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Anglian Home Improvement Credit card payment
Hello all, I am purchasing a Conservatory from Anglian Home Improvement, having paid the 10% deposit with MBNA Europe Visa Credit Card as it gives me a) additional guarantee cover should anything happen to Anglian and b) I am getting points towards hotel stay. I am due to pay my second installment of just above £1k but…
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GFK Nop. - list of winners not displayed
Has any one had experience of this survey company? GfK NOP Talkabout TV Survey They seem to be a reputable company and I enjoy doing the daily surveys. I am puzzled, however, bythe fact that despite numerous emails to them, they still have not displayed a list of winners, although they say they are looking into it. As you…
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Heathrow Short Stay Parking Charges WOW!!!
We took out daughter to Heathrow Terminal 1 last week to see her off on her trip of a lifetime to South Africa game reserve as a volunteer. Anyway we were there apprx 2 and half hours charge was £10.20. If you stayed there 5 hours it would cost £17.50. First time at Heathrow and the LAST! What a flippen rip off!! D
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Worldpay Scam Email
I have just recieved this in my inbox, its a SCAM email. Do NOT open the attachment. Worldpay website says this IMPORTANT NEWS: Bogus email: in the last few hours some customers have received at least one email from a 3rd party pretending to be WorldPay - some using the bogus address merchant@uk.worldpay.com /…
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Is this in breach of the data Protection Act.
I had a call yesterday from some of those dreadful ambulance type chasers - the company was called "Clear claim", and were based in Liverpool. (The number of the company is 0151 7072125, and they appear to run several different types of [strike]nuisance[/strike] cold calling companies) Now, I was a bit upset by this, as…
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Amazon.co.uk
10% a rant at Amazon & 90% one at myself :rolleyes: I was in a rush yesterday and ordered a couple of sd cards by clicking on the add to basket button. Received the email confirmation and saw that I had apparently ordered one off 'the marketplace'. I'm one of these people who like gold plated guarantees and have purposely…
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Another Nigeria 419 Fraud
Well, another Nigeria Fraudster! But I could not be bothered by yet another one!
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Comet Customer CareLine
Holy crap that was painful :mad: My TV recieved a software update over the weekend and since then it turns itself off every 5/10 minutes and turns to channel 5. I phoned Philips who told me the TV did not receive the update corectly and needed to be sent away for it to be done. As it is in guarantee (by 2 days!!) I sould…
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Nigerian 419 Fraud
I am having an interesting exchange of e-mails with one of those advance fee scammers!
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Alton Towers- Go Summer Vouchers- beware
After finding the 2 for 1 voucher on a bottle of Oasis, my boyfriend and I decided to go down to Alton Towers. So yesterday we filled the car up with more petrol and set off on the 2 hour drive. When we got there, and went up to the desk, the lady calmly said 'You can't use that this week'. (referring to the voucher). I…
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Bt!!!!!!!?????!!!!!
seems british telecom is no longer british while not wanting to sound racist, someone from an overseas call centre just rang askin for the missus. told her she wasnt in so she proceeded to discuss the account with me. no security questions. no verification. nothing. told me i was late paying my bill and a charge of £5 had…
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no goods received
please can anyone know of a internet site where you can find head of company so I can send a letter to them ( BLACKWALL )
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Acer Laptops
I bought a new Acer laptop a year ago. It was terrible. I had to send the laptop away for service no less than four times for the same problem (screen would not power up) and on EVERY occasion, the laptop came back with the same problem. Seriously bad. I gave up when the warranty ran out. I sent an email complaining about…
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Northern Rock
Just wanted to give a big thumbs up to the Northern Rock Mortgage Review people. They've3 been helpful and prompt! I know banks are usually rubbish but they have surprised and delighted me!:beer:
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Price by weight or item
Just been to Sainsburys, and they are now selling tomatoes by individual item, but in a pack. Big ones in a pack are 31p, little ones are 15p each. Had 5 minute discussion with grocery manager (turned into arguement) about which were better value. I like to know how much something is by weight, especially when its a…
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Sainsburys Tu Clothing
I bought a dress set for my little girl on saturday to wear when she was out with my parents yesterday. When I went to pick her up, her mother gave me back the dress as it still had the security tag in. When I rang the store this morning the woman on customer services thought it funny that the tag had been left in. I…
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Argos Sale And Warranty
I bought my wife a set of hair straighteners for her chrimbo last year from argos. and was sold a warranty for 3 years @ £7.99 thought i got a good deal. anyway the straighteners have now developed a fault and i checked the argos website to find that the item in ? comes with a manufacturers warranty for 3 years and that it…
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Check if it's stolen at Checkmend
There is a new database which shows if the item you are selling/buying, thinking of selling/buying is recorded by the police as lost or stolen. Great for checking those bargains on ebay and stop yourself from handling stolen goods. - also great for stopping street crime, if they can't re-sell the goods easily then they…
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Furniture 123
Has anyone else had problems with this company? I ordered a clearance item on 28th June, and on 29th June they left me an answerphone message saying that someone else had just beat me to it. However, I still have not have my credit card refunded. I phoned them again on Friday and was told that it should have gone through…
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O2 changing to a lower tariff after 6 months
I bought a pocketPC phone on a £30 a month tariff with the idea of switching to a £16 a month tariff after 6 months. This meant that I got the phone for about £140 cheaper than if I'd bought it pre-pay. I won't know until I've got the next bill whether O2 have actually switched me to their £16 a month service for sure BUT…
