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Tesco Scam
I am so angry at Tesco that I have to vent!! I was recently in Tesco in Dorchester where they had 4 pack cans of the John West Tuna for £3.49 BOGOF. Although on holiday at the time, I'm glad I bought the deal as when I got home to my local store (Sidcup) the offer they had on was £6.99 BOGOF! (same online) Seriously how…
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Dodgy HMRC Emails
Morning people! Had an email from'HMRC' today stating: After the last annual calculation of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax rebate of: 332.79 Pounds Regarding this, please click here in order to process your tax rebate. TAX REBATE NUMBER: Please allow us 9 to 14 days to…
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Vent- Victoria and Albert Museum
Thumbs DOWN to the V&A. I attended the Yohji Yamamoto exhibit yesterday and was confronted by not one, not 2 but FOUR sets of ppl with screaming babies in pushchairs in there while I browsed. One of whom I saw run over the train of one of the cream coloured dresses!!!!:eek::eek::eek::eek: When I complained they said they…
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"Innocent" smoothies! Carton rip-off
I went into my local Sainsburys and saw that there was an offer of buy 2 Innocent smoothies for £4. This offer normally comes around every 2 months or so. I purchased said cartons and went home. On putting them in the fridge i noticed something was wrong......eek! They have shrunk...by 25%. A subtle change and one that was…
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no earth in fuse box
Hi I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this but was wondering if anyone could help. We bought our house 3and a half years ago and needed a new cooker. The last built cooker was just plugged in and there was no wire for the new one to be wired in to the fuse box. The electrician we had to wire it in, noticed…
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Legal & General are Useless
Legal & General staff may be polite but they are totally and utterly useless! I have had to write numerous times because of their failings in offering any decent service - almost every request for service has gone totally wrong! L&G staff do not seem able to comprehend that policyholders can live at different addresses!…
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A rant about Halfords bike hut staff
I phoned and asked to arrange a time to bring my bike in for a 6-week service – it’s a new bike, bought from Halfords. Bring it in today, I was told by the manager. This surprised me as they are normally very busy, but I thought you know what you are doing, there must have been a cancellation or something so I duly got the…
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Do you HAVE to sign the back of a bank card?
Or is it just a security measure which is up to you if you do it or not?
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Phonecalls when im in interview vent
Lets see who else has this problem: I go to some interview, doesn't matter where or who with, the important thing is i sit in the chair across from the interviewer or who ever i am speaking to. 2 minutes into the conversation their desk phone rings, then they say "excuse me for a moment" and answer the phone, and have me…
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Rant Alert - Disabled assistance in UK Theme Parks
Don't know if I am being over sensitive but I can not understand how the UK gets it so wrong with its acceptance and assistance to people with disabilities compared to other countries. My daughter suffers from Cerebral palsey which affect both motor skills and can have affect on her temprament. e.g. less tolerant of…
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Energy company rings me despite me asking for no more calls
Every day, and sometimes twice a day, a certain energy company phones me asking do I want to switch my energy supply to them. Its been going on for 10-12 days. I am sick and tired of them phoning me. I have asked them everytime they phone me, not to call me again and to remove my details off their list. Today, I said F Off…
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Beko Fridges, Freezers: 2000 to 2006. Fire Chiefs Say Check Them
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2011322/Beko-fridge-freezer-causes-Bermondsey-tower-block-Warning-half-million-families.html
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Scotland doesn't exist according to Barclaycard!!
:shocked: E-mailed Barclaycard this morning to give them prior notice that hubby is travelling with a group to a town in Scotland this week and will be putting the group's hotel bill on the credit card. Received a phone call from their representative in foreign call centre (I presume this as English was terrible) and…
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News of the World - utter scum
This is almost impossible to believe According to this report, the NOW actually deleted messages from the dead girl's phone when they had listened to them giving here relatives false hope that she was still alive. These people truly are the dregs of humanity. The editor at the time is now chief executive of News…
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Faulty Beko fridges fire risk
More than 500,000 homes could be at risk of fire because of faulty fridge freezers. London Fire Brigade said yesterday a blaze last week, first thought to have been caused by lightning, was started by a faulty Beko appliance. It said half a million people might have faulty fridge freezers from Beko, the UK’s largest…
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Santander say Northern Ireland is not part of UK!
Just heard this from a neighbour Her husband booked a flight from Manchester to Antrim, a two night b&b and a hire car. He used his Santander credit card. When he got there he took out £50. Next day she got a phone call from Santander to check security for unusual spending on his card. They asked to speak to him. She said…
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Poppy appeal
How would you feel if your poppy appeal donation was being used to bail out a young couple who hadn't paid their rent with their housing benefit. Both Had I phones. Smoked. Oh and had just moved to a. Bigger rented place on account of their entitlement because they were expecting a baby
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Anybody used multizoneav.eu?
I was froogling yesterday for a fridge-freezerwhen I saw the best price available was from dropshipping company website 'mutizoneav.eu'. Their blurb states: IMPORTANT: Non-Deductible VAT for Companies. The product(s) will be delivered as a gift package to the buyer. All our products are New, have never been used and come…
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Is a male G string ever acceptable?
I only ask because I have been subjected to some blokes ar5e all afternoon. I just find it completely uneccessary. His wife/ partner was also wearing one. What really turned my stomach was when she decided to lie on top of him and basically dry hump him on the beach. These people were in their 50's at least!! The annoying…
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Nursery and Trips Out
Is it me, or does any1 else think that this is wrong, basically my 3yr old daughter is going on a school trip (cost £13 includes coach there and back (obviously), morning and afternoon snack. We have to provide a packed lunch for her - i would have thought that nursery should provide a packed lunch for her as we are paying…
