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Advice please-threatened with police for note keeping
Hi guys, Im really posting on behalf of someone else and dont know if this is the correct area for it. My friend has a son in college in his first year. However, a few incidences have happened over the last few months. He has had family problems which the college are aware of. In December, they held a meeting with him and…
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Chiquitos Dunfermline Branch
Just wanted to put a bit of praise on here for this branch of Chiquitos. 20 odd of us visited last night for part of my hen night. They had set aside an area for us and had decorated it with baloons and the usual mexican paraphenalia without being asked. The waiter who was allocated to us was fantastic - made sure everyone…
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Warning to anybody who is contacted by Sapphire Studios!
Hi, I went to Sapphire Studios with my mum and my 12 year old sister yesterday. My mum won some free tickets although she couldn't remember how; she does do a lot of surveys online so we thought it was one of them. We had to leave a deposit of £100 and what they don't tell you is that you only get a 6x4 print which costs…
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Zoombits.co.uk = Scam
I placed an order with zoombits.co.uk just under a month ago. I had heard that zoombits was part of memorybits a seemingly legit company. Two weeks went by and my items didnt arrive. I tried using links in their emails they had sent me to reply to them, they said click here to contact us. The links were all dead. I then…
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Zoombits (Memorybits) VENT!
Have these cowboys gone bust? I bought a xbox 360 charge and play which didn't work. Sent it back for a refund on 12/1/10 and haven't heard from them. Their quick reply and on-line chat is not working. Will try their 0845 number tomorrow but it is looking very dodgy. Can't even get a refund as paypal say they only give…
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Tesco overcharged me
I bought external HDD 1 TB segate around christmas time for 49£(displayed £49) in swindon, but never checked the bill, just checked the bill they charged me 79£, went to local shop with bill, first time was told need to bring with hdd, next day went to shop with hdd, now they say no manager in the shop visit monday. What's…
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Kays catalogue VENT
Had my statement through yesterday and on it they had put £36 for insurance on a tumble dryer that I have had for 12 months when I did not request insurance:mad: When I phoned to complain they told me that it was in case I wanted it and forgot to ask for it Bloody Cheek!!!!!!!!! Another thing with Kays is that their phone…
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plusnet billing error
Warning to plusnet customers: Plusnet charged me twice for December use of tel line:once in Dec and again in Jan bill. A 'system error' they said and that they would refund within 14 days I cannot be the only one affected. Check your bill. Do you think a £5 'compensation' for the time & trouble their error has caused me is…
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Very.co.uk VENT
I just want to share my experience with Very. I have ordered from them previously, completely problem free. However, placed an order on 21st Dec, to be delivered 22nd Dec. On AM of 22nd Dec received phone call to say one of the items, a Bench jacket, have been stolen and I would not be receiving this. They credited this…
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Lloyds compensate for my time?
Hello I've had a rather stressful few months with Lloyds and have spent many hours on the phone trying to sort it out. It was a mistake that was made by their telephone banking team and they have admitted they were at fault. I rung to pay my credit card off from my current account and they took money from my ISA instead. I…
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Praise for Comet!
ok, i know lots of people have bad experiences with Comet but i feel i need to give them a little praise! a little background, ordered a washing machine from Dixons last feb, was delivered damaged so they came out to repair, had a further 8 visits from the repair guy throughout the year when i thought enough is enough, i…
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Tesco Price Hike-Own Brand Dog Food
Been to Tesco today to buy our usual individual trays(150g) of dog food. Price has shot up from 30p to 51p!!!! The 300g ones are still 51-53p and the boxes of 6 havent gone up either.
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Ocado ROCK!!!
Praise for Ocado. Finally decided to go down the internet delivered grocery route last week. Did a bit of research and ended up choosing Ocado. I'm really impressed* polite friendly drivers who so far have been bang on time. * good selection esp the Waitrose stuff (nearest Waitrose is miles away - would never consider…
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Praise for personal shopper in Debenhams MK
My darling husband (love him!) decided I had been stuck in a rut and as I am returning to work soon I needed new clothes and a bit of a mental boost... so on our way to MK he announced he was treating me - like it or lump it. Once I stopped sulking (I hate shopping for me!) we decided the sensible thing would be the free…
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T K Maxx Exchange Policy
Anyone know when they changed their policy? Purchased a King Size Duvet Cover, but cannot find my duvet. So returned today with receipt after sixteen days. I fully understand that the fourteen days refund had expired, so asked if I could exchange for a Double. No go, no exchange after fourteen days. Once before I was given…
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Club Med Vent
I attempted to book a holiday on the Club Med web site, which went all the way through, then an error occurred after the credit card bit. So, not sure if it booked or not (no email confirmation), I decided to phone them, as I'm not taking a risk with that sort of money, and when I tried to book again, the holiday had gone…
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Another Praise for NHS.....
Last night in B'ham, my partner's knee gave way and she ended up dislocating her knee and she could not get back up. In the end a passer by tried to locate a police officer, but could not and even though he walked up quite a bit he still returned - so thank you to him as well. I then called 999, and had a paramedic sent…
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Was the customer right to complain? What would you have done?
Last week, I sold a television to a customer. They were going to have the television on the wall, so I sold them a wall mounted installation and asked them if they needed a wall bracket. them: We already have a bracket that the old tv was on. me: what size/type of tv was it? them: A flat one. me: If your old tv was a…
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MBNA - Squeezing payment periods? - What's a normal payment period?
Is it just me, or have MBNA been squeezing the amount of time you have to pay off a credit card bill? Thursday, I received my credit card bill. Payment is due by the 30th. If you read the advice they give, then you should allow 5 working days for payment by post. As the post is later these days & most people work, then…
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Sainsburys.co.uk
This morning I registered on their website to order an electrical item. Filled in all the registration details correctly (using their address postcode lookup) and supplied my valid Visa Debit card information too. Placed the order and received the email confirmation @ 0841. At 1002 I received an email saying that the order…
