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Appliances Online ao.com
I ordered a new refrigerator from ao.com over on Friday to arrange delivery on Sunday, one of the few companies that offer free delivery on a weekend. Shortly after placing the order I get a text message telling me that my order was successful. Then I get a phone call from a friendly chap who seems like my best friend ....…
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PlusNet retention offer - 2 yrs at £6.49
Doh! posted in wrong part of forum. moved to internet access board.
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Ingenious Designs Totnes, Devon
I had the misfortune to buy from this company. :mad: They sell wall stickers online and I presume at fairs and Regattas as I purchased a wall sticker from them at Dartmouth Royal Regatta. I was told upto 2 weeks for delivery although on their web page they do say 2 - 3 days. I have waited just over 3 weeks now. I have…
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Praise and vent for Dell Outlet
To cut a long story short, Ordered a Dell outlet laptop on the 10th September, Delivery within 7 working days. A few days later get an email with an estimated delivery of 28th Sept. After an online chat and a phone call i get no where, and send an email to the corporate office. Next day i receive a phone call with a…
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Hello Baby on Amazon - DO NOT USE!
Hi All, Long time lurker, first time poster. The above company has got me so mad I just wanted to warn others. In March I bought a product from them which I did not start using until June. It has had a fault which is getting progressively worse so finally I emailed them at the weekend. Their response was that as I bought…
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John Lewis - Terrible service.
I had ordered a Samsung fridge freezer from John Lewis on 8/9/13 for £857.00. I ordered through John Lewis safe in the knolladge that there are a renowned retailer, who have a reputation for great customer service......or so I thought!. I was debited the full amount of £857.00 on 9/9/13, and the order stated "Please note…
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John Lewis purchase faulty
I bought a new Hotpoint built in oven from John Lewis a few months ago, still under warranty. Yesterday the control knob for the oven came off in my hand when I tried to turn the oven off. It had broken inside. There are cracks inside another control knob too. I have looked at the warranty and there is a technical support…
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Cheques disappearing in the Post
I hate using cheques but occasionally I have to . I have had 2 not arrive at reliable destinations. They have not been cashed but I am aware of the dangers of bogus DDs being setup etc. I wonder if postal workers are selling the details on?
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Microsoft & XBox lack of security!
OH's account was previously hacked and he lost all his points, son's account was hacked and now last night, my account was hacked. All sorts of emails were sent to everyone in my outlook address book as a result. One friend texted me to see if I was ok as the email I'd sent her was 'deep' and included a link for slimming…
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VENT Gold buying prices rip off
I am shocked that Tesco are offering such low rates when buying gold. the real value of the gold was 32% more than they where offering. Where as some other less well known sites where offering about 90% of the real value. I am saddened that Tesco are exploiting their market position
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Confusion led to wrong Tesco voucher category
My wife saw a dress she liked for our granddaughter in Tesco. She picked it up and went to where she could exchange a £5 voucher for a £10 slip. As she had found the dress in with all the baby items she asked for 'Baby' voucher, but when it came to checkout time it would not work. She should have asked for a clothing…
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Praise for Shreddies
It makes a change for praise but had to say a big thanks to Shreddies cereal. On opening each box they all had 'knitted by Pearl' on the inside flap,this was deemed by the household as tantamount to slave labour and an email was dispatched post haste stating that Pearl was being overworked and at her age should be taking…
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kalixa
ok this one is from a good 3 years back opened kalixa account a card that you pre-load i was going to use abroad it was minimum of £10 to open (£ 4.99 with £5.01 to going into account) so they sent me the card and the account was dead in the water already i have no credit problems or anything like that so i rang them up…
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Freshstart Living : Empirical Property Group (text removed by MSE Forum Team)
Why do you not pay your debts Freshstart Living? - Yet more claims undefended, registered and unsatisfied. Are you going to file your overdue accounts at companies house as required by law? Are you going to defend the winding up petition against your company later this month? England and Wales Orders & Judgments Name Court…
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Vent - Sexism within schools - Boys & Earrings
14yr old DS comes home today from school and again was told by a teacher to remove his earring, this being a simple 'stud'. Would understand it if was due to PE etc, but no, BOYS are NOT allowed to wear earrings, whilst girls can wear sleepers and longer earrings, not to mention nose, lip and tongue rings. I have always…
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Motor Mile Finance
Just listened to a slightly threatening message on my answer phone from a company called Motor Mile Finance - took me a while to be certain but did a search using the number given and this seems to be the company. The message said "We are scheduled to visit your address in next few days over an urgent financial matter but…
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Telecure - Telephone Preference Service Scam
I have just had a call from the above company stating they were calling to confirm £49 had been taken from my debit card for their "Telephone preference Services". "To prevent telemarketing calls Madam" He says, which I laughed at, because wasn't he doing exactly that? I said I had not authorised that and said they had…
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Sky TV trying to pull a fast one - please be aware
Please find an email I have sent to Sky.com yesterday after wasting nearly 2 hours on the phone to achieve nothing.... Dear Whom it may concern, Never have I been so angry at the way a company hashandled a complaint. Yesterday whilst checking my online banking I noticed I had been charged £49rather than the usual £25. This…
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Xhose
Has anyone bought one of those expanding hoses and been happy with it? I bought one from an ebay seller and it purported to be an Xhose but the packaging was just a polythene bag with a single page instruction leaflet. After it burst and I got my money back I decided to take it apart and the fabric layer was only one…
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slight boob
I have been getting lots of PPI calls and have been winding the callers up. However that seems to have increased the frequency of the calls so I have taken to telling the callers that the person they are trying to reach (me) has died and I am only here to organise his funeral. I do this to any caller that sounds Indian or…
