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Asda- BEWARE!!!
I have to post about my experience with Asda as they have seriously peed me off. I use the website mysupermarket.com to do my online shopping list, for obvious reasons of saving myself money. I used Asda for last weeks shopping, where again, a significant number of unavailable items, which we needed, as I do plan my weekly…
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Pixmania, rant and credit card question
I bought a TV and stand from Pixmania as part of a combo deal at the beginning of (10th) August the stand was dispatched but I've been told the TV is out of stock (although the ******* website has it in stock) but they have taken the payment for both items off my credit card, can they do that? And they have the worst…
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Annoyed and Irritated by Littlewoods
Hi everyone, I'm new and was looking for some advice. OK So, just how irritating are littlewoods I made some stupid mistakes a couple of years ago and got myself into some debt with Littlewoods (down to £1770 now). I made an agreement with them to pay £53 a month every month (more than I really wanted to pay but it got…
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Willowbrook Recliner Chairs
Willowbrook sell rise/recline chairs to disabled/elderly people in their own home. When I enquired about their products they sent an 'adviser' to see me. Of course, this 'adviser' was just a salesman who wanted £3903 from me that day for something I could have bought for half the price elsewhere. During his sales pitch,…
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Matalan Customer Safety
I was shopping in a Matalan store recently with my young baby (he was 5 weeks) and my mum. We were having a general browse around the shop when I spotted some tops I liked on one of the rails higher up on the wall. I started flicking through them to find my size when the rail and clothes fell down on top of me narrowly…
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AIB Internet Banking Secruity Warning-Possible Scam
Got Email yesterday and another today from [EMAIL="alert@aib.ie"]alert@aib.ie[/EMAIL] Dear Customer, [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]AIB is aware that fraudulent emails are being circulated to our customers at present.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Due to recent attempts, we are reissuing your Personal…
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Data protection?
In the last couple of weeks,i've been getting phone calls off 2 different companies. They tell me the name of the company(scc or something) but say under data protection they can't tell me what it's in connection with. They ask me for my date of birth,address and postcode. I've so far refused to give them this information…
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Kiddicare "Price Match Policy"
Hiya all I emailed Kiddicare re a cheaper price @ Tesco to see if they would honor their 15% price match. They sent me the following email.. "Thank you for requesting a price match. However after finding the product on the site you specified we found that we already match or better this price. This could be because the…
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RLD Electronics - Anyone else had these problems?
I made an On Line purchase in June and used Pay Pal. I had no further communication from the firm and did not receive the goods. Pay Pal dispute resolution found in my favour but could not recover my money; Consumer Direct were helpful, but the letters I wrote generated no response - even registered letters were returned…
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The Disc Depot Dundee - Praise
Just a quick note to say that I have recently used The Disc Depot in Dundee for a repair to my Dell Inspiron laptop. I originally thought that it needed a new inverter and had been quoted upwards of £65 + VAT for a replacement from various local companies, none of which would advertise a price on their website meaning that…
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Who ever said things happen in 3s
they were right,what a week the cars broken down,needs new injectors :eek: the sky box has broken,needs components (ohs domain):eek:and my dds laptop power supply broke :eek: ( under 12mths).Hope we dont have another week like this for a longggggggggg time.Felt like crawling away under a rock .....:p
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Bunches Flowers No Thanks
I surfaced the net to get flowers for a year and came across Bunches who were offering 12 months supply £199 plus posy points i.e. every £30 you spend they give you in points £1.50 back Well their yearly system when you made your monthly selection started in 2010 not 2009 . After 3 attempts I called Bunches at 8.30 and was…
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LloydsTSB Telephone Banking Scam !!!
Hi All, Arrived at work yesterday and received my weekly text message from the bank detailing past transactions. I was horrified to see over £5000 had been transferred out to my credit card without my permission, I had no reason to make such a payment as I clear the debt at the beginning of each and every month without…
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Royal Mail / Postman: Enough is Enough!
We have continual problems with our postman, and I'm at my wit's end. I work from home and my husband has early onset dementia; at present, he cannot work. Our postman seems to have figured out that we are likely to be home. However, often it is just not possible for us to answer the door; as you'll all probably be aware,…
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i am knackered and God can take a hike!
<removed under the Blasphemy Act 2009>
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Praise for Warner bros uk
i had a problem with some dvd's i bought (live aid box set) disc 3 kept failing to play properly around eric claptons set, i thought my copy was knackered as it had a few scratches and decided to buy another new one off of amazon marketplace, strangely this one had the same error... i checked in my laptop/both pc's and my…
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whinge about no stock of cameras
This is a whinge not a vent really, but how hard is it to buy a cheap digital camera? Went to Tesco, checked out all the models, checked reviews and tried to buy a camera. My 1st choice was not available..a staff member claimed never to have had any in at all apart from the display model. 2nd choice, nope, third choice,…
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grrrrr dont hr staff have training now?
answered the phone today about 4.00 girl on other end - could i speak to _________(my son) me - er who is it?? girl - HR at RPS me- you are ringing his emergency contact number - its his mum here - do you want his new phone number? (HR at his old employers btw he left in June on ill health) girl - oh well could i discuss…
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Incompetent flat management company try to lock out 11 residents
Sorry gotta vent this! I rent a flat in a development of flats 'managed' by Peverel OM. Their stupidity astounds me... Last week we got a letter through the door stating that the door entry panel code for our block was going to be changed on 2nd September. It has been a bit flaky and this morning when I left there was one…
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Raileasy co.uk
Would like to say a BIG thank you to Raileasy :jfor responding to my email regarding being overcharged for journeys that I didn't take very quickly. Seems they've being having a few problems with computer software. Money is being refunded to my account tomorrow:T. Was expecting a big hassle and so relieved. I've never…
