experience When I first moved into my property there was a prepayment gas meter, and the supplier was British Gas. Eventually after many phone calls I managed to get everything connected and was able to arrange for the meter to be swapped over to a standard one. The meter was swapped over at the…
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money off coupons- going overboard
i have to get this off my chest. i work on the tills for a well known chain of supermarkets, and today some "customers" (if you can call them that- they tried not to spend any money) wanted to pay for expensive items completely with money off vouchers. i am talking top of the range bedding (£26 a throw), a dvd player…
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Mobile Phone Subscriptions
I just wondered if anyone has had a problem with dodgy mobile phone subcriptions? My husband tried to download a screensaver onto his phone about 2 weeks ago. It failed to work but didn't contact the company to complain. Since then he hasn't heard anything until yesterday, he received a text message saying that he is being…
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Help! - One Tel
I don't know if I am posting in the right place. I saw the offer for £3.99 credited for a year through One Tel plus £20 credit In Feb mentioned on this site. I tried to sign up online but the site would not let me. I phoned them and two different staff reasured me that I could still have this offer and also they would make…
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Cameras2u.com - Fantastico!
Oredered a HP Photosmart 325 from them 21st December 2004 16:00hrs, actually wanting it for OH's birthday 28th Dec. It clearly stated on the website that orders placed before 13:00hrs on 21st could not be guaranteed for delivery before Christmas - which was OK with me, as I hoped it would be delivered on the first non-bank…
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Amazon
I ordered a wireless keyboard and mouse from Amazon a few weeks ago. Though it works fine, im a bit disappointed at the rate it uses batteries. So last night I e-mailed them stating the problem. Very soon after I received an e-mail saying that they no longer stocked the item but that I could have either 20 per cent off or…
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Morgan Stanley cashback ??
Several weeks ago I applied for a MORGAN STANLEY platinum credit card. I did this through GREASYPALM cashback site inorder to get £12.50 as cashback. No record of my transaction ever appeared on my Greasy palm account, even though my shiny new MORGAN STANLEY card promtly arrived. Knowing how difficult it is to get info…
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Value Group - Competition
This is obviously my lucky month because I have won another competition I didn't enter. Had a letter today from Value Group guaranteing me a prize worth at least £1k. Its accompanied by 4 cheques made out to me for between £20k and £75k. Reading the small print involves a 7.5min phone call at £1.50 per min for each cheque.…
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barclays e mail scam
Recieved this e-mail and i am not sure if this is a scam. The strange thing is that e mail address is not even correct althouh mine is similar.To me it seems a scam. Any one recieved this e mail Mon, 28 Mar 2005 06:25:06 -0800 (PST) From: "Barclays" <d_pwhrdd9k@yahoo.com> Add to Address Book Subject: Bcralays Eamil…
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ikea - gateshead
my nearest ikea is leeds, however they wanted £90 delivery for a suite... so i checked with Gateshead, another 10 miles away and they charged £75 for same delvery. You would have thought ikea delivery was the same but its not! anyway, paid for item and organised delivery, which was a doddle. They say 5 to 10 days, they…
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crucial website
bought a pen drive thingy last week and my comp couldnt find it, emailed crucial to ask for info and for 3 days a person was emailing me back and forth trying to help sort it out. I think these guys were great. they sell computer parts and stuff... so can recommend them so far.. just about to purchase a memory stick thingy…
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nestle easter egg
i have just bought a smarties easter egg. you would think that a smarties easter egg would have, er....smarties in it. no, it dont. so off to trading standards i go and a call to nestle uk on their free phone number. this really annoys me. i mean, they must think we are thick. selling something with the name on and not…
