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In my day... motivation to work
I've been finding more and more lately that 'good service' and acting in the interest of the customer seems to be a lost art and I've also spent some time with my sister who has terrible spending habits, no money and is constantly digging herself into more and more debt and just hiding under the covers and hoping it'll go…
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Aldi Hedge Trimmer
2yrs ago I bought an Aldi Cordless hedge trimmer for if I remember correctly £35. It came with a 3yr warranty. It broke down at the back end of last year, I wasn't going to bother to claim for it, however I did this year, prior to the warranty expiring. I contacted the company that deals with Aldi warranties in Germany,…
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National Lottery
After playing the National Lottery since its inception, my wife finally won a 4 figure prize last Saturday 24th February! Previously you could go to the Post Office to validate the ticket and receive your payout. You now have to put a claim in online, you are given a claim reference, then you have to wait. Now going into…
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Facebook 3X MaxAir platform article
Obvious question Probably obvious answer. Is this a scam? Did Robert Peston know his name and interview was being used.
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Very ( Shop direct)
Has anyone ever got a £12 late fee on very for being 2 days late? If so did it report to your credit file?
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Admiral - trying to cancel auto renew on line.
Proper rant here - but they make you go through every confusing hoop possible before finally allowing you to click on the "cancel - and I really mean it!" button. At least I got the auto survey at the end, so was able to vent my spleen somewhat.
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Motorola - Dreadful Customer Service
Purchased a phone (G73) directly from them less than a year ago which suddenly died and would not switch on, started the process of arranging a return for a repair under warranty and it's been an utter shambles from the start. Terrible communication, significant delays with getting return info, calls to chargeable phone…
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Amazon Prime unwanted accidental membership
I just wanted to highlight that although I am moderately savvy with on-line goods ordering I fell foul of accidental acceptance of Amazon Prime membership while ordering some optics. Although free UK delivery was already incorporated in this sale I had not realised that Prime membership was already selected by default. An…
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Shopping Surveys: Membership Scam
Anybody received emails promising some incredible guaranteed prize for completing a survey about shopping? I have received 2 recently: ostensibly from Screwfix and Sainsbury's. In both cases the 'prize' was substantial; I only had to pay £2 for shipment.When you get to the page where you enter your details having done the…
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Justmylook, perfume company Yorkshire
Worst Company I have ever dealt with. bad coms, track and trace does not work and they do not accept telephone calls or answer emails.
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A SHADE GREENER SOLAR PANELS, LEASE CONTRACTS, & LEASE SALES MEN FALSE PROMISES, ASG COMPLAINTS
Hi, If you have taken up the 25 year lease, rent your above roof space to, A Shade Greener, for free solar panels & fee all you can use, then we are in common. If you still have a copy of the contract/s etc, showing terms & conditions, of what they will do, & what you can or cannot do, that you could PM email me, this…
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Warning: AirBnB / Fake Tripadvisor Site Scam
Malwarebytes have sent out a link to subscribers with this information: https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/02/airbnb-scam-sends-you-to-a-fake-tripadvisor-site-takes-your-money
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Someone using my details to sign up on gambling sites for free bets
On a couple of occasions recently I've had an email in my inbox welcoming me to a gambling site which I've never signed up for. These are well known gambling sites (Pokerstars was one) and in each case I went to the site and contacted their customer service to get the account blocked. On one occasion I used the forgot…
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Curry’s delivery charge
So I went to buy a condensing tumble dryer from Curry’s today on line, no option for free delivery, ranged for £35 down to £20 I kept scrolling and no free delivery, the tumble dryer was a 9kg Beko for £299, plus £20 delivery was the cheapest, so I went on EBay and saw a Hoover 9kg for £289 with Free delivery, guess what?…
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New scam: Fake Martin Lewis interview
Just came across this website when I opened Microsoft Edge browser. Its front page or Home page generates all sorts of "news" from all kinds of sources among which this headline caught my eyes: "Martin Lewis is being sued by the
Bank of England...". Basically this article (screenshot below) says during an interview with…
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Strange PayPal Fraud or Scam
My OH has just received 2 emails, the first purporting to be from PayPal saying someone has sent him €20 (we're in the U.K.), the second one inviting him to message the sender of the €20. He's checked his PayPal account and the money is there even though he's not expecting any money from anyone. He has blocked the sender…
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Cheap electronics - is there a catch?
I may be paranoid, or just learning lessons from mistakes of others. Not needing repeating them myself. What concerns me: there is a flood of cheaper 'brands' of electronics on the market, whether it is e-bay, Amazon, and others (not even bothered going on Temu and alikes). I have been looking for a compact camera, for…
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Praise for Railcard Helpline
I just purchased a replacement Railcard online and having gone through all the right steps, when I downloaded it had a blank space where the photo should be and I need it for travel in 2 days time. I was able to speak them - a real person, not a chatbot - and email my photo through, they added it and it was sorted out in…
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Google's New Crackdown - Good News For Martin!
I was pleased to see Google's new rule regarding ad misrepresentation and people falsely claiming to be famous people. https://www.wordtracker.com/blog/ppc/google-cracks-down-on-misrepresentation-in-ads I was always seeing fake ads of Richard Branson endorsing bitcoin and Martin Lewis recommending you part with your money…
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Disgraceful response from Facebook regarding deep fake advert involving Martin
I really do hope that one of your team reads this and shows it to
Martin.....and that you take it up with Meta/ Facebook and demand some
answers. A few days ago I saw an advert on Facebook which was obviously a deep
fake one showing Martin speaking and also introducing Elon Musk.. It
was obvious (to me) that it was a fake…