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Boring Vent, Confused emails & dodgy stories
I got a quote on confused.com for car insurance and get regular emails, I dont know who makes up their stories and headlines but they must be the office joker or a muppet? So the headline is that MPs are going to vote on banning diesel cars from city centres. Besides the story being a great way to drive yet more business…
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Santander Poor Service Still
If you want to avoid unnecessary frustration and anger then avoid having dealings with Santander in general and the Didcot branch in particular. I had thought that they had improved in customer service but today proved to be the contrary. Tried to close a savings account in Didcot branch doomed from start. Was told could…
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Nectar
Chicken and frustrating egg syndrome. Thought I might get a nectar card so went to their website to see if there were any brands I would get points with and if it was worth the application/ registration - but you cant see who they work with unless you already have a card ??? so how do I know if I want to sell them my data…
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Bl**dy paint cans made of plastic
Don't redecorate often but doing so now. In my period of non-activity paint manufacturers have changed from useing a proper metal 'can' container, to one made of plastic They have a very deep lipped lid which are an absolute pain to open, and even worse, impossible to replace well enough to completely seal the pot. The…
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CGS Construction - Brilliant boiler replacement in East London
Just had Stewart and co replace our old dead boiler. What a fantastic job - quote, communications, timing, work carried out, cleaning up afterwards - couldn't have wished for better. Highly impressed. http://cgs.construction/
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Plusnet lied
I've recently changed broadband from plusnet to Bt, and thought I'd check my bill. My first problem was I only get online billing, but when my broadband changed over they cancelled all of my account so that I can't see my bills. So I spent some of my valuable day off ringing them to find out what my bill was. The…
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The SportsDirect rip-off
When it comes to customer (or even worse, employee) satisfaction, we all know Sports Direct is a joke. Yet today, when you thought Internet had really pushed big players to get better at what they did, I got another confirmation that Sports Direct is yet a big disappointment... I ordered a pair of sneakers online, which I…
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Emporium T, Not a good deal!
Just been to the emporium of T to get some paper. Not normally in there, so had a look round. The place was full of sheeple punters, loading up with trash food, but this deal is worth avoiding. Angel Delight 40p, 3 for £1 At w8rs Angel Delight 36p, buy two, get one free. Every little hurts
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Sky payment scam or Sky hacked
Has Sky been hacked or are they running some sort of scam. They tell me they have no payment details for me and that the card company has refused my monthly payment after over 20 years of card payments with no problems. The card company say Sky failed to put the card expiry date on the charge request and they just need to…
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Sad life...I am now watching Villa v Swansea but it could be worse....
I could be watching boring Man Utd instead lol !! Just waiting for England to get Gram Slam later tonight.
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B&Q free pot. VENT
So we got a voucher for a free 30cm pot but guess what, there are 27cm and many other sizes but no 30cm pots and they are not expecting any in. The offer started today and we were there at 10am. Just lost themselves a customer!
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Rant about bathroom installation
One day a bathroom company installed bathroom and I couldn't do anything about it.
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Asda Opticians
I have been trying to find decent varifocal glasses and recently popped into Asda @ Cribbs Causeway. The assistant -to her credit- said that she knew nothing about the lenses but got the optician Chris to have a word. This guy was fantastic, he knew, and quoted chapter and verse about the lenses they supplied, who made…
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F1 on TV?
So F1 is one of the most popular sporting events, more people go to a F1 race than cricket and most other sports. But we have loads of cricket and other sports on TV without subscription but now hardly any F1. Even the opening race this weekend is not available. Just wanted to get that off my chest!
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Safestyle windows, my experience
Over the last couple of years we have had our windows and front door and porch replaced by Safestyle, The porch had to be rebuilt because it was out of true. Then when winter comes and the wind blows the draughs reveal themselves. After 4 visits by different fitters plus one so called area fittings manager all making…
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Jollyes Pet Store. New take on saving.
Jollyes have those bulk bins for pet food which you scoop out and buy by weight. Now I always thought that was a cheaper way of buying. However that is not so. Standard price for a 1.3kg box of Bonio is £2.95. 1.3kg of loose Bonio checks out at £3.60. I queried this with Jollyes and their response was that loose is a more…
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Be aware...Aldi
I bought two free range chickens yesterday with a shelf edge price of £4.99. Whilst I was looking for the heaviest I noticed that there were individual prices on the chickens. I asked a 'worker' who said that they would scan at the shelf edge price. I asked him to check as the bar codes were different. When he came back he…
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Pg mobile
DO NOT USE PG MOBILE Absolutely disgusting customer service i spoke with a lady after making an online inquiry on Friday, she offered me a 12 month smartphone contract. There was a connection fee involved of £30 she said that could be paid at any time or after 3 months and once paid the phone of my choice would be sent…
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What's the point of that?
I thought I'd start a thread, for those things you notice, that make you wonder, "what's the point of that?" I'll start with something I noticed in a £shop. A twin pack of travel adapters, containing one EU adapter, and one US adapter :huh:
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PO Box numbers - change of Royal Mail policy - be warned!
PO Boxes, perhaps surprisingly, were never originally set up to provide anonymity. They were a means for larger companies to have their mail "pre-sorted" instead of everything being delivered in one huge bundle that would require further sorting by the recipient... so, for example, the Finance Department might have one PO…
