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Asda direct, never again!!
Almost six weeks been waiting for delivery of Sofa and Chair. Two days taken off work for two seperate promissed deliveries, still nothing. Countless phone calls to Asda diect (In South America) several promises of a call back from managers, still nothing. A complete shambles, will never shop with Asda again, on or off…
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Olympic torch relay
Ok, I realise this will single me out as a right misery, but......... Just recently had the olympic torch relay pass through a nearby town - what a load of b******s! The town centre was virtually shut down all day from 8am to 4pm - no parking anywhere, market cancelled (relay wasn't even due until between 2pm at the…
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mightydeal £99 7nights tenerife what to do?
Hi excuse if this is in wrong place but have searched forum for mighydeal related and none to this specifically, also not sure if in right forum. Apologies now.:o Anyways....... I purchased one of the deals from mightydeals for 7 night stay for up to 4 in Tenerife for an £99 (could opt for many locations). Yesterday I…
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Grrrrrrr O2!
Bloomin' o2..i could ...grrrr....! I have the auto top-up thingy for when it goes below £2, it auto tops up £15 for me. Great stuff... so i get a msg on Monday saying "auto top up failed, we've not taken money from your account"....oh, ok i think and then i need credit so i top up £15 by debit card over the phone. I then…
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Warning re buying sale item from the US
A few days ago I placed a small order with the US branch of the Calendar Club (whom I do NOT recommend). It's six months into the year and most of their calendars have been discounted. The bill came to $22.57 plus standard shipping which usually takes 2-3 weeks and is delivered by Royal Mail. Only they sent it by UPS,…
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Vent: Wayne Rooney
Can't believe all of the sporting headlines is about how Wayne Rooney scored England's winning goal. Anyone seeing this or listening to BBC Radio 5 as I'm doing at the moment, would think he was the star of the show. In fact I just logged onto the BBC Sport website to see what their headline would be and sure enough "Wayne…
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Dog mess everywhere
Christ almighty ive not been long back in this country and im staggered by the amount of dog poop that is around on high streets and pavements. Have the councils in London decided to cut back on street cleaning programmes and are dog owners becoming more irresponsible then before? Its quite shocking to say the least.
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Kodak ink - Oh am I fumin?!
I bought a Kodak Hero 5.1 all in one printer a couple of months back on the basis of it providing the cheapest prints. My trusty old Deskjet 5600 had finally packed in, so I needed a new one. after researching reviews, cartridge prices etc, it did indeed seem that Kodak are the cheapest for ink. I am now on my 4th…
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Hermes Vent!
I recently placed two online orders, one with Dorothy Perkins and on with Asda (George). I put on both of the order notes that if I was not in at the time of delivery, the parcels could be left behind our bins. I usually do this to saved missed deliveries, we live in the corner of a very quiet cul de sac and this area…
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Bogof on iced drinks in Costa tomorrow (Wed 20th) 2-5pm
Link to promotion here http://www.costa.co.uk/promo/june-bogof-offer includes: New Iced Coffees: We've captured all the flavour and aroma of our Mocha Italia blend and trapped it in ice. Wait until you witness the sumptuous layers of luxury. Choose from Iced Latte, Iced Cappuccino, Iced Americano or Iced Mocha. Coffee…
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Tax-aVoidafone Nightmare
Dear All I thought I would share my ongoing, and unresolved, problems with Vodafone in case anyone had never used their crummy tax-avoiding service before. In summary, I have spoken to a total of 14 (forteen) different customer services individuals over nearly 4 hours on the phone (thus far), and have attended my local…
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suspended account, beware the silent ebay!!
hi all forgive me if i rant a little on this one, flaming just isnt strong enough for how im feeling :-) i had my account suspended by ebay a month ago, your guess is as good as mine as to why, apparently they wont tell you why they suspend your account with your details in them. anyway iv bent over backwards doing…
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Praise for the Ulster bank,Boo to Alianze insurers..
Last week my ESA payment was late,I got it on the 11th,again.I knew I had a direct debit coming out of my account for my car insurance,some £35. So the day I got my ESA,I called my insurers to be told they went to take the payment around 7th June but it'd bounced as the was insufficient funds,payment wasn't due until 11th…
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Argos - Beko washing Machine £179 Do not buy!
I bought a Beko Washing Machine - currently on offer with Argos. Had to wait 5 days for it to be delivered. I asked for 12-6pm delivery slot. I then received a text to say it would be delivered between 2-4pm. It arrived at 10am! I plumbed it in despite the instructions supplied being for a completely different model. It…
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B&Q - Completely Useless
Hello all! New here and I just thought here would be a good place to rant and let off some steam about B&Q! I've had two bad experiences with them recently... (If the below is too long for you to read, the short story is that they made a big mistake, and rectified it with a £10 voucher) First bad experience I ordered 2…
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The Allotment (restaurant,) Dover.
An absolute gem of an independant restaurant. The quality of service and quality of food and drink is absolutely superb. :T I wish the owner would open a branch where I live.
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Tesco bad customer service
I bought a electric toothbrush and it stopped working after a month, i took it to tesco ask for a exchange, they customer service lady looked at me like up and down. ask for bill, i showed, then asked me it should be in the pack. i said i threw it, it was in a fully plastic i had to cut it to get this one out. But she…
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Commerical Estate Agencies
I am in the fortunate position to be looking for commercial premises..having bought and sold my homes via residential estate agents in the past, Ithought they were a bread apart.. in that the services levels they gave were bestranked as ok to middling.. To all those dealing with residential estate agents.. youhave it made……
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Santander ISA product transfer
I am stunned and (happily) surprised at Santander! I rang them because my ISA interest rate has plunged and I wanted to transfer to another product with them with a better rate. Two min phone call! Result :o
