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Beware of PLUMWORLD - no customer service
I bought a shower which I had fitted professionally. Second time it was used it broke. I emailed them and the reply was - we do not do spares. Contact the manufacturer yourself. I replied that I did not want a spare part as the shower was new. They refered me to the terms and conditions which state that any problems are…
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Unknown Courier Company
On Monday I received a Kaleidoscope magazine through the door in the afternoon. On the top right corner was a label saying "hand delivered by courier" however this delivered to the wrong address. The correct address is (street name omitted) close, but I live at (street name omitted) drive. On the odd occasion Royal Mail…
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Royal Mail sorting office - get it sorted!
I did most of my Xmas shopping online last year (2005) and around 5 items never turned up. I had cards to collect various items from the sorting office and so when I went to collect the parcels I assummed that the parcels given to me were all that they had waiting for me. Clearly not. All 5 companies I have contacted said…
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annoyed with Dell (advice needed on distance selling regs)
Right, bought a monitor from Dell a few days ago and got delivered yesterday. In the meantime yesterday afternoon I noted another monitor in PC world at a big reduction, which I had been eyeing up for a while - and its also around £140 cheaper than the Dell monitor I bought. Great I thought. Lets call up Dell, send my…
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phones 4u- worst service ever!!!!!
i am absolutely seething with phones 4u :mad: at the end of november, i got my last paycheque before xmas, so i started christmas shopping, good idea i thought, save myself some money :money: yeah right :rolleyes: i bought a nokia 1100 on virgin from phones 4u for £19.99 explaining to the sales assistant it was for a…
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Unsolicited goods
I am a member of the Books for Children book club. I am usually really good at remembering to reject the "Editor's Choice" but in the run up to Christmas fogot all about it. I recieved a parcel and I being billed for £14. They want to charge me £3 to return the books. Now, is it classed as me "ordering" the goods if I…
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Viking Direct
Order to delivery less than 17hours !!!!!!!!.Superb and nectar points
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Experian have not responded to my query within 28 days!
Experian... that company we all love to hate. Firstly, I applied for a mortgage with Nationwide, had the usual Experian credit check through them, and specifically remember checking every piece of paper with a fine tooth comb and checking (or leaving blank, depending on what was required) the options for "do not pass my…
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powerhouse
we live in surrey and our nearest powerhouse store is in slough. ordered a cooker from there and it was delivered yesterday. had to pay an extra £45 as we were out of their area. today the installer was meant to come but we got a phone call to say they wont be able to come to instal it and take away our old cooker as we…
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One day auctions - Dickinsons (Sales & Auctions) Ltd
Just a warning about this company for those who haven't already been ripped off or heard about the scam. I had a leaflet through the door yesterday about a one day auction taking place at a local hotel and I thought it looked too good to be true, I was right. Having searched the net a lot today I found out that there are…
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Is EBuyers Returns Policy Legal
Greetings To All, On the 5th of December I ordered a Radeon 9250 Graphics Card from ebuyer which was needed for a PC I was building as a christmas Pressie. PC Was tested for about a week before the big day and everything was cool. Between christmas and New Year the PC developed a fault which swapping the Graphics card…
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Greasy Palm - dissappearing cashback
This morning a large chunk of my Greasy Palm cashback rewards vanished from my account. Everything from 07 Nov 2005 onwards has gone. Is it just me or has this happened to any other Greasy Palm users?
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Advice please!
I hope this is in the right place... it's not really money saving, more advice seeking!! I own a lease hold flat which i brought in 2004 and rent out. The ground rent of £50 every 6 months is collected by a company on behalf of the buildings owners. Last December I recieved a letter from this company that had been sent to…
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Specsavers... a little story about them...! Did I have any right to complain?
Hi everyone... It's a bit late to act on this one now but I'd love to know what you thought about my treatment by my opticians early this year, and whether I had a leg to stand on! It was around February and I was working as a temp for an agency that also found me placements- a sticky situation as they had a chance to…
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ppc appraisals
has anyone tried the test 33 earning money by leaving your computer running you eaen money at ppc appraisals site and can cash in when any one of your merchants amts. reaches the min cash out (10-60 $) if anyone has tried this or heard of this has anyone been paid or knows of anyone who has been paid by this site??????????
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"National Lottery" e-mail ...
Received this e-mail this morning - the National Lottery logo was all over the background of this, but I am suspicious of the whole thing. Anyone know if it is another scam, or is it kosher? I also find it strange that the National Lottery would ask people to contact a Tiscali e-mail address. Here it is ... From: "UK…
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Purina Gourmet Gold
:mad: Tonight my beloved felines had to go without their favourite dinner due to an obvious fault at the Purina factory. All of the chicken gourmet gold pouches were full of gravy, not a single piece of meat in sight. I'm not talking about 1 pouch but the whole box. Tomorrow a complaint will be logged with Purina and as…
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Fed up with Asda
This happened a few months ago but I am still seething about it. Wish I had known about this site then, maybe I could have got advice. Don't know who was right or wrong but here's the story... I wanted to buy a dvd/vcr combi as a pressie for ex b/f. Asda was doing a Durabrand at around £70. Mentioned to a workmate who…
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Football on BBC1 AGAIN..!!!!!!!!
I make no apology for having a good old vent here!!! but BBC1 have live football on again until 9pm tonight..... now correct me if Im wrong ( and im sure some will) Why put football on the main channel, when it appeals to a minority of viewers!!!! :mad: Surely it would have been better to show the match on BBC 2..........…
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Negative experience at M&S
Yesterday afternoon I telephoned M&S Bluewater to find out EXACTLY what their returns policy was for christmas presents returned without a receipt. I specified that the items were toiletries and was told that I could have a credit note to the value of the goods, but that if the goods had gone down in price I would have to…
