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Praise, Vent & Warnings sticky
Please keep in mind the MSE Forum rules, notably that: * We cannot accept active calls to boycott organisations. * If a post is reported to the Forum Team as being defamatory, we’ll follow a legal process set out in Section 5 of the Defamation Act 2013. 📢 Here are some threads from this board which you might useful: *…
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"Complete savings"...scam??
I recently went online to book some airport parking. Somehow, during the process I managed to "sign up" to Completesavings??? Not sure how this happened, as at no time was I advised of an ongoing monthly fee. Luckily I got a message from my bank telling me I had signed up for this. I managed to log in to my "account" and…
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Avoid car key replacement rip-off
Hi! My car key fell apart and my first call was the dealership (Volkswagen, Vertu). They could not fix it so had to order a new one. They gave me a MANUAL key for, in total, £240 with labour, 2 visits to the car shop, showing V5 form with ID and a 2 hour waiting time for them to code the new key on 2nd visit. Then, I…
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NHS postage
These 4 letters were all delivered on the same day and time. All as a result of 1 appointment I had yesterday with a dermatologist and regarding a follow up patch test, which will be 4 visits over a week to the same hospital department. They could very easily have been in the same envelope or, better, emailled. 4 letters…
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Internet Archive Hacked
Don't know how many people use the Internet Archive (archive.org), but it appears it was hacked some days ago, and 31M email addresses & passwords breached.https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/internet-archive-hacked-data-breach-impacts-31-million-users/
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Bitplus Capital .......think I have been scammed
Hello MSE Forum, I just wanted to ask advice on this and also to warn people who might be looking at this company. Basically, last year after seeing an interview about a celebrity doing well with Bitcoin, I considered trying it but I am a utter novice and wanted to be careful. I deposited a small amount £250 and after a…
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Beware VoucherCodes.co.uk no notification and short expiry dates
On 21 July, I booked a Tui holiday with a link from VoucherCodes.co.uk for a £50.00 Amazon voucher. That afternoon, received their e-mail saying 'As if by magic, 120 days later your Amazon Voucher will be waiting for you in your VoucherCodes account' I checked my VoucherCodes account this evening, well within the 120 days…
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Diesel emmisions claims phone nuisance calls
I keep receiving nuisance calls from "Diesel Emmisions Claims" who know my name, my number and the registration of the car I used to own. I am not interested in claiming as the car was OK and I suffered no loss from having any "cheat box" installed. In fact I probably benefited from it as the vehicle tax group was probably…
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Warning Just answer web site
Hi all I contacted above site for Q n A session paid for the question via my debit card and that was what I thought to be the end of it however 12 months down the line I checked my bank statements (I know should be doing this anyway !) I discovered that they have been taking out £40 each month for a membership I did not…
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Scammed by US immigration support
I brought four ESTAs via US immigration support, the cost of a ESTA $21 charged $97 per ESTA. I contacted them they three days later changed the amount they debited from my bank account to the correct amount but did Not refund even though they said they would in a email. contacted NatWest they have up to know have not had…
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Admiral Car insurance ,,, unauthorised debits
I have never used or been a customer of Admiral insurance ,,, yet a week ago £3814.33p was debited from my HSBC bank account ??? putting me £2108. 65p in unauthorised overdraft !!!!! i contacted HSBC who tried to recall the unauthorised transaction but were unable to do so as they said it was Pre Authorised renewal of a…
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Lloyds Bank motor claims, praise.
Somebody drove into the back of my car on Saturday when I was stopped at traffic lights. A company called Carpenters handles their motor claims. The lady I spoke to was brilliant and caring, although I told her that there was no obvious damage to the car or injury to either myself or my wife, other than a slightly sore…
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Marks Electrical extremely poor if anything goes wrong.
Ordered a damaged washing machine at reduced price. Delivery spot on with about 9 emails sent by them. On arrival everything went smoothly. Once I had unwrapped the many, many layers of bubble wrap as it was sold without original packaging that's when you find what their after sales service is really like! The machine had…
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Money Saving Club WhatsApp 'trivial complaint'
I wanted to use a British word other than 'trivial complaint' as that sounds stupid. But it's not considered 'appropriate' nowadays even though it's a legit word. Anyway... I signed up to the Money Saving Club WhatsApp group and they send daily messages to try to save people money. It quotes Martin's page many times but I…
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Tesco Home delivery item number restriction
Trying to understand from Tesco why bottled water,flavoured water has a maximum of any 6 for online shopping. First conservation" It's to do with the weight for H&S and vehicle weight" Me, Oh that's strange I can order 12 bottles of Coke/Wine etc. "Oh sorry it's a national bottled water shortage" Okay thanks. Go out decide…
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Easylife rewards club - preying on the vulnerable
My 87 year old mother was recently signed up by Easylife to their rewards club which she did not want. She had previously bought items from them. Gets a phone call from a very persistent salesman, tells him repeatedly that the rewards club is of no interest to her but he would not take no for an answer and unfortunately…
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Oh Tesco - unit pricing
Well I was looking forward to the unit prices appearing on the clubcard price and they've been appearing slowly in my local store. But now they've got another sneaky trick of putting bigger clubcard price labels that don't have the unit price on at all - and they are putting them over the shelf edge label that does have…
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Anyvan removal company
I booked and paid for a van to collect my son's belongings and move them to university. He does not live with me, but I paid for the removal and then asked for the company to use my son's email and mobile to provide tracking. Fantastic customer care to this point when wishing to secure bookings. I gave an itinerary of…
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EE cold calling at the door (Stirling area)
Had the same woman come round twice today, was extra pushy. I was polite the first time but the second less so, she got my wife and started spinning a tall tale. Essentially stating that as copper lines are being decommissioned, they're checking speeds in the area to as neighbours have complained about the fibre speeds…
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POSSIBLE FAKE MESSAGES FROM MARTIN LEWIS
I received a message on the Martin Lewis Face Book page asking me to DM Him. I am not sure this is genuine. In his message he said he could offer me investment advice which I did not ask for. My question was purely on switching energy suppliers. I am concerned about this,. (Image removed by Forum Team)
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Id requirements for DVLA
I paid my road tax online after getting a 'last chance' letter. I then thought I would set up an online account to ensure I didn't forget to pay next year. Unfortunately I couldn't as I didn't have a valid form of id for them. Valid ids are: - UK Passport (or expired within 12 months) - Non-UK Passport - Biometric…