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Archives for September 2013

I just need to vent! Friends who won't save
We bought our house earlier this year. So suddenly all of our friends are telling us how lucky we are! There is no luck to it! None of our friends earn as little as we do but they always winge about not having any money. This again is always followed by a "you're so lucky to own your own home". One of the worst culprits…
Tax office stupidity
This is a vent at the idiots who work at my tax office . About 6 weeks ago I received a letter requesting my P60's for both my jobs so they could check I was paying the right amount of tax, I work for the NHS so have a main job with them plus I do bank shifts so both jobs with the same trust paid from the same wages dept.…
UKPC Car Parking Ticket
Please can you help me, I have been reading the posts about not paying parking tickets issued from UKPC and am not sure what to do. I parked in a retail park in Dundee and went to the ticket machine and read that parking was free for upto 2 hours, I did not realise you had to display a ticket even if it was free so did not…
Lightbulbs !!!!
Every blooming light you buy needs a bulb with a different fitting , I've got a drawer full of them but still didn't have the ones I needed for my new lamp. I reckon I need at least 8 different types/fittings throughout the house:eek: More than once I've bought the wrong ones when I've been shopping because all the boxes…
UKHD deal Curry's Hotpoint WMF760P washing machine taken payment from credit card.
around 28 july 2013 curry's had special offer on Hotpoint WMF760P washing machine at £79.91. then curry's cancelled the order. few weeks later my cc statement arrived showing debit for washing machine. contacted their help desk was ensured payment not taken and would show up as refunded on next statement. you guessed right…
BT REFUSING To Pay
So despite the fact that I have paid BT a total of £550, they are refusing to either refund this or pay it to the landlord. I have also been charged a £50 admin fee by the landlord which I have told BT to refund me too. If they had just paid back in the first place there wouldn't even be a problem! I don't want to sound…
Video Games are not Evil!
Dear Anyone who thinks video games are evil, I'm sure you mean well by criticizing x game for letting you do y to a imaginary not real collection of light but, and I want you to pay attention here, its not real:eek: Video games are a fun 'what if' form of entertainment, and allow people just to have a little release or…
Sports Direct.com - sent me wrong sized item
Hi, I bought a pair of shoes online, paid extra for next day delivery as I'm going away for a few weeks. They sent me the wrong size. Returns seems like a long process, involving paperwork & returning items. No contact/phone numbers etc. What can I do? I'm going away in 3 days & need these shoes for that trip. They dont…
WARNING Keenplay.com
I have been a bit silly and signed up for a 5 day free trial with Keenplay.com. Anyway I didn't like it so tried to cancel just now after 3 days - the woman on the helpline claims there is a technical problem so I can't cancel and to cancel online costs me £1. I know its not much but the site is rubbish and the whole thing…
Ed's Easy Diner- Refused "Childrens Menu"
My daughter and I went to Ed's easy diner on Friday for tea . She wanted a junior hotdog but we were refused as she is 11 and the waitress said the junior menu is for under 10's. Daughter wanted to stay ( was ready to go elsewhere ) so we ordered an adult hot dog and she left about half of it as she was too full . What a…
Christmas is coming!!!!
:eek:All the big shops have got their Christmas stuff in. Am I alone in thinking that Christmas is an over-priced rip off? OMG, I really, really don't like it at all. Bah humbug:mad:
carseatcovers.co.uk - Avoid!
Just a heads up for anyone thinking of buying from carseatcovers.co.uk - don't, they are a complete bunch of cowboys. I ordered a set of seat covers in July with a 1 week lead time, three weeks later I emailed to see what was going on. They replied quickly, asking for my postcode (apparently my order number wasn't enough…
Petrol, fill up or just enough for journey
I fill my car up when the low fuel light comes on. this normally lasts me 3 weeks and costs, at present prices, just over £40. Small car 35 litre tank. Others put in £5.00 a time and fill up 8 times to my once. Which is more economical/moneysaving?
Debenhams Poor Service
Just got to vent about the poor after sales services from Debenhams. Ordered a super king size mattress, which was attempted to to be delivered three weeks later. Courier company insisted I had to sign a disclaimer absolving them of all responsibility for any damage caused. The mattress ended up with a kink at the bottom…
Cash4phones victims - report fraud
I am one of many who have fallen victim to the scam which cash4phones are pulling nationwide. Their website quotes a price for a "working" mobile phone, yet when they receive the item is id "revalued" due to wear and tear, and a significantly reduced offer made. Should you reject this counter offer, you will be made to pay…
Warning - Asda rippoff (Bedminster, Bristol)
Not sure if this applies to other stores but today shopped in Asda and they have a Cleaning Products promotion. Picked up Daz 38 wash liquid detergent marked on shelf in promotion isle as £4. Also purchased Butchers Selection pork loin joint 1kg with shelf label marked down from £5 to £4. Got home and found I had been…
How did Very get my details?
I've just received a letter, addressed to me with my full name and address, offering me £15 off my first shop with Very. Who are these people affiliated to? I have a Next account, and the standard credit/debit cards from my bank but nothing else. How would they get my details?
Social Discount Network
Has anyone bought anything from this company? They have something I'd quite like to buy as a present but not sure how good the company is hence the reluctance to just buy. Many thanks.
PLEASE HELP! phone scam, but not sure who.
Ok, 6 months ago I was contacted by Sapphire Members (part of ME Group, who are apparently terrible). My info had been passed to them after some surveys I had apparently done. I do a lot of surveys for rewards, cash and vouchers, etc. So it seemed entirely plausible, as often I will get a call from legitimate companies…
Vent! Double your house for half your money
Vent ahoy! I rarely watch property programmes, often because I get jealous of tasteless fools with too much money and little sense and start shouting at the telly, but chiefly because they’re idiotic, contrived and I start shouting at the telly. The wife wanted to watch this one though, so I sat through it and goodness me.…

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