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serif software - £3.95 offer
i tried to take up the offer of 5 pieces of software for £3.95 (saw their advertisement in a magazine) - yet, when i phoned the guy said the deal wasnt for a fully working pack - it times out after so long, but, he could do me a deal - the fully working pack for £30 or summat like that - i told him to forget it.........…
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new bank scam?
Watch out for the new spin on the Nigerian 419 scam as below.Hello, We're dating agency "RusDeluxe" Group Ltd. License number 00042247933 since 21.07.03. Due the expansion of our organization, our agency need employees from England for accomplishing of bank transactions.You must have an account in UK bank. Payment will be…
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Freeview boxes
Having tried about 4 Freeview boxes so far, why on earth do the manufacturers make them so annoyingly difficult to use? I'm in I.T., so I can eventually figure the thing out, but I wonder how a pensioner is ever going to be able to use Freeview when the analogue switch-off happens? Why can they not just take a leaf out of…
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L & C
I want to say a big thank you to L&C mortgages ltd. and, of course, money saving experts for helping me with my 1st mortgage. Ive just viewed a property that i wanted but had no idea what type of motgage to go for. (and not much help from parents, mum told me to go for a fixed, as the interest rate went up and down in line…
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Please Help with advice on faulty goods!!!!!
Help needed please.... Bought a sofa from Land of Leather Fault on front bottom portion of sofa so I contacted them they sent out an independant upholsterer to asses (which took 2 Months) Guy spent 4 Minutes in the house said he would make a report and would take 2 weeks... After a month still not heard anything Contacted…
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Old peoples home - what would you do
I know of an elderly lady who had to be taken into hospital because her 60+ bedded retirement home had no oxygen cylinders left! Who would deal with this? Social services? I think it is disgusting. Shes not a family member so I dont want to interfere but surely running a home like that is dangerous?
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Is Sky untouchable...?
I am getting increasingly concerned at how Sky is doing it's own thing and no-one seems to mind. Being a sports lover I have little option but to subscribe. Technically their coverage is brilliant. But...it is an expensive subscription service that also broadcasts a higher than average % of adverts. A large percentage of…
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Beware 24/7 Electrical.com.uk
No idea if this is the right forum for this but I need to get it off my chest! I ordered a kettle and toaster set from 24/7 electrical.com having gone through greasy palm and done all the other money saving stuff. I put the order in on 12 Feb (this after I'd tried to buy same product from Amazon but they hadn't delivered…
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Filed a complaint to BSM had no response
hi and thank you for spending your time here reading this thread and i am appreciated for any of your advice/help! this can be long (wrote 4 A4 size page) but i ve cut it down here: i had start driving lessons with BSM last year and everything was fine and smooth until the driving instructor suddently left the country 2…
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The £40k family
"Benefits keep us happy but we'd like a bigger house says mother rof 11 who has never worked" From the Daily Mail (mon 14th March) Mrs Scoot 42 has just given birth to her 11th child (by 3rd partner) and claims they have no money worries even though she has never had a days employment in her life. Their benefits income…
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Being Harassed whilst shopping
I don't often go into town shopping, I went in on Monday afternoon and it reminded me why I avoid it. From parking up, walking a few hundred yards to my bank, looking into a couple of shop windows and walking back into the shopping centre I avoided about a dozen people selling/distributing/surveying folk walking past. I…
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If you are a promosquad or your jamz member - read this!
Your Jamz have closed down! All points can be transferred over to Promo Squad, except that Promo Squad now only ship to US addresses! - There are some really mad people right now in the UK, if you want to complain, email: dave@promosquad.com
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Abbey National rip off!
My friend couldn't wait to finally get her deeds from Abbey National...... she has paid through thick and thin over 20 years never missing a payment although at times it meant beans on toast for a week! Her mortgage finished at the end of February. She telephoned Abbey National and asked for the deeds to be sent to her…
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Automated garage doors
Used these people http://www.amourelle.co.uk/ for a new door plus opener. Just a customer and not related to them except as a customer but the service was superb including spending time on the phone talking through the options for my existing knackered door (I ended up buying a new one) and various motors / remotes /…
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House Sellers Beware
I'm selling my house at the moment, and as well as advertising it on the local solicitors property centre site, I created a webpage for it myself. I also followed some links from this site, and listed it on a number of free nation wide sites. I've received the following email correspondence. I'm 99 and a large bit % sure…
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Can't win can you?
Oh excuse me, I was going to have a rant about the fact that one person will think im the best thing since sliced bread, whilst another will see the whole thing differently, and either not believe me to do the things I say I do, or that my moneysaving efforts are offensive (kids living on meagre means and all that...) But…
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POST OFFICE ... Passport rip-off
I need to get my kids a passport as the are no longer valid on mine .... so am having to pay £25 each ( only lasts 5 years ) + £3 for photos each So I take forms to the post office where I have been known for over 20 years by the post mistress to ask her if she would kindly countersign them to confirm who my children are (…
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halifax has sent me sum1 elses credit card
ive just opened my post to find someone elses credit card from halifax - the address was mine but the name was someone elses - it even has his account number on - i have phoned them and they said to send it back saying return to sender and they will make sure this doesnt happen again......there is no sign of anyone using…
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School uniform
Our primary school has a compulsory uniform policy. However loads of kids flout this by wearing black instead of grey trousers. Letters come out to parents every term reminding them of what the uniform is but they still buy the black trousers. Same with shirts a few kids wear Polo shirts instead of proper shirts/blouses.…
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Account emptied, bank not much help
On Saturday my daughter had her debit card declined in Tesco.....she was trying to spend £40. Luckily her husband was with her and he paid for the shopping. She then went to the ATM to get money to repay him, unfortunately it said "go away, you haven't any money" Now she knew that on Tuesday night there had been £2000 in…
