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Legal advice needed - Value Doors - Will not honour warranty
Hi I had some new doors and windows fitted in April of this year. The company I used was called Value Doors and Windows and in all correspondence with them, including quotes, they used this name. When I paid, I had to pay to MR Home Improvements but thought nothing of it as the company clearly had a few different names it…
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Trying to return item
We bought our daughter a doll for christmas online but when it arrived it was not the one we ordered. We have emailed the company but they are only offerring a 20% doscount and keep the item. Which is no good as it was our daughter who picked the doll and will be very disappointed in getting the wrong one. I know buying…
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Was I right to reject my car under the Consumer Rights Act, or should I just take it back
Hi all — I’d really appreciate some perspective on whether
I’ve understood my rights correctly. I’m not a legal expert – I’ve tried to understand the
Consumer Rights Act 2015 as best I can with the help of chatgpt, so please
correct me if I’ve misunderstood anything. Background I bought a 2018 used car in September (around…
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Washing machine - glass door explosion!
The inner glass on my LG washer/dryer exploded into the drum whilst on the last spin of its cycle! The glass splintered into hundreds of multi-sized shards of glass which shredded my clothes and embedded into fibres. I was washing a small load (a couple of towels and one set of clothing) on a 30 degree normal wash. The…
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Old M&S Vouchers not accepted even though no expiry date on them
I found £160 worth of old M&S gift vouchers when doing some cleaning in my house. There is no expiry date on them, but they are pretty old; I received them in 2011, if I remember correctly. As there is no expiry date on them, I tried to use them recently and have been informed that since 30th September 2025, M&S have…
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Airbnb chargeback
Airbnb attempted to return money to a closed bank account long story short, bank sent the money back to Airbnb and they won’t reimburse me
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Left item in hotel room uk
Stupidly left my new laptop in hotel room, 100% it was left, now I'm getting stonewalled by hotel they have given me a case number that was 7 days ago, no further corrospondance, called the hotel premium number but was just told it was not there, I know it was. Where can I go from here
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Chargeback on faulty PC
My son purchased a PC in September for Uni with his student loan. He is doing Graphic design so it has a graphics card to run the Adobe apps he needs. It worked OK for about a month then started crashing. Contacted the merchant who said to run some tests, which told us the RAM was faulty. The merchant sent out new RAM…
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Gym Cancellation
Hi I’m after an advice for gym cancellation I had written via email in February this year to gym saying that I’m unhappy with the services and I wanted to cancel. I have proof of this email to valid address. I had tried contacting them via their app, telephone calls and finally had written email I had no response from them…
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Scammed via Booking.com - Florida Sunshine Breaks
It is becoming clear that I have been scammed by a 'company' advertising a holiday rental, Florida Sunshine Breaks, on Booking.com - it was being booked for July 2026. Sorry if this is long I booked a property on booking.com in September and it was understood that I needed to pay upfront but that it was free cancellation…
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Is this a buying scam?
After adverts kept popping up on my social media I bought a selection of items from Ocean Club. Bracelets, and a cuddly toy, all with QR codes to track ocean animals and the promise of helping the oceans. When the order arrived several items were missing and what was there was poor quality. Although the items were sent…
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Merged: Promised refund but not getting one
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Online purchase from Novaglo
Hi. I saw a general Ad for a menopausal ring which stated "The tiny ring ..." which I purchased for my daughter. It arrived yesterday, is huge and solid, also it was marked as a man's ring. I cannot find details for Novaglo and they have a Klantenservice Novaglo which responded saying that I can return it but have to pay…
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Used Car -Dealer Demanding More Money
Yesterday my wife collected a new (used) car. The dealership has phoned today to say she owes them £500 as they included a deposit contribution that we weren't entitled to. She signed the order form and paid the amount on it (which included the £500). They are now saying there is an invoice (which we haven't been given a…
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Amazon/ASDA breaches privacy on returns
On a recent trip to ASDA to return n Amazon item, it came as a shock to me that Amazon fully reveal to the staff what is in the package even if it may be fully sealed. Generally, this is not likely to be an issue for most, however, in my case it was a little embarrassing as I was returning french maid's outfit bought for a…
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MSE News: Martin Lewis challenges FCA boss: Why the poor interest rate on car finance redress?
If you're due a car-finance mis-selling payout under the financial regulator's mass redress scheme, you're set to get interest based on the base rate plus 1% – far less than what you could have got from savings. MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis says this rate is "too low", and challenges the boss of the regulator…
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Local Council court summons on council tax paid in full.
Dear readers, I need some help please, I started having trouble with the council tax late in 2023, I paid the council tax as I always do on time in October 2023. In November 2023, the council told me they needed to issue me with a new council tax account number. They did this and I thought all was ok. I have paid in full…
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Car insurance claim - can someone help me understand please?
My dad was in a car accident in February. It was quickly decided by both insurance companies that it would be a 50/50 blame. My dad's car was written off and he quickly received the money to get a new one. Immediately after the accident, my dad just sat the driving seat in a state of shock. It was commented on at the time.…
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Debenhams - wrong delivery address unable to cancel order
I’ve just placed an order with Debenhams and I changed the delivery address to my current address. But when I clicked to finalise the purchase the page must’ve refreshed and defaulted back to my old address. To my horror the delivery address was showing the old address. I tried to contact Debenhams immediately to cancel or…
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Harassment and forceful sales practices
Has anyone else had issues with Homebox ignoring "do not contact" requests? I told them clearly via email and phone that I wasn't interested in their products and asked them to stop contacting me - yet they keep calling and emailing, even from the same person. The unsubscribe link in their emails doesn't work either. It's…
