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Ikea - as **** as ever
This will not be a long rant... We are 'lucky' enough to live near an Ikea. We swore years ago never to set foot in there owing to their diabolical customer service. Yesterday evening we relented, as our son had picked out some bedroom furniture from an Ikea catalogue that came thru the door. While I was queuing up to get…
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HHH and Capita Insurance.
September 03 2004 Thats when someone hit me in my car, So best get onto my insurance company HHH. The nightmare begins. After some 8weeks of hearing nowt I phoned HHH and said had they heard anything from the other party, as I had sent a diagram and description 2-3 days after the prang, so did they have an update they said…
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cottage- bond,help please.
hi , i went on a coastal holiday three weeks ago and stayed in a cottage. the owner sent me a letter in advance stating that i had to pay £100. as deposit because other tenants had left the place a mess,and his cleaners had complained, therefore i must ensure, 1. all surfaces are wiped down. 2.all the carpets are…
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Argos and varying queue times
Don't you hate the unpredictable nature of Argos! The other week I went in and purchased a Canon digital camera. No problems, by the time I had walked over from payment to collection it was there for me. Today I purchased a R320 printer (A much bigger box I may add!) and was waiting for at least 15 minutes! And some of the…
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quality of MFI products
Spend £80 on a dressing table at MFI. It arrived at my door 4 weeks after being ordered and i`m dissapointed. I had to re-order 2 parts as they were faulty !! The parts came and the drawer front had chips in it, so had to ring them again today to get another one !!!!! Never shopped with MFI before and am dissapointed !!…
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Crazy! - Still paying Annual Direct Debits on 15yr old FridgeFreezer not had for 8yrs
B'cause I'm into budgeting in a big way now, I went through this years bank statements carefully and I found a line that I thought was for cat insurance the wording on the Bank statement was D.G.I.B D.D. for £89.20 (I didn't think much of it at the time). I am planning to move the cats policies and therefore wanted to…
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Petrol Prices in Rip Off Britain
I received this e mail today and I thought that the best way to distribute it would be on this site, I apologise if it's in the wrong section or if it's been posted before. Subject: Campaign to Reduce UK Petrol Prices - a rip-off at 100p/litre We are going to hit close to 100p a litre by the the end of the summer. Want…
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crucial.com
just bought some new memory (for computer before the comments start!) and they were very helpful when i needed guidance on which one, item arrived in 2 days. I had it fitted & had one or two technical problems, phoned them, and they were more than happy to help, emails & phone calls left right and centre, and they solved…
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Free Alienware Computers (scam)
There have been postings for free Alienware computers on these boards a couple of times. These have allways been removed from the boards because they are pyramid schemes. The last time I saw this posted on these boards. I emailed Alienware. They replied to me today. They told me that they are aware of this scam and are…
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Citroen Assist or NOT
Just a word of warning to any( primarily female) Citroen car owners who have the Citroen Assist roadside assistance cover which comes with new cars. It does not cover changing a wheel at the side of the road!! I have a 6 month old picasso and yesterday returned to my car and discovered a flat tyre. Not a problem, I have…
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Problems - Local Garage - Advice Wanted
We have been reasonably regular visitors to this particular small local tyre/exhaust centre for several years now, and so are well known to them. We have recommended a couple of relatives to them, and the garage has been aware of this. We have never had any problems with them ... until now. Took our old reliable Audi Coupe…
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Bt1571
I hope that all the moneysavers out there with BT1571 answerphone spare a thought for everyone trying to call them being billed for a call, just because you happen to be on the phone talking to someone else! A brilliant moneyspinning Scam for BT though.
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Waterstones - lovely, lovely man
Just back from the shops which included a trip into Waterstones. There were a selection of books on a sale table, mostly quite obscure but hidden amongst them a really nice one - Organic Living by Michael Van Straten marked at £7.99. I always like to know how much of a bargain I'm getting but unfortunately company policy…
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elephant.co.uk
I have just spent an infuriating 2 hours on the phone to elephant.co.uk. Firstly I called up to change my policy as I've just bought a new car, which was a facinating experience. I'm assuming they have an offshore call centre as TEN MINUTES of the call was dedicated to me trying to tell them the registration of the new…
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Kwik Fit!! Kwik my *rs* !!!
The centre of exhaust system fell off this morning so DH took it to Kwik Fit because it was closest to were he was and the garage we usually use (very trustworthy) is fully booked and we need the car for this weekend. Anyway not only do we need a new bit for the exhaust but the catalytic converter has gone (??!!) so they…
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MovieTyme.com order cancellation policy
Hi all, I recently had a problem with MovieTyme.com - an online DVD retailer.. The problem is basically that the company will not refund order cancellations to credit cards but instead issue store credit. I questioned this on avforums.com and I was responded to in the thread I created by a customer service representitive.…
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Landlord Vent !!
I'm having a bad day !!! I own a house that I'm renting out through a managing agent. I hear radio phone-in's and stuff about greedy unscrupulous landlords fleecing poor tenants. This is the other side : Tenant got sick and lost his job one month after moving in. Ok - Benefits involved, not his fault. So I'll be short on…
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Nestle - again.
Now nobody shout at me for posting this as the last time I posted about nestle I came under fire about their ethics in poor countries !!! I bought some milky bar buttons minis yesterday and to my surprise when i got home the mulit-pack felt enormous !!!! Looked on the side and it said average contents 10 packets 205g. I…
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Glide Delivery Free? FM Radio Scam?
Has anyone else seen this????? Have done all the stuff to prevent spurious mail etc but today received in the post a handwitten card to me informing me that there is an FM radio awaiting delivery to my address from Glide Delivery, PO Box 46291, London W5 3YD. All I have to do is ring their 0906 no for a code which they…
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AWFUL customer service at Halfiax!?!?!?!
Hi all. Its my 18th birthday today. A happy occasion supposedly. Went to halifax to open up a student account today. I rang up and they told me to visit a local branch with information of the Uni etc.. and prove of ID. So i went in, and this young lady said to me with no interest " you have to either book an appointment…
