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Praise, vent & warnings

Archives for May 2011

Praise for Vodafone
My 21 year old son has a contract with Vodafone and has done since he was 18. His most recent contract was an 18 month contract with a Blackberry Bold which he took out in March 2010 on £25 a month plus £5 a month for BB messenger I think, anyways it was £30 a month total). Unfortunately in mid April 2011 the Blackberry…
Panorama: The Abuse Exposed
I can't believe what I am watching. Has anyone seen this programme? The abuse is unblieveable.
Admiral Call Centre
How irritating... I had to call up their claims department today and after being on hold for a couple of minutes it rang through, 'answered' the phone but no one was on the end! I could hear someone whistling and some chatter, but nothing else. I'm just glad I used saynoto0870 for a freephone number or I'd be very annoyed…
CD WOW! Up to their old tricks again!
I stoped using CD WOW! in September 2007. Now I remember why! So, I was searching for a special DVD or Blu-Ray. It's an American edition which comes (came) with a free mini figure. Looked everywhere I know in America for it, but no-one had it. Did a Google Shopping seach and lo and behold, CD WOW! had it in stock! Woo hoo!…
expensive credit card charges for flight booking
Does anyone know whether this heavy surcharge is legal. The company in question is Monarch. The charge was £24.75 for two flights for booking on the card? Can it be claimed back and how?
foreign object in burger !
just after Christmas (and stuffed with turkey) OH fancied a burger so made himself a chilli burger (from Adsa), I just had a regular one !!, anyway part way through he chomped down on a huge piece of what he thought was bone.....we took the box and bone back to Asda and were refunded and the "bone" sent away for testing…
Found a huge splinter of wood in my butter? Who do I complain to
My girlfreind and I were making some cookies last night and at the end of the butter we found a huge splinter of wood/chunk of wood embedded within the butter It is a named brand and we are not sure if we complain to the supermarket we bought it from or direct from the manufacturer. can someone point me in the right…
Poor service from tile supplier
Just to warn everyone about this company: https://www.Wallsandfloors.co.uk Their service leaves something to be desired. Firstly, they offered me a discount on some tiles I was thinking of ordering and then withdrew it. Then, when I did eventually order them, several tiles arrived damaged. Others may have had a better…
grand central trains vent
I was travelling back from London to Hartlepool on Saturday night when my little girl had an accident - there was a shattered glass bottle in one of the little waste bins in the gaps between the seats in the carriage and as we were just about ready to stand to get off I asked my little girl to put her sweet wrappers in the…
Warning - Citroen C2
Many of you may have seen the feature on watchdog about the brakes on Citroen/Peugeot/Renault cars - on some models, they can be operated from the passenger side of the car. Listed in the watchdog report were the following Citroen models: C3 Desire, the C3 SX, the C4 VTR, Citroen C4 SX HDI. I've today discovered that my 53…
Warning - CareForAir
Just a heads up to you guys about this company i have encountered! This company sells air cleaners. You fill up the water bowl, put some essences in and switch on. I have a lot of experience with these devices as have had 'Breathe' revitalisers for a while. I received an email from them stating a one day sale of 50% owing…
Cheeky Builders.
Just feel the need to vent. I live in a mid terrace house so noise can be a problem sometimes. No fault of my neighbours, it's just the way these houses are and i suppose we all have to deal with it. Anyway neighbours have gone away for the week and for some reason did not let me know that the builders will be there today…
Mothercare charged twice this week..
Greetings all, just a quick heads up for anyone that's placed a Mothercare online order this week, they've been charging people twice (took me overdrawn..thanks for that) so it's worth checking your bank account to see if it's happened to you so you can ring them and enlighten them..refunds have been processed already…
I am so angry. They are turning my local netto into an asda
Just popped into my local Netto store and it's half empty. When I asked one of the staff what was going on he said they were closing down on the 11th June and are going to be turned into an asda. I am so angry. I really like Netto, it has some great bargains on alcohol, homeware, garden stuff. Asda is nowhere near as…
Cheque clearing
Paid a cheque into (quick) machine last Monday print out said it would be cleared by 27th.:) Went on line to look at statement on 27th said cheque not clearing until 31st!!!!:eek: Apparently they did'nt process it until the Tuesday!!:mad: No money all weekend!:o Has this ever happened to anyone else?;)…
Don't get done get dom viewpoint.
I've been catching up on all of Dom's programmes since I've been away and one in particular caught my eye. This was a case of a lady running her own internet business and was cold called by a company who purported to offer her an advertising contract for £5 (!!) pending a contract which she could cancel before a certain…
Tesco a rant
I live on a road with a weight restriction. This is in place due to the number of very old properties in the street that have a basement, in the past there has been subsidence on the street due to the weight of vehicles travelling down it. The Tesco lorries are constantly violating this weight limit, despite there being…
box office rant!!
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Now That's What I Call Music
Something that has been bugging me for a while now. Now That's What I Call Music Volumes 2 to 9 originally issued on vinyl and cassette but never been re-issued on CD format. This is quite an annoying situation for collectors of this series. They did issue volume one a couple of years ago but have never followed it up by…
Asdas in basildon! ahhhhhhh!
3 times in the last 2 weeks i been into asda's in basildon, both of them and each time i end up having refunds as many of the prices on sale or roll back has been charged a normal price! i have buy one get one free on sauages 2 weeks ago got charged for both, got a refund, capo coffee theres roll back to £1 got charged…

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