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HP "Support" Crisis - Any advice gratefully received!
I have a three-year-old laptop with a dodgy screen. Just before the warranty ran out, the screen broke completely - but, unfortunately, this was right before my exams, so I couldn't agree to HP's suggestion of sending it off for three days to get it fixed. I asked if I could delay the fixing by a couple of weeks, and they…
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My Ciao money has gone!
Please can anyone help? I logged into my Ciao account this morning to see if a survey i did about ten days ago had been credited and my moneys all gone! It was there yesterday but today everythings gone, my money, list of surveys ive done etc. The only thing thats there is my profile!! Now im thinking maybe there is a time…
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is my offers a scam
Hi All Is it genuine? I was bored the other week and started entering loads of competitions on their site and this morning recieved a recorded delivery to say i had won £3K but had to call a number within 7 days to claim the prize...sounds dodgy to me but wondered if you had heard anything? Cheers :confused:
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Spanish lottery scam?
In this mornings' post we received a final award notification from a company called El-Gordo spanish lottery based in Madrid.0034940462601. Unsure if it is 1.50eur per minute but we won't be ringing. Whilst we did go to Malaga at Christmas,and visited Benalmadena where the item seems to be posted from,we never gave our…
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Tesco £25.00 for registering?
I've registered but not got the £25.00 clothing vouchers that they say your supposed to get. Has anyone else got theres or any news on them?:confused:
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Do magazines have some sort of watchdog?
Hello, I submitted a letter to a magazine about winning a small amount of money. The letter was published and they blatantly added a few noughts to how much I had won. I wouldn't mind so much but they have printed my full name and city, what if someone saw the letter and assumed I'd won. Does anyone know if there is a…
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Esure- i have 4 according to everyone but them!!!
Watch out!!! if you gained have 4 years no claims bonus on your car insurance but gained ANY of it while insured with a provisional license, esure will not count it, i gained 13 months of my 4 years on provisional, every insurance company except esure will count it. they quoted my nearly £1000 with sister company 'first…
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Royal mail "fee to pay"
I've just got a card in my letter box telling me I need to go to the sorting office to pay £1.37 for an item. For a start, I don't know what this item is, and whether I want to spend the time and money getting it, for a second, why didn't the postman ring up to me? I've been in all day! If i ring the sorting office (I…
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British Telecom Rip-Off
You would think that BT would be trying a little harder nowadays to keep customers happy, but you would be wrong. Our business line has been out of order all day and we are not able to receive any calls at all. The kind people at BT have offered to divert the line to another phone for us, but as our mobile phones don't…
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Digital music downloads
The obvious moans are that prices are different between countries and you can't buy from the site other than "yours". But why oh why are songs still 80p for back catalog stuff that you could buy on a 20 track budget compilation for £4?! And my current biggest - why can't each country have the same catalog! I know CDs are…
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Large foriegn furniture store
Went last night, Mrs Mac wanted to look at desks. Eight O'clock car parks over flowing, tills at least half an hour queue. Didn't get what we wanted, the quality was lacking. Didn't buy what we wanted due to the queue. Why do so many people think it's so great? Beyond me!
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Annoyed at Direct Line!!!!
Got new insurance policy and then found out when reading through the paperwork that it was no use so sent the stuff back the same day it arrived with a letter to cancel it. no refund showed up so phoned to find out why and was told letter and stuff never arrived at DL. policy was cancelled anyway and was told 3-5 working…
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Cresta Holidays
I booked a long weekend to Dublin for my boyfriends birthday with Cresta Holidays. I haven't got much money but I wanted to make it special and book a nice hotel. I came across https://www.crestaholidays.co.uk and found a fantastic hotel. At £340 for 2 nights with the 3rd night FREE, it was still a bit pricey but the hotel…
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ASDA pinching money from my account
I cant believe ASDA!!! They said they would refund my delivery charge for my last online shop asit was over 2 hours late. The money went in last friday but i also noticed they'd taken a pound out?! After lots of calls and rants at customer services someone finally called me back today to say it was a computer error and as…
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PC World
On Saturday I ordered a laptop to collect in store. I gave them three hours and when I got there I was told that the laptop I ordered was not available and that they'd offer me an alternative with a better spec. I specifically asked if it had a DVD rewriter and was assured that it did. Stupidly I accepted their word and…
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39.9% APR a Disgrace
Vanquis Credit Card, Vanquis Bank, Bradford,yes authorised by the financial services authority. Got a mailshot through this morning offering me this wonderful opportunity to "control my budgeting". 39.9% or 49.9% for classic card. This is an absolute disgrace, is it April's fools day. What a way to get people into debt.…
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The price of kid's shoes
I'm still angry I went out todayto buy the kid's school shoes the eldest size 10 (he's a big lad) the middle one's shoes were ok so will last him another couple of months and the youngest she needed shoes Got most of what we needed in Asda the eldest shoes were £10. they had two different styles for girls really flimsy and…
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Currys Electrical Shop
has anyone else tried this? a website called best-tv-prices-co.uk lists various companies/shops for electrics - i was looking for a panasonic tv. there is a direct link to currys - and instructs you to type in the special code number for a discount. the site says it is updated 5 times a day. i have tried different times,…
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Bl**dy Gamestation
I decided to order some pre-owned games from Gamestation, my local one has rubbish, I 've done this before and they have been excellent. Well, not this time. Ordered 4 games (2 4 £20). In total £40-fine. This was last Tuesday, I got my confirmation email, then one saying order being processed. Phoned them on Sat, only to…
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Buffet style breakfasts ................
I often stay in hotels when traveling for work and over the past few years most have now moved over to the buffet style of breakfast as have many supermarket cafes that I frequent en route ..................great yes speeds up the process but why oh why can't they keep the food hot, I am sure there is a minimum temperature…
