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Hmmm.... would you have wanted Diana's ring?
Given the unfortunate turn of Diana and Charles' marriage, would you have wanted to have been given the groom's mother's engagement ring? I'm damned sure I wouldn't have wanted it.
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Ikea online shopping issues
If you are thinking of ordering from Ikea online you might like to be aware of the following. 1. When you place your order you will be given a provisional delivery date. However buried in the terms and conditions - which many people do not bother to read - it states that this is subject to a possible delay of up to 14…
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Praise to Amazon
Friday evening I knelt on the floor to reach a light switch and with a gentle crack my week-old Kindle no longer worked. Saturday morning I called Amazon's Kindle support:Me - I knelt on my Kindle and broke it, can it be repaired and if not can I reload the ebooks I've bought onto a replacement one? Amazon Bloke - Can you…
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*** VENT: media and Royalty ***
Don't know what ITN or Sky News is doing where the non-event of 2011 is concerned, but I've just turned off the TV due to the BBC's insistence that "the news story of the day" is that some carrot haired member of the Royal Family is to marry some woman called Middleton. I don't know either of 'em, nor does 99% of the rest…
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Do you shred letters?
My daughter was telling me of a scam she saw on TV recently, if it has been discussed then forgive me. What the scam was: A lady telephoned a locksmith saying she had been out shopping and lost her keys, when the locksmith arrived she shown him proof she lived there by showing him some letters with her name on etc. The…
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North Herts Toyota - stop parking your car outside my house
For some reason best known to themselves, North Herts Toyota have started parking their logo'd cars outside my house. My neighbour phoned up to ask why it was there, and they are doing it for advertising purposes! We're in a quiet culdesac 30+ miles from Letchworth - what good they think it's doing them heaven knows. The…
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Comet nightmare!
I just have to vent after several days of hell with Comet. I placed an order online on the 13th of November, Comet were offering (and still are if anyone's interested) 10% off all dishwashers, a saving, in my case, of £50. After I entered all my credit card details the website went blank and said there was a problem. I…
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Will we get a day off when Kate marries William!?
ill we get a day off when Kate marries William!?
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PC World!!!!!
Hey all. Got the right hump right now lol. On Friday i bought a refurbished Packard Bell iXtreme x6620 from the PC world website for £449 It arrived via DHL today. When I opened the box, the packing material was crumbling and brokenm but it said the correct model number on it, as it did also on the machine itself, I…
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Littlewoods complaint
Right i have been waiting for ages fo the the Kinect for xbox360 to come out so i thought i know i'll pre order it from littlewoods. Well to me pre order usually means something along the lines of reserve your item so you get it around the time that it come out right ?. Well i pre ordered it and it came out last wednesday…
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Littlewoods catalogue are rubbish !!!!!
Right i have been waiting for ages fo the the Kinect for xbox360 to come out so i thought i know i'll pre order it from littlewoods. Well to me pre order usually means something along the lines of reserve your item so you get it around the time that it come out right ?. Well i pre ordered it and it came out last wednesday…
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Argos - 4weeks & counting
I have been trying to get Argos / Home Delivery Network to collect an item I wish to return for over four weeks. Six weeks ago, the original order failed and I received a full refund. The following day they attempted to deliver the order which I refused, as I had been refunded. The week after they delivered the item and…
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Have you made a hospital complaint?
Were you satisfied or dissatisfied with their response? If you were unhappy with the response, you have been invited by The Parliamentary Health Committee to submit written evidence for its inquiry into Complaints and Litigation. The deadline for submitting written evidence is noon on Tuesday 21 December 2010. For guidance…
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Do Not Buy............
Twining's Tea. Having just watched Despatch's on Channel 4 and learning that Twining's are closing their North Shield's factory to move production to Poland i will never buy their product again. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1326948/Twinings-jobs-set-to-Poland-tea-firm-lands-EU-cash.html I hope they now go bust.
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Throwing cigarette end out of moving car
About a month ago i had fine for throwing a cigarette end out of the car window, from environmental enforcer in the car behind me, they had photographic evidence from a mobile phone. Now this isn't rant as such but isn't it illegal to use any mobile device whilst driving a moving/stationary car.
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Ikea faulty mattress
Hi Was just wondering if any one here has any info regarding getting an Ikea mattress replaced under their warranty ? I have called them today to be told I have to take it back to the store i brought it from, not the newer local store. They will then inspect it and maybe/maybe not replace it. The store i brought it from is…
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To martin lewiss
hi martin, i to have been scammed by this company vividwhitesmiles, the advert stated free trial teeth whitener no subscription free trial just pay £2.50 post and packaging. I got this message via hot mail UK, Am registered disabled and at the time of ordering long-suffering terribly with facial abscesses teeth related.…
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Shop Direct, Marshall Ward
What ever you do, steer clear of shop direct companies, Marshall Ward, Littlewoods, Great Universal and Choice. I was with Marshall Ward. I had buy now pay later item, firstly I did not receive the goods, but as a signature was apparently signed for by house mate had no choice but to pay for it I was then offered to pay in…
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Debnehams.com warning do not use!!
right i warn everyone of my little story here and say do not order of debnehams.com basically ordereded some fitted sheets that where to shallow for my bed realised this after about 45mins phoned up about 4.15pm to cancel only to be told 'the terms state nothing maybe cancelled after 30mins' so they must delivered and sent…
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Underpaid Postage
So I received what I assume was a birthday card this morning and it has a yellow sticker on it saying the postage was underpaid and the fee to pay was £1.10. I've not heard of this before so I looked it up on the net. Supposedly you're supposed to get a card with the sticker on it asking you to retrieve the item from the…
