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Tesco online bogofs
Just unpacked my £125 Tesco online shop. All present and correct but I had bought 4 boxes Finish powerballs, thinking they were buy one get one free. I was actually thinking of going back to powder to save money but thought Wow! a saving of £13.56 on a purchase of four boxes. I had miscalculated the date of delivery, the…
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Currys - rude customer service
Right, let's see if I can tell this without cursing... I bought a wireless network adapter over two weeks ago on Saturday, as a matter of urgency. Took it home and tried to use it. Had no success in getting the dongle to work with my wireless network, and discovered from reviews that the particular model was notorious for…
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carpet hell!!!
redecorating and carpeting the house: bedroom - stairs, landing& lounge, so not a small order - 2 weeks ago ordered a carpet from allied carpets after being told it was in stock - yesterday after spending the ENTIRE WEEKEND clearing out the house and removing the old carpet, got a call from them at 10am saying they werent…
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Am soooo angry - unfair clamping and release charge!
My OH has just come home in a dreadful mood - and rightly so! He is a consultant and visits small manufacturing companies offering advice and help. Today he visited a company on an industrial estate in Uxbrige, found their office, parked outside and walked in to reception, at which point someone pointed out that he had…
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MFI sofas
I bought a new recliner sofa from MFI and after 6 months the recliner mechanism broke. Since it was still under guarantee, I asked for it to be repaired. They were unable to repair it because it was an end of line and they no longer make the parts and after a bit of pushing on my side side (mentioned the Sales of Good Act…
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Faulty recliner - help, what are my rights?
I bought a new recliner sofa from MFI in August 2006. The sofa came with a 1 year guarantee. In November the recliner broke and I rang up MFI, who said acknowledge it was still under guarantee and sent an upholsterer to my house to have a look. It turned out that the frame is faulty and needs to be replaced and said he…
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Orange itemised billing charge
My girlfriend has an Orange contract phone. Back in July, Orange wanted to start charging £1.50 for itemised billing. You could opt out by texting them. She did this and was not billed for an itemised bill, but still recieved them. On her last 2 bills, she had been charged for an itemised bill. She contacted Orange, who…
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what are my consumer rights? please help me.
Hi everyone, i ordered a laptop from tiny two years ago on 3 years finance agreement. the laptop went back many times due to fault and then tiny folded. but the finace company took over the warrenty which i had also taken for 3 years. it got replaced and all was ok for a while except it kept getting too hot. then just…
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nasty terms and conditions
Hi! Why is it that just when you think you have found the perfect high interest savings account, or online shop it all goes pop with one line in the t&c? Like: "We may not pay a requested payment, but we will not tell you why, or discuss it". "All your details will be sent to India". "We will pass on your details to other…
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Saffron Building Society
I openned accounts for my kids last year with Saffron due to best rate of interest available at the time. We got the annual statements this week and the interest is fine. Enclosed with it is a new kids newslette which had an article in it which made me mad this is what it said: Savings tips for Kids Here are some top tips…
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Blah DVD - Taking double payment
I've just noticed on my Digital Banking account that Blah DVD have taken a double payment for a CD I ordered from them. I ordered three at the same tme. They took payment for all three (£27.97), shipped two while one is "waiting for stock". They have then taken another payment for the "waiting in stock" (£11.02). Has this…
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Royal Mail and their non digital scales
Sometime ago I had a little argument with a post office till clerk insisting that my small package was over the 2kg mark on their non digital scales. On my home digital scales the same package was 1995g.At the time I believe the addittional charge was around £2.50+ extra. I actually took the package direct the same day to…
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'wanna buy a telly/playstation/stereo' -WARNING
my mums mates blokes tv went kaput the other day so he went off searching for a new tv. they were approached in tesco by some bloke who 'noticed you are looking at tv's, ive got a top of the rage blah-blah-blah flat panel that retails at £1500 that you can have for £500' so off they toddle to looks at this fantastic piece…
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Tesco Lack of Customer Service
Whilst shopping Saturday morning in a Tesco Store (8 miles away) I bought some own make tortilla wraps, went to use them on the kids sandwiches yesterday and they were all stuck together (at a guess not enough flour) and every single one in 2 packs tore and were unusable. Today I phoned Tesco Customer services to complain…
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Tesco Deals - Not a good deal
I had planned to stay overnight in Dublin using my Tesco clubcard deals. I have £160 in clubcard tokens to use. I went on line to Hilton just to get a rough idea of what it would cost and if I had enough tokens to cover the cost. On line a room for 2 adults and one child with dinner, bed and breakfast was £126.39, I…
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British Gas
Does anyone else that qualifies for the gas and electric winter rebate of £30 off two gas bills and £15 off two electric bills (if you have both with british gas) have problems getting the electric rebate? The £30 is off my gas bill ok,but I am having problems getting the £15 off the electric despite a few phone calls. At…
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CBS Communications
My mum ordered a phone she wanted, because it was £100 cheaper than most places (Motorola V3i D&G), from CBS communications after finding it through a google search http://www.cbscentres.co.uk/cbs.nsf/mobiles/9A138446FDC958B6802571920053F3BC!OpenDocument. Went through the whole ordering process, was confirmed by email…
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Indian restaurant always with the mis-calculations.
Always. Its either £2 or £3 usually. They make a mean curry but this is starting to get a little annoying. They always scribble on the menu, Im not a caring person so I tell them to tell me exactly whats on the menu coz I dont understand it. Always. Always, theyll add an extra rice etc. Sorry is always the excuse. Haha *I…
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Specsavers & childrens eye exam
Just tried to book my 9yo eye exam at specsavers. They now only offer after 3.30pm and not on Sunday's appoitnments because the children clog up their appointments. Talk about second class citizens! So, I'm off to vision express - unless someone can recommend another good for childrens glasses optician?
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Orange
Do Orange have a complaints email address? Their website isn't very helpful. :rolleyes: Incase anyone's nosey, they decided to charge me twice for last months bill which meant I was down on my wages. Not best happy. :mad: