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Light Bulbs
Not a rant as such, more of a musing - since when did it cost so much for a blimmin light bulb? Theres none in Morrisons priced under around £1.60. 12 years ago when I lived in an army quarter in Pirbright I remember buying a box of lightbulbs from asda for less then £3, this was about 22ish saver lightbulbs. What I find…
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Praise For Burgess Fiat Dealership Sittingbourne
http://www.burgessfiat.co.uk/ took car in for a check as brakes were grabbing , needed new discs at the front which were technically an item I needed to pay for in the 3rd year of the warranty. As the car is low mileage they contacted Fiat for me and got a goodwill gesture for the entire cost small family dealership , same…
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Thorntons Grrrrrrrr!
:mad: i am really disappointed with Thorntons. I placed an online order on Saturday for £25ish as it was free delivery for all orders over £25. Order containing birthday, valentines and thank you presents. And a couple of goodies for me and mine ;) I was charged for the delivery, and several of the items were 'out of…
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Routine drugs test at work
Just had a routine drugs test at work and I've tested positive for ketamine. I had a Tesco British classics cottage pie bought yesterday so it still looks like horsemeat is on the shelves! Luckily the guy doing the test said it was a low level and didn't record it otherwise I might be looking at a disciplinary. Says on the…
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Great Service form E-Spares.
I'd would just like to praise E-Spares for their extremely fast service. Our oven element blew on Sunday. I ordered a new one from E-Spares, expecting to receive it today (Tuesday). It arrived just after 9am yesterday, delivered by DPD with their excellent text notification and 1-hour slot. Delivery was £6.99 but well…
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Goldman Vicenti (Debt Collectors)
Just a warning about this debt collection agency. This company was wound up by court order on 24 January, 2013... Date: 1 February 2013 Issue Number: 60408 Page number: 1989 Publication Date: Friday, 1 February 2013 Notice Code: 2452 Winding-Up Orders GOLDMAN VICENTI LIMITED (Company Number 07818410) Address of Registered…
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Debenhams Flowers - Valentines Day
Just a heads up folks, Thinking I was doing good and ordering my wifes valentines day flowers in advance from Debenhams rather than leaving it last minute and picking some up from the local garage. I ordered a set of valentines day flowers on the 5th February and paid the extra £4.99 for named day courier delivery which…
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Ringtons Teas Ignoring Door Notices
The latest of many doorstep traders to ignore my very clear NO DOORSTEP TRADERS sign. So, I have written the following letter to Ringtons... Dear Sirs One of your agents called at my house at around 10:45am today, despite a very clear notice that WE DO NOT DEAL WITH UNINVITED TRADERS. When I pointed out the notice to your…
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Vertu - trying it on
Last friday (08/2/13) I had to take my Honda into Vertu Honda, Newcastle for a recall repair (window electrics). While there I was told my car had a number of faults one of which being a broken suspension link/another being that the engine oil was on minimum. Since I had only recently had the car tested and it passed I…
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mse trolls
why are there so many threads from first time posters with stories so silly its clearly not true? why do they waste their time? what kick do they get out of it?
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Can anyone help with a return to TheHut.com?
I received a pair of Red Rock boots which are outdoor boots but I bought them as slippers as my feet were getting cold sitting at the computer as the cold seemed to go through the current slipper boots I have. I received them on the afternoon of 30 January and wore them that afternoon onwards and after 6½ days, on 6…
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Ideal world.... fed up with them now.
Placed an order online with Ideal World last week and had confirmation and a delivery date and they took payment off my card. Just had an email from them saying they have refunded me, no explanation as to why and my online order still shows processing and delivery date. Had to ring them (at cost to me) to be told item out…
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M&S Awful service
Just a vent - recently ordered an item online from M&S. Paid for a quick delivery and waited...got an email next day to say order was delayed until the following week. This wasn't ideal for me so I asked why. they then rearranged for the following day. great - if it arrived. i waited another day and then received another…
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Aargh Cold Callers at the door!
We have always had a bit of a problem here with cold callers knocking at our door (despite having a perfectly visible working doorbell too, but that is another issue!) Anyway we getting at least 2 to 3 a week so I downloaded the No uninvited traders poster from here & stuck it on the door. It seemed to be working for quite…
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Help! Afraid Ive been scammed! Dont know what to do?
Hello all. I consider myself pretty savvy with the web but I'm 99% certain I've made a serious error of judgement in buying an expensive item from a website. Of course I'll take the relevant courses of action myself if needed but I was hoping somebody here who knows a thing or two more than me would have a look and either…
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RSPCA phone calls
I support the RSPCA with a small amount per month. I just had a phone call basicly asking for more money. I politley said that I will increase an amount in my own time but again, the caller although polite was quite pushy and asking for a pound extra a month. Although this wouldn't be a problem for me I on principle didn't…
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PC World / Currys lack of customer service?
Just a bit of a rant after a poor shopping experience at PC world / currys yesterday. I went in to purchase a lot of items on debit card to value of £2346 / £2525 but their attitude to the sale was so poor I ended up buying only 2 items that we couldn't get anywhere else. Their attitude amazed me as I though stores were…
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Tesco DTD - Praise & Vent
I had a full on argument with a manager at a local Tesco over their Half Price reductions and Double The Difference policy. My Daughter had picked up a hairband she liked that was originally priced at £1.75 and had a Half Price sticker on. There are more than ten on the rack, all had same stickers on. It went through at…
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Tesco price mistakes
Watch out for Tesco's pricing error's, we have been the victim on at least 6 occasions over the last year, it's got to the point were my wife checks each entry on the till receipt before we leave the checkout (apologies for those behind us) It makes you wonder how many people pay more than they should because they don't…
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EVERYTHING 5 POUNDS - warning
Official MoneySavingExpert Insert August 2017: If you're looking for Everything 5 pounds deals check out our Deals pages: Everything 5 Pounds Deals. ---- Following a few reasonable reviews of this company I placed a large order (almost £500 - to be used as show costumes) with this company a couple of weeks ago. I received…
