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GetFilmsNow (aka MBS Micro Bill Systems )
an old scam with a new hat , software that once downloaded pops up all the time asking for money to settle your "bill" making the PC almost impossible to use read the old MBS thread http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=12044679#post12044679 read this…
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Buying your first TV Llicense - Authorised scam
Hi all, did you know that if you were to buy your first TV license for a new property on the last day of the month you would only get 11 months license coverage for your money? I brought the subject up with the TV licensing people and this is what they said, "Television licences are issued subject to terms and conditions…
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continued about scs!!!!
i have rang scs to say i want my deposit back as they have taken libertie with delivery my sofa its been well ova 6 weeks now. Well they said i cant have my deposit back i did think this but they are also saying that my product is in stock now and that i can not cancel it. I said i dont want it and ill lose me depost and…
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IKEA delivered wrong item - Advice please?
Hi! I am really mad at IKEA. I placed an order on their website and paid for delivery but they delivered the wrong item. I got the delivery on Tuesday 24th June, the order was signed for by my husband as UNCHECKED. I phoned them up as soon as I realised their mistake but their computer system was down and they asked me to…
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Great service from Littlewoods
Hi Bought a TV from Littlewoods catalouge last year and on Sunday it lost all digital channels and they would not tune back in as they had done previously. So Monday phoned Littlewoods expecting them to say not our problem, phone manufacturer....but no they gave an number to contact which I duly phoned again expecting very…
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BSM Driving School
I recently booked my first driving lesson with BSM through my local branch in Reading. A few days later i received written confirmation of my appointment together with details of my instructor. At no point from the time of the telephone booking right up until arrival of my instructor was i given any other information as to…
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Post Office - Print Your Own Stamps
Not so much a "vent" as a long head scratch ! :confused: :confused: For the last 12 months I have been using the Post Office facility to print your own stamps - quite good, but a bit strange in places; why do you have to enter 4 lines of address even if the address you need is only 3 lines ? and why is one of those 4…
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Reader Digest - Help
my girlfriend got Reader Digest book (How to Clean Just About Anything) but she not ask for it and wonder why got that book and got invoice that she got to pay £18? please help
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Sky Prices
Cant beleive this just had a letter from sky saying the monthly subscription is going up again. my package is now going to be £47.00 a month that £564 a year i feel freesat hd heading my way.
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Homebase Problems, Help!
Hi, i've just registered so if i have posted in the wrong place the i do apologise. I've been having a problem with Homebase and i've now very upset and stressed if you could take the time and read and share your view i would be most grateful. Well here it is; on the 10/5/08 i ordered a bed, a mattress, a wardrobe, a…
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Renewal higher than new customer, can I get this changed?
Ive been with the AA for 4 years now and have recently added my OH to the policy aswell. As I added him to the policy after my renewal came through I wasnt sure how much it would be, but its come out of my account and at £126 I didnt think this was too bad. On speaking to a friend and telling them my good experiences of…
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plumbworld
couldnt find a sink cheaper .very good service it came quick as well.:T
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Prescription Glasses - I think the wrong presciption what can i do?
I bought 3 pairs of glasses from tescos last week. I also had my eye test there as well. When i had my eye test (which took about 10mins) the optician said my prescirption had changed and i would need new glasses, ok so order 2 pairs of rimless and 1 pair of sunglasses. totalling £250. Went to pick up the glasses yesterday…
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Unprovoked assault in Tescos, No CCTV, No Security, No help at all
Hi all, just a quick one really. Last month I was assaulted unprovoked in Tescos (from behind as I was paying for my shopping) in the middle of a weekend afternoon. Turns out that Tescos have NO cctv footage at all on that day, they had no security working on that day, and also despite all efforts from the police nobody in…
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Sickness bug found in tap water in Northamptonshire
About 250,000 people in Northamptonshire are being told to boil tap water for drinking after a bug was found to have contaminated supplies. Tests found cryptosporidium in a sample from supplies to Northampton, Daventry and surrounding villages. The parasite causes stomach upsets and the most common symptom is diarrhoea.…
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Is this legal? MFI renege on offers
Had a kitchen quote from Ikea before Easter 08. Discovered MFI had offer on - I did not copy text from website & offer changed shortly afterwards so no hard evidence, although thus far, offer not disputed by MFI. Offer = a) price match PLUS b) free install (over certain value). Naturally, got MFI to quote PDQ. MFI could…
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Scs Sofas Are Taking Liberties.
Hi all, I dont know if im in the right place. But i need some help.I recently purchased a 2 seater and a snuggle chair from SCS costing £1200 this is very expensive but i liked it and i thought what the hell.Well i paid £300 deposit and they said the time scale for this arriving would be up to 6 weeks and i should get it…
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Qatar Airways not taking responsibilty
Flew back from Bangkok 6 weeks ago to Manchester. I flew Bangkok-Doha-London on Qatar Airways and the London-Manchester BMI. The previous time I had done this I was told I needed to collect and recheck baggage in London because of the change in airlines but this time the lady on the desk in Bangkok assured me that she…
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Bank ombudsman, any good for making complaints
Sorry if its the wrong forum but I can find a more appropriate one. As an executor need to get some info regarding a deceased, ie final bank statements and share tax certificates( for that bank ) etc in order to complete a probate. I have applied for them as has my solicitor but for some reason they wont release the info I…
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Calls from a Debt Collection Agency!!
Hi All, I've recently been receiving phone calls from a debt collection agency (several each week). Turns out, it is for the chap who is currently renting our old property.:mad: I've spoken to the landlord who bought the property from us and he said he'd "have a word". I dont have a great deal of confidence... I wanted to…
