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Archives for July 2005

SKY Price Rise to £49.50! (Actually only £42.50) ;)
Hi Just received a letter from Sky to say that the price of Sky is being increased to £49.50 per month as from September. As I have a multi-room Sky is going to cost £59.50 or £714.00 per year! Obviously I want to reduce this. Does anyone know if you cancel Sky completely can you use your existing equipment to receive…
Possible Scam Letter Regarding Pay-Per-View Films
Over on the Digital Spy message board several people have reported receiving letters demanding payment and costs for satellite pay-per-view films supposedly ordered back in 2000. Everyone is saying they did not order these films and they think the whole thing may be a scam, especially as the films are of an "adult" nature…
Annoyed at B&Q!!!!!!!
Well I thought I was getting a bargain when I succesfully ordered a Ben Nevis at £150 odd- how wrong was I? It arrived this week with parts missing- the 4 supports would you believe! I have telephoned on 3 occassions and emailed asking for replacements. They ignored the email, and each time I rung they said yes they would…
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ENTERTAINER toyshop - will not exchange Faulty items without a receipt - will be taking this further with Head Office Anyone else had this?!!!!!!!! H
fuel prices!!!
when will it stop going up??why is it going up?why are we letting ourselves get stitched up?is the USA paying more?but mostly,--what can we do about it?--i live in a small village with a minimal bus service and 2 cars are not a luxury,they're essential.---is there an anti fuel price rise group yet--i'll join. :mad:
TISCALI.. (what they dont want you to know!)
:mad: Hi Mrs Angry here! Just thought all Tiscali broadband users should know that they are probably OVERPAYING for their connection!! EXAMPLE My conection was priced at £24.99 a year ago, in January I was looking on the Tiscali web page, and saw that the very same package that I have was on offer at £19.99 I contacted…
Energy saving lightbulbs safety issue?
I have used energy saving light bulbs since i had my first home in 1998 never used anything else untill lately. I always left the landing light on at night for my kids to get to the toilet one night we were locking up and putting the dishwasher on ready to go to bed the lights went out and we could smell smoke really…
Car Camera Fine.......Any Advice?
My partner received a letter from the Police Camera Dept. today saying he had been photographed passing a red light. I am totally gobsmacked as he is such a law abiding person when driving, I am always urging him to " go on you can make it" but he never does. He cannot understand it at all either. The traffic light in…
Ibm Damaged My Laptop
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Sky tv cold call - dubious sales pitch
A Sky tv cold-caller stung me by pitching an up-grade deal by quoting what I now realise was a weekly equivilent price. That is, he said that for just £2.50 extra for three months I could have the whole Sky package then take-it-or-leave-it. Yep. It was £2.50 a week, not per month! He got me. I am not bright - I admit that,…
Sky
had a letter this morning to say charges going up from £33 per month to £36 per month. I'll be cancelling when my 12 month contract ends in October and buying myself a decent twin tuner recorder.
Warning - Sainsbury's special offers - check receipts!!
A warning to check your receipts when buying special offers from Sainsbury's. Yesterday, I bought some ham. This was positioned on the end of an aisle - together with cooked turkey, pork and beef etc. ALL of which said on them 'Buy 2 for £3' (normal price is £1.79). Normally I would just buy one as I don't need that much…
shepway district council
Since they started the new recycling scheme nearly five weeks ago our bins have not managed to be emptied on a Tuesday, they normally have to come back on the Wednesday to collect whatever they havent had time to collect. Our garden waste bin has been out for collection for two days now and not a sign. Just tried to phone…
Remote keys rip off! How do they get away with it??
I just got quoted 135 quid (!!) to get a copy of my pug key! Now, the only place that does it is Peugeot, so they can charge what they like! Wonder what watchdog would think? How can a key - which MAXIMUM costs £30 to manufacture - get charged so much?? Why is there no regulation over this?
zazizam.com
these guys have been great - i was using their £9.99 unmetered internet dialup package for the past couple of months - but noticed that i was using the internet a lot less than what i was paying for - so i asked them if they had any plans to introduce and cheaper packages for lighter users (like me) - this was a several…
Co-operative Bank Bad Customer Services for Credit card Customers
I have recently gotten a Yorkshire Building Society Credit card, which is run by the Co-Operative Bank. After only having the card for 2 weeks I have had problems already and have had to call customer services. After waiting on the line for 20 mins to talk to someone, I was told it wasn't their problem and was told to talk…
National Trust
The National Trust have taken their money for this years membership by direct debit, but they haven't sent me my new card. Not a great problem just give them a call. They are using an 0870 number and there is no alternative. aaaaaaaaaaagggh! :mad:
Lombard Direct, a warning......
All was fine when I took out a 15K loan, I never missed a payment in the first 2 years, I then got made redundant, but it didn't matter as I had PPI, 9 months later I took up a new job but the downside was that it was much less salary than I had originally been earning, therefore I had to contact the CAB to ask them to…
LIDL's Policy, unbelievable!!!!!!!!
How tight is this????? A few months ago I was investigating a till robbery at a LIDL store. 2 blokes entered, one distracted the check out girl and the other forced the till drawer open with a crowbar and snatched £1205. Both ran off. Fingerprint evidence led to the capture of the robbers a few weeks later but no money was…
Posh Nosh Con Or Not?
Yesterday whilst I was out, a delivery van called at our house with a large packet of shish kebabs. He spoke to our neighbours on one side who refused to take the parcel, as he wanted £35 cash. He then tried the other neighbour, who paid and took in the item. The box has no details of the company involved and the only…

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