Praise, vent & warnings

Before you order, PLEASE read my review. I just want to share my experience with Dunster House and hope it’ll help people choose their cabins with as much information as possible. I was so impressed at first with the sales process, the sales rep was so helpful and answered any question I had. And it all went downhill from…

I telephoned The Job Centre General Enquiry Line. I am so very upset and all I can think of saying is: "Shame on Philip who took my call, shame on him for the way he treated me."

How I wish I had checked this Forum before buying a shed from Garden Buildings Direct (instead of only looking at the quick and places to check). It is clear from comments here over many years what sort of company they are. Their profits seem to be invested in marketing and clever legal drafting/protection but not in…

Beware - AirBnB is removing negative reviews on behalf of hosts. So, I recently learned that some hosts are able to remove negative reviews on AirBnb. When someone writes a negative review, the host offers them compensation and if you accept, they request AirBnB to remove your negative review as there has been coercion.…

I have been comparing different prices online for a perfume (I am going to call it Perfume X). It is sold for £96 in Boots as there is currently a 20% promotion on fragrances. The website said the full retail price was £120. So I went into a store (in a large town in the South East) to check the price in person. To my…

A few times recently, I've been standing at the self checkout when somebody next to me has asked to quickly use my Clubcard, presumably so that they will get the clubcard discount on their purchase. I'm always happy to help but just wondering if there's any sort of security risk in doing this?

Because to provide a garbage service, you have to provide a service. Neither I nor anybody on the street has received any mail for at least two weeks. People are waiting on bank cards, hospital appointment letters, letters from abroad - nothing. The Royal Mail have decided they simply can't be bothered to deliver. They…

We have just used Anyvan for moving the contents of my son's flat to a new home. The booking offered a 3 hour time slot for the collection (for a fee). There is the ability to monitor the progress of the vehicle online - it showed multiple jobs before ours, and at 1130 it still showed 2 jobs to be completed. Repeatedly…

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…

Has anyone noticed that milk containers in supermarkets are routinely underfilled? As a specific example, I have, over the last 6-months, routinely purchased 4-pints of milk at Lidl and, despite on each occasion choosing the best available on the rack (in terms of filled volume) I have yet to find one that is filled to the…

Vent incoming… Had anyone bought a toaster recently that actually toasts both sides of the bread properly? I am on my third toaster in the last two years, previously I've bought 4 slice models, this time I thought I'd try a 2 slice, all different brands - in all of them the elements on the outside sides heat up and glow…

HI just to clarifi, OLYNDRA LONDON Potentialy does not exist. Forget the 30 day money back guarntee. All payments are sent to MYREX STORE 28/55 Elisabeth Street South Perrth WA 6151. All products come from 4th Floor Guangfuling Smart Technology Innovation Park Xinboo 3rd Street Dalang Town Dangguan City Guangdong Province…

Placed an order with M&S online, several items, one of which was a woman's tshirt. Order delivered, all okay except instead of the tshirt they sent a pair of children's trousers age 11-12! I wanted to return 2 items, plus of course the trousers I didn't order. Did the process online and for the trousers I chose the reason…

I am posting this because someone reading it may be going through something similar right now. What I want to share is not advice. It is my experience and from the day I picked the car up to the day I stood in court four years later. If any part of it sounds familiar, I hope it helps you feel less alone. In October 2021, I…

Final bill by email 10/08/2026, nothing in my account to date (14 working days) Live chat, cheque posted to my address (they give address) 10/08/2026 - correct address. They asked me to check with the Post Office as the delays may be with them (🤨) - vent part I said it's not down to me to check, it's you as the sender or…

Need help getting DHL to update customs/fees status (UK) Short version: - my daughter forgot her phone in Tampa airport - we flew home to the UK - phone was found and they kindly agreed to pack it for shipping - shipment was collected and sent. - it’s in my local delivery depot - DHL have decided import tax is due It’s the…

Asking other MSErs that use Boots - do your Advantage Card points allocations make sense? Its supposed to be a straightforward calculation but I am tired of calling Boots to revise this. To be fair, they do adjust when they realise the error but recently I had an interaction that was the equivalent of "the Advantage card…

Hi All, I am sure that most of you have heard of the BBC program called "SCAM Interceptors" Not sure if it's currently airing, but it's available on iPlayer. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m00164f1/scam-interceptors I would thoroughly recommend watching a few of them, just to keep yourself in the loop about what…

Last month using Gumtree I offered to by a second hand phone - a Samsung Z Fold 5 - off a seller in Taplow, I live in Stoke-on-Trent, some distance away. I offered the £300 he wanted and he agreed, I also asked for the phone to be sent next day delivery to which he agreed. Then I made my mistake. From the conversation…

I ordered a part for my Samsung TV from the Samsung store at Westfield (London) on June 7th; they don't stock it in-store so it had to be delivered to my address with an ETA of June 10th. It didn't arrive, so I called Samsung on June 14th and found out that the courier company (DPD) failed to deliver it and it was returned…