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Archives for December 2006

not happy with argos
hi not very happy with argos today, i reserved online a nunchuk for our wii at a local argos yesterday morning, went this morning to fetch it and was told that i had cancelled it, er no i dont think so, these are really hard to find at the mo, so spoke to the manager (assistant) who said that someone had cancelled our…
space kitchens
anyone had any dealings with them?they phoned us up about 4 mnoths gao saying we qualified for a special offer ktichen in our area and could a rep pop ronud,we said ok as had been thinking about a new kitchen and wouldnt do any harm to look,so rep arrived(very loud,brash blonde with tits hanging out and mini skirt on,maybe…
Richer Sounds Wharfedale DVD3210DVX
Beware. I bought three of these on Boxing Day for a tenner each. Great deal you say but they are no good. Will only play proper DVD's not ones which have been made by yourself and other problems which I found at https://www.dvd.reviewer.co.uk . Type in Wharfedale DVD32100DVDX problems in Google. Hunted around on net and…
National Lottery - a scam?
I got an e-mail from the national lottery saying I had won even though I had not bought a ticket online. All they ask so far is that the person sends an e-mail back with their name and address - no bank details or anything. Pretty sure it is a scam but has it happened to anyone else?
tesco - rescue it colour run remover
i stupidly dyed some of chops' clothes by washing them with my new pair of jeans. it never crossed my mind and they are all now a nice shade of grey.. mr mob brought some 'rescue it colour run' from tesco and i followed the instructions and it hasnt worked, everything is still grey. am i within my right to take the empty…
LOVEFILM - Free Christmas gift, yeah right!
Did anyone else receive a Christmas card from Lovefilm where they state that they'd like to thank you for your support throughout the year by giving you 3 months free rental? And then they enclosed vouchers which you can't use? Then in small text at the back it states that this cannot be used by existing members so why not…
Help required with Dabs RMA problem please.
Hi all. I hope this is in the right place. I know its a bit cheeky asking for help straight after joining, but I hope someone can help me anyway. I ordered two items from Dabs that were RMAed in August. I had a hell of a job getting them courier company Amtrak to pick up the items. After 2 or 3 missed pickup dates, someone…
Oggie snowsports - beware!!!!
Hi all, Just wanted to rant and warn anybody looking to shop at the online snowsports shop OGGIE.CO.UK I bought a snowboard from them last year, they lost the order and delayed delivery, then when it arrived they left over £200 worth of board equipment in a public place, only the grace of god nobody stole it. I complained,…
Next - very helpful with returns!
Just to say that my son was given a Next top in the wrong size without a recept or the `ticket` attached. I wasnt very hopeful that the staff would exchange it but fortunately it was new stock and not sale and they exchanged it without a murmur. I was quite impressed....and the queue was smaller than M & S!
Next
I bought some items from Next online some of which were delivered on the 21st December. I bought a watch, but it needs some links taken out (skinny wrists me lol). One item was delivered to another address, and i had their parcel instead. So I arrange with the person to collect and get the item on xmas eve. They were a…
British gas
Had a letter at the beginning of November off them to say they would be changing our Electricity meter on a date they specified between 8.00am and 8.00pm. No one came or phoned to say why they had not come. Wrote to them to complain and they said they would recommend compensation. Nothing to date. Had a letter two weeks…
Digi Logic at Tesco
I bought my Daddy a DVD/VCR combi for Christmas but gave it to him in early Nov. It was faulty so back it went. It's replacement was faulty and back it went. No third time lucky for us and we got a refund when this one was faulty too. All 3 units had different faults and we put it down to a bad batch. This morning at a…
Brewers Fayre - clear or unclear?
Thought I'd check here for opinions before I send a letter of complaint. Went to Brewers Fayre tonight on account of seeing their £1.50 offer, see here: http://www.brewersfayre.co.uk/voucher/default.asp "All starters and all desserts only £1.50*" * Available Monday to Saturday 12:00 – 6:00pm. Valid only when purchased with…
Candy Rewards VENT
The owner of CandyRewards seems to think that is more than acceptable to send out mass emails including everybodys address down. Leaving others to openly spam you, the owner seems far from concerned about this fact and has done absolutly nothing to rectify or even apologise during yet another mistake made by CandyRewards.…
Curry's
That shop is incredible, dh and I were stood waiting, playing a new game in curry's called 'trying to find a lesser spotted assistant'. We were going to buy a lcd 42" tv, looking at the £999 version. We decided not to bother, on our way out we saw 4 staff at customer services who were just chatting between themselves and 4…
Tesco Mobile
What are people's experiences of Tesco Mobile like? To me, it seems to be a joke. I have repeatedly tried to top-up my phone with a variety of credit cards and it always fails. Apparently the address details don't match, but I never have this problem when buying from anyone else. I speak to their people on the phone after…
Any ideas??
Hi all Just after some advice. I recently bought a part for my computer over the telephone, I was told it was going to cost £41 on the phone but when the invoice came (a few days after I had received the part) it was for £72!!! They had charged me £51 for the part, £10 p&p which they didnt mention on the phone and £10 vat…
Comet - I won't buy again
Hi all, Just looked at the post about the Nikon camera fiasco. My personal opinion about Comet will become evident if you read the rest of this. I purchased a Magellan SatNav system from them about eighteen months ago only to find two months after purchasing it that the unit was obsolete, there was only one upgrade in…
Is this a scam call
We've had a message left on our answer phone for my OH, the woman speaks really fast and it's hard to understand her, but she says she's from personal banking and can we ring her back quoting HCFZ on 08453004710 concerning a security problem. We bank with First Direct and I'm sure if it was from them they would have…
B & Q dilemma!!!
hi, B & Q were supposed to deliver a kitchen yesterday but suprise suprise they didn't. However on ringing them today they have said that the delivery company have said they tried to deliver at 1.30pm but no one was in. Quite simply this is a bare faced lie. My girlfriend took the entire day off work and we even left a…

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