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Not So Free Numberplate (newreg.com / mutualpoints)
Hi, Just received an email from mutual points advertising NewReg.com saying: Basically a FREE numberplate (for a car you already own with a registration) ABSOLUTELY free, no purchase required. They say the only catch is you have to answer the 5 questions above. However, there are more catches they do NOT mention: - YOU…
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mporphy richards
my kettle stopped working, and its a year old in feb rang up the helpline last friday and i got a brand new one sent out on wednesday. hows that for service.
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Warmfront
Is this a record, 1 hour 34 minutes on hold on the phone and still counting, fortunately freephone number. All I want to know is when they coming to repair or replace our hot water/heating boiler as its erratic, and on ist way out so I bene told by my brother in law who is a plumber. Cant afford a new one so getting a…
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Cashiers and vouchers/points
Why oh why??? Do some cashiers seem to think that it's them that's going to be out of pocket if they let a coupon or extra points voucher going trhough without interrogating you first?? It's so annoying in Boots or tescoswhen there's obviously a huge queue behind you and they have to sit there nad read the voucher and tut…
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Sainsburys Vouchers
I had some vouchers sent in the post for £8 off a £40 shop at Sainsburys. I was in today and the shopping came to £36.39. I said "oh I was hoping to spend this!", and the lady she said she would try the voucher anyway. It worked and I got the £8 off! The lady said that it's the value of the total shopping before any…
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Really Annoyed - Sales Calls
Right, getting really annoyed now. I am with 3 on a contract and the contract ends in about 2 months. Last few days I have had about 10 calls all from people wanting to sell me a new contract. I always ask what company they are calling from and why and then ask where they got my number from to which I get "we brought a…
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18866 - overcharging and now playing dumb!
Apologies for the length, am as mad as a hatter at the moment and need to rant and ask a couple of questions. I had an account with 18866, but, decided to cancel it and change to another provider when the connection charges went up. My final invoice was £12approx, which I paid on my Credit Card as my Direct Debit had been…
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Ipoints useless email response!!!
Grr...just had to post about this as it has really really annoyed me!!! Mid november i redeemed my points for 3 items, a book from amazon, a gadget from prezziebox and a card reader (can't remember exactly where from). I sent them an email as below. ....then i waited about a week for a response and got this.... Do they not…
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Dabs delivery service
I ordered a lightscribe dvd writer from Dabs yesterday(crimbo present to my self!!)at 5.40pm.I was a bit worried that maybe I'd left it a little late for christmas delivery but it turned up at 7.50am this morning.Hows that for service!!!14 hours from order to delivery. :j
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IKEA bargain goods corner.
Hi, Just thought I'd warned people about the bargain corner at Ikea's Brent park store. I'd already decided to buy a pair of voile curtains for just under a fiver a pack, when I spotted a single one in the bargain corner priced at seven pounds!! I challanged the member of staff who sold it to me for a pound - through sheer…
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Fun Junction refund problem! I'm so angry!
I'm a mere lurker on this site, but I'm sooooooo angry now that I feel compelled to post and ask this forum for advise. 3 weeks ago I put a deposit down for a dolls house in Fun Junction in Spalding, Lincolnshire. The dolls house was on a special offer and since they were out of stock, i was asked to put my name on the…
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Tesco Grocery Orders
A quick word of warning. When you accept boxes of wine / spirits from the Tesco delivery service, please count them. We ordered 12 bottles and only got 11. Someone in the store had obviously ripped open the top of one of the boxes and removed the missing bottle. (Booze thief!) Luckily, my mate spotted it before the driver…
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Nitty Gritty Comb
Just wanted to say a big THANK YOU to the lady at Nitty Gritty who sent me up one of her combs in the mail the other day due to Boots not being able to fulfill a script for it. I was ready to have a flipping breakdown this morning, tears the lot due to you know what, read back on my previous posts and you'll get what I'm…
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Tiny Pc-extended Warranty
Hi- Anyone else out there have one of these and if so is it still being honoured or is there anything can be done to getting something back outta them. I bought PC from tiny in feb this year and stupidly paid for this TOTAL CARE PLUS PACKAGE at £200 for 3 year supprt(national rate number), courier costs,repairs,blah…
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GE Money/Capital - disorganised or deliberately underhand?
Hello Everyone, This is my first post, so how d'you do? I want to have a rant and rave about GE Money/Capital who run the Mothercare Card. I've had problems with them for ages and I keep thinking they are resolved only to find that they're not. It's quite intricate, so I'll just tell you briefly about the worst problem: in…
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Winstanley Poopcycles
placed an order nearly 2wks ago, site says delivery within 3 days, or if any probs they will contact me ive rang them 3 times now, and if im not in a queue, im put through to the wrong dept, they take my name and never call back all i get off staff is, 'were really busy'. well if youre so busy, why not put a note on your…
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Argos - Help required.
Hi was wondering if someone can help. I purchased 2 items on the 14/11/05 they were reduced and got them from their Website. Now they sent me 2 letters over the last 3 weeks saying there is a slight delay in getting these items. Now they called me today and left a message to call them back, so i did. Now after being on…
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Abbey Records
abbeyrecords.com are supposedly based in Ainsdale, Southport, Merseyside and deal in "rare" recordings, vinyl mostly. It would appear from personal experience that they take your money and don't deliver the goods. I placed an order online on 29/11 and despite e-mails and 'phone calls to an answering machine they have not…
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MFI and their idea of customer service
We made an appointment with a so-called kitchen-designer at MFI. He designed our kitchen to our specifications on his computer. We chose the cupboards and he ordered all the extra stuff- plinths, worktops and all the rest of it. We've got all the cupboards in and got a carpenter in to fit the worktops. The salesman had…
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UK2.NET - Shameful, shameful, shameful
UK2.NET are a web hosting company. After attempt after attempt after attempt to get them to provide a decent service I gave up some months ago. Then I recently sent them an email. (This email was sent after a response from Matt, the UK2 Support person refusing to pass on any details to/from the M.D. of UK2.NET EXTRACT FROM…