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Dodgy contact lens-selling website?
Need help on my next step. Here's the background: 1/05 Purchased contact lenses on contactforlenses.com 4/05 Account debited 11/05 My first email; essentially asking, "Where the :smiley: are my contacts?" 12/05 Acknowledgement of 1st email by them. 15/05 They email to say my contacts are on "back order" 17/05 My second…
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LX Direct problem
I placed an order with LX Direct and used a £15 off coupon and the confimation screen, after filling out my credit card details, also stated that the £15 had come off. (I have a printout of the final screen verifying this) I received the confirmation email but no £15 discount was present. I called LX and they said that it…
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Returning Argos home Del item - award for the most unhelpful and infuriating CS Assnt
Today a chair,part of our new 6 week old patio set from Argos decided to fall apart. I phoned Argos Home Delivery who siad I must pack the whole set in its original packaging! 1) The rest of the set is fine but I suppose it's not easy to deal with one chair, so I would have conceeded this point. 2) I don't keep packaging…
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British gas- appalling installation
Moved into my house 2 years ago. no probs with boiler. decided that we needed it checked out cos we were told it was quite old and needed replacing at some point. british gas engineer condemned the old boiler and told us to replace it soon. so took up their offer for a new boiler, new shower and replacement valves for the…
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cards for all occasions
i signed up for a trial with this company and got package of 6 cards, teddy and card storage box free, when i recieved second package of cards through in april i decided that i didn't really think their stock was worth the price they were charging and decided to continue making my own so i returned the package, in its…
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Special Mail Services - Secure Passport Delivery
Special Mail Services - One word - GAAAAAAAH!!!!!! What an utterly useless bunch of muppets! Had a failed delivery from them in the middle of May, so rearranged, via their website to deliver on my next day off - Saturday 27th. Did they even bother to show their faces? Not a jot. Upon calling the helpline (on an 0870 number…
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Vodafone
Vodafone were sent a double payment by my bank 29 April 06 and since then i have been fighting Vodafone to get this over payment back. My bank at that time said i had to deal with it myself i now know differently. I have phoned Vodafone every Friday and been told each week sorry the cheque has not been sent out but it will…
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Dodgy email? via monster
I received an email today offering me a 'job' which involved me receiving monies into my account then forwarding on as per instructions less my commission of 6%. This not only seems very dubious but also reaks of some scam or money laundering operation. The website looks quite professional although the email stated the…
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Homebase delivery
A few weeks ago we ordered 5 fence panels, 2 sections of picket fence, a rose arch and some posts, and arranged delivery for today. I've recently had surgery and DH came down overnight with a stomach bug so we were panicking over how we'd get it all through the house. The Homebase lorry turned up at 8.30 and the guy…
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oven clean
:j you may remember my saga with oven u who came to clean my oven then said it was too dirty!!!!! well found another co oven clean what can i say man came on time 4 hours later and a lot of elbow grease a new cooker we can now cook without the smoke alarm going off it looks like new! THANK YOU OVEN CLEAN [i knew i wasnt…
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Ikea
was anyone in IKEA, Croydon on 25 May when there computer system failed and they were not able to deal with any card payments? I left there at 11pm having paid by cheque. However, I returned some items the next day but was refused a refund until my cheque had cleared because they said i might cancel the cheque once i had…
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Credit card
I had owed around £800 on two credit cards. I had been receiving numerous calls asking me to pay which I couldn't. In the end I just stopped anwsering there calls because they were no help. I had seeked advice and was told to inform them that I was unable to pay and to provide evidence, which I did. They still did not give…
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Moss brothers-beware
Hi All Bought a suit from moss bros for an appointment,tried only the jacket on in Store, took the shop assistants word that the trousers were okay as I did not have time to try trousers on, on putting the suit on the appointment day, a couple of weeks later, found trousers were too short,on closer examination there was…
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Morrisons Price Increases
Hi all, I went shooping at my local Morrisons today and am gobsmacked by some of the price increases! :eek: I noticed that their own brand weatabix have gone up by 20p ( compared to the same 3 weeks ago - was 69p now 89p) They also have Daz washing powder on "special offer" 4.75kg @ £6.19 last time i bought the same…
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is this a con?
received this via email. please note the links are the links in the original email. is it a con? i know i sign up for loads of things and cant remember if i entered anything like this. i think its a scam. FLASH FORTUNE LOTTERY SECOND QUATER OF THE YEAR 2006 YOU ARE THE WINNER OF THE COMPUTER PROMOTIONAL DRAW. THIS MESSAGE…
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365electricals.com
I purchased a lovely Beko Silver Fridge Freezer For £269.99,after using the pricer comparison website Price Runner. The item was delivered on Sunday (yep excellent , no days off work) and I found a small dent on the side of the freezer , after the delivery man had gone . I e-mailed 365 , and got a response offering £15 off…
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How can I claim compensation?
Hi, this is an ongoing problem basically I had an account with 3 mobile, did not get my cash back from phone retailer, said to 3 I wouldn't pay until I got my money back (stupid I know), account was sent to collectors, I explained the situation they decided not to pursue it and sent it back to 3, they closed my account,…
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Paying by Bank Transfer for Holiday - instead of credit card
Apologies if this is not the right board but am about to book a holiday with Prime Properties in Majorca for a property found on ownersdirect.co.uk. I emailed to say I wanted to book the apartment (after speaking to the agent at Prime Properties) and asked if it was ok to pay by credit card. He responded with the bank…
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Dyno Secure
I want to give a special mention to Dyno Secure for their help to me and my husband this bank holiday weekend. I would recommend them to anyone who needs a lock smith. We were let down by three others on Friday. This company promised to come between 9 and 10am the next day, and did. The poor guy (Chris) was here for two…
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Waiting in. Waiting and waiting
I am waiting for some builders to call today to do a repair on the floor of a new house. They are working on site so could call anytime. We have had to move loads of stuff so I can`t get to various things. I HATE this waiting around. What a waste of time. Just a general vent because I know that waiting for tradesmen and…