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Pizza Hut and VAT
i went to pizza hut this week for a buffet lunch £5.49 per person, as much as you can eat - BARGIN!! however when the bill came it was £10.98 plus VAT, since when did they start advertising their prices without VAT? i didnt check the price of the drinks on the menu but they were £1.69 plus VAT on the bill it makes there…
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AlphaTeleSCUM
I signed up to this portugese company in the hope of cheap international calls. "Alpha Telecom". I used it for the first few weeks, indeed 2-3 pence a minute to call mainland europe. I put in £25. It seemed good. 5.5 months later, I had forgotten about it. small print says "make no calls in 6 months then your account…
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Nationwide won't talk to me
When I tried to check my flexaccount balance online this morning, I kept getting confronted with the message, "Your details have been entered incorrectly. Please try again" I tried again but no joy. This happened to me about 3 months ago and I had been using the same details for the previous 3 years or so. I know that the…
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TV Licensing APR Shock
Love the site, I have been signed up for over a year now. Most of us have TV licences but how many have actually read the letter that TV Licensing send you? I have paid by quarterly direct debit for several years and have just spotted “As you are probably aware, the Quarterly Direct Debit Scheme includes a small premium of…
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Something nasty
Not sure where to put this post but here goes. I found something rather nasty in some chutney that i had bought, looks like a finger/toe nail. Contacted the company and they said to send it to them, is this the best thing to do? What else can i do? Advice needed please.
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where do i stand with cancellation?
having registered to an adsl supplier i am having problems,ie they have taken money off me but i have no service, and they are blaming bt and bt are blaming them ,i pay by monthly credit card,do i have a right to cancel? i signed up at the end of august.am i entitled to a refund?? help.
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Click2pay and Noble poker....
My gripe is more to do with the rip off that is click2pay than Noble poker but as you will see they are bothlinked together in the same story.... I must admit, I join most poker sites to get there bonuses then move elsewhere. That way, I normally get my stake back + a little profit then I gamble with the rest. If I win, I…
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Sun Clothing Etc. of USA
Watch out for these people they are strange. On 11 July 2005 I ordered some ProSport sunblock from https://www.sunclothingetc.com as I knew I would be going to Cyprus at the end of August and it would be Damn Hot. My credit card was debited immediately and I thought even from USA it should get delivered here in UK well in…
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Tesco and the National Lottery
I bought some items at Tesco's today and also asked for 3 lucky dips and I didnt realise that the cashier had not given me a pink lottery ticket as I didnt really check for my ticket anyway. It wasnt until I got home that I realised she had printed them on a piece of receipt paper that came out of the same till. So people…
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TV Licensing
Dear TV Licensing I thankyou with all the sincerity of Tony Blair's smile for coming around our humble abode and constantly ringing our intercom to get access to our property to ask us some questions. I do not know what questions you wanted to ask but rest assured you found out my answers in 2minutes of this harrassment. I…
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The Book People
Following a thread on the Quick Grabbit board, I ordered 2 Lucky Dips of 10 books each for £10 delivered. Very good deal, I thought, 50p per book! The parcel arrived today and the selection of books was great and excellent value for money. The only problem was that there was one book missing (19 instead of 20) and also a…
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"Orange is committed to providing excellent customer service"..... my !!!!!! Blog Discu
Click reply to discuss Martin's blog here.
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Ericsson W800i
The new Ericsson W800i has lost alot of the previous models phone functions. Anybody else found this? No minute minder. You can't identify from the call list which number if you have more than one store for that person you are dialing until you dial it. ie I OH has 3 phone numbers. home,work,mobile as I call all three it…
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Having a nightmare with Virgin Mobile
I ordered a phone on saturday morning online for delivery on Monday. I got my mum to stay in all day Monday, it didn't arrive, after 2 calls to Virgin they promised delivery Tuesday, so my mum stayed in all day again, no phone, I've now spoken to 6 different people who promise to sort it out but no one does, it's so…
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SlimlinePS2 Recall
If you have a slimline Playstion 2. You need to check out THIS site to see if your powerpack needs changing. Sony are recalling 3.5 million powerpacks after discovering a possible fault with them.
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LLoyds Bank froze our accounts!
I was a bit annoyed at the weekend when I couldn't access my Lloyds online account. I rang them on Sunday and was told I had to ring their customer care line on Monday. This I did (0845 no) and was told that the fraud section were investigating a deposit of £100 that my daughter had put into my bank account. I told them…
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Tesco Clubcard for petrol
BEWARE I filled up at a Tesco Express store, but was told I couldn't have the points as it was ESSO petrol that they sold. Damn £53 worth of points lost, I would have gone down the road to the the big Tesco store if I had known.
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B&Q are losing the plot !!
I tried to return a tin of paint (unused AND own brand) to them as I had purchased too much (without a receipt). I have never had problems doing this in the past, but some jobsworth refused without a receipt, I will not drive home to get a receipt and they have lost a high spending customer ! Their loss is Hombase`s gain.…
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Sainsburys staff
what real stars these are I found some reduced caburys highlights in store the other week, they were a great price at 39p so i bought a few packets, it was only when i went through the checkout that i noticed they were on some offer so i was saving even more. I was more than happy and didn't really check to see what the…
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One For All
[HTML][/HTML] I have been buying and using One For All remote controls for many years. OK, I have to admit that I’ve won more than I’ve bought but the reason for this thread remains the same – service with a capital S. The first OneForAll I bought (it must be 30 years ago now) packed up after a few years and I sent it to…
