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Day in the Life of Bob - Calling Sandander to Report an Opened Letter
I received a letter from Santander today that had been ripped open. The letter was confirming my new accounts have been opened, showed the sort code and account numbers, and reference numbers of my accounts, as well the reference numbers and names of direct debits and standing orders, including my paypal account and mobile…
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Djugo scam
Hi folks, Just to let you know that the people responsible for the DJUGO and GIFTPARADISE Apple Pack Prizescam are hard at work still. I have unfortunatly been scammed as my Sisters hotmail messenger account was hacked and when I thought it was her, it was actually a bot or something: JimB says: hows things? aliB says: Im…
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Massive vent - School have cut my hours in Sept
I've just had my new hours for when the September term starts and my hours have been reduced quite a lot. at the moment i work 8:30am to 1pm 5 days a week then 2 of those days i do extra SEN hours of 1pm-3.30. my new hours in sept are - 8.30am -1pm 3 days a week then 2 days a week 11.30-1! i knew my hour where going to be…
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CT Review in Huddersfield
CT Review ring up and say that they are a council tax refund company and that you have been overpaying for 10 years and that you are owed approx £2,500. Due to the council tax employing students and the banding is incorrect for your property. They ask for a £165 solicitors fee and that they will send out 2 contracts for…
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PRAISE - Met Police launches 101 number for non-urgent calls
About time if you ask me. If someone ask me for the number for my local station l wouldn't know it or where to find it quickly if no access to the internet See full details here (BBC NEWS)
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Hoover washing machine
I contacted Hoover about repairing my 18 month old washing machine, 5 Year FREE parts guarantee big sticker on the machine, you pay for labour only. The price £170. gobsmacked I declined. wish I'd bought a John Lewis own brand, I will next time
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Tesco Customer Service - praise
Last week I bought a pack of Tesco Finest British Free Range Corn Fed Chicken Breast Fillets weighing 526gm priced at £6.30 (2 fillets) - so pretty expensive at almost £12 per kilo. When I opened the pack, the fillets were very mismatched in size. One fillet was at least twice the size of the other. I might perhaps expect…
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Lakeland - Kitchenware - PRAISE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nothing but praise for this fine company. :beer: I ordered a several items in the sale, used a free delivery code, the parcel arrived safe and sound 3 days later. Very please with the majority of items - super quality, well packed and value for money. Not happy with a couple of the the items though as they were a bit…
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Eharmony Renewal Subscription Problem
Hi I have de activated my account on eharmony and I'm pretty sure I have turned auto renewal off my the subscription to not be renewed again but I am not sure about this. I tried logging on the other day (to see whether or not I turned auto renewal off otherwise they will charge you for a further so many months…
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Virgin call centres....
....abroad. What a complete waste of 3 hours this afternoon, screwed up my broadband, lost connection completely, tried to fix it, eventually admitted she didn't know how to do it and put me through to tech help who have to send an engineer, and a new router, and all I wanted was assistance to increase my speed of 0.49mbps…
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Co Op Electrical Great Service under warranty
I purchased in January a dual control Electric blanket from co op electrical online for £55. A month ago when it was a bit cold I turned it on and one side wasn't working. I wasn't sure where I had bought it from as I looked around everywhere for the best price until last week when I found the order email. I rang co op…
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lenovo warranty rip off
If you buy a lenovo laptop it comes with a 1 year warranty. If you buy an extended warranty called a '2 Years Mail-in, full labour and parts' you would think that it is now covered for 3 years from purchase - nope!! it is now covered for 1 more year?? The product clearly states that it is 2 years mail in. not a 2nd year…
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Curry's/PCWorld Bath - exceptional service!
TL;DR version: I have been very impressed today by Curry's in Bath - hoorah! On Sunday I wanted to upgrade a laptop to Windows 7, there aren't many choices in Bath, so I went into PCWorld/Curry's in the city centre. W7 Upgrade was shelf-priced at £100, but if reserved online it was £85, so I went in all ready to buy it. I…
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Ah, Santander
Oh how I love you Santander, no sooner than I get my wages into my account, 30 minutes later you take out a £92.50 bank charge. 45 minute phone call later, one of your lovely staff members admits its a mistake, refunds the money and cancels another £25 charge that was about to come out... again, a mistake. Were you hoping…
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Guess who???? Yep, SANTANDER!!!!
I opened a fixed rate bond savings account with Alliance and Leicester two years ago. I'm not a taxpayer so I completed an R85 form. They sent me a certificate confirming that I'd receive gross interest. Fast forward two years ... The account matures, but the balance is a lot less than I thought it should be. So, I rang…
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Praise to all people who refuse to be left wing sheeple..
despite the massive campgain by the left wing guardian, people showed their patriotism and love for the british armed forces buy buying the last copy of the legendaary newspaper that has always been a friend of the forces. a massive 4.5 million copies were sold indicating that there are millions of people who are willing…
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Virgin Media - Praise (of sorts)
I've been plagued for months by Virgin Media's endless 'To The Occupier' marketing spam. I've tried writing to them, I've tried sending each letter back 'Return to Sender', I've even collected a few months' worth and sent it back to them with no postage (hey! I don't get out much), all to no avail. Until today, when I…
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International Numbers Phoning
Wow I must be having an angry day (or too much time) this is my second vent. For the past month I have been receiving calls showing up on caller ID as International or Out Of Area. They call a couple of times a week. Usually in the afternoon and evening. Can be very annoying if the baby has just gone down! Usually they are…
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British Gas Price Rises
Dear All, Just a quick Vent Typical, I recently switched to British Gas Web saver 11, I think the takeover date was the 01/05/2011. The recent large price hike which I’m sure they knew they were going to impose at the time of my switching has now been announced and they are no longer competitive for me. I rang them up to…
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scs...AVOID
Went in a few weeks ago as was looking at getting a corner suite. walked in ..all was ok browsed for about 2mins when someone came upto us and asked if we was and to ask for help if we needed any..told us leather was downstairs and fabric upstairs. proceeded to go upstairs. As soon as we had got to the top the store…
