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Council tax revaluation - Wales shafted
Horray they have shelved the idea in England as it will cost to much. What about blooming Wales :( We were revalued last year with a third moved up at least one valuation band and 8% moving down. I haven't met anyone yet who was in the 8% but most of my family, friends and work colleagues were in the 1/3 moving up 1 or 2…
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Lidl won't take stuff back with receipt.
I bought 4 electrical items from Lidls..costing £127 about 2 weeks ago. I've now decided I don't want the items and tried to take them back. I've not opened them...they are in the original heatshrink plastic packages...(the stuff thats really hard to open). Lidl won't take them back..even with the receipt. They said they…
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When they let you down, ask them for compensation
I was filming a money makeover the other day (see my blog). I spotted an error in Tracey's (the makeoveree's) electricity bill. It turned out she was still paying for electricity at an old address. After much hassle on the phone towards the end of the call I told her to ask "will you give me a goodwill payment?" The…
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Junk Mail
Whilst having a telephone rant at Royal Mail customer services, on their geographical number (about 30 minutes using 18866 @ 3p :D ) this morning, about a junk mail issue and while "on a roll" I obtained this address from them. If it's been posted before then my apologies for the duplication. However, for anyone fed up of…
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Majon hair salon voucher
Last week I bought one of these vouchers which entitles you to four treatments - two visits to each of their two salons. One is for a haircut, one for highlights, one for a facial and one for a manicure, with various other things included in each visit. The total cost was £55. I don't usually buy things like this, but I…
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just had this warning from my bank
Keep a watch out for people standing near you at retail stores, restaurants, grocery stores, etc., that have a cell phone in hand. With the new camera cell phones, they can take a picture of your credit card, which gives them your name, number, and expiration date. Identification theft is one of the fastest growing scams…
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Home Contents Insurance with Direct Line
I was hunting around for home contents insurance for a rented property and had trouble getting my new address recognised correctly by the insurance company databases. I'm moving into a new development and all the companies had the wrong address for my postcode. I had to phone around in the end as I didn't want to insure on…
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Club Select Holidays UK Ltd
Is there anybody out there been ripped off by Club Select Holidays UK Ltd if so lets here from you and lets all stick together to try and resolve this issue
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Help - DELL in breach of warranty!
Have searched high and low and have been unable to find out what to do if Dell are in breach of Warranty. I have a "On site next business day" warranty for my video card, which has burnt it;s fan out and is unusable. I let them know the problem, ran the diagnostics...which is impossible if you have a bust graphics…
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AVAST! The computer terminator!
Hi, I'm not quite sure where to post this :o as this is my first attempt at entering a post. I recently downloaded an Anti virus program from Avast, I had read a lot of the feedback from satisfied customers on MSE so I thought it would be ok. There are 2 versions one for business and a free one for home use. I downloaded…
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A day
Can anybody give a brief outline of what A day is all about?
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Morrisons & box bushes
Bought a couple of 12" high box bushes from Morrisons on Sat. Commented to cashier that soil was baked hard, but folliage showed no signs of deterioration. I plunged them in water for a few hours, then removed them from their pots. As the compost came away, the quite lengthy root ball was twisted and turned (as one would…
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Rip off Vodka help!!!!
While on a recent short holiday to Blackpool, my boyfriend and I found the beer prices a little less than agreeable! Plus we didn't want to bother looking any furthur down the promenade due to getting mithered by stall holders!, I mean come on, I know they need to make money but do they have to horrible about it if you say…
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UNSOLICITED GOODS - Oxendales / Home Shopping Direct / N. Brown Group Plc
The below copy e-mail explains it all:
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For anyone using uk online
I got a email asking me to participate in their customer satisfaction survey... 'Tell us what you think of UK Online' Words fail me I won't go into my long list of negative experiences with them as I'm sure you've all heard very similar things before. I've filled out these surveys before with them - to no avail - so have…
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ING - repaying their mistake is crippling us
Its another case of the little people vs a faceless corporation. I am now having to paying ING £200 a month, every month for a mistake that they made and it's crippling us. "Bank error in your favour" - I wish I'd taken them to court ! 1 year ago I paid a cheque of £10,000 into my Auntie's account with ING. £10,000 then…
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Internetcamerasdirect.com - be wary
Be very careful when buying a camera from Internetcamerasdirect.com, the price you actually pay isn't what is shown on the website and the delivery estimates are a total fabrication. I ordered a Kodak 7530 digital camera for £109 but was slightly amazed when the price at the checkout was £110.50 (I did put a note on the…
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is it safe? - road tax online
ive just been to the government website to do my road tax online https://www.direct.gov.uk/taxdisc and when it gets to payment it has no padlock symbol at the bottom of the page, are my details safe??
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currys delivery
delivery washing machine and cooker today , heard the post 9 am only to get up and find a note from currys NOT AT HOME phoned up said i will have to what till monday if i can hear a note drop i would hear a chap im going for a claim anyone had dealings with them
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Car Servicing costs - Stupid!
No doubt this has been stated before but just have to have a rant!! My daughters' car, a Fiat Seicento, a small basic metal box on wheels, was taken to the Fiat dealer for service, only 2 years old and done 13,000 miles. The garage insisted service cost was £196.23. I assumed as 2 years old needed brake fluid changed etc.…
