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Memorial stone rip off
I have just recieved the bill from the Co-operative funeralcare for removing my fathers headstone in order to have my late mums details added (14 words) the cost £535.56) £59 Of that goes to Lewisham council for their permission to do so, what a right rip off.
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Credit not showing on new PAYG Orange phone
I bought a new PAYG orange phone from their website for my neice's 18th birthday present to replace an existing orange PAYG phone. The phone was quite cheap but you had to get £20 credit at the same time. This was fine as I wanted her to be able to use the phone straight away. When I got it I charged the battery and…
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Help Needed: Been ripped off (KK Autosalvage AND 247spares.co.uk)
Hi there. Firstly sorry for the long post. I believe this is not the first time 247spares.co.uk or .com have been mentioned, for similar reasons as i'm about to discuss. Basically I've been ripped off/left in the lurch out of pocket and pretty annoyed. Here are the details in full. I needed to buy a part for my girlfriends…
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Charity doorstep collection bags & burglaries.
I've just had a visit from our local PCSO about a spate of thefts and burglaries around here. Over the last few months I've noticed more and more of these charity bags being dropped off, normally 3 or 4 a week over recent months. I know most of them are nothing more than recycling businesses that donate a small % of…
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Please contact JBDR urgently on 01413546630 quoting reference
I came home to a garbled voice to text message on my answerphone to Please contact JBDR urgently on 01413546630 quoting reference It is some debt collection agency in Glasgow and from research on the internet it is some type of scam. So how can I pea them off without it costing me money? Rob
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praise Dennis Publishing
I got a subscription for Computer Shopper magazine for £1 for 3 copies. First £1 in Sept then £22.99 3 months later. I checked my bank account online and Dennis Publishing had taken £22.99 from my account on 5th Nov so I sent them an email saying that it had been taken one month early. They refunded it Patrick
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a mothers love is not enough
Did anyone see this BBC1 programme on Tuesday night ? I tuned on by chance. I was highly skeptical - thinking it would just be someone with a "Diana" connection trying to get in the public eye again..... But although it was a slow start....I was completely fixated. This should be compulsory viewing for all social workers…
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Pizza Hut Excellent
I just want to post and say about how excellent my £4 Deal was Me and my girlfriend went to pizza hut and were waiting to order and a waitress came to us and said dont order from that menu ..... ? The waitress told us to order 3 of these £4 deals which got us 2 pizzas (10 inch) , spagetti bolonaise , 2 side orders of…
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Avoid overpaying on family history documents
With so many people researching their ancestors, beware how you order copies of old birth, marriage and death certificates. Place an order through Ancestry.co.uk, and they're £19.99 a time. Go to bmd-certificates.co.uk, and they're £25 each. But if you go direct to the General Register Office website the charge is only £7.…
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pixmania.uk is this false advertising
Hi mse can i pick your brains heres my story :) I Ordered a christmas present for my son,plz read the decription, when i read it tell me im getting a chair http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/2306936/art/playseats/slider-seat-hub-with-fou.html please tell me if im wrong. So today while i was out at work item came,so when i got…
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Medion - Dreadful Customer Service
My sons medion notebook failed after 6 months. Either the hard drive or motherboard. Phoned and they arranged for a courier to collect, which they did a couple of days later. Medion sent a letter detailing the repair process. So far all well and good. The letter stated that if after 14 working days I did not have my…
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how do i complain (11th nove episode of Coronation St)
I found tonights installment of corrie quite offensive tonight, regarding the comments one character said about the armed services and the poppy appeal. it was quite uncalled for. anyone else see it and what did they think? Gary Windouse comments can someone supply me with a link to complain to ofcom, i cant find a direct…
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Vent: Furniture 123
I placed an order for a piece of furniture for delivery in 4-5 weeks. After 5 weeks I had heard nothing, and couldn't phone as they have no phone number! Emails were sent, and I was told the product was out of stock, expected in shortly and delivery would be 2 weeks more. After 2 weeks, they turned out to be out of stock…
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Help! I am a student who has been scammed by Books Direct
About 4 months ago, I did an online market research survey (I had been promised £200 in tesco vouchers, which I didn't eventually get!). Somehow, they signed me up for a membership with Books Direct which I was not aware of. I was then sent 3 introductory books, which I was told that if i paid the £3.95 postage and…
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Greggs are ace!!
I see they sell 130 million of those lovely 57p sausage rolls!! Enough sausage rolls are sold that if laid end to end they would reach from Newcastle upon Tyne to Sydney,Australia!!:eek: And they get through enough steak bakes(my fave) per yearthat they could stack 329 on every seat at Wembley stadium!!:eek:
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HELP! Google Profits Kit / Quick Profit Kit / Internet Scam
:( Can someone please help me. I've been very stupid and entered my credit card details for a scam thinking they'd only take the $1.95/£1.25 but they've taken another $79.90/£50.18. I phoned my credit card, they said they've heard of these people before but cannot give me a refund and I have to contact them. I called…
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Mouldy Fox's Classic Biscuit :(
I purchased a packet of Fox's Classic Biscuits this week and stored them in my cupboard (as you do!) and I've just opened one and its got mould on one end, all coming out of that hole left in the chocolate, I guess where the filling is put in? (or where the equipment finishes drawing the chocolate across I don't know!) No…
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Home delivery network - I just want my parcel!
I recently did some online shopping with BHS as the item I was after was not in my local store. Over the last week I have been enjoying the fun of trying to receive the stupid parcel! The home delivery network deliver between 7am and 7pm. I am out at work for the best part of the day so I asked my neighbour to keep an eye…
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Power to the people....er me!
Hi everyone this is just about something that happend to me today. I'm one of those people that always says "If that happened to me i wouldn't let them get away with it" but i dont let them get away with it lol, and say "If they do that i'm going to say something" but never do. BUT today i went to currys because over a…
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Maclaren buggies amputating! why no UK action?
So Maclaren, a British company is recalling a million of their buggies in America because some have chopped childrens fingers off! They are supplying Americans with hinge guards to protect their children but of course, here in the UK what do they do???? Well instead of the safety modification, we can simply have a label,…
