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Parking Restrictions
Not sure if this is on the right board so please feel free to move it. We have lived in our terrace for just over a year now and have been parking in a marked out parking on the other side of the road (just lines drawn on the road not a proper bay). It has always been 1 hour parking, but we have never had a ticket so…
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Returning faulty gift to comet without a receipt
My nine year old son was bought a cheap hitachi portable cd/radio/cassette player for xmas by his aunty. She bought it in November but obviously didn't give it to him until the end of December. He set it up himself and was using it, presumably happily, until the middle of this week when I heard it in action for the first…
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“Caffe” cheat
Occasionally, I buy a cappuccino at “Caffe Nero”. I am always asked if I want regular or “grande” (big). Yesterday, I decided to try the big, at 30 p more. It was a milk soup, so I asked the attendant if they made a bigger cup with more coffee AND milk or if they just topped it up with more milk. He confirmed the latter….…
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Problem returning something to Comet
Apologies if this is in the wrong place. I bought a phone last week at Comet which said it was handsfree. Everyone I spoke to this week (about 12) said they couldn't hear me (unless I held the phone to my mouth, which then meant with the speakerphone on it deafened me). I went back to Comet where I bought it and politely…
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Freesat from Sky - Lying, cheating, rip off merchants
A while ago we cancelled our sky subscription and decided to invest in a 'freesat' card, at £20 it seemed like a good idea. Within a couple of days of receiving the card we decided that it was a waste of money, and I contacted sky, by email (as advised in a letter from themselves) asking for the card to be cancelled, and…
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laptop broke by now!!! aarghghgh
most of you will remember me enquiring about the best laptop to buy/from where, etc, and the trouble i had setting it up wirelessly - now....... the thing has broke - one of the keys has snapped off....i have taken it to comet who have sent it off to be fixed but said i may have to pay even though it guarenteed and i have…
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npower increasing direct debit
Just had the quarterly bill from npower, from an actual meter reading that their chap collected a couple of days ago. We pay by monthly direct debit. After the last quarter, we were £32 in credit. After the current quarter, we are now £38 in credit. We've always without exception been in credit with them. All very good,…
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European Health Cards
You need a European Health Card now to replace the E111 if you are going to Europe. My son is going to France with the school and we were told he needed a card. The appliction was sumbitted around 5.30pm on Tuesday evening, and the cards arrived in Thursday mornings post. I was impressed with the speed of service :j
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traffic warden from heaven!
yep they do exist. where mr mob works there are controlled parking zones where they can only park for 2 hours. the local traffic warden knows his car and where he works and was out yesterday issuing tickets. mr mob returned to the car after work to find a pixed penalty notice envelope stuck to the windscreen, upon opening…
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capital one
since christmas capital one have been calling me (i have a credit card with them) trying to sell me life insurance. each time theyve phoned theyve said they'll call back because ive been busy with charlie. and each time ive told them not to bother as im not interested in what they've got to sell to which one person i spoke…
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02 customer service?
oh boy, where do i start!! 02 didnt cancel my contract last year after being given 1 months notice and continued to take direct debits out for 3 more months than they should. i contacted 02 several times and ended up canceling the direct debit to stop them taking even more money out. 4 months later westcot debt collection…
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M.O.T. testing
I have just gone through the annual blood letting ritual of taking the car for it's MOT, I knew that a new system had come into force this year were all tests are now recorded on computer. Why the vent, well maybe just a little bit peeved. £40.15 for a test :mad: It did fail on a minor point, a rear whell bearing showing…
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PC World online
I orded some ram from PC World online on the 2nd jan and it didnt come i complained on the 10th and they promised it would be here on the 12th. but nothing has arrived by the 13th.I have payed £3.99 for delivery that has taken 11days and counting.I have just e-mailed them to tell them to keep my order and refund my money…
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Tesco misrepresented goods
http://www.tesco.com/electrical/product.aspx?R=8229755&bci=165|Vacuum%20and%20Steam%20Cleaners*4294966987|Panasonic ( http://!!!!!!!.com/bf4yk ) (or at least up to 13.00 13/11/2006) It is clear that Tesco are selling this product (Panasonic MCE4101) as having HEPA filtration. Only when I later looked in detail at the…
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CreditExpert from Experian
Well, I am the first to vent when a company annoys me (Argos, Cahoot, ... the list goes on!), so it seems only fair to give praise when it is due. I recently decided that it might be a good idea to get myself a copy of my credit report, just to make sure that my credit history is as good as I hope it is! I have heard that…
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Candis - don't bother
I suppose it's not exactly a scam but I don't see the point of Candis. Tonight a bloke knocked on the door. He had an identification badge on and immediately started talking about money for MacMillan cancer nurses. I got my purse out thinking it was a one-off charity collection, but he said they wanted people to pay 2.50…
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freepay.com - does anyone know anything?
Has anyone heard of Freepay.com? have you completed the process and received a free ipod or anything else? is it all a con? suppossedly you have to register and complete an 'offer'; recommend five friends to the site; they have to complete an offer, then you receive a free 30GB ipod...
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Initial City Link Couriers
I've had the most awful problem with the Gloucester branch of this courier company. We ordered two things on the internet, with different companies - both who advised us the delivery was via City Link. Both deliveries have followed a similar pattern - they don't arrive. :mad: After 6 days waiting in, continual phone calls,…
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Taking legal action against Amway or IBS
Hope I'm in the right board (or that mods will quickly put me in the correct place). Was foolish enough to believe the hype and fantasy world shown to me by Amway and IBS (International Business Systems based in Frome). Became an Amway distributor in 1995 and followed the IBS training system (books, tapes, seminars and…
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Legal Position - Where Seller increases the price?
I wonder if anyone can help? I placed an order on-line to buy some computers, the items were instock, I paid via credit card. When I checked later I noticed the website price had increased - I checked to make sure my credit card was going to billed correctly. It was going to be charged the correct/origional amount. I…
