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Archives for April 2008

TaiPingYang company
Just received this in my email: Dear friend We are the TaiPingYang company . We mainly sell electrical product .such as digital cameras,mobile,LCD TV,xbox, Laptops,DV,Mp4, GPS, and so on.All items come with 12months international warranty . If you want to buy something ,please contact us freely ,our company would like to…
help please - hotpoint washer/dryer
on 5 feb 2007 we brought a hotpoint WD440G. today it has broken down. it isnt drying clothes. i dont even know if its washing them either but it certainly isnt drying them. we only took the 1 year warranty from comet. we called comet today and they have told us to contact hotpoint direct. ill do this tomorrow. is there…
Mad with B&Q - 2 used pressure washers sold as new....
Furious with B&Q Crawley. Bought a Bosch pressure washer at the weekend and when I came to put it together noticed water in one of the outlets. I reckoned it had been used and took it back. They changed it without argument... When I got the "new" one home, it turned out to have a couple of pints of water in the hose and…
Curry's and my laptop
Has anybody here had the misfortune to attempt to get something repaired, that they bought from Curry's? Last summer, I bought a laptop from them. Last month it died. As it's still under warranty I took it back to get repaired. I have been messed around ever since. I was given about three different estimates as to how long…
Nationwide Card Reader Incompetence
Anyone had to use of those new security card readers yet ? If so and it worked lucky you, just pray it stays that way. Mine doesn't work, i tried it from 4 different PC's in 2 locations with 2 different browsers. Explained this to the muppets at the internet banking site after being on hold for 40 mins and 30 mins…
Lush Cosmetics
A couple of weeks ago I bought a gift set for my friends birthday from Lush, after a few days she realised that one of the items was missing from the box. I emailed the customer service department and received a reply to say they were very sorry and could they have my address so that they could send my friend a…
Out of date chewing gum from Home Express
This is not so much a vent but a query, and I apologise if it comes across as petty. Yesterday, amongst other things, I bought a sealed pack of 9 packs of 'Sensations' chewing gum, for the princely sum of £1. However, when I got home I noticed that the Expiry date was October 2007. Now I am not sure what to do, as I don't…
Vprewards
Further to my last email about the con by VPREWARDS taking money from your bank account,I found this no:08456722002 spoke to a very nice guy called Mark Bright told him what was going on and he said he was very sorry and that the money would be back in my account in 7 to 10 days! will let you know!Give it ago be FIRM and…
Nikon UK
OH has a Nikon camera, very good but getting on. It broke. I asked them. I sent them. They repaired and returned. They didn't want our money which is refreshing. I wouldn't hesitate in buying Nikon again.
Ringmania - They wont stop emailing
Bought from them in 2005/06 and since then emailed them 100's of times following their unsubscribe requests, through their online contact form, to their general email address, written to them, involved trading standards and consumer direct and received a reply from ringmania months ago confirming we are unsubscribed and…
Play.com
i pre ordered GTA for my ds 5 weeks ago with play.com and they took the payment from my bank last thursday. phoned them up yesterday and was promised it for today (the release is today) and guess what no gta in the post. Phoned them up again today ands now it could be friday which is crsapp service. got it anyway from GAME…
Dwell
Dwell home furniture store. Just had to get this of my chest. What a pain in the backside. Nice catalogue, nice showroom, conveniently close to work, nice website and nice adverts in The times and BBC Good Homes mag. Adverts state everyhting delivered speedily from stock. Not. We placed an order on Jan 31st after checking…
Exposure Photographics / Studio 64 Deposit Problems
Hi All, Just wondered if I could have some advice... A while back we were contacted by the above London photo studio and told we had won a prize - a free photo shoot. I stupidly agreed to pay a deposit which would be refunded after the sitting. After seeing the prices for photos etc, I cannot see us buying any photos and…
setanta
I HAVE SETANTA ON MY MAIN TV in my living room,i also took it on multi room in my sons room for a extra £5 per mth,but as my son isnt watching it i cancelled the £5 multi room dd,but kept on main one.i cancelled this using online banking,and about a week later i got a phone call from setanta saying i owed them £5,as it…
Swiftcover USA flights
a few months ago i decided to renew my car insurance with swiftcover as they were offering 2 for 1 flights to the usa if you kept your car insurance for a number of months, when i contacted them today they said that no - this was a competition and if i had won i would be notified!!!!! Did anyone else take up this offer and…
safestyle uk conned me - please help
hi just under 12 months ago we had new windows and doors from safesytle uk, the sale srep came round one night and said that if we had all the windows and doors it would cos us £2300, and at the time i thouhg it was really cheap, but they are a big company so can undercut the smaller ones. the rep said that how it works…
Fed up with The Sun newspaper??!!
Three months has passed now without receiving the promised '2 for 1 Vue cinema cards' from The Sun. Their failure to deliver is an absolute disgrace. I've emailed BBC's consumer programme Watchdod bringing this issue to their attention. If you're equally frustrated with The Sun here's Watchdog's link:…
welcome car finance.
hi, has anyone had any dealings with welcome fiance for car credit and been missold PPI? if so any information would be helpfull. thankyou,windymiller.
Peugeot
Just spent an hour on the phone to peugeot (using the land line number), and after explaining that I have spent almost £2000 on repairs that should have been under manufacturers guarantee (and warantee), they are giving me a brand new car for my troubles! :D My car was a 56 plate peugeot 206, and the ECU, coil pack,…
Anyone thinking of claiming compensation....
Have a look at this..... HILLHAIRYHOUSE.............. I'll Sue Ya by Weird Al http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfO9JUNXN7U

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Ofgem proposes new 'no standing charge' Price Cap – but Martin Lewis warns vulnerable customers need to be opted in or it won't work
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Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland to cut overdraft rates for millions but hike them for others – here's what's happening and full help
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Martin Lewis: At last a chance to fix Council Tax flaws impacting millions – debt collection, difficulty challenging your band, discounts and more
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Winter Fuel Payments to be reinstated for millions – Martin Lewis explains how it'll work, what it means and if it's an improvement
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