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Archives for November 2010

Lush - you are indeed great but....
I love Lush stuff. I love sending Lush pressies to friends and family. I am a good 50 miles away from my nearest Lush so when I am near one I stock up, I know what I am buying, I have probably used most of their range at one time or another. So, when I go into a Lush shop (went on a shopping jolly on Saturday) why did I…
Where's my Tesco shopping!?!?!?!?
So I ordered my shopping online from Tesco for delivery between 6 and 8pm this evening, no sign of it! I tried calling customer services and I just keep getting the engaged tone. So I decided to check online to see if there were any messages regarding my delivery on there, well on there it said delivered! I'm now not sure…
Dirty public toilets
Why oh why can this country not keep their public toilets clean:mad:? I am yet to find a decent public toilet that I'm not scared to go in:eek:. In Canada every single public toilet was nice smelling and clean whether they were in supermarkets, bars or restaurants. Mind you I want to be a cleaner in France because they…
Do people use the weather as an excuse?
A bit of a rant and a question..... We've been waiting in all day to get a carpet fitted, We got a phone call on Thursday and we were told the fitters would be here at about 1pm today. We've had to move some stuff outside such as the dining table and chairs as there was no room for it anywhere else. It's now gone 6pm and…
Argos online oredering system
:mad: I have spent the past hour re-entering my card details, the silly system is telling my they are invalid(they are not) and I can't order the goods i wanted now, anybody else had a problem using a visa electron on Argos online? It's really pi***d me *&$"%&*$g off!
ABE Books
Hi I just wanted to say how good ABE Books are. If you are searching for a rare book, they may have it in stock. Their website is http://www.abebooks.co.uk/ Many thanks.
ScotRail a thank you to Sherree!
:j Last Saturday my husband and son braved the weather to travel from Fife to Liverpool by train. Starting at 8.30am and finishing at ll.45pm. The journey back consisted of numerous delays, due to weather, some lucky because their connection would not have been made if the the train they were meant to catch had not also…
Very.co.uk BNPL Complaint
I ordered some items online through Very.co.uk last October and took advantage of the Buy Now Pay Later offer which meant I would not need to pay in full until this October. I received my statement this September and duly followed the small print which stated that if I paid in full before the October, I would not occur any…
If you send emails to neighbourhood watch group leaders read this
This might seem like a really crazy post, but it has a serious message/vent that I would like to convey. There is someone who sends emails to our neighbour watch group leader who reads this forum. The reason I know this is that three days after this was posted, it came through on the "regular printout" from my…
UGGS and Rubbersole.co.uk
After reading the post on this website I ordered a pair of Boots from Rubbersole.co.uk using the relevant discount code at checkout for 20% off However theres no way of contacting this company apart from email which they dont respond to (At all) I have tried to locate a number for this company but that is also a little…
Watch out when selling your gold by post.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wdb5f They highlighted some poor offers made by postal gold buying companies. (a) £150 original cheque, new offer of £300. Took 2 months to get gold back and received £1000 on the high street. (b) £160 original, upped to £280. Took month to get gold back and received £610 in a shop. (c)…
Lovely Neighbours
Im posting this here as its kind of a praise, but also I need your opinions. Firstly my neighbours one side are lovely a married middle age couple have been so nice to us since we moved in and have helped us out with things, secondly Ive met the elderly(ish) lady next door quite a few times over the last few months as she…
Harrington Finance
My daughter is being harassed with mobile calls from a company called Harrington Finance telling her she has applied for a £15000 loan. They virtually called her a liar when she told them she hadn't. Their contact number is a mobile (suspicious in itself) 07837672240. Has anyone else had a similar experience recently?
Staples Sellotape
Staples have bins of branded Sellotape in store - only £1.99 for 50m. Ignore this and go to the display racks where you'll find 63m for the same price.
Excel Communications
A WARNING!! They cold call (sounding very much like '3') from other blogs it seems a common thing that is a bad line, and an accent, so you have trouble deciphering the call. A few days later you get aphone call from EC offering you an amazing deal...but the goods are never delivered. They are con merchants praying on…
Royal mail
Has anyone else had bother getting parcels delivered? There's been a few times where i'm waiting for a parcel and then find the 'we could not deliver' card pushed through the letterbox -i just assumed it was me being an idiot and not hearing the doorbell. It happened again this morning - this time i left the living room…
Bloomin Direct & BiteSize Deals locked - what's happening???
Threads pertaining to these two companies were deleted and/or locked some 18 months ago. The companies involved claimed that comments made on MSE were libellous. MSE removed the threads and exoplained how it was not kowtowing to these companies. It said an investigation would take place. There's been nothing said in the…
anyone had a problem with..
....Dualit Expressivo Coffe Machine. Had one delivered last week and every time it is used it leaks great pools of water from underneath. Have suspicion it had been used already so not sure if I just got unlucky and should order another one or whether this is a known problem with this machine. Have returned it for refund…
Praise for DVLA Northampton
Wow, never thought I'd be posting praise, I am the original Mrs Angry-head! I went to tax my car online last night, only to find my doughnut husbag thought the reminder I'd left on the kitchen counter on Friday was for his car that he'd taxed last month, so kindly shredded it! No problem I thought, I can do it off the log…
ipod no refund policy at Argos
Do any other shops apply this rule which exempts mp3 players from their 30 day return policy? Got an ipod touch there thinking I got a bargain only to get it home and find it was gen 3 not 4, meant nowt to me but my son (who I got it for xmas for) keeps going on about how cool the camera functions are. Took it back to…

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