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Archives for October 2005

Cafes, butty bars and cheap chavy coffee!
Ok I know this is hardly the end of the world but........ Dont you just hate it when you have just been asked to pay nearly £1 for a cup of coffee and they dont even sell half decent stuff like Nescafe or gold blend or whatever, its cheaep home brand rubbish. I mean come on what are they saving? 1 penny a cup? they must be…
Brabantia
We've had a 50l silver dustbin from Brabantia for 5 years. A couple of years ago the catch went. I contacted Brabantia and they sent a new catch with instructions next day. The catch went again recently but this time it had sheared off the bin itself and so couldn't be replaced(I'm a bit heavy handed!). I contacted…
*****american Express *****
I always pay off my credit cards in full every month. Last month I forgot to pay my American Express card and got charged £25. I payed this months bill over the internet and it didn't show up that I had payed so I phoned customer services. The lovely customer services lady said it takes a couple of days to go through and…
Ebuyer? Good grief!!
I was mad keen to get hold of an acoustic guitar on sale at Ebuyer for my daughter this Christmas. In fact, I was so keen that I put up with the site throwing me off every time I tried to checkout and perservered for about 2 weeks before placing my order. Order went through,and was paid for. I got my email confirmation.…
phone scam
my friends husband recieved a phone call from an indian woman saying that he had been awarded a free phone with calls etc, she was very pushy and wouldnt go very stupidly he gave his bank account details why when it was a free phone and contract, some people are so gullible is this a scam it sounds like one.
tesco - would you complain?
Hi everyone I had a tesco order delivered today and I had ordered diced beef to make stew for tonight's dinner. I've just been made the stew and loads of the beef was either incredibly fatty or was bruised right through. I'm a bit annoyed as I ended up throwing a lot of it away by the time I'd cut the fat off and got rid…
80020 numbers
has anyone been getting texts from this number after joining a online voucher offer. I did and have been getting them for four months 16 a month till i noticed they was chargeing me £1.50 per text, this never came up on my bill, after asking orange why my bill was so high they told me that i was getting theses texts. I…
Samsung Digimax UCA3 Digital Camera with Sandisk 512MB Card from rankhour.com
I was helping my mum buy a digital camera from the internet, on looking at different places found what we fthought was a great deal from rankhour.com, a Samsung Digimax UCA3 Digital Camera with Sandisk 512MB Card for £85.99 plus £5 delivery. On the site the picture of the camera had the said card but was a SD card. I…
Glasgow Pram Centre
i brought first wheels twin elite pram off them not so long ago (baby is now 5 weeks) and when i was using it ithe side that my 2year old dd sat in kept collapsing and her head would fall through the side! strange i thought that a pram would only have 2 popper studs to hold the top bit of the set up in the first place.…
New Job, no £££££ ......
Started my new job 3 weeks ago and we are suppossed to be paid every Friday. 3 Fridays have now passed and still nothing, my managers keep saying that `the systems` have been down..... blah, blah. It is a reputable hotel chain and i`m getting abit infuriated now. Simply because I came off benefits for this job. I have…
Spamming Scam - from Sainsburys :spam: (MERGED THREADS)
Or Rather NOT from Sainsburys :spam: Hi All Just a warning for UK members of a Bogus email doing the rounds - which to me sounds like it is harvesting e-mail addresses to create a database for spamming purposes: UPDATE 12 Oct 2005 We have been made aware of an e-mail which looks like it originates from Sainsbury's offering…
Belkin
After a quick phone call to get returned materials authorisation, I returned a faulty USB2 DVD creator to Belkin on Tuesday, a replacement arrived today by Parcelforce. Well done, on their prompt service, not to mention the lifetime warranty.
GRRRR VODAFONE! (and changing DD dates)
I usually pay my bill (around £60) by direct debit around 18-20th each month. Up to press this has not been a problem as my husband gets paid weekly. We suddenly found out last Thursday that his weekly wages would be stopped and he would now be paid monthly. His first monthly wage is due on 21st October. As he has been…
Aol
:mad: :mad: Has anyone ever tried getting out of a broadband contract with AOL?! i have tried numerous times (aprox 15hrs a week,each week for a mth) bnasically i can`t get online, and haven`t been able to for over 1 mth. i have had a replacement modem, but still no difference, there are no probs with the phone line, so…
Things that have annoyed me today
WH Smiths advert mentioning Christmas, it's more than 2 months to Christmas:mad: I have heard this twice in about an hour! Credit card bill with a debit for BT openworld who currently don't have an authority to take money from my credit card, I know if I try to get my money back their incompetant accounts department will…
Sky and the use of 0870 - disgracefully long waiting times
I tried to get through to Sky today and was told by the automated message the wait time was 32 minutes!! The 0800 number loophole appears to have been closed. I did not wait in the queue - but still have no signal.
Tesco At It Again......
This one topped it all for me with Tesco. Over a month ago I ordered a fridge and a seperate freezer to replace a fridge freezer from tesco.Yes we can get you both and both delivered at the same time (which is what I needed for obvious reasons).Gave me a delivery date of 14 days for both and I was quite happy. Phone call…
Problem calls
This evening ( in the last 2 and a half hours) I have received 7 calls from an unavailable number which when you answer it, rings briefly, and then someone asks if they are speaking to me, I dont tell them who I am but have just asked the company name and they say its the Carphone Warehouse. Even though I said on the first…
Clarks Selling Kids Shoes Unneccesarily
On Saturday I took my son to Clarks believing he needed new school shoes & a pair of trainers/football boots. They put him on their hi-tech foot measuring machine & decided he needed a size 13. The shoes he was wearing were a 12, so they went a got him the same style (his choice) in a 13. We chose football boots, paid out…
Endsleigh car insurance & premium credit
I have been with Endsleigh for years and upon changing my car let them know the new details. As I had paid the final instalment of my policy I was told to cancel my direct debit and another one would be set up for the new policy. I received thius confirmation on about 26th September. I then received a letter from Premium…

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