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Cost of living always increasing
Is it just me or do the big things like rent and bills always rise AT LEAST by inflation but usually higher. And wages or benefits for those who can't work rise by inflation if you're lucky but often not at all. So the real spending power of ordinary people goes down and down each year. Added to that RPI is often used for…
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HELP! Trapped in SkinnyFoodCo subscription that I never signed up for
I made a purchase on the SkinnyFoodCo website in January that I thought was a 1-off purchase and paid using my credit card. The goods arrived (late but probably understandable due to Covid) but soon after I noticed a pending payment for another £16.61 on my credit card to SkinnyFoodCo. I emailed them asking about this and…
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Are you missing a parcel from Amazon in West Midlands area? Driver arrested last week.
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/amazon-parcels-stolen-lye-driver-19950421
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Nectar Points - Security Breach
Warning: Check your Nectar points! Just had my card hacked for the 2nd time and all my accrued points spent in a store hundreds of miles from where I live. And this is after getting a new card, regularly updating my password and not letting the card out of my sight! They took 7,000 points in one go, which I noticed the the…
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Google warranty praise
Last weekend my Google Pixel phone wouldn't charge. I've only had it a few months so I went onto Google's support site to report a fault. They sent an address label to print out and a link to book a collection from home with DHL. Phone was picked up Monday afternoon, delivered to Google in Poland on Tuesday, the fault with…
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Praise for Amazon.
Unusual I know but I have to commend Amazon over a recent purchase. We made the mistake of asking the oldest what he wanted for his birthday which is tomorrow. Mistake for two reasons. We asked last Saturday only giving ourselves 6 days if it was something we could give and two he came up with something I could not find in…
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Vent at retailers covid hand sanitiser at the door
Anyone else notice that the hand sanitiser at the front door of a lot of shops is not smelling of alcohol and I doubt has any effect on covid. The one I just used at Home Bargains left a sticky residue and smelled of nothing.
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Phone scams
Groan. We don't normally have much of a problem with phone scammers, but this morning - literally within 5 minutes of each other - Mr S had the 'arrest warrant issued for unpaid taxes' and I had the 'there's a problem with your internet connection'. Hope this isn't a sign of things to come - there's only so much fun one…
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Will people who work with children get fed up of doing a covid test at home
My missus is a dinner lady and when she went into work friday she was given a covid test kit to do the test twice a week but after watching my missus do the test I don't think people will do the test as it's to much messing about with the test then she needs to email her employer with the results.
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Quickie Divorce shysters
Anyone else had dealings with these people? I paid £347 for them to do the paperwork for me. Then I was asked for another £550 for court fees which I couldn't afford so I requested a refund. Or at least a partial one which was refused. It should be a simple case as husband deported 12 years ago. Not sure who to turn to for…
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PFP Energy phone scam?
I’ve been having a private number call my mobile several times a day since Thursday. I normally ignore these calls but I’m waiting for a medical appointment so decided to answer the call this morning. It was from my (business) energy provider?..... explaining that because businesses were closed because of COVID they were…
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Disappointed with Amazon
Just a bit of a moan really, I'm not angry, just disappointed :( I was watching a series on Amazon Prime with 5 seasons all included and was around half way through season 3, went to put it on Monday night and it is no longer included - the options came up to rent or buy! I'm not going to do either so that is the end of…
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Expensive hidden charges on goods bought online from the EU since Brexit
I bought a kitchen tap from Amazon recently - there was no information online given that it was coming from Germany. It cost £171.58. I paid the amount stated on the Amazon website and then a few weeks later received a bill from Parcelforce stating I needed to pay them £45.43 customs charges before they would delivery it.…
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TopCashback selling emails to scam companies?
Over the last month me and the other half have suddenly been getting a lot of scam emails, all sorts. Sometimes up to twenty a day, I've now removed the accounts from windows email because the notifications kept popping up. They are now constant, everyday. They are Virgin Media email address's and the only place we have…
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Home Protect Insurance
Hi has anyone had any problems with Home Protect taking out unauthorised dd’s?
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Parcel2Go : WORST customer service ever! AVOID- never delivered item & never refunded
I like to warn everyone about the poor customer service from Parcel2Go:To cut a very long story short: I started using them last year due to the pandemic many times & tried to send an important parcel with Parcel2Go (DPD) in October 2020 & they failed to deliver until today within the EU (more then 3 months later!) Endless…
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Coronavirus vaccination website booking system
Our invitation letters arrived today, redirected from previous address. Log in, enter all relevant info and offered 1st dose at relatively local centre (5 miles from old house, 20+ from new house but that's fine. my choice to move house) 18th or 19th Feb. Choose 18th, choose time slot - several available BUT you have to…
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*Warning* scam phone calls claiming to be from Amazon
I have had 3 of these calls telling me that my Amazon Prime account is overdue a payment and is going to be closed unless I pay them 'RIGHT NOW' All well and good but I don't have an Amazon Prime account.
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JD Sports
I purchased some tracksuit bottoms through JD Sports and when they arrived they were damaged. I sent them back highlighting this but they returned them about 2 weeks later stating that it wasn't a manufacturing error. I called them regarding this and they then offered a second independent inspection. I am still awaiting a…
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Delivery rants for online shopping
As avid online shoppers, myself and my other half have had our fair share of really bad delivery experiences. Rant #1: Why does the driver ALWAYS knock on the door when I'm in the middle of something!? Even during a COVID-19 lockdown and being stuck at home, the door still goes when I'm either on a Zoom call or in the…
