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MFI Ripping us off
this is the letter sent to MFI In September 2004!! We made a purchase of bedroom furniture, after it was installed we soon noticed that the cabinets were marking and contacted you at customer services, these tops were replaced but it was evident over the next few months that the entire order was faulty! After a ridiculous…
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shell petrol station..should i moan?
went to get get petrol last night , filled up and went in to pay to find the assistant on his mobile phone chatting away in indian ( i think) so i figured he'd put the phone down and serve me:confused: no need for that , he kept chatting and jestured to put my payment card in the slot, pointed again for me to enter my pin…
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virgin mobile + staff
Ive recently finished a contract with virgin mobile and wanted to comment on the excellent service i received. I only switched providers (to orange) because i could get a cheaper deal elsewhere but the customer service with virgin was excellent. The British based call centres had exceptionally friendly and helpfull staff…
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faulty hoover?
Ok, so I bought a hoover this morning from Argos, with recommendation from someone here as its good for pet hair... Yep it works a wonder. However, the hose is too short and every time you use it, the hoover falls over :confused: infact its so short you can only do half way up the stairs, and thats with it streched fully!…
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Vanity Publishing
I have to warn people about this – apologies if it’s in the wrong place or if you are a savvy-enough Money Saver to know about it already. I work for a children’s publishing company and we get loads of letters and emails every day from people who’ve written a book. Today I received this email: Hello Let me have this…
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Rubbish service - complaint letter??
Hi Guys, I've strolled in from the DFW Forum, hope you're all well. I have a question for you regarding a complaint letter that I wish to send to a company. I don't want to name them because I'm not sure on what the situation is with naming names. However, does anyone have a standard template complaint letter that they…
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Powergen Door to Door Salesmen
Hope ive posted this in the right place How can I stop these guys door knocking me asking if I want to swap to Powergen They must come at least once a week and the other week got two in the same evening. Im not very patient with them and tell them in no uncertain terms to sling their hook and shut the door on them mid…
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Pipex
After having a browse of my online banking statement noticed pipex had kindly taken two months charges in one (+1p).. Had a look at last month and they didn't charge me.. Thinking I was probably to blame I gave them a ring to see what it was all about. Turns out THEY actually had a problem at their end and couldn't take…
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Kicked out of Tesco for buying too much
Hello a friend and I went to tesco to take advantage of offers, we had a trolley full with products on offer, we were approached by the manager while at the check out and we were informed: Sorry you can't buy those items as you bough more than 10 of them and they are on offer. left everything at the check out and just…
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Lxdirect Did Not Deliver Today
:mad: Please advise, I bought a condenser dryer from LXDIRECT.com on the 2nd of October, they said they would deliver on the 16th(yesterday) rang to confirm, they changed it to the 17th October(today) it never showed up :mad: :mad: The email they sent me says the 16th October, today I have taken the day off work to sit…
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Car/Auto Data - cold calling scam
Just a quick warning for anyone who had advertised their car online for sale. We have been inundated with cold calls from a company posing to be associated with Auto Trader. The number they use, when googled, brings up a forum discussion on other people who have advertised their vehicle via Auto trader online, and have had…
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Bhs
What a nice change. Took a dress back to them as it didn't fit right after having it a month or to . no quibble exchange though all labels on and had never been warn . I still wanted the dress and they have gone out of the way to locate one in the correct size. and hopefully being sent fast track delivery tomorrow . A…
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Electrical Goods
I recently purchased a disc drive from staples. When taking it back after being unable to install it, discovered that disc drive was different to what was on the box. Staples will not refund me (they think I swapped drives). Maxtor (the manufacturer) have said it is not their problem. Consumer Direct say the only thing I…
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Asos
Put briefly, I made an order with ASOS on 13/10/06. On 14/10/06 I received an email saying that ASOS had cancelled my order as it was of 'high risk' and that I had not satisfied their security check with my credit card provider. They requested ID (e.g. passport/driving licence) and stated that upon receipt of satisfactory…
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Previous House-owner Debts
I hope someone can help me! My partner and I bought our first house in March this year and since then we have constantly been getting threatening letters/bailiffs at our door seeking collection for debts of the previous owners!! We have followed up all letters and 'visits' by phoning the collection agency and telling them…
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Unwanted calls from fax machine
A fax machine keeps ringing my home telephone number. It normally rings on an afternoon when I'm having a lie down (pregnant and tired!), and while we are having our evening meal. It's driving me mad as it's causing a nusiance. The telephone number of the fax on my caller display is 0870 0130875. How do I find out who this…
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moral of the story
Little Johnny watched his daddy's car pass by the school playground and go into the woods. Curious, he followed the car and saw Daddy and Aunt Jane in a passionate embrace. Little Johnny found this so exciting that he could not contain himself as he ran home and started to tell his mother. "Mommy, I was at the playground…
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Email form Paypal
Hi all, could be a false alarm but I just recieved an email from paypal which I am suspicious of, reads as follows: "Your online credit card account has high-risk activity status. We are contacting you to remind you that on October. 13, 2006 our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your account. In…
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One Railway -conductor should have been a traffic warden
Not sure if this is a vent or me just wanting to share a farcical story. I got the train into town this morning and as I was getting off the train, I picked up a discarded newspaper to read later. To my surprise the conductor came after me telling me it was against bylaws to pick up other people's items. Now, i can fully…
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Lovefilm.com
They have recently taken screenselect over. Now screenselect had three options of rentals, 1,2 or 3 dvd rentals where the most expensive is £14.99 per month. By dvd they meant dvds or games.. Now lovefilm.com have taken over they have 6 plans.. 1 dvd at a time £9.99 2 dvds "" £12.99 3 dvds "" £14.99 1 dvd or game at a time…
