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Virgin Gym Membership
Hi there, I signed up for a Virgin Active membership last April time and last month I came around to cancelling my membership as I need to consolidate my money and start saving (kids, holiday, house etc). When I signed up I was told that after a year I would be able to cancel my contract with them. So when I came to do…
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Phones4u
Ok where do I start. Went in there for a nose at the weekend with the OH, and was accousted as soon as we walked in the door. They had a £100 cashback deal on various phone contracts which is what lured my other half in ! When we told the sales guy that we`d `think about it`.. he said `well what if I give you £150 instead…
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Eurostar phone booking staff
I have rung the Eurostar staff to book a ticket on three or four occasions, mainly because the website is poor. Each time they have been polite and produced the best result for me. And I have never been charged the £5 booking by telephone fee.
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CURRYS won't replace a faulty item
Mrs Cake bought a Daewoo DVD recorder last November from Currys on line. So that I didn't have to cut a huge hole in a built in unit, I cut the moulded mains plug off, poked the lead through a small hole and then fitted a new standard UK plug. The recorder packed up a few days ago so I 'phoned the helpline. Either I can…
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My movie stream Voucher offer
Took out dvd rental with them in april and promised £10 hmv voucher for doing so,its july and i aint had it,emailed loads,says they are having problems with the supplier every time,i have cancelled my subs with them but expect the voucher to be honest. I have been patient but seems to get me nowhere,thinking of adopting a…
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mattressonline.co.uk
The other half and I ordered a mattress from these jokers - cost £124. We realised after putting the bed up that our spare room was too small for a double bed. We decided to put in a sofa bed instead. so I rang from work the next day to cancel the order. In the meantime they'd tried to deliver the mattress so they wanted…
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Norfolk driveway resurfacing scam
I'm sorry if this is in the wrong place but I'm sitting here writing this at gone midnight as I am so ******* annoyed I need to get it off my chest before I go to sleep. We visited our grandparents today. A little while ago my wife told me about a conversation they had earlier today. Apparently a while back someone turned…
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Crumpets From Tesco
hi everyone, I shop on tesco.com for my weekly shop and have done for the last 2 1/2 years. I find this very good for me as I have 2 young children and I dont drive so doing the shopping used to be a real chore. Anyway this week I ordered 2 packs of crumpets in my shopping which was delivered on the 5/7/07. I came to use…
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18 months court case - advice
I'll keep it to the point. Nov 2005 Bought a used car from a dealer,7 days on found out 3 major oil seals needed replacing,warranty company refused to deal referring me back to the dealer. Took legal advice from the RED PHONE insurance company,left car with the dealer saying I reject the car as within 21 days from sale,18…
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Thumbs up to Scottish Provident
My wife called Scottish Provident to request a claim form on a critical illness policy that we have with them. She received the claim form the next day, and then received a phone call from them 3 days later to make sure that we had actually received it. We then received a further call from them when they had received the…
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Query re cooling off periods
Forgive me if details are lacking here... Just had a call from my mum who tells me that the elderly lady across the road recieved a leaflet through the door last week about walk in baths. She sent off for further details and placed an order for a £4000 bath, sending a £2000 deposit. All done via post I believe. Now she…
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warning re. maestro card from 'apprentice'
when is a good deal not a good deal? when you have to work so hard to cash it in... i just used my maestro £5 'gift card' from the 3-m 'apprentice' promotion but had to try 2 different stores and make a line of people wait 10 minutes while the cashier figured it out. turns out you cannot pay for some of a purchase with…
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Clothes help!
I bought a dress two weeks ago in oasis for £20. It fitted fine, so i threw away the reciept. Now the zip appears to be stuck through a fault in the zip. Is there anything i can do to get a refund or am i stuck with it? thanks
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Woolworths online are a bit rubbish
PS2 game ordered in their sale a few weeks ago, they said delivery by 5 July. Its a couple of quid cheaper than elsewhere, so I risk it, despite the rather long delivery time. 5 July comes and goes. I log in, it says my order was 'cancelled'. But I got no email, info, nothing. I contact customer services to ask about it.…
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WasteTech - Don't Use! BUSINESS VENT
Waste Tech customers beware. This has been bought to my attention by FSB which I recommend. They advised me to join with Team Waste for our rubbish collection- I checked out the difference in prices and I have saved £150 a month!!! Waste Tech- Charge £100 for an annual certificate that is available for free! - Provision…
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vodafone
i had some trouble with vodafone when i first took out my contract, but since then i've received excellent service from them. i quite frequently call up 191 to ask random question (because it's free) and they've been extremely helpful each time. well done vodafone, u have redeemed yourself in my books I take it ALL back.…
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Argos - click and reserve facility
I reserved a tv last night on Argos's website and my husband went to collect it today only to be told the order had been cancelled. The manager came over and told my hubby that someone had come in this morning and used the same reservation number and bought the tv!!! He couldn't explain how this had happened (and didn't…
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rac left me stranded for hours
I want to warn lone female drivers, pregnant drivers and people with a medical condition to be careful about RAC. I have their breakdown cover as i am a Barclays customer and today i broke down. I was alone, am heavily pregnant and have a high risk pregnancy. I was not far from home so i walked home to call them and…
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VW Passat fault - Water in braking system
Sorry if this is in the wrong place but I’m a bit new here. I recently had a problem with my 51 plate VW Passat. I went to brake at a junction and the brake pedal didn’t move. I was lucky that nothing was coming as I overshot the junction and had to swerve across both lanes.:eek: I pressed them again and they seemed fine.…
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Argos Additions - AVOID
:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: How utterly frustrating and decieving this company is. I ordered a pair of shoes for my daughter on 21st June which were stated as being IN STOCK. I was told delivery would be by 2 July. 2nd July comes and goes... nothing. I look on the website and it states that delivery to be 4th July. 4th July…
