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Help!! I'm getting conned left, right and centre by Aria
Sorry about this, but I'm not sure what to do? I ordered the dell 20" widescreen monitor last week, but decided a few minutes later to cancel due to reports about it being refurbished. I got through on the phone 20 minutes after placing the order, but the guy 'claimed' it had been sent out, and couldn't cancel it. He told…
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Taxing a car
Maybe my hubby and I are missing something here but I can't believe what's just happend. We have just been to try and tax our (new to us) car. It's been SORN since February but the intent was to tax it from Sunday 1st May and declare our current car SORN from 1st May. So the V10 form is downloaded and filled in together…
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dwr cymru - welsh water
this morning had the best utility cust. service i've ever experienced. Eve answered my call almost before the ring tone sounded - i was quite taken aback as i had settled down with a coffee prepared for the usual wait... she was then human, efficient, pleasant, personable and charming. things which i often fail to achieve!…
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printer broke because of faulty ink
i bought some ink from ebay for my epson c44 and after putting the ink in the printer broke - i didnt think it was the ink - so, as it was a cheap printer i just bought a c46 (kids only use printer for homework) - anyway i gave my broke printer to a friend to see if he could use it for spares - he has now told me even…
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Parking on the pavement - SELFISH motorists!
I'm going to let off some steam! I live in a tiny village that does get quite busy with tourists in the summer months, my house fronts directly on to the pavement where drivers seem to think they've got a God-given right to park right across my front door step, blocking the pavement entirely......my house has been hit by…
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supermarket express tills
I work on a till for one of the supermarket chains, today I spent a couple of hours on the 9 items or under. Now, you always get the customers who try to sneak 25 items through and thats just outright cheeky especially if there's a queue a mile long, but if someones got 10-15 and there's no queue I'll happily serve them.…
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Tesco Delivery
Ok, so i got my Tesco online shopping delivered earlier. I went to have a biscuit only to find the chocolate a very dull colour, i looked at the date and it said March 05. A month out of date but i thought fair enough ive never had a problem before so i thought id ring them later to sort it out, anyway went to open the…
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exam papers marked in India
Here's one for us all to get our teeth into.I heard yesterday that Gcse and other exam papers are the latest 'thing' to be sent off to India.They will be marked out there and sent back.What is happening to this country of ours??? I get more and more annoyed every day.We all know why they are doing this because of the cost…
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Virgin Broadband
Silly me for thinking that Virgin Broadband would mirror the rest of the Virgin Group in customer services. I recently got an email asking me to stop downloading so much from my ISP, VIrgin: "In the interests of declogging our system we ask you to download a maximum of 1GB per day up to 5GB's per week. We may suspend your…
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Anyone done this job??
Hi all, i don't know if this is the right forum for the post... but here goes. I've been looking for work at home jobs because i'm 8 months pregnant and for some reason nobody wants to take me on lol Anyway, in my local paper there was an advertisement for people to fill envelopes at home. The basic idea is: >You send a…
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plus.net sheer hell
:mad: was with plus.net for a good 14 months before changing just wanted to air my views why i changed etc, to start with they was a good isp not to many problems untill i moved from london to the north on which after paying £75 reconnection and waiting nearly 2 months for them to give me back my broardband i was upset but…
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annoying american ansaphone message
Has anybody else had this?.My phone rings and the caller display on my phone says international so i pick up the phone.Then this annoying prerecorded message spoken in an american accent says 'hi ,congratulations etc etc.I don't listen to the rest cos i put the phone down.We had 3 or 4 of these calls yesterday and my Mum…
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Is this a scam???
Received this today. I am very unsure that it can be true but just want to ask anyone if they knew. This was on the 9:00 o'clock news the other night so I'm assuming it works THIS TOOK TWO PAGES OF THE TUESDAY USA TODAY - IT IS FOR REAL Subject: PLEEEEEEASE READ!!!! it was on the news! This thing is for real. Rest assured…
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Tnt
Been sat here waiting for my new Dell to be delivered via TNT. At 3pm ish spotted the TNT van drive past, thought "great, he'll be back in a mo" Nothing. Just rang the depot, they've spoken to the driver and he hasnt got time to deliver today! :mad: But he drove right passed the house, surely it wouldnt have taken five…
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Bargains &*^$%**^$ Crazy
:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: They stuffed an order up we placed back in january, so someone manually re-entered it. Unfortunately, they neglected to cancel the first other than to not send it, so according to their records we have an outstanding amount to pay since then.…
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Whitney UK Limited
Anyone got a view on Whitney UK Limited? Seem to sell 'Property Investment seminars' - make a million, blah, blah, blah,.. , first one free, second one approx £1,800 third one £17,000 and up (according to some web-chat). They seem to be rolling out their 'sign-up' free seminars to all corners of the country. Anyone been to…
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argos returns and money back voucher
[/FONT] I bought the Challenge lawn mower last month. Made a coupole of other purchases tp qualify for the £10 voucher. Used it once and the rotten thing wouldn't go. Emptied the petrol tank and took it back to the shop - 20 mile round trip. They checked the tank and sent me home with it to push a rag into the tank to…
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fitness first
On a poster advertising 'membership offers' it clearly stipulates 'receive £60 of goodies' After receiving the goodie bag the three items;bag,towel and head phones would cost £23 if bought in their shop. Where is the other £37's worth?
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Email addy for top bod of whsmiths?
Hi, I'd like to have a rant about poor customer service recieved from this company, but don't just want to send a complaint email through the general customer service facility available on their website. I'm sure someone on here will be able to guide me in the right direction & that would be much appreciated. tia, Kerry…
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am i right to hold onto my cash?
hoping someone will know what sort of operation i am talking about here.. a new 'shop' has opened in my high street, the windows are plastered with A4 signs saying 'ipod £35' slimline ps2 '£30' gameboy advance '£3' etc etc... inside the shop is bare apart from a raised table at one end stacked with boxes for posh…
