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Beware when thinking youve sorned your vehicle using online DVLA form!
Misleading DVLA form told me I was successful sorning my vehicle and even gave me a reference code, but I still got a fine months later for not sorning my vehicle and I now wonder how many others are being sucked into this misleading form. I am now about to appeal for the second time as I feel that their form is definitely…
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Passport
If my passport is a few years old (expired). It was a brown one pre-Brexit. Do I ‘renew’ online or do I have to apply from scratch? Not sure about strikes and when to put forward. Thank you. Sorry wrong category! Can’t delete.
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EE mobile price hike - heads-up for those that have have paid off their phone
Just a heads-up for those on EE mobile tariffs - it's worth checking that you got the right increase. In our case we had what was originally a phone-and-SIM plan. We'd paid off the phone over the duration of the contract and got switched to a lower-cost SIM-only plan. However when EE applied the price hike, they applied it…
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Next day delivery
I placed an order with a company who claimed national next day delivery included . The company is based in east anglia I live in Shropshire. I paid on credit card the amount being £629. I received one box last Wednesday out of a shipment of two. I phoned immediately to be told the other box was in Bristol. I phoned again…
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Safety alert - "Easee" wall chargers for electric cars
I saw a TV advertisement for this range of chargers a few weeks ago and as we have an electric car but no dedicated wall charger I thought I'd do some research, especially as the Norwegian manufacturer has a UK subsidiary and there are numerous vendors of this range of chargers around the country. The chargers themselves…
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Locksmith charged my wife £570, is there anything we can do?
My wife left my keys in the lock inside the house and she couldn’t open the front door from the outside despite having another key, so she had to call a locksmith. He charged us £570. The company is:Locksmith 24 Hours Blaga Vest Ltd 3 Gerry Raffles Square London E15 1BG I was referred to this forum to ask for advice, is…
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Warning - VW Golf M8 Indicators.
Love the car - not the effect the indicators are having though !!! Bought it a few months ago and it's this one particular feature that's making me write this ! Front and rear indicators (not the wing mirror ones) are, more often than not, being missed by other motorists when i'm indicating my intent - and then i'm either…
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Get your facts first!
I had an arrangement in place to start paying £54 per month towards council tax arrears. Due to preparing for a new job, trying to sort out finance for a franchise and being ill it slipped my mind I had to ring in and make the first payment. Admittedly that was my oversight and I'm not blaming anybody else. However, I got…
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Morrisons. Cooked chicken. Food safety
Let me know your thoughts. Anyone work for Morrisons Custmer Service. Let me know how how they work. See pictures. Purchase Whole Cooked Chickens from the local Morrisons store. All Chickens same. Morrisons Customer Service Response. Pinking can occur in young birds, even when fully cooked and particularly around the bone.…
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Facebook Romance Scam
I am in the unfortunate
position of attempting to sort out an online grooming 'Romance' scam through
Facebook that has drawn my 75 year old disabled mother into. I recently found
out she received a friend request from Harry D Walter an Orthopaedic Surgeon from
Washington who was doing good deeds for UNICEF in Syria (if…
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Barclays bank!!
Good afternoon Premier banking with Barclays and just the standard banking with them prior to that amny year ago has been good to us Today, I needed serious help with my banking app which I joined after much thinking and consideration and then buying a good iphone the other week The lady/staff spend close to an hour with…
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Virgin Rip-Off
I knew my Virgin bill was due to rise in April, so was
steeling myself for a bit of a tousle to try to get it reduced. However, Virgin beat me to it, imorally. I got a letter advising that in addition to the planned
increase an additional, inflation, increase of £15 was being added. This would take my monthly bill to £100…
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Scam - cupcoffeeus
Beware, advertises goods like say a solar powered garden fountain at sale prices in £, then when you order it charges in $, provides tracking from China (Chinapost but via air) then delivers a tiny package with something like a cheap watch or pair of earphones.
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Hotter Shoes - Not issuing refunds
Warning! I returned shoes on 17th Feb that I had purchased on line. They say they deal with returns swiftly! I am still awaiting my refund (over £200) and when I phoned them on Saturday they could give me no indication of when I may get it even though they acknowledge I have returned the shoes. The advisor was unable to…
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Just Fashion Now: BEWARE!
Waited months to receive item only to get a very cheap not even close to what I ordered. After several emails they responded that they will not issue refund because what I ordered and what was sent are both made with polyester. I ordered a sherpa type fabric jacket. I got a cheap very thin sweatshirt. Pictures did not…
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TSB switching offer, ugh!
Posted originally under Banking as didn't realise a Rant section existed. My Tuppence re TSB Switched to TSB 30 November last year for their then switching deal, think it £50, £50 in a year. Saved the switching T&Cs to a PDF, it was something like, have two DDs, pay in £500 and make a debit card transaction before 10…
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Evri is not the courier from hell
I don't know what we have done right in our small town but every Evri parcel that's sent to us arrives on time, in great condition and is delivered with a smile. Each time I see a terrible comment I wince because what is going wrong with the rest of the country? Are we, in our little hamlet, living in a bubble, and if so,…
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Best laugh of Christmas season
OK, I've been told many times my sense of humour is weird, but my best laugh was being notified by the Facebook Community Support bot that one of my posts was being blocked for breaching their guidelines. Very rarely post on FB, probably four or five times in two years but hey ho. This one was a very obviously…
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Mercedes breakdown Mobilo
Hi We were at one of our kids the other day and they told us they'd been out and was going to fill the car up but could not open the fuel flap on their Mercedes. They returned home and rang Mercedes breakdown services operated by their in-house service called mobilo supported by the RAC. As we sat eating and drinking, the…
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Renew TV Licence. Or not!!!
My TV Licence is due for renewal end of July but have twice had renew warnings and requests fot payment via an old e-mail address. Please make sure you are paying the correct people. Easy to check by puttinf either your address or last Licence number on the BBC site which will give you the correct info. Doubt every request…
