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Capquest
We have started receiving phone calls from Capquest - who, when googled appear to be a debt management company We owe nobody anything - so what is the best way forwards ? So far - they have just left messages - we have been away today....
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eBay non-paying bidders, leave my auction alone!
What is it with the item I am selling, have had to relist twice already, now just paranoid that the latest winner isn't going to go the same way following no correspondence nearly two days after winning. I know I need to allow time for payment, but I've never had so many time wasters on such a high value item. Rant over.
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Halfords Autocentre
Sorry if this is a little long winded, but I figured you'd need to know the whole story... and it's a warning and praise and vent (3 for 1 how great!!!) Via our car insurance, we got a free MOT at a Halfords Autocentre. When the time came for the MOT, we dug out the voucher and to our dismay, found it needed to be booked…
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'Market Research' - Cold Call in Disguise!
I had a call yesterday which started with "Hello, I'm carrying out some market research, can I ask you a quick question" Now, I have had genuine calls like this, and they have taken just a minute, so I agreed. Then she hit me: "If you could replace any one of the following free of charge which would it be; kitchen,…
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Praise and vent re time taken to release funds
I'm doing probate for someone with multiple accounts, mostly ISA's, with balances of between 5K - 10K 3 sorted it there and then over the counter and gave me a cheque 1 transferred funds same day into my account after seeing the will 3 sent a cheque to my house. (I'd posted the building society books and forms on a Monday…
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Embroidery company taken money and no goods received
I have used Popcorn Embroidery in the past without any problems, and I thought is this was sorted. Popcorn Emboridery took an order and money for Badges last November (£47.30 via paypal - not a lot of money but a fortune for a Brownie Pack). This was for Remembrance Badges for my Brownies and 2 Guide Companies in our Town.…
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Stylistpick - bloody awful service
Hi everyone - just a warning about this company and the experience I've had. It's being fronted by Cheryl Cole and I bet she hasn't had to put up with rubbish customer service like I have! I ordered two expensive pairs of shoes - flatforms. They were delivered fine, beautiful box, ribbon, tissue etc. The shoes came up…
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Ikea,ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Lakeside Ikea round and round found the Blinds, after 10 mins found the one we both agreed on but there was no price,eventually found an Ikea person £20.99 said she, eventually found our way to the check out and civilization Q for what seemed an eternity put our goods on the belt had the blind scanned £25.99…
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hometextile.co.uk Anyone used them?
I had the misfortune to order some bedlinen from this 'Company' on Feb 23rd this year. The item was listed on the website as being 'in-stock' so paid by Paypal (£35.61) and waited. Nothing arrived, so sent an enquiry email on 2nd March......No reply! On 13th March , I sent another email asking what was happening, and…
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int milk brilliant.
i think so anyway.
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TV Subtitles are rubbish and misleading
TV Subtitles are rubbish and misleading - I get very frustrated with them - sometimes they actually say the opposite of the spoken script Tonight on Watchdog Anne R said "the benefits" - the text came up as "the Benazir Bhutto" - how are viewers supposed to make sense of this tosh?!
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Energy Grant Advisory Service warning
These people are busy again it seems. Took a call from the number 0562 55000 and this is how the conversation went: Them: (male voice) Can I speak with Mr ********? (naming my husband) Me: Who's calling please? Them: The Energy Grant Advisory Service Me: Oh, but why would we need a grant? Them: Have you had a grant for…
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Warning - Lidl don't take Mastercard :(
Took my prepaid Mastercard into Lidl as my new way of keeping to my spending is to transfer my housekeeping to it, only to find they don't accept 'credit cards' :( Apparently they accept Meastro, but no Mastercard.:mad:
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Possible gumtree fraudster??
I replied to an add asking for a driver, this is the response I got... Hello, Thanks for your response and i am glad to hear from you as regards the driving job. My name is Jim XXXXX, I live in London and work, I own my business. I'm presently in Dubai, on a business trips, my wife in USA is coming from Mississippi to…
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RANT only, Carphone Warehouse - no need for advice!
Had a phone which has been faulty since I got it, hardly been able to switch it on in nearly six months, hard to get back into store as i work silly hours, hubby has been twice, and banged his head against the wall in frustration. Tried for a third time this weekend, still same old fobbing off excuses which I feel are…
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Keyring
Keyring - A handy device which allows you to lose all your keys at the same time. :(
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Facebook is useless!!!!
Facebook is useless, having problem resetting password and it wont let me. Gone thru the help section and doesnt help one iota. How on earth do you contact them??? Not interested if you like facebook, just saying i think that it is a useless website. Thats better.
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Cold Caller Scam - Bogus PPI Claims Companies
Hi all first thread here so bear with me! I've received several cold calls of late on my mobile from companies claiming to be able to get me a PPI refund. I've always ignored the spam texts, I'm on TPS and I've never taken out PPI so where they got my details from I do not know although they do always ask for me by a…
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Argos - Praise
Hi all Just wanted to praise the manager at my local Argos. I recently called in Argos to buy one of their trampolines which were on offer with 50% off; this was also because of their 'spend £50 and get a £5.00 voucher' offer too. However, I got home and realised I hadn't asked for (or been offered) the voucher. So I…
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iTunes Gift Cards Fraud
I got an iTunes card free with an ipod from HMV - new giftcard, straight off the shelf, scratchcard intact and everything. Gave the giftcard to my son so he could put some apps onto his new ipad and it came up "Code Already Redeemed" he contacted Apple via email and was told the code had already been redeemed and they gave…
