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Hurrah for RTherapy!
Just wanted to praise RTherapy!:T I have had my eye on a Kipling purse to match my bag since easter. These guys are the only ones on the net to have them. I watched & waited until it was reduced to half price then pounced, equiped with the 10% off code they gave me for following them on Twitter. Ordered yesterday lunch…
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Praise for Amazon Prime
I signed up for a free month trial of Amazon Prime to get free one day delivery of a birthday present I had ordered. I was going to cancel it immediately but being a paranoid type I decided to wait until the parcel actually arrived. Then, stupidly, I went on holiday and forgot. I noticed a direct debit had come out of my…
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tv advert toy possible scam
My friends young son saw an advert on TV for a creative art toy called Bendaroos he wanted them so I said I would buy them for him for his birthday which is in November. I thought I would order early to avoid disappointment. The web address on the advert was bendaroos.uk.com but when I typed in the url it didn't recognise…
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Amazon selling 2nd hand CDs as new?
Ordered a CD recently (new), when it came the case was stamped 'return to record library'. Tried e-mailing saying I wasn't happy but just got robotic e-mail referring me to the online return process - which specifically says you can't return CDs. Mailed again, just got more robotic e-mails. Gave up in the end as it was…
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court summons - council tax
hi guys unsure where to post this but anyways my parents today received a court summons each to their house. it says its because of failure to pay council tax. they have never missed a payment and have kept all their receipts. this particular payment was made at the post office as usual and they have the receipt for it…
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Sports Direct
Can anyone advise me please? I purchased a cheap bike (£49.99) from Sports Direct a couple of weeks ago. Anyway - after trying it out - the chain keeps falling off everytime I change gear - basically its rubbish and needs sending back.:mad: However, I have emailed their customer services 3 times now and they haven't…
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Hanging Basket Problems
I have serious problems with my hanging basket, for some reason it just will not stay on the wall and every night it comes off with such a bang, that it wakes the neighbours. What should I do with the basket?
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Amazon v Ebuyer delivery
I'm disappointed in Amazon. I placed two orders with minutes of each other on 6 August at about 5:20pm. On with Ebuyer and one with Amazon. Both free postage. The Ebuyer one was delivered on monday BEFORE Amazon had even dispatched my order. And the Amazon one was 3 times the cost of the eBuyer order. Amazon currently have…
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FHN - Automatic Telesales Calls!
Afternoon all, I have just received another annoying automated call from FHN. When you pick up the phone you get a sales pitch about clearing your debts and are asked to "press 6" to speak to an advisor. The first time it happened I politely explained that I am a member of TPS and the operator said she would delete me off…
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Lowell Portfolio/red threaty
Good Afternoon, 1st post so be gentle, Got a letter from these lot addressed to the lowlife that lived with my daughter 3 odd years ago, ie, lowlifes name but my address, Informed them he never ever lived here and got the usual "we'll look into" but can lowlife get away with this or can he be done for obtaining goods &…
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A bright idea from m & s
Went to buy my lunch from M & S today picked up a pack of chicken legs amongst other things. Paid at the self service check out. As I left the shop it set of the security alarm as the chicken was tagged! I don't think taged basic products and self service checkouts really mix! It should at least have displayed a warning…
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'bundleofsales' website - Is it legit?? Advice?
Hi I have tried to purchase goods from 'bundleofsales' uk website and after having entered all my detail, my order was then declined due to a number of reasons (at least 15). The site advised that if any of the reasons could have been connected to my order, I should try again. Which I did, and it was again declined. I took…
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Sell by v use by on food
According to the the Times:- "research found that millions of people did not know the difference between 'sell-by' and 'use-by' dates (on food)" Is this true and if so, are these people allowed to vote!?
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johnverditaxrefunds???????????
i've recently been shafted by johnverditaxredunds with my tax/expences claim. police dont want to do a thing about it cos its not regarded as big enough for the fraud squad. if you or anyone have any advice or if you've also been shafted then get in touch [EMAIL="c201275m@hotmail.com"]c201275m@hotmail.com[/EMAIL] if we get…
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Cancelling Green Flag
Having sold an old banger recently and used just 4 months of an annual policy which was paid for in full of around £ 50 I decided to cancel the breakdown cover. They hack off a 50% admin fee then give you a refund of what is left - in my case £ 7 poxy quid!
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Tax Advisor's wrong advice - how to complain
To keep a long story relatively short, my Tax Advisor told me no Capital Gains Tax was due following the winding up of my Mum's Estate. She gave me the wrong advice and I have just paid HMRC £29k for CGT. Because the payment of CGT was late HMRC have just charged me £3k for late payment. I appealed against this citing the…
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Tesco Praise
I brought a TV from Tesco Direct website at 3pm Friday. It turned up 9am Saturday morning (depsite being told it would come Monday 7am-7pm!). 32" of TV for £280! Plus I got £5 worth of points with double points and using my Tesco Credit Card and £7 worth of cash back. Plus I used £15 of vouchers. Plus I am told by someone…
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SKY customer "non" service Rant
OK, so we want to leave Sky to go to Virgin, and have an install date of 8th September. I rang Sky this morning to give them 30 days notice, and was informed that as we have Sky Talk with them as well as the TV package, if we cancel the TV today, they will disconnect the phone line today. I explained that we wanted to port…
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choice catalogue buy now pay later problems
Ok I ordered around £220 worth of stuff from choice catalogue in march on buy now pay jan 2010. The offer worked like this. Order stuff and dont have to pay anything until Jan 2010. No interest if pay off at any point before Jan 2010. If dont pay by Jan 2010, automatically go onto a 104 week payment plan with high interest…
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dodgy debt writeoff firms being closed down- did ANYONE get theirs cancelled?
As seen in the news, the Ministry of Justice says its been closing down, and warning against, the various 'get your credit card debt cancelled' type firms that have sprung up in past year or so. They target the ost vulnerable, using high pressure or misleading sales tactics, and demand high fees UP FRONT, but there is…
