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EuroRescue - Praise....
Well, have I got a story for you about EuroRescue. Late yesterday afternoon, after a week of touring Normandy France. There on a little laneway in the middle of nowhere (literally) my MPV blew its transmission (gearbox) all over the road. So; six people. Six peoples worth of suitcases and all of the other stuff that goes…
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NEXT Data Base Leak??
Hi, I am really concerned about Next Data Base. I am not sure if anyone had this problem? I have received few phonecalls on my mobile asking for Mr Walker, which I thought was odd. That was a couple of months ago. Then we had a message on our house aswerphone for somebody else which again I ignored and did not worry too…
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How do I put a monetary value on emotional distress?? VENT
Apologies if this is in the wrong place, I didn't know where else to put it. Volkswagen finance took 2 unauthorised lots of £4500ish out of my account, leaving me massively overdrawn on 2 different occasions. First time, VW finance manager investigated, I was apologised to profusely and assured this was a one-off error.…
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Internet shopping - spot the scams.
Has anyone dealt with a company in Beijing China,Alihashop? I'm beginning to get a creepy feeling about them. They Have my money but I don't have the goods and they're not talking anymore! We should pool all information and warn each other about criminal websites and 'Save our money' Any suggestions as to how I go about…
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Equifax Credit Watch Online
I have been a customer of Equifax Online Credit Watch Gold Service @ £7.50 a month for quite a while now. My billing date is 16th Month. I called on 6th to cancel the service and was on hold for 40 minutes before giving up. Called again on 9th, on hold for 30 minutes before giving up, again on the 15th and again today…
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Abbey National ... 'change of address'
I recently contacted Abbey national via the telephone banking helpline to seek advice on how to change my address, As I no longer reside on the UK, I am now a resident of the Republic of Ireland. I was told that I must visit a branch to do this, which I completely understand and have no problem with. So I spent 2 hours…
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Dixons/Currys washing machine woe
Just a vent really.... I was overall quite impressed by the speed of delivery and the installation of my new Samsung Washing machine. The chaps were very nice and even gave me a quick tutorial. However, when I came to do my first load the washing machine shook violently when it tried to spin (louder than you can imagine…
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Who pays for bad air con regas?
Took car to garage. Car was put on the machine, system was tested, system held pressure and the air con was regassed. I paid and left. Now, pressure held that day, next time I used the car, 3 days later, the system did not work. Went back to garage, they stated there was no presure in system, refused me a refund as they…
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Scottish Power
:T Fabulous gesture from Scottish Power! My old mum rang them to ask if she could pay her electricity bill early as she's going in to hospital. They sorted it all out very swiftly and helpfully yesterday. Today an enormous bouquet of flowers was delivered by courier and a note from Phillip of Scottish Power wishing her…
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hairstuffdirect.co.uk AVOID!!!
Hiya this is my first post but felt it beneficial... My mum bought SCP straighteners from hairstufffdirect.co.uk before Christmas for £60. These broke within a couple of months and were sent back. After about a month she contacted the company to be told they are going through liquidation so couldnt replace or refund. She's…
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Play.com charged my card even if I didnt buy anything!
I recently went Bankrupt and opened a brand new Barclays account which came with a Visa Debit card. I only shop on iTunes and Play so thought it would be a great idea to update card details. Logging onto my new account I see that I am 2.58 overdrawn even though I have not used the card anywhere. Panic stricken I look to…
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Me Vs Moorcroft (warning about letters)
Hello there fellow MSE'ers this is a odd topic to allocate a board to so mods move this if you know where it belongs best basically some of you may of seen from my sig that my three debt has well !!!!!! Gone :D anyway ill backup the story a bit before i talk about these novice debt collectors , bascically last year i took…
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Ltsb
Just wanted to say thanks to Lloyds TSB for refunding my account and sending me a new card within 2 days of notifying them of 3 fraudulant transactions on my current account. What could have been a very stressful situation was made much easier. Thank you P.S the fraudulent transactions were for O2 and Vodafone pre pay top…
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bogus emails from halifax
hi this is the second time i am getting bogus emails from (so call) the halifax bank claiming to do some maintenance on the website then ask for ALL your personal securtiry questions have told the halifax today this is the second time and why is it not sorted out the anwser was that it takes time and that the halifax will…
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Top notch
Hats off to radio 365.com. At the weekend I decided to take them up on their trial offer of a half price 3 month subscription. I paid and then didn`t quite understand how to activate it. By mistake I pressed the wrong button and subscribed for a whole year. I was mailed back at once that the higher amount had been taken…
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Morrisons Customer Care - no email!
I bought some really quite expensive lamb burgers from Morrisons last night, was looking forward to monstering them, cooked them, whacked them on a plate, started eating... and... well, they were a little "underwhelming" to say the very least!!! Actually, they were horrible - they had some rank so-called taztsiki blob on…
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Caravan rip off in north wales
Hi Not sure if this is posted in the right place, but got to let people know of the rip off occuring in caravan ownership. Four years ago my Dad bought a brand new caravan on a "holiday camp" in North Wales, since day one he and my Step Mum where bombarded with letters, phone calls etc from this place, asking to upgrade,…
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Warning: Potential new Barclays customer?
Just wanted to warn potential new customers to Barclays about the sales pitch you will endure. Just been to open a basic savings account which took an hour and a half (!!) including having the assistant manager come out and explain to me why I was 'required' to tell the advisor about my relationship status, net income,…
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Topshop website making it impossible to return damaged items - Help?!!
Like some other people on here, I've been having problems with Topshop.com. I ordered 2 items, a dress and coat, coming to over £80 (+ £4 delivery). Received the items, and both were damaged :mad:. The coat had been sent in a taped up plastic bag with no padding, it was on a coat-hanger which had broken in transit and…
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BT Ebilling
Just got the following in my inbox: Some points: 1. The BT bill is not in my name and therefore, they should not have my email. 2. My boyfriend did not get one, and the bill IS in his name. 3. They've never emailed us to say, 'thanks for your money!' 4. I did, I admit, click the link. The URL was long, but the site looked…
