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amazon credit card
just received some great service from Amazon credit card aka halifax. I accidentally paid the wrong jhalifax credit card using my internet banking facility and thanks to a mix uo at Halifax's end i got stuck with a late payment charge, plus phone calls hounding me for the payment, letters reducing my credit limit etc etc.…
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Lakeland
I'd like to say what excellent customer service I received from Lakeland. I bought a Ewbank vacuum from them- probably over a year ago, although I lost all receipts. I rang them to ask for help (I wanted either a Ewbank phone number or stockist of a new battery- I suspected the rechargable battery had died). Without query,…
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SubWay rip off
Went into SubWay yesterday @ 6pm and ordered the 'Sub of the Day' for £1.99, a large sign outside the store said ' make it a footlong for £1 extra after 4pm' so far so good:) When I came to pay the chump on the till charges me £3.79, the last time I checked £1.99 + £1= £2.99:( Chump says the extra 6" will be £1.80, I said…
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Aol
My internet died on me suddenly yesterday afternoon, rang aol as requested in the troubleshooting guide and it has been impossible to get through, was on hold for ages yesterday and have been on hold most of the morning, has anybody else had any problems with them
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PixDiscount on-line photo processing
A word of warning about PixDiscount....I placed my first order with them a few months ago and received my prints in just over a week. However, 10 days later I received a duplicate set of the exact same prints..... I had not ordered a second set. I wrote to the company when I noticed that I had also been charged twice for…
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Dyson
Have to give Dyson a bit of praise here. E-mailed them to say that a part of my hoover was broken and was i was a year out of my guarantee, was not too happy that it did not last longer than 3 years. They asked for my serial number and said that they would send one out asap, took 3 days and there was no charge Great…
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Sports shops
Sports shops are not sports shops anymore, they are just tat static nylon t-shirt and garish trainer shops. Want a cricket bat, or any cricket equipment? Don’t try a sports shop. Want linseed oil to treat a cricket bat? The gormless teenager will look at you as if you’re not speaking English. Oh they’ve got a baseball…
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Dell Nightmare - Advice needed
Sorry about the formatting of this message (something weird to do with this work PC) - I will type the full message below in a reply...
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Warning to Bootsers (please merge with existing thread)
A nasty experience freebie_junkie. And, I think Boots would be really silly to follow that course of action. I've been following the ethics debate on here with regard to Boots and the Tesco R&R policy. Basically, I think whatever cash they lose to us in R&R and glitches, they more than compensate for in free widespread…
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Warning For Boosters!
there wa sa horrid incident on saturday when a manger had a go at me for using vouchers i wont go into details as i think they read these forums! on the phone i was told about a clamp-down on people who use a lot of vouchers/take a lot of freebies and account suspensions was mentioned. id hate for any tarts to loose all…
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HELP A WORRIED MAN PLEASE! My wife will kill me
She went off to look after her sister who is recovering from an operation but she will be back on Wednesday and I'm for it! She got new single beds and duvets to go on them, so i decided to surprise her and put the new covers on. I tore the celephone off them, threw it in the bin and started to put the covers on but they…
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John Lewis - crepes need I say more?
1 large crepe with a scopp of strawberry ice cream, some strawberries - would estimate 10, some chocolate sauce and the offer of sugar and meringue - declined - price £5.95. So the mark up was - well extortionate! Put me off their restaurant for life. Anne
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dodgy tesco chicken drumsticks
last night mr mob made some tesco barbeque chicken drumsticks. usually they are very nice. as i was busy sorting chops out (the baby) he had already scoffed 3 when i started mine. one bite was enough for me, it tasted horrid. mr mob said he thought they tasted a little different and today hes paid for it. however weve…
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ARGHH Eurocamp/Ryanair/Carhire
OK, I am going to rant a bit here, and I dont think there is a solution to my problem now, but it may serve as a warning to others. In December last year I booked a fly-drive holiday with Eurocamp in France, for myself, my 3 kids, a friend and her 2 kids. We have seperate caravans but wanted a 7 seater people carrier so we…
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Jacksons Tool Hire Laurencekirk
Firstly, I know that there are other tool hire companies called Jacksons. As far as I know, this one is an independent. I have used quite a few hire companies and they range from average to incompetent. Power tools which break in the middle of a job and I'm expected to drive miles to their other branch as they dont have…
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Jumping on HSBC security concerns bandwagon
I've just received the following email The link address is pretty good but they seem to want me to trough the bank rather than go through it. Plus suspend my account if I don't reply within 48 hours? From a Sunday? I don't think so ;)
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Dubious Paypal charge?
Last weekend I placed an order on a UK site and paid via paypal with my Amex card. Both the website and the subsequent email confirmation gave the total price as £40. Checking my Amex statement online last night, I noticed that I had been billed £42.17. I queried this with the company, who phoned Paypal, only to be told…
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Ecover Washing Liquid - Price Hike!
Hi all, Just noticed that Sainsbury's and Tesco have both hiked the price of Ecover washing liquid up to around £4:39 for a bottle,when it used to be about £3:89. Does anyone know where you can get this cheaper now? Thanks in anticipation!
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Dower and Hall - praise
Hi Just wanted to relate my recent experience with the jewellers, Dower and Hall. We had a revenue card for underpaid postage from Royal Mail, asking us to collect something from the sorting office. It was 1p underpostage and we had to pay a £1 surcharge to find it was a brochure from Dower and Hall, so not really very…
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60 Minute Money - Is this a scam???
A friend of mine mentioned that he is thinking of starting his own business working from home using the '60 Minute money' guidelines. He has to pay £27.00 for the info that gives you step-bystep guide to to making money from home by selling popular products over the web and by mail etc, it does say what you sell though!…
