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Debenhams Wedding List Service
Happy occasion someone getting married has their wedding list at Debenhams. I dutifully went on line and ordered a number of things off the wedding list. Since some of the items were on sale I thought I'd get a few extra items. Some weeks later I get posted a receipt saying "sorry none of the items selected was in stock,…
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Missold Gym Contract to a Student over the summer.
Hi there. Just got an email through from my brother who has taken out a Gym contract at Fitness First whilst he has been back at home (i.e with the Parents!) over university. He made it clear when he was joining the gym that the contract was for himself as a student who was due back at University in September. He was told…
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Barclays Bank and Rudeness
Hi everyone.. Long time reader of this site and forum, so I thought I would share my story with you about Barclays Bank... I have dyscalculia, which basically means I am numerically dyslexic, I can't understand my bank statements or online banking screens so I have to, mostly, calculate my finances in my head. That doesn't…
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no coldcallers sign - help please
Does anyone know where I can get a sign or label asking sellers, canvassers etc not to call at my door? I used to have a notice I made myself but it has mysteriously disappeared! Do trading standards or anyone else do one? I had a quick Google but found nothing
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New car broken - AGES to fix
Hi all, Our new (4 months and 3,500 miles) car broke down whilst on holiday in Cornwall (we live in Surrey), the day before we were due to go back. It came with Mitsubishi breakdown cover, and initially they were great at sorting out getting someone to us. We had to do a £65 taxi ride to get back to our holiday place but…
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Talk Talk broadband rip off
A salesman knocked on our door in May and offered us Broadband and phone with free calls and free international calls for £20 odd a month. We asked him if he was sure this was available in our area and he said yes lots of people have signed up for it. It was such a good deal we signed up for it. We still to this day have…
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Octave restaurant - covent garden London
Superb service. Asked if we were in a hurry and we said no we were there for the night so he slowed thigs down - left 25 minutes between main and dessert. ALways somebody standing discretely nearby to get you anything you need. When I wanted the bill I looked around and someone came straight over. The bill was brought over…
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www.evengreener.com
What a bunch of rip off merchants! We've been waiting 6 weeks for an order that should've taken 28 days to arrive and then when it finally does arrive, they've got our order wrong. so now we have to wait ANOTHER 3 weeks for what we actually ordered to arrive. :mad:
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I need advice on Catalogue ADMIN charge please,,,
Hi,, I have been trying my best to pay off a marshall ward catalogue account . I pay about £25 a month,i owe about £350. Anyway today i had my statement and on it it said that i had not paid the full amount requested last time, (yes that is true , i paid £30.00 on August 24th,,and that they had added a £15 admin charge to…
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Amazon & Nectar Points
Has anyone else had problems with getting Nectar points from Amazon.co.uk. I made a purchase in July and waited the 28 days and no points. I e-mailed Amazon customer service and the reply, obviously from outside UK, stated that to get Nectar points you must click through the nectar site. I replied stating that I DID click…
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Tesco.com - why oh why?
Hi - I had my shopping delivered yesterday and although I had been charged for it, my joint for sunday dinner was missing. I ran out to the driver and he double checked everything which was left in his van but it wasn't there. I mentioned it was my sunday dinner and even the driver said that it was bad and that I should…
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Mobile phone woes!!!
:rolleyes: I'd like a bit of advice from all you money savers out there regarding a bit of a dispute with a mobile phone shop (Vodafone). Basically, I put my memory card in the phone the wrong way, it didn't get stuck and I removed it. However, the phone would not read the memory card when I later checked. Staff at the…
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Stirling Burton Menswear
last time I was there, I had 3 staff desperately trying to find the other shoe from a £5 sale.. throughout they were friendly, helpful attentive and generally absolutely great. Keep up the good work.
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TV Licensing DIRTY CHEATING SCUM!!!!
Sorry this is so long.. A good friend of mine purchased a TV licence outright for a year on the 30th September 2005. She suffers from Bi-polar and also depression, she wants to get her self back on her feet. She uses a calendar to help her keep track of things because she tends to forget and push things to the side, she…
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Vital Beauty don't really like to give refunds
I returned goods to a company called Vital Beauty because I wasn't satisfied but instead of a refund they're offering money off a future order. It makes me think they don't really like giving refunds and want to keep my money in their bank as long as they can.
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Boots customer services
I spent £10 in one of their stores yesterday and asked for my £5 skincare voucher for spending over £10. I was informed they didn't have any as they had run out. I contacted customer services this morning and the lady on the phone apologised and took my advantage card number. She promptly added 500 points (£5) which will…
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Another day another scam - the ICFP
My FIL is always getting letters from this company. Tell him to avoid them at all costs. At least he has you to help him avoid these pitfalls. HG
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Barclays Travel Insurance
This is the first time that I have posted a message although I have read many, however I just wanted to warn others. I know that bank accounts with charges are completely against Martin's recommendations and often meant to change but never got round to it. I have a Barclays Additions account and amongst other 'benefits'…
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Argos
I've heard so many bad things about Argos so when my 4 month old camera died and I couldn't find the receipt I was prepared for hell, did I get hell? No! I had no problems getting a replacement all because I'd kept the box and that had the argos code on it, the young man at the desk was polite and the matter was dealt with…
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Bought sofa 4 days later 10% off
Grr, on Sunday i purchased 2 sofas from Reid Furniture in Braehead over the phone as i had gone home to take measurements. I was talked into (read pressurised) taking out extra cover which i didn't want but they kept on and on and reduced the price of the cover by £150 so i finally gave in and took it out. The saleslady…
