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Praise, vent & warnings

Archives for August 2010

MSE a Vent
I know a few of us have been around the parish for a number of years now, and some of us even refrain from replying to the genuine needs boreds such as Banking, IVA and others, and leave our slating to this backstreet of the parish. Too common nowadays is the first poster on this backstreet is determined to interrupt the…
Do I have any come back? Poor delivery service, Gardiner Haskins, Bristol
While delivering my new Miele washing machine they ripped up my brand new vinyl floor fitted by Cabot Carpets, Bristol (who are fab by the way). They said it was up to me to protect the floor, but I thought it would be fine as I moved the old one in and out a few times with no problems. I did not expect them to be…
Tesco and Toy Story
Great got a voucher from Tesco on Monday for Toy Story next week, buy one get one free... but guess what can't use it as my cineworld only have the 3D one from now on....:mad: What's the point if you can't use it?!
Ikea - offer of the week rant
We wanted a desk from Ikea for my sons room but discounted it as it was just too expensive- we saw it was going to be half price on the offer of the week thing. We wanted the oak vener one to co ordinate with his existing stuff. We went to ikea the first day of the offer - no oak vener ones.... spoke to a warehouse…
Sorry for the inconvenience !!
Sorry for the inconvenience seems to be a way for companies to placate you and fob you off for their poor service. I would have hoped that in 2010 we could get things right, so that inconvenience did not happen any more? I cite 3 examples Yesterday I had a call from the bank manager who was responding to a complaint of…
See Tickets
See this thread on FB: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=441655697355&ref=notif&notif_t=like Those unlucky enough to have bought from See are unlikely to have Reading/Leeds tickets and instead have to travel miles to collect them - and they cost £200 per ticket !!! Service charge is £7 and P&P is £5......what…
No best before date on Tesco ready meal...?
I bought a tomato and mozzarella pasta ready meal (yeah i know, lazy, but it was on offer) from Tesco the other day, and i just went to check the best before/used by so i know when i need to eat it by and discovered there is none! There is just a blank space where the date should be. Just wondering: 1. Has this ever…
Grocery Order from Tesco.com
Hubby's just recently had major operation and housebound. I can't drive and fed up shopping daily which works out a lot more expensive, so decided to grocery shop on line (1st time user). Took me a while to get the hang of finding items etc., but got there in the end. My order was delivered right at the beginning of time…
Warning to casual Ebayers on PayPal 'hold' system
So things have become pretty tight recently for many of us, and in order to help myself to urgently repay some debt, I decided to sell various items on Ebay. Fine - I've had a verified PayPal account for years, and had nothing but good feedback from the few transactions I'd taken part in. Well I put eight items on on…
MBNA - Don't touch them
I am absolutely furious. I have been with MBNA for about 8 years and never missed or been late with a payment. I paid last month and my payment must have just missed the deadline and and gone through on the next day. THEY CHARGED ME £12 FOR A LATE PAYMENT PLUS £8.43 INTEREST. I rang to point out I had never been late and…
Beware of the hospital visit con
I was approached by the same beggar/scammer for the third time in the last few months on my way home from work last night. Basically someone approaches you with a fake wound on their arm and fake blood covering their sleeve. They say they have had an accident and first ask for directions to the nearest hospital then…
Debenhams - Double Charged
I bought a wedding gift through the Debenhams Wedding Gift Service for a relative (£100). On Saturday I received a call from the store hosting the Wedding Gift List to say the item I had chosen was out of stock - could they substitute it. I agreed. Yesterday (and today) I checked my bank account and Debenhams have taken…
"Personal" stereos
I've just had yet another train journey to work with a moron who doesn't understand the concept of a "personal" stereo and thinks everyone should have listen to the garbage pumping put of his poxy mp3 player. I hope it deafens him completely as soon as possible and then we will all have peace and quiet. By all means listen…
blooming Virgin another £1 a month
Just got this from Virginmedia We’re writing to let you know about a change to your monthly bill. Now that eBilling is our main billing option, we won’t be offering our £1 discount from 1st October. But don’t forget, there’s still a £1.25 charge for customers who choose to have paper bills, so you’ll carry on saving £1.25…
X Factor - New Series
Ok my turn to rant. I have no problem with the many thousands of people seeing this talent show as a opportunity to become rich and famous. But why the incessant weeping and hard luck stories? Nevermind the autotune mics and the soon to happen overly loud backing vocals. Its mutated into a huge cringe fest and I couldn't…
cex - absolutely awful service
I recently made an online order for some software on the 14th August,with it costing £95 it should have been dispatched next day delivery.Since then I have had no reply to 3 emails,you cannot call them as they have no phones and though their website states they don't take the money until item is dispatched they took the…
Insure don't pay cashback
I took out house and contents with Insure and was supposed to get £75 cashback when I took it out in Jan. Suffice to say they have still not paid up and Cashbackrewards don't seem to be able to do anything other than "Chase the network" Just a warning. Is there anything I can do myself to get them to pay ?:mad:
praise- british Gas
Went over to British gas a couple of months ago. Had been with them a few years ago and had a bad time. Vowed never to go back. However i found out on this site that they were the cheapest so decided to give them another try. Change over no problem but i did have a couple of issues which they dealt with right away, so far…
Praise - Virgin Holidays
Just wanted to post a quick word of praise for VirginHolidys. I booked a few weeks ago, paid a £300 deposit. Over the weekend, it became apparant that a family member needs some financial help, and rather than go on an expensive holiday, we are using the money to help them out. I rang Virgin this morning to cancel,…
SoBaby.co.uk: money deducted from account but no goods received
I wanted to warn other parents about a bricks n' mortar baby retailer named sobaby.co.uk I ordered goods from the website of this retailer, which also has a store in Andover in Hampshire, on July 20 and had the money deducted from my credit card instantly. Fast forward one month (and a bit) and the goods have still not…

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