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First Direct Mortgage - Valuation Fee Charged Twice
Hi - Like many others I took out the first direct mortgage, which despite many delays has now been opened. As part of this process I had to give my credit card details to allow them to take a single payment of £99 for a valuation fee. Fine, this is standard practice, however, I then receievd a letter for HSBC advising me…
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Land Of Leather
I paid a depsit on a suite at the above store in early May, I was told delivery would be beg of June, that came and went I rang LOL they told me tthe suite would reach the docks on July 5th, I rang today to enquire about delivery tobe told that the suite would not hit the docks until 21 July. I was outraged I asked for my…
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Soccer Sports Advice Please
Hi Im looking for some advice. This morning I went to Soccer Sports in search of some cheap trainers as im 8 months pregnant and my feet are very swollen so i didnt want to spend alot as i will only be wearing them for a couple of weeks I found a nice pair for £15 which i decided to buy. My hubby then spotted some tiny…
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UK to USA voltage convertor
I've been looking for a reasonably priced 240V to 110V convertor for a printer that I bought in the USA a few years back. I stumbled upon this convertor being sold at Maplin: http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?TabID=1&ModuleNo=31899&doy=18m7 but was alarmed to see this model number referenced on the London Fire Brigade…
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Pizza Express - excellent service.
Big well done to Pizza Express in Meadowhall today. Went today with my mum, toddler and 4 year old. The waitress was excellent - my oldest asked where the toilets were 'incase he needed them' and she took him to them and showed him which door was which, brought him back, got him some stickers to 'build' a pizza, then she…
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b&q problems
hi, any one else had problems with kitchens from b&q, or is it just our bad luck. thank you, cronus.. :mad:
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Asda Home Shopping Shambles
Make sure you all check your shopping before you sign for it I am £25 down due to missing items, from Cardiff Bay store total shambles it arrive nearly an hour after time slot 10 O`Clock at night van driven by 2 women from the check outs was tired signed for it checked it complained given the run around and eventual denial…
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virgin media will not give me free m tv with phone? help, are they miss selling?
hi, i currently pay £10 a month with vigin for broadband and i am currently with bt for the phone. contract expires in a month and i just phoned virgin to ask for the xl phone (£18.95) and broadband for £4.50 extra (total £23.45) then asked to throw in the m tv for free as it states on their web site (…
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Currys awful service!
Hi! I recently purchased a wireless adapter from Currys to use at home on my WPA2 secured network. It seemed there was an issue with it because it kept cutting out or just not working at all at times. The other adapters I have in the house worked fine on all machines and this one didn't. Even when I unsecured the network…
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Theatre ticket 'booking fee' ripoff.....
I've always been annoyed at having to pay 'booking fees' for theatre tickets - but usually put this down to a fee I have to endure for the convenience of booking online or by telephone...... Wanting to book 4 tickets as a birthday treat at our local theatre, I looked online to find that the fee was £3.25 PER TICKET -…
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Volkswagen
Thank you Volkswagen for building a car that is still going strong when its 13 years old :j (N reg 1.3 polo)
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MFI Kitchens failuire to deliver
Hi all Just come here for a rant and maybe some advice on what to do next! Had my kitchen delivered yesterday from MFI, minus the extractor (£269) and filter (£39), which I was contacted about the night before. I was none too happy about this as I had paid in full by the agreed date over a month ago! Was told they would be…
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Amazon & Next Day Office Limited
Can anyone advise please I purchased a whiteboard through Amazon - through their market place seller Next Day Office Limited. I checked the packaging when it arrived (which was fine), but didn't open it as I wasn't ready to mount it. I opened it at the weekend (2 months later) and found that it had loads of dents in.…
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ikea are rubbish
I'll try to keep it short, I ordered and paid £1400 for a sofa from ikea in april. I was told at the time it would be 4 to 6 weeks home delivery, a few weeks later they called to say they could only deliver half now and then the other half whenever. I made it very clear I would prefer to wait and get it all in one go. They…
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Broken Glass Table Top
hi purchased an all weather patio set from my local garden centre 18 months ago(£300). the table top is made of tempered glass. at the weekend,cleaning the glass as usual after bbq,when it shattered. the garden centre says that if it was under 12 months old they would replace it,but they say as it is well past it,it is now…
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Orange
The thing I hate most about Orange is the way they play the recorded message "Orange is committed to providing excelling customer services." In my experience nothing could be further from the truth. Contract 1 Everything went fine until I moved house. I called to change my address but they got most of it wrong including…
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returning faulty clothing item without reciept? help!
hi, i went into primark today to return a faulty clothing item without a reciept. the manager just offered me an exchange but i wanted a credit note. so, what i my rights here? thanks
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Warning The memory foam mattress firm
I placed an order for a memory foam topper in June for my pregnant partner. It was late a night when i placed the order and when she awoke in the morning she say she wasnt prepared to wait for it to arrive and that she was going to purchase one that day. Fair enough i called the company at 9am and asked for the order to be…
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Glassesdirect.co.uk
My third pair from glassesdirect arrived on Monday for £13.50, terrific value. (I had a 10% off coupon from the pair I bought last month). Highly recommed.
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woolworths
Had a look on woolworths website and found this nice little bucket bbq, http://www.woolworths.co.uk/web/jsp/product/index.jsp?pid=50983553 its a whopping £3.60, however when i went instore and found a few on the shelf, these were priced up at £5.97, i said to the sales person will you price match your web as they are out…
