-
Harry Potter
Am I the only person in the UK who doesn't care about the new Harry Potter book? I tried reading the first book at the prompting of friends and found it to be badly written, dreary and dull. Yes, it's great that kids are reading more, but if Harry Potter is held up as a shining example of literature... the mind boggles, it…
-
Dixons extended warranty "offers"
I went into Dixons to buy a Freeview box. Naturally I didn't want to purchase their poxy extended warranty insurance. But when I said I didn't want it I was then offered it at half price - it was such a quick-fire response that it wasn't rehearsed. Would they have made that offer if I had said "yes" first time? I somehow…
-
Onestopphoneshop
I recently took advantage of the k750i offer on orange at onestopphoneshop. I already have a contract with orange so I knew a credit check wouldn't be necessary. Today I recieved this email from onestopphoneshop. Following this I phoned orange a couple of times to see what was going on. They informed me that, 1: A credit…
-
Marks and Spencer furniture order that's never coming...
I need some VERY QUICK advice to see if I am over-reacting here. I placed an order with M&S Online back in the second last week in March for a relatively small item of furniture. It cost £200. Order was processed, got the email back saying delivery was expected at the end of May - about 8 weeks. No problem. Credit card was…
-
lovefilm dvd rental
I've been with lovefilm, the online DVD rental company for about 6 months now, maybe a bit more but recently have started to notice that it takes a really long time for them to get disks sent out to me. I've had 18 items in my queue and no disks sent in 4 days. None of the disks in the queue are flagged as being 'high…
-
problems with selling on amazon
wonder if anyone can help. i have sold a few things on amazon and have made about £30, problem is i can't get my money. they send you a pin to input and i mislaid it and they have suspended my account as a security measure. i have repeatedly emailed the payments team asking for a new pin and have had no response. i have…
-
Am I expecting too much??
Two years ago I spent £19,500 on a brand new car listing at £22,000. With 4 children I needed a Seat Alhambra (Galaxy with a diffrent badge). It turned up with imbalanced wheels and damage to the sill where the dealer jacked it up incorrectly. The dealer got the front wheels balanced and I agreed not to bother about the…
-
Shopping.com or Shopping.CON?
I have noticed that since dealtime.co.uk have changed to shopping.com that products don't appear in price order and in fact when you search for a product the fist stores you see are "Featured stores" which guess are paid adverts or the shops that pay the most. If you want to see the shops in price order you need to click…
-
First Transport Customer Services
Now dont get me wrong, First Transport have given me alot of grief over the years with poor service and expensive rail fayres - so I'm pleased to be able to say something nice for once! Last week my train journey from London Paddington to Penzance was two and a half hours late arriving into Penzance. A lorry had collided…
-
Mbna
Hi Martin Is it worth a mention to MSE that MBNA has now had a rethink on Issueing new cards ie virgin if you already hold other MBNA Brand cards. As have nearly had fingers burnt with my credit card tarting!!! lots of money shuffling Velvet Waters
-
Ottakers - catch if you pre-order the new Harry Potter
Ottakers are advertising a free book called 'How to bring up baby dragons' when you pre-order the new Harry Potter. I went in to order it and was told that the offer was 'while stocks last' - no mention of that on the poster in the doorway. But 'while stocks last' has a catch. The catch is that they are taking in more…
-
virgin cars....complaints
hi, i'm currently buying a car from virgin cars. when I first called, the internet site and the first lady I spoke to said it was "in stock". we had arranged to go to manchester to pick one up, but she told us it was in stock in Sheffield. When I rang to pay the deposit and confirm the details, we were told it was not in…
-
Holly Computers
Beware of these. They do not answer phone calls or e-mails and registered post is returned. Their website is still up and running and taking orders. I suggest care is needed before anyone orders from them as they are under investigation by trading standards. Peter
-
Sky insurance scam
Please be aware there is a new scam going about, tonight my Dad was contacted about renewing his Sky set top box insurance. So my Dad goes along with it (doesn't realise anything is amiss, as mum deals with all househlod bills normally). Then they ask for bank details, with that he says can you ring later when my Wife gets…
-
Multi points
Various sites offer rewards for following their links. Treat Mutual Points with caution. They offer a reward for 3000 points but mysteriously when you get anywhere near it, their communications dry up. An initial enquiry brought the response that some credits take a while to come through but further enquireis go unanswered.
-
Orange Double your minutes and texts
I just want to let you know what happened to me. I upgraded my phone with orange to obtain the double your minutes and texts. I had 120 minutes usable to call any phone and 60 texts. I got my bill and had 240 minutes i.e. 120 plus 120 free but I also had 240 texts 120 plus 120 free. I was not happy with 240 texts as I was…
-
Well done Dyson
My washer has just packed in, no idea what's wrong with it :confused: has a fault no and tells me to ring this 0870 number :( so i checked on the saynoto0870 site and found a geographical number and called customer service. I explains the problem and the lady says it's going to cost me £85 to send out an engineer :eek: I…
-
Amazon + DHL
I purchased a printer from Amazon on the 8th of July which was last friday. It had 24 hour delay before shipping. Chose super saver delivery. So 3-5 day wait for the goods after despatch. Got an e-mail yesterday (12th July) to say it had been shipped. 3pm this afternoon (13th) DHL delivered the printer. :T Brilliant…
-
Love Film
Is anyone else having problems with them. The last couple of months the service has been terrible and I currently don't have any rental films from them, its almost a week since I have had something to watch now and I have 50 films in my queue so thats not the problem. I have complained yet again, but their customer…
-
Parcelforce again
I did a search and found that parcelfarce is well known here for its non existant service but I have another concern. I collected a parcel yesterday which had incurred a vat charge as it came from the USA. I understand these charges are a necessary evil of importing into the UK these days but what I can not accept are the…
