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Vent: Towergate home insurance.
Came home this afternoon after two days away to find my kitchen ceiling on the floor and a wall of water pouring from the upstairs bathroom. Kitchen is destroyed, all the plasterboard will have to be replaced, I think I can get away with just replacing one cupboard, electrics through the house are shot to pieces apart from…
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ROSSPA - Be aware!
I should have had a delivery today. The 1st time I ordered from them. I have 14 people for lunch tomorrow and now no food! Nothing has arrived! Never again :( ((( :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
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Blockbuster Video - "Blacklisted Address"?
Went to try and register at the local Blockbuster video this afternoon, as have just moved into the area. They took my details and then came back to tell me they weren't able to issue a acard due to my address being blacklisted. I explained I had just moved in and had no idea what they meant and was told they couldn't tell…
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VENT On street charity workers
Am I just getting grumpy in my increasing age or does anyone else get really annoyed with these charity folk that stand in the city centre and jump in front of you trying to get you to sign up to pay money to charity? I politely say 'no thanks' but they seem to try block your route and start waffling to you anyway. You…
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Why haven't people signed the financial education petition?
There are millions of users on this site, most who have gained invaluable support, saved money, and got more savvy in the process. Yet only 56,341 (As I write this)so far have signed the petition! When it first come up, I thought it would be only a matter of days before the needed 100k would be blown out of the water! It…
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Cex - send my wii fit back and other things!
I'm pretty fed up! Sent off my wii fit balance board with wii fit plus game off with a load of games. Checked online and there claiming the boards broke (it wasn't when it left here) but now i've got no means of checking. Its now arrived back here, so i'm hoping to check it at a friends at some point - just takes the mick…
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VENT: South West trains
Went in to renew my season ticket with a company cheque (I work for a large charity and they offer us an interest free season ticket loan, all very nice of them), only to be told that they no longer accept company cheques unless they are from a Ltd company or a PLC. Fair enough, but it would be nice if they'd communicated…
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'Scottishpower' phishing
Over the past week I've received 2 emails purporting to be from ScottishPower, the first claiming that I'd 'switched' to them and suggesting I log on to my personal account page. Needless to say as I have had no dealings with them whatsoever I was very wary and didn't 'swallow the bait' just ignored it. Then got the second…
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VENT: orange, fraud phone in my name, i'm left out of pocket.
My husband receive a letter from Orange back in January, thanking him for buying a iphone on a £51 a month contract. He didn't set it up. We have no phones with Orange - but did have one maybe over 5 years ago. I racked up £7 just in phone call (off my landline) to Orange customer services that day, who didn't take the…
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Spam Private Messages
:mad:I am a bit fed up of receiving spam messages in my Private inbox. Example: HI)) Hello. Read your message. I think THAT you might be interested. Luckily I can delete them before I download my email, and I have sent a message to the webmaster, but isn't there anything that can be done to block these posters.:mad:
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Natwest.... ugh!
Just opened up a eSavers account with Natwest 2 weeks ago. They set the standing order up with my current bank Santander... Seems Natwest messed up 1 digit on my standing order... £400 went to the wrong account! Luckily the account it went to doesn't exist! So 8 days, and I should get it back! Natwest CSA were so…
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247 Blinds - a word of warning..
We ordered some vertical blinds from 247 Blinds earlier this year, giving them the correct recess measurements. The blinds they supplied did not fit. We never got to the bottom of which part was incorrect (header rail, gap above rail etc) but to me it seems most likely the vanes were too long. However 247 Blinds refused a…
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Praise: Sainsbury's. No, really.
Sent a letter to Sainbugs about finding a foreign object in a pack of lentils. Was compensated with 1000 Nectar points, about six times the value of the pack I'd bought. Their reply to me arrived within a week of my sending in the offending 'friend', too. Very pleased with the outcome. :T
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O'Neills lunch menu
Just took my elderly auntie to O'Neills in Liverpool for lunch. They had Irish pork sausages with colcannon and red onion gravy on the menu for £3.49 which she ordered and persuaded me to try, too. It was brilliant! Three big sausages and a bed of colcannon (mashed potatoes with cabbage and spring onion) and the most…
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Buddies Northampton
Last night my family and I went to Buddies in Northampton. We all ordered burgers and chips. When mine came I cut it in half to cool it down and it was still uncooked in the middle. I spoke to the waitress/supervisor who said that its fresh beef and probably safe to eat - She then walked off :( Nobody ate all their food as…
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First Great Western-Online Ticket Purchasing-Praise
I normally dislike public transport and public transport companies, but i'm quite impressed with First Great Western's website. I purchased two tickets yesterday and chose the free first class delivery service which says tickets are dispatched 24 hours after purchase and can take up to 5 days. Less than 24 hours later, 2…
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Boots Promotion - a wee complaint
Hi there staff of MSE I first of all just want to say that I love this website. Thank you so much for all of the useful advice. There is just one thing I wish to point thought. I got excited when I read the Boots promotion 10 pts per £1 spent from Friday 22nd until Tuesday 26th August. Being excited on Monday I went into…
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Broken Blackberry
Apologies, it's in the vents category! If anyone has any suggestions on anything I might be able to do, it's appreciated. My Blackberry Curve stopped working 4 days after it's warranty expired. When I turn the phone on, it simply can't detect the SIM card - and takes about an hour and a half of constant on and off before…
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Local butchers is still my first choice
I went to my local butcher's today and I was still able to buy 1 egg. I was beaming from ear to ear, my only sadness is that Tesco's have bought the old Kwik Save at the corner and it should be opened February 2012. If the butcher closes down it will be the end of the friendly butcher and the services he has provided for…
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Tree cutting.
Just been watching a tree firm topping the 40ft conifers across the road. They have climbed up to the top of the row of conifers, no hard hats, no safety gear and no harness. He has just taken the top 10ft off the tree in fron and has just jumped across to the next door one which has been topped. Hand on telephone ready…
