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Supermarkets Grocery Shrinking
Shamlessly stolen from another forum.......... it would seem that the greedy gits are bamboozling customers using subtle resizing of grocery items while still keeping prices the same......so you fork out the same money and actually end up with less!!Nice! some examples to keep an eye out for * "Tescos have changed the…
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Argos - can you stop telling lies?
Argos, I beg of you for the sanity of others STOP TELLING LIES! Please, It’ll take only 60 seconds and for your own future sanity read this and think again before shopping with Argos. I bought a bed, a nice bed, an expensive £500+ bed. A bed to stop me having a bad back. First one, wrong type. Second one, broken. So I make…
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EDF gas problem
when we moved here 2 weeks back there was a pre-payment gas meter that EDF who supply the electric told us was theirs, they supplied it [the gas] quite happy with this arrangement for now. so i thought put 10 pound of gas on it took 7 pound as a 'debit'. i assumed not having had a pre-payment before that this was for…
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SCAM: PFA Media (UK) Limited
Hi My partner recently answered a telephone call to someone from PFA Media asking whether he'd like to advertise in a local authority magazine. He didn't agree to anything over the telephone. We then received a letter asking for payment of the add so called PFA to cancel it (as we hadn't agreed to it in the first place).…
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Strongbow
Strongbow cider made by Scottish & Newcastle. I put some cans in the freezer and they split, so when they defrosted, they'd gone all flat and had to be tipped down the sink. I used to freeze cans (if you're going out somewhere, they stay cold for ages that way!!), and never had any issues before, and it doesn't say "don't…
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Ideal World - useful info
A few months ago I ran into difficulties with the shopping channel "Ideal World". Orders charged against my bank account but goods not received, no replies to emails or letters, phone calls not returned. Went on for weeks and even threats of Trading Standards were ignored. In the end I did a bit of research and discovered…
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tesco online prices, basket v online
Hi peculiar to phrase this right in the title! I put things in my tesco basket as i think of them during the week, i've found today a few things that i've put in when they cost x now cost much more in the main online shop section. eg g&b cocoa powder i put in my basket at 84p it's now listed at 1.49, (i only picked that…
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Sky Scam
Please be careful when trying to "take advantage" of 'the introduce a friend to Sky' deal.... My friend introduced me three months ago and am still witing for the £50 M&S vouchers (as my friends are too...). Many phone calls later to complain (I am sure they are making money off these calls!!) still no vouchers. Apparently…
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John Lewis Price match, great stuff :)
Just a quick post to say how impressed I was with John Lewis last week. I was looking at TV's, and noticed that JL had the set I was looking at, for £100 more than the Comet just down the road*, so I enquired about their "under sales" offer, to be told they would have to check and would ring me but it would take a day or…
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W H Smith or Schaeffer
Service above and beyond. I have a ballpoint pen which belonged to my father,I bought it for him with my first wage packet in 1975 and have had it since he died 12 years ago. I don't use it much because they don't make that model anymore and I did not think I could get a refill. Eventually it stopped working and I searched…
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FedEx rip off?
I ordered the 6 disc edition of Grindhouse from Amazon Japan. I have now received a bill from FedEx for £25.70 (including an administration charge) for Duty/Tax charges. The DVD cost £33.68 and postage cost £14. FedEx have told customs the total bill is £47.68 (the value of the DVD and postage) PLUS £53 freight charges…
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What's going on with my Asda? Out of date products
I have just bought 3 pack of juices for hubby's packed lunches tomorrow, popped them in the basket, paid, went home... Got into the kitchen, made his lunch up, wne to put the drink carton it and noticed the best before date 17/07/06....2006! How on earth did something with a BBE from 2006 end up on the shelf? This is the…
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Tesco Opticians - Bournemouth - What A Joke
If you were thinking of buying any glasses from Tesco opticians Bournemouth think again, I have had such a catalogue of errors, it is getting beyond a joke now. I went for my initial eye test on the 12th June 2008. I ordered some new glasses (2 pairs on a buy one get one free offer costing £120) and prescription sunglasses…
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Sold a lie - who to turn to?
I firmly believe I was sold a lie re invading Iraq due to WMD's . I'm pretty sure I have been ripped off - but not sure where to turn to for advice/compensation. Any suggestions welcome.
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Faulty monitor
Hi guys, I have posted about this before and have sent the rest of the following post to my local TSO, but just wanted to post this here to see if anyone else has been in the same boat as it were, I purchased a brand new computer monitor from RedRat computer fairs at Don Valley stadium on Sunday 9th March 2008 for £145…
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Blasted Marks and Spencer socks!
I don't very often get to an M&S as the nearest store is so far away. However when I do go, they are *ALWAYS* sold out of my size and colour of sock. I like their sports sock as it seems to be the only sock that stops me getting blisters, and last past one wear! If I wanted white or a smaller size, then there's plenty on…
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Paypal - Is this a scam?
I have a mobile advertised on Gumtree. Someone has offered to buy it off me using paypal. Although they claim to be from NI, they say they want it posted to a friend in Nigeria and will pay the postage. I was a bit wary and today i received the following email. Does this ring true or is this a scam? When i click on the ?…
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Advice who to complain to about Railway Station Member of Staff
Hi, I have no idea if this is the best place for this post but I really want to make a formal complaint about a particularly bad member of staff at a Railway station, I have phoned Rail customer services and spoke to the supervisor but ideally I want to write to someone high up to get it investigated properly. I always…
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World Lotto Corporation
Just had a call from some guy with a very strong German'-ish' accent, doing his very best to get me to enter the Liechtenstein Lotto or some such. I got tired of trying to understand him as he went on and on about the great odds of this lottery and trying to make it sound like a win-win situation so asked if I could do it…
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Dell Computers
On 25 June I ordered two laptops online from Dell and was given an expected delivery date of 9 July. I was led to believe that my credit card would not be charged until a delivery date was given. On 16 July I contacted them and said that if they could not give a certain delivery date then I would cancel the order. I was…
