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Is this for real? Do people buy this?
As a good MSE I stumbled upon half price 'Winter Spice' bleach from Sainsburys! Do people really buy this at Christmas time? What for - bleach is bleach. I'm happy with the price but really ......... what next - mulled wine toilet cleaner?
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Too Many Wheelie Bins!!!!!!!
I live in a row of 8 Semis with equally small gardens. 3 of the Homeowners (including myself) live alone and have 4 wheelie bins each! Red, green, brown and grey. As the gardens are small it is impossible to hide them. Surely there is a better way for single households.:(
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Dodgy Builder - Shaun Lomax of Warrington via Ratedpeople.com - DO NOT USE
I just wanted to warn anybody thinking of using Shaun Lomax a builder of Warrington (sometimes known as Indie Construction) that he is not only a bad builder but also a dangerous one. I found Shaun well rated on Ratedpeople.com - he entered into a written contract to remove a structural wall in our house. We engaged a…
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Ipostparcels - Avoid at all costs
They have no phone number. The average time to reply to emails is 7 days. They screw up 5 out of 11 parcels. Good prices, but wouldn't use again even if free. Mess of a company
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Important warning to Quidco users
Following on from the Heartbeat Bug news story on many news sites: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26954540 Quidco is one site that uses Open SSL so is particularly vulnerable, especially as some people will have bank account details stored in their accounts. Rival Topcashback is not as risk. A list of sites which a…
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Spider Scamming on the well known River Site's Marketplace
Normally, I try to protect readers of my own website from scams. This time, I myself was caught in one – and found out it’s common but not well known online. I've tried to raise it with Watchdog and on my own blog, but nobody was listening as it is for such small amounts; but I thought readers of MSE would like to hear…
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Telemarketing calls
My wife received a telemarketing call today on her mobile. I'd like to make a complaint about the manner of the call but don't know what approach to take. The call went along the lines of.. "Hello is that Jane?" "Who is calling" "Am I speaking to Jane?" "Please can you tell me what its about?" "Its about an accident..."…
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When will we get Fibre optic broadband in Lincolnshire???
Why do big builders not put this in? We are 0.5 miles from the exchange and there is a fibre optic box at the end of our road but none in the roads of our new build estate! Anyone know when we are likely to get it?
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Knorr marketing scam
Bought Knorr stock pot pack with a money off coupon attached. When I got home I discovered the coupon expired last year, despite the product having a sell-by date of 2015. Knorr's response was to refuse to honour the coupon. I won't be buying their products again, so their loss.
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Lotto winner giving away thousands on Instagram... Scam!
I saw this yesterday because my daughter had commented on the post. Basically the latest euro lottery winner from the uk is giving away money to anyone who supplies their email address... One of the things that stands out is the fact that he's giving away his money in dollars not pounds! He also refers to his accountant…
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Changes to staff discount and alcohol purchases by law! (& Brand Match type vouchers)
Was not sure where to put this so... There has been apparently a change to the law which means it is no longer legal to use staff discounts to buy strong spirits, whiskey, vodka etc. or to buy liqueurs like Baileys. It is also apparently now illegal to use vouchers like brand match for them (and the other supermarket price…
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vent - taxi drivers
For the last couple of months, I have occasionally had to take a taxi from my town to a neighbouring village. The cost £7 (Its only a mile or two) This was the price given from the taxi firm boss. The last time was a few weeks ago. I took the taxi again today (same firm), as we set off, I said to the driver (Its usually…
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No Nectar Points on Spirits @ Sainsbury's anymore !!
New Government legislation.. (also includes Liqueurs) :(
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NCP Manchester Arndale - Vent & Praise!
Used the multi storey car park at the Manchester Arndale Centre. It's one of those take your ticket and pay using the machine before returning to your car. Got upto the 9th floor where my car was parked a good 10 mins before the time limit moved up into the next price bracket to find the machine not working. Used the…
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Ikea delivery nightmare
All, I had a very bad experience with IKEA delivery and I am still trying to resolve the issue. Let me tell you first my horrible experience. I ordered a bed and cupboard for my little daughter's room from Wembley store in person. First of all the lady at the counter put wrong door number on the delivery form. When I…
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Ikea delivery nightmare
All, I had a very bad experience with IKEA delivery and I am still trying to resolve the issue. Let me tell you first my horrible experience. I ordered a bed and cupboard for my little daughter's room from Wembley store in person. First of all the lady at the counter put wrong door number on the delivery form. When I…
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Amazon (Love film)
is anyone else having trouble with lovefilm now its changed to amazon, when it was lovefilm everytime l sent a dvd back another one was despatched right away, now its amazon l have to phone up everytime to get them to send one out
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Amazon (direct, not seller) - self return ? (big item)
Hi, I bought a tennis table from amazon (directly, not seller). But it's wobbly, not stable and poor quality. I tried to create a return but I get only the option to send it on my expense (It has 75kg it will cost a fortune) I guess I lost my money, had no idea they don't collect they item if it's defective, I wouldn't…
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Very.co.uk Anti-Fraud Practices
Hi, Last month I received a letter in the post regarding an account that was set up in a surname similar to mine and with that letter was a contract in relation to this account, I phoned up the company and told them to cancel the account and that my details were used to set up a fraudulent account, however, the fraud team…
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Freemans.com
hi,i know this may not be the right place to ask but does anyone know the returns address for sending goods back to freemans,reason I ask is no returns label in the order I want to send back,thanks in advance,sorted it out now
