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Bloomin hilarious
:rotfl::T:T1st off, thanks for all good tips and advice. MSE newbie who,while looking for relevant threads has had the good fortune to hit upon some hilarious & gripping story lines. Gripped by the garden gate dispute that led to 'DINGLES DO DRUGS' adventure.(Glad the OP finally getting some peace now!):eek: Favourite was…
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tv buying
Those of you who watch shopping channels(as I am forced to do by my beloved) should be aware of "bidtv". They charge £7.99 delivery PER ITEM regardless of how many you purchase, even if you buy a dozen things in half an hour on the same day! They claim it's because they have more than one warehouse.... This is a great…
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Spare parts sites - cloned sites, any advice?
I have been trying to find a replacement shelf for my fridge, and while searching online I found a few sites that seem to be clones of each other. Just wondered if anyone has had any experience in using these? They are all couk sites (i can't post links since I am a new user) 4silverhillspares partmaster diy-spares I…
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Sky is worst provider I have ever come across
Hi all, I am writing this with the hope it may help others who may come into this situation with Sky. I will backtrack 4 years firstly. I contacted them as a new customer, they agreed a date to come out. That date came and went with no engineer turning up, so I called to complain and we rearranged a date. The engineer…
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pc world Whateverhappens
Hi just a warning to other users here is my letter /email to company [FONT=times new roman, new york, times, serif] here is a copy of letter sent to DSG retail I am extremely unhappy at the way I was sold the above policy. I cannot emphasise enough that I refused any kind of insurance at point of purchase. I consider the…
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Microsoft Phonecall
What with myself being a learner on these here boards im not sure if this has been posted before. My neighbour recieved a phonecall yesterday from a Indian sounding fella purporting to be phonoing from Microsoft,he explained to here that she had recently sent in an error report and that there was a major issue with her PC…
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Amazon hacked?
Hi I was looking for permanent markers on Amazon, and suddenly this pop up advertising duck tape appeared. I clicked the x option to get rid of it, but when I ran the immunisation function on the spybot search and destroy program, it says I'm not the administrator. I can not find any other users on this computer. It was…
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In Praise of ATS
Was changing the cat on my VW which had corroded clean through. Couldn't get the bolts needed online so went to them to buy some. They gave me the 3 required. Later on trying to get what was left of its tail pipe out of the intermediate pipe spigot there was no way it would come out. I took it to them and they had it…
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DPD offer new delivery service
Here's a news article that will interest anyone that hates waiting in for their parcels to arrive - http://www.e-couriernews.co.uk/content/view/1546/1/ This could turn out to be quite an important development in the industry, if it works. It looks like it could be very difficult to implement and there are lots of things…
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Upset about rude message from restaurant
Evening ladies and gentlemen. I would just like some advice about what I should do. I have a birthday at the end of March and to celebrate had decided to book a table at quite a nice restaurant for myself and 6 family members. I did an online reservation last weekend and the restaurant called to confirm last Sunday and…
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Card Factory staff - quick response - thieves caught!
Hi was in a Card Factory this afternoon - felt handbag 'move' looked down to see my purse in the hand of the 'lady' standing next to me, one of two. I yelled (I did, too:o) and their staff were brilliant - one of them chased after the ladies, met a colleague who joined in and the ladies were arrested, with other purses on…
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Out Tom has Gone Mad
Our Tom Cat, rescued by Freda from the Cats Protection League some time ago, has gone mad. We have fed him, watered him, but he has just turned into a Decent Food Detection System. Now, after all the loving care that Freda has give our puss, he has finally lost the complete use of his legs and cannot jump from thed esk,…
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Do you email only for complaints?
For my fiances birthday he wanted a new car CD/MP3 thingie (can you tell I'm not techie) We were passing a Halfords, and droipped in on the off chance.. Got the stereo, had all the bits, and fitted within half an hour. To me that's wonderful customer service! I have emailed Halfords customer services thanking them for a…
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stupid things people say.....................
just to cheer people up , what is the stupidest thing anyone has ever said to you , a couple of examples (mother) " if you dont stop crying I will give you something to cry for " (father ) " are your ears painted on ? "
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Curry's on line price promise.
Comet currently have an item I wish to purchase and it has a current offer of 10% off, if you enter the code showing on their home page. This makes it 10% cheaper than Curry's so requested a price match from Currys's plus 10%, as per their price promise. However they stated this does not fulfil the promise because the…
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Thank you wessex water
I received a cheque from Wessex water service, but no information why they pay now. It's really strange to see a cheque without any information. There is no procedure in place with our system. It looks some stranger comes to you and give £50.
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Just a general rant about mother-isms.
I was on the phone to a friend earlier who I haven't spoken to for nearly 12 months. After about 20 minutes my mobile rang and it was my mum. This worried me a bit because she never rings my mobile as she thinks she'll need a large lottery win to pay for the call. I stopped the conversation with my friend and put the phone…
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Tesco put up prices by 1433%
I went to buy the value shortbread in Tesco today its usually 9p and the price had risen to £1.29!!! Thought it was a wrong shelf edge label and checked it at the self scan and promptly put it back! that's a 1433% increase!!!!!!! Every little helps ???? Robbers. Wonder how many other prices are on the up up up?
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Virgin Media General Rant
:mad::mad:Just wondered if anyone has had the following problem. I keep having 2 bills sent to my address 1 is for our service and another for some Polish named guy. I keep ringing and telling them he is not at our address and could they sort it out but ive just had my 9th bill for him through. No one in customer services…
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citylink
Does anyone else get fed up of citylink or is it just me, and how do you other working people out there manage deliveries? Myself and OH leave together for work at 7.00 and get back at 5.00. Had a missed delivery card waiting for me when i got home today. Says on the card to ring the number on the card for redelivery,…
