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Praise for PC World
Hi, I know there are numerous threads/posts relating to bad experiences with PC World and I felt like I should post about my positvie experience with them. I recently switched from a macbook pro back to a windows laptop (sony vaio) due to software compatibility issues. When I came to use my external HD with the vaio I…
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The Able Group
Hi all Over the xmas holiday my grandad was unfortunat enough to suffer from complete heating and hot water loss. I couldnt fix it so (dont shout at me) I hit the phone book and net to find an emergency plumber / heating guy. The letter below is long, but in short I was disgusted with this companies lack of customer…
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BestBuy Online Order Rant
Tried unsuccessfully to buy LCD TV online with BestBuy for 3 days. Checked with my credit card company and all is OK also paid other online orders since so know its not the card. BestBuy customer service staff polite and helpful suggest its BestBuy anti fraud system being hyper sensitive.....not much use if it prevents…
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Unearthed Teka appliances - Check your plug!
Last week, I attended a new, in-guarantee Teka washing machine for a knocking fault and was amazed to find that it had been supplied to the end user with a continental 2 pin plug, with no effective earth pin! I spoke with the supplier who defended supplying the appliance by saying that they usually installed the appliances…
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Cash Back Scam
Hi I have just heard there is a new scam about. check all your reciepts when using your debit and credit cards as cash back is being added to your bill without you asking for it. A friend emailed me to say that some one had been scammed in a Sainsburys store,£40 had been added to the bill when she tackled the cashier she…
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All Hotel prices in London have at least doubled for end of April
Getting really cross as I search for a Hotel in London for a few days in the week ending 30th April. I know its the week of the Royal wedding but its incredible that the prices are so high. We travel regularly as a family to see football matches, but we cant now because of the ridiculously high prices. Is this legal!!!!!!!…
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virgin mobile
I'm currently writing a complaint letter to Virgin mobile about the constant c*ck ups on my a/c. I've tried emailing them and I've tried calling them, but the problem is never resolved. And since it's been going on since May ( yes I know mad to have stood it for so long) I've decided enough is enough. BUT I can only find…
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very suspicious in america
Hey guys, im not sure this is the right place to post this but will try anyway. In summer I went to America for 8 weeks. 1 month was spent in Washington DC as part of a medical placement and the remaining 4 weeks was spent travelling around the US. My ESTA was issued for Washington DC. I went to visit Niagara Falls and…
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Text Speak - a Vent
Hi, is it just me or do other people have a problem with text speak being used in forums? I absolutely cannot be bothered to read posts that the poster can't be bothered to write in proper English - especially if they are asking for opinions or advice, and to spend time trying to work out what somebody is saying because…
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Parcelforce
Hi All I received a email from Parcelforce in 15th December to say a parcel was being delivered to me. I didn't receive it and just tracked it and it says it was loaded for delivery at their Leicester depot and then rescannned back to them at 20.19 on the 17.12.10. It has not been moved since that date and is still with…
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Vent: Kids Clothing Manufacturers/Some parents
Who designs clothes for kids? also what posses parents to buy them? When I was in Manchester today, I saw thongs and bra's for 7 year olds! Theyre still kids! Do they want to become adults before their times? I saw a kid wearing a t-shirt that said "Who's my daddy? ...my mummy don't know" I thought it was disgusting to be…
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Scam Website Warning
Hello Folks, I'm new to the site and thought i would warning everyone about a copy-cat website i found; Official genuine site; hollisterco.com Unofficial yet you need to read the small print! hollisteruk.net/ Spot the difference and dont get caught out!
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Lost parcel and lost claims form. What to do now?
Hoping for a bit of advice please. In late October I posted a coat bought from New Look using their Freepost address and it got lost. I admit I was a prat because the coat cost £40 and I should have paid for a better service- I now know that Freepost is treated the same as Second Class post and if Royal Mail reimburse me…
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car insurance has doubled!!
Hi! Iv just received my renewal, last years fully comp was £600, thi year its £1020!!! I would have had 4 years no claims, but some little !!!! vandalised my car this year, and apparently the insurer deducts 2 years no claims for vandalism claims. It also increased as someone reversed into me, and as i was concerned the…
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On the other hand - Sainsbury's good CS...
Only a small thing but I have to say that I thought that a couple of members of staff offered fabulous customer service yesterday evening. I relaised that I had no cream (needed to home-make peppermint creams) so went to my nearest store at around 6:00pm (they were open until 7, I think). The cream had ended up in the…
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Arrgghh car broken again !!
Went to see my parents yesterday morning and we was about 10 mins from there house and car died....the abs and srs lights came on ..the speedo and rev dials went to 0 ..car was slowly loosing power. pulled over and it wouldnt start again phone the AA and he came out checked battery ..was dead he told us need a new…
