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Fuming on the mortgage offer
Rang the bank to rearrange my mortgage and was offered 1.69% with £999 arrangement fee (current fixed deal runs out in July) or a 1.99% with no arrangement fee. As I wasn't near a computer I carefully explained my position that I want to pay it all off as soon as possible and I wanted the cheapest deal for the 2yr fixed…
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Not A Vent, More Of A Question
I bought 2 items that are exactly the same from a shop, 1 of them cost £2 more than the other on the price ticket. When I was paying for the 2 items, (they were grill pans BTW), I asked why the difference in price for 2 identical items and was informed that the shop must have bought them in on 2 separate times on 2…
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MH Motors, Staunton in the Vale, near Newark on Trent.
I picked up a screw in the tread of one of my brand new ten day old tyres whilst on holiday. I took it to MH Motors in an industrial unit near Staunton in ther Vale, Nottinhamshire, and they very quickly plugged it for £15. The wheel nuts were tightened with a torque wrench which is always a sign of a decent outfit. A…
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Tesco self scan
Bit of a first world problem here. I love self scan but there's a very annoying aspect of Tesco's implementation. When you scan a coupon, there is a pause and then it says: "Coupon accepted, please insert your coupon". So far so good. The problem occurs when the pause is longer than usual, the stupid machine then tells you…
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Cheap batteries and smoke detectors
Cheap batteries and smoke detectors. They don't go together. Three days and it's chirping away. :eek: The last batteries were Duracell and they lasted 18 months.
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Morphy Richards Kettle
The accents kettle I bought lasted 15 months so be wary. Cheaper kettles have lasted longer.
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Can companies pay Google to circumvent the spam filter (gmail)?
I have a gmail account and it's generally very good, in that I don't see any spam apart from that from Google itself (which I don't mind as they are giving the service free). There is one company, though, who keep sending me emails about 'reports' that they think I might be interested in. This happens about once a…
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Amazon, ebay, Argos: Find what I want (Mini Vent)
Why can't suppliers such as those mentioned above have a switch on their searches to limit results to what you actually asked for? If I type 'Microwave Cooker' I probably want a microwave cooker, not cookware, cooker cleaner, etc. If I type Canon EOSxxx Camera, I'm probably looking for a camera, not a battery, case, strap,…
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Debt recovery firm has my new phone number
Background in a nutshell - hubby and I moved to the countryside about a month ago, and signed up with Virgin Media for phone, TV and broadband. We're a very boring, sensible, debt-free white British (That will become relevant in a minute) couple, who bought the house from the elderly gent who had it built for his family in…
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Fuming - details set out in email
My daughter is a member of a sports club and has been for many years. Today I got an email sent to all members saying my card had been declined and I owe last months subs (a very small amount) I'm livid as I had advised the office that my card had been replaced and she was too busy to handle it, I've been in twice and…
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Priase -Consumer Rights bills, end to all online scams
Expected : October - 2015 Key summary * Right to get what you pay for * Right that goods and digital content are fit for purpose and services are provided with reasonable care and skill * Right to have faults in what you buy put right free of charge, or to be provided with a refund or replacement
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Fed uo with BBC/Met Office
I don't expect them to get it right all the time but you'd at least think they could be consistent on their BBC Weather site. And when they are continually making the same mistakes in a pattern, should they not be able to spot that?
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Praise for Yodel
I know many have posted on here about how bad this company are but I ordered a product Wednesday, was informed dispatched via Yodel yesterday and 2 hours ago the item was delivered by a smiling driver,so for myself it is a big thumbs up for Yodel :0)
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Strange Amazon marketplace email
Hello. I placed an order for some gardening gear 3 weeks ago through Amazon(market seller). The cost was about £3 and the delivery was by 29/04/2015. Well that day arrived and no order turned up so I emailed them and later that day a reply came and said sorry we will despatch another lot to me asap. I thought as they…
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Asda don't seem to know what Sale of Goods Act says
Bought an xbox gold membership card from Asda for my son when he scraped off silver stuff the code was smudged and illegible. Asda refused to replace and Microsoft asked for pictures but didn't receive. To cut a long story short phoned Asda head office who denied up to them to replace but finally did after I spoke to.…
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Beware low cost deposits!
We recently booked a holiday with Cottages 4 You. They had a deal on that let you book with a deposit of only £25. As we weren't sure if we'd be able to go or not we thought this would be great for us as all we would lose would be the £25. As it turns out we have had to cancel (with 88 days notice). When we informed the…
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PayPal Chargebacks
Hi, I'd love to know if anyone has had any similar experience of PayPal Chargebacks or any advice of how I could pursue a recourse of action here. A summary of the problem: I sold an ebay item for a small amount (Item number 171684670109) on 27/02/15 and payment was received on the same day via paypal. This included the…
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Beware of low cost deposits!
We recently booked a holiday with Cottages 4 You. They had a deal on that let you book with a deposit of only £25. As we weren't sure if we'd be able to go or not we thought this would be great for us as all we would lose would be the £25. As it turns out we have had to cancel (with 88 days notice). When we informed the…
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Lakeland Praise
I bought a bread slicer from Lakeland 18 months ago after buying a bread maker. The slicer has a plastic removable piece that protects the base from knife marks. I lost this and emailed to ask them if they sold spares. 2 days later a brand new bread slicer turns up at the door. (£20 on the website):j
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Just bought a "Premium" Scotch Egg from Sainsbury's. Look what I found in it...
That's right; nothing. There was no egg in it. It cost £1 from the deli counter. There was a photo up there before, not sure where it went.
