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Anti Social Neighbour Behavior
Hi, just really need some advice. I have been suffering my neighbour's anti-social behavior for two years now. The individual lives alone and has metal health issues and a chronic drink problem. Issues: Extremely loud music in bursts lasting 1-2 hours at a time. Starts at 7am (sometimes 6am) and is intermittent for the…
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Complete Savings
I wonder if anyone else has been caught by this company, I did not sign up to them, but they took £15.00 from my bank account. I have contacted them and cancelled an account they set up in my name and demanded they refund my money. It came from a company from whom I made a purchase, I would recommend avoiding them. I…
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Roadrunner Ltd/Guernsey Vehicles R US
Above companies run by a chap called Nigel Robert- vehicle breakers. Based in Guernsey and they do a fair bit of Ebay trading under the profile name nr8290. They sold me a damaged part, which I only noticed a few months down the line when coming to fit it. That said, it would have been obvious to the person who removed it…
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Tingle Box subscriptions
Is anyone else having a problem cancelling their subscription with Tingle Box? I emailed them at the end of last month to cancel my monthly subscription and they still took the money this month and posted the box out. I've since emailed them a further 3 times and they've never got back to me. Any suggestions on what more I…
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Full marks Cheap Energy Club !
Green has just got out of business and Shell Energy taken over its customers. Cheap Energy Club (I'm a member) sent me, as a Green customer a personal email giving sympathy and advice - excellent service CEC and appreciated. <3 <3 <3
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Call 159 to beat bank scammers
If you're worried you've been contacted by a suspicious number claiming to be your bank you can now call '159' from your landline or mobile, which guarantees you a secure line with your bank to verify the original phone call. It's part of a UK-wide initiative launched by industry group Stop Scams UK and non-profit…
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Hotpoint Washing Machine continually breaking - what are my rights?
Hi I bought a Hotpoint washing machine in November 2019 from Currys , it came with a one year warranty. Within that time frame, it broke THREE times, in the same way each time - f05 error caused by blockages in waste pump. Every single time, I have stuck to the engineers advice and washed small items like socks in a…
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Who has right of way
If you are walking on the pavement towards the double black gates should you stop at the gates to allow cars to enter / leave or should you just carry on walking. https://www.instantstreetview.com/@51.695883,-3.038621,345.66h,-24.32p,0.64z,gLMC_rpRpVN43SCeih0TSQ
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British Gas Customer Service Vent
What is going on with British Gas customer service. I arranged a gas safety check in July after speaking to 2 people on one call. On the day of the appointment no one showed . I was in the planning of leaving the property soon so didn't follow up the missed appointment I'm on pay as you go meter . On Wednesday I went to…
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Avoid RAC breakdown
Not a regular on this board, but I wanted to share this recent experience of the RAC's breakdown. I drive a 2003 car that's on its last legs. It seemed sensible to have breakdown bundled with the insurance as it will, inevitably, break down. And soon. It's had a couple of hiccups in recent years and the AA (bundled with…
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KFC Sugar Tax Issue
Apologies if this is not in the correct section but I wanted to share my experience to see if anyone else has suffered this problem. We visited our local KFC recently, and started our order, then the girl at the til said what drinks would you like so I asked for a regular coke which is what I always have, yet the girl said…
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Austin Mockrige
I’ve seen a post with several pages of comments regarding Austin Mockrige these posts are from 2009 and 2011. Unfortunately we in 2021 have been treated exactly the same, a 17th century house in Par Cornwall which we paid for for two weeks in August. We didn’t get to go on this holiday, we had holiday cancelled by David…
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Trade Radiators Limited - information - read before purchasing
Short version: The company lists its "Head Office" as being at 82 Mitchell Street, Glasgow, G1 3NA (a suite of offices), but it has no trade premises at all, and only supplies goods online. The company is actually registered in England (at 12 Victoria Road, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 2BB, the office address of its…
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Facebook Romance Scam
I am in the unfortunate
position of attempting to sort out an online grooming 'Romance' scam through
Facebook that has drawn my 75 year old disabled mother into. I recently found
out she received a friend request from Harry D Walter an Orthopaedic Surgeon from
Washington who was doing good deeds for UNICEF in Syria (if…
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Costa vent
Pop into Costa to buy 2 takeaway summer berry fruit coolers. Hand over my points (now called 'beans') card as I have enough to get 1 drink free. Assistant snaps "can't use that you must have the app". Bit odd as the cards OR app are both acceptable for collecting & redeeming purposes, but I don't argue in case Costa rules…
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Litter Warden Fine wrong name
Hi all So long story short a friend had a fine for litter from a misunderstanding (long story). She provided all correct details. She received some letters but with wrong name. She did not answer back and it gone to court. Now he have a new letter again with wrong name. So what she can do? is the fine nullified as is in…
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I can't find an Independent Furniture Inspector in Scotland!
Hello, My sister recently paid nearly £5000 for a Riser Recliner Chair from Mobility Furniture Company. She chose them because they offered a made to measure service. However, when the chair arrived it was the wrong size for my sister. The company is not excepting any responsibility for this. I need to get an independent…
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Refurb iPhone 12
Followed MSE link and got a great deal from Musicmagpie. Phone arrived fast and is pristine but wanted to warn folk that their courier Royal Mail abandoned my highly expensive new phone on our open porch, no signature, no tracking, no come back if stolen. Just be aware and be sure to be home…
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Control Account scam???
A Little while ago, my In laws recieved a letter addressed to me. The letter was from control account plc, saying they were collecting £150 for Import/export/vat/tax on behalf of UPS.Well I did have a guitar sent to their address as I was in the process of moving house.Immediately I payed the money via their website using…
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Smeg Fridge/Freezer - landfill after six years!
Bought for £1600 in 2015 and at a new cost of £2000 our Smeg fridge freezer has a faulty defrost heater which is apparently obsolete so the fridge/freezer is landfill or we can manually defrost every two weeks or so! It has therefore cost us £333
per year! Smeg have offered us 30% off a new one but why would I do that and…