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Refrigerated vetenary medicine
Has anyone ordered any refrigerated products which needs to be kept cool in a bag? Yesterday: I paid for a prescription from the vet to buy an expensive vetenary product on line. 5:00pm yesterday: I place the order with Viovet paying extra for refrigeration. 1:00pm today: A copy of the order in my Email says it has been…
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Hillarys Blinds repair guarentee
Hi all, I have a mixture of Vent, Warning, and advice request regarding Hillarys Blinds. I had conservatory blinds installed in Feb 2020 and opted for the automatic control for the ceiling blinds. At the time of installation I was warned they would most likely need a six-month service and pretty much to the day this was…
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Mighty deals selling fake goods
I have ordered from mighty deals many, many times and I have never had a problem. My goods are delivered quickly and all the goods I have purchased have been of excellent quality and the prices are very competitive. I will continue to order from them, I'm a very happy customer 😊
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How to spot a scam website?
Hi there, I don’t know if this is on the right board but just want some advice please. A friend in his 70’s has just ordered something from a website and has asked me if I can track when it’ll be delivered. The website is “sfqvvv” in its address (sorry I can’t post a link yet) and the company is “qpgvwia” I’m pretty sure…
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Car Breakdown Cover Warning
I've been buying breakdown cover since I began driving in 1980. I've just renewed to a company I hadn't heard of, assume it's one of the smaller ones, but it came up via a well-known comparison website and the price was good at £27.50 including Homestart. However, when I got my confirmation and documents, and read through…
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Tesco Clubcard prices not always applied for online shopping
This happened to me two weeks in a row. It may only be my branch of Tesco, but I ordered Costa Coffee Colombian Roast Espresso 57G and was charged the full price of £3 instead of the clubcard price of £2. I phoned their helpdesk and on their system it showed that the clubcard price was applied, but when you add up the…
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eBay holding funds
Hi there, I’m a business seller on eBay and they have had my money on hold for 28 days now due to what they say is a back log in updating other people’s bank accounts and mine also. I have been in touch with them numerous times by phone call and online chat to be told conflicting information. I have sent my bank details to…
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Deafening Volume Levels at Cinemas Nowadays - Permanent Hearing Damage?
Hi everyone, I used to really enjoy going to the Cinema, but I think I'm now going to have to stop going on a permanent basis because of the volume levels. I have found over the years that all cinemas have gradually increased the volume levels on all films and it's got to the point now where my ears can no longer take it.…
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I think Selfie Lottery is dead
https://theselfielottery.com/home I joined about a week ago and never received my welcome email, thus can’t get the £5 bonus. I’ve tried getting it resent and sending emails to them, but the help email bounced back to me. And they’ve not responded to my Facebook messages. I think you can only cash out your money if you win…
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Paypal Credit and Samsung be careful
Hello all, I have been having a battle with Samsung and Paypal and I thought I would let other know so they dont end up with the same issue.... On the 5th June I bought a new phone from Samsung online.and used Paypal Credit (£819). I tried to trade in a phone and when the phone arrived on the 6th I realised that they had…
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Cash gift to small charity shop
I had a few bags of 'coppers' (decided to stop collecting for grandsons now they're older - bank transfers easier!). Counted & bagged in correct denominations & amounts, £3 whole & 70p mixed. Took it in to a local charity shop & asked if it could be donated, the response...............NO! Maybe they didn't want to bank it…
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Hermes delivery driver refuses to deliver to us for 4 months (and counting)
Hi all, Just after a sanity check of what I'm doing to try and resolve a dispute with Hermes, the delivery company. Background: For 4 months a total of 7 parcels have been returned to sender with no delivery attempt, and the driver claiming they tried to deliver when they did not. This is after we asked the delivery person…
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Plumber Has Failed To Return My Front Door Key after almost ten months.
My boiler broke down last November and I needed to find a reliable plumber urgently. The owner of my local carpet/tile shop recommended a plumber called Hassan. who was available the following day. I trusted his recommendation and had no reason to doubt his as he had been helpful in the past. I had a call from Hassan to…
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Appliances Direct - warning premium phone number
I spent 4m 47s on hold trying to ask AD a question about a product as they have not published the necessary info on their website. I didn't realise the 0871 number was premium until I got a text from O2 advising me I had called a premium number. Luckily I didn't have time to wait and hung up before wasting any more money.…
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Another Energy Direct Debit Whinge! But not what you might expect....
Once again I have received a summer energy bill and the company has dropped my direct debit in half because it thinks I will not use enough energy to warrant the current DD amount. But, they choose to ignore the fact that I have carefully calculated my normal annual consumption in KwH using previous bills, and averaged a…
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Warning: Joy Mitty
I saw Joy Mitty advertised on Facebook and the clothes looked great. They are not one bit like they are on the website. Waiting for answer from company to return. joymitty.com
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Gumtree scam resulted in my bank account being frozen
Two days ago my debit card was declined in a shop. I called my bank and was advised that the fraud team (APP Scams Team) were investigating an allegation made against me by another party. It concerns a credit transaction into my account a fortnight ago. They asked me to go into a branch and explain the transaction in…
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SANTANDER - call wait times
Hi All, Just wondering are all UK banks taking so long to answer the phones or is it just Santander. Over the last few weeks I have to call them everytime I wish to use my debit card. They clear the transaction and my card gets blocked again. They can take anything upto 30 minutes to reply, yesterday I gave up after 41…
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Huge praise for sainsburys
Visited our local Sainsbury's to get my Wife some flowers for our wedding anniversary. When I got them home I noticed they didn't look half as lively as they did in the store. I decided to contact Sainsbury's customer service via Facebook Messenger. I sent them a couple of pictures and thought they'd just say that I should…
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Underpaid postage for recruitment scam letter
The other day I received a card from the royal mail saying there was a letter for me with underpaid postage (I'm aware there are scams around this, but this was from the local delivery office and I went directly to royalmail.com who confirmed I needed to pay). As I'm in the midst of a house purchase at the moment I thought…
