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Groupon - Professional Gains meal deals
Just avoid! I ordered the Groupon on Monday and still can't use the codes. Despite an email to the company, a post on their facebook page (which they immediately deleted) and two conversations with Groupon I was still unable to use anything. A final email from me actually received a response and the guy Mohammed asked me…
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Garden Buildings Direct Hell
I ordered a Billy Oh Log cabin from Garden Buildings direct, it arrived and the driver put it in our back garden scanning everything off his vehicle, halfway through he discovered that the other half of the delivery was incorrect and assured us that the remaining parts would be delivered in 2-3 days. The following week…
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Tesco Finest Meat Pie.....
for tea. It was from Tesco and it was from the "finest" range and it was a pie. But they clearly forgot the meat element.
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Worcester Bosch Boiler Protection Plan - beware!
For the last 10 years, we've had a "Protection Plan" with Domestic and General for our Worcester Bosch central heating boiler. It started at £10 a month and is currently £20.25. Yesterday I realised that it's nearly 12 months since our last annual service, so I rang WB to arrange for the engineer to call. The earliest…
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Amazon Fake review spotter tool
has everyone seen this? http://fakespot.com/ Just checked out a product I'd bought on Amazon and most of the reviews are from the same 3 users who all posted them within a very short period of time on the same day :( not linking the product just in case must remember to use this from now on!
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cyclist vs pedestrian - who has right of way
we out for a lovely scenic walk along the riverside. Path designated for both users, but tbh, at times it feels like the people who are walking are target practice for those on 2 wheels. If only the cyclists would treat the pedestrians with the same care they expect from others. In fact to would be better if we had…
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Docusign E Mail
Just had an unexpected email from docusign (allegedly) about a bank transfer I know nothing about. Presumably a scam but just want to confirm before it goes to the great electronic bin in the sky. Any thoughts?
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VERY.com, missing item but they have said its been delivered
hi all, i need some advice regarding Very.com. I pre-ordered a Samsung S8 mobile phone from them and it was due to be released on the 29th April. I checked my account on the 26th April for an update on the phone and i could see that he was showing dispatched and delivered on the 20th April. Which i intiailly thought was a…
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BEWARE - washing machine insurance cold calls
Just a heads up to this very convincing cold call - not exactly a scam as company does exist, but is just a cold call. Had call last week - 'courtesy call' to check that my Hotpoint washing machine was working well. Don't have a hotpoint, so said yes it was and hung up. Today call from well spoken English man to say that…
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Garden Buildings Direct Vent
Ordered a shed from the above on 24th of April for a 2nd of May delivery. At 11.30 on the day of delivery they phoned to say shed would not be delivered until the following day. No big deal as we'd booked a week off. Day of delivery shed turns up in good time, delivery guys take lots of photo's to make sure everything is…
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Beware - fake phone calls claiming money owed to HMRC or other organisations
Posting this here in case anyone has elderly relatives who might be scammed, and didn't see the programme this morning (BBC1 9:15). Apparently it's a widespread fraud that people are receiving phone calls telling them they owe money to the Inland Revenue or other outfits, and that they must pay today or go to court and…
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Praise
We recently bought a new dishwasher from AO, good price excellent service, dlivered on time all in all a very professional service will certainly use them again and would recommend to anyone else.
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Plusnet upping line rental £1/month, 3months into a new contract??
Pfft. so much for a fixed price..
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Origin Broadband and line rental
Signed up with them - said 10 days to connection - was a complete calendar month! Call centres are in Doncaster area - but waiting time at least 30 minutes with a very annoying voice telling you they are very busy - always busy no matter when you try to contact. Discovered I did not have caller ID - contacted and they…
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Everything5pounds warning. Grrrr
Tried the everything5pounds site that was flagged up. I won't be using it again. The items took a couple of weeks to arrive -not a major problem. The shoes that were stated to be size 10 were size 9 (their conversion of European to UK sizing, in the fine print, is very'out' but there is a clause giving their conversion…
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Asda petrol station - receipts
Our local Asda store opened a new petrol filling station a number of months ago, it is unmanned so all transactions are carried out by credit card inserted in the pump. It is the nearest filling station to home and also the cheapest locally so me and my family have all been using it regularly since it opened - no problems,…
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TripAdvisor: only members can unsubscribe from its spam
What a junk website T/A has become. Where once it was usable, nowadays it throws up more screens than a multiplex, so ad blocking and pop-up blocking is essential. NoScript (Firefox) seems locked in permanent struggle with it. I am not a T/A member, but did recall that a year or two back it offered a facility for obtaining…
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BBC News website changes
Have the BBC made changes to their news website again? Since a couple of days ago market data and local weather etc are not being displayed on the home page as before and everything seems bigger than it was. The UK page displays local weather but not market data and there's a lot of white space down the right hand side.…
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The Gas Super Store has gone bust!
The Gas Superstore Ltd 64-72 Hinckley Road Leicester LE3 0RD Telephone 0116 3666 850 Has gone bust! Fortyfoot
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Card fraud - Parcel2go - Caveat emptor!
I use a TSB debit card purely for my hobby expenses and for the odd few pounds I receive from it. In nearly five years there have been no problems, possibly because the number of people with whom I deal regularly is pretty small (e.g. Royal Mail, PayPal, known national suppliers of electronic components). I made a…
