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Timeshare extraction
I was approached by a company called AEGIS SL who semed to know that I had a time share, they sounded very professional and a zoom meeting was arranged for a number of weeks in advance.The consultant was based in Tenerife The meeting took place and I provided details of two timeshares that I had had before trading up to…
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Student daughter scammed out of her loan
My 20 year old daughter has just had £3k stolen from her by scammers. They pretended to be from HMEC and said a warrant was out for her arrest and she needed to make payment immediately. She was terrified and transferred her loan on her Halifax account. We’ve reported it to the police and she reported to Halifax but they…
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Aerial Force warning
Rang Aerial Force yesterday to book an engineer as tv signal very poor, lost channels etc. Booked us in next day, and then engineer appeared. £49 call out. Husband over saw what he was doing, he claimed no signal at the tv, went into the attic where the coax was joined to the aerial, said there was a poor signal there. We…
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Should I put in a complaint to my Mortgage Lender?
First of all, I will just say that I understand that businesses and under pressure right now and the world is a little different because of Covid, businesses have less staff, etc, and the housing market is busy at the moment due to the freeze on stamp duty. But... I am a FTB buying a chain free flat I first applied for a…
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British Passport Services scam
Hi, I was looking at getting my daughter a passport and noticed on the governments website you can do it with a fast track 1- week. I typed in fast track 1- week into Google and came across a site called 'ukpassportoffices.co.uk'- bare in mind I know very little about passport stuff, having only used mine once on 30 years.…
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Shop Early for Christmas - Why
Simply a vent, but why are shops full of Christmas goods, food ordering, etc when we have no idea whether family Christmas will be happening. How can you buy food for a gathering or 'heavy' presents which may need posting rather than taking to family. Yet, we are being encouraged to shop early. We're being told it's for…
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Companies during Covid
So we may be in the restrictions for a good few months longer, but which Companies have stepped up in your opinion or have helped you and which have been seriously lacking in help, flexibility or morals? Personally, for me the following; Wetherspoons for the get a job in Tesco comment and when things return, I'll be eating…
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Chinese Companies Selling on Facebook *****SCAM ALERT*****
My wife recently purchase an animatronic shark and an animatronic spider from a Facebook link attached to an impressive video, each item was $29 and purported to be from different Chinese companies. The goods took 4-6 weeks to arrive and bore no relation to the items purchased as you can see from the picture below. The…
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AA Insurance Cashback Declined TWICE!
I have been using Topcashback for years to get a few pounds back for the purchases that I make. A few years ago, I purchased AA Insurance and the cashback was declined by the AA. Last month, I did the same and I got a response from Topcashback saying "Unfortunately, it seems as though they have taken the decision to…
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Some sort of scam?
Had a call from 0191 816 2022. Said they were from the hearing centre and asked if I had received their letter. I said no. Went on to say it was about me not wearing the correct PPE in a previous job role. I’ve never had to wear PPE. Then asked if I lived at number 6 still, which I stupidly said yes to, but then realised…
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Amazon to charge me for a missing return via Hermes
Hello everyone, I'm wondering if this has ever happened to anyone else.On the 27th sept I received a mobile phone from amazon for £229 I had a look at it and found it wasn't for me,So I set up a returns through amazon and did a local hermes drop off,I have done loads of these without issue amazon refunded,,but just the…
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Next Pay Store Card
So I have a Next online account which allows me a store card and we enter our local store looking for clothing. I find couple of pairs of jeans and the wife finds a top she likes. The wife presented the store card and signed like she has always done in the past, some ten years or so. The cashiers says this is not your card…
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Ebay seller sending pirate copy DVDs
I don't think this is a new thing by any stretch of anyone's imagination but I'm so furious! In good faith I ordered a DVD from an ebay seller. The picture on the ad was of the original DVD so I thought I would be getting one of the originals. However, today through the post I received a pirate copy in one of those little…
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The Famous Grouse (Smoky Black). A grouse.
Well, at least you're given some warning on the elaborate packaging of this blended Scotch whisky: that it's smooth, peaty and aromatic. There's also the meaningless blurb of BLENDERS EDITION 1, the words conjured forth by the company's advertising agency in a design intended to look like some kind of special seal, or…
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I paid a vet over £10,000, do I have rights?
This is a long post, but it's important that others know what goes on. My usual vet gave the drug Metacam to my dog by mistake, his notes warned not to use it as it was know to cause gastric bleeding and ulceration. He referred us to another vet who was clearly 'on his side' and argued that the drug wasn't responsible. I…
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Radio Times (subscriber copies) - late arrival
Setting aside the usual arguments as to whether anyone actually needs Radio Times any more, any other subscribers finding it now arrives late every week? Almost never on the Tuesday it should arrive. Often as late as Thursday, sometimes even later.
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LAKELAND - erroneous CHARGE applied - watch out !
I made an online purchase some weeks ago, and delivery was late! I received a despatch note via Royal Mail to advise that I had been charged £3.50 for postage/packing, for the item which is no longer available !! I telephoned their customer service dept. (after several attempts) to be advised that the charge was made as a…
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"1st" class post...
So, had an A4 letter to send, so sent first class on Wednesday - still not arrived. I know they now say its a 'delivery aim' to be next day, but if this is first class, what would second be?
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Next Step Beauty Academy Complaints Thread
Hi all, I recently had a big problem with this company. I paid for a beauty course a sum of £238, they cancelled it, and refused to refund my money, They told me I could travel 4 hours to get to an alternative location, OR, do another course in 1 month (however their T&Cs provided for them to cancel these courses ad…
