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Archives for October 2019
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Packaged Current Account Travel Insurance charge for existing medical condition.
Contacted my packaged Current Account Travel Insurance to update them about family members existing medical condition yesterday. The medical condition in question is minor and is unlikely to ever result in any circumstance that would require a claim. I was quoted £115 to include this in the policy. This seemed a lot so I…
ASDA rechargeable batteries (AA size) - brand new - that just won't recharge ! :-(
Hi Have recently purchased a pack of 4 x ASDA rechargeable batteries (AA). So it's a brand new pack. Have just tried to recharged 2 of them, for the first time, but they just DIDN'T recharge!! :huh: (Although they were left in the charger for the recommended time.) So thought I must have forgotten to set the switch on the…
Street lighting in an unadopted street
Hi All I am looking for some advice. If this is the wrong forum for this could i ask where to post it? I have lived in an unadopted cul-de-sac for 19 years and the houses have been built for 29 years. For all the time we have lived there the street lighting has been maintained by our local district council When the houses…
Wessex Water Not Taking Responsibility
Hi, This is a long story so I will go right from the start. Back in April, the location in where I live had a water outage, because of a burst pipe, Wessex Waters fault. A week or two later, our house gets a so called air lock. We believe it's because of the water outage, so we call a private plumber to remove the airlock.…
Ancestry.co.uk silently charging me
In February I signed up for a 14 day free trial to Ancestry.co.uk. Unfortunately I forgot to cancel after the 14 days. Even worst I only just noticed (its now October) that they were charging me! So all that's completely my fault and I hold myself responsible for that. But my question is this: isn't there some sort of…
Amazon.com fast delivery
I know that Amazon get mixed reviews on here but I just thought I'd post my most recent experience with them. Last Saturday ( 28th Sept) I placed an order on Amazon.com. This was only a low value item ($10.89) but is something I couldn't get in the UK. The charge for delivery to the UK was $4.44 bringing the total to…
Paypal have blocked my husband and I and won't tell us why!?
Hi I received an email from Paypal which said my account had been permanently limited. I contacted them by email and received no answer. I then called them and they said that my account had been limited due to 'links with someone with the same surname'. I asked, do you mean my husband - our accounts aren't linked - I don't…
Theatre tickets from 3rd party seller
I bought a pair of tickets for a theatre show via londontheatredirect.com All fine, and tickets have arrived. But I have since realised that they put a 25% mark up on the ticket price compared to buying tickets directly!! Unfortunately I didn't realise this at the time and they have a no refund policy. Does anyone have any…
Unsolicited Cold Call from Octopus energy
As title, who do I report them to for cold calling me?
Con - Warning
We feel stupid - we fell for a con, yesterday afternoon - a chap (purporting to be Eastern European - from the little words that he spoke) - came to the door and gave my wife a card, telling her that he was selling pencil drawings of various things - at £15 each He was "unable to speak more than grunt a few words" - he was…
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