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Punchbowl digital greetings cards: data harvesting and fraudulent marketing. Avoid.
American e-card provider Punchbowl has been trying, ever since it launched, to monetize its "free service". Fair enough. You can choose to pay to remove ads from the card you send; can choose to pay to schedule the time the card is sent; you can choose to pay for a gift card to accompany the greetings card. Evidently, none…
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SCAM police@internetsweep
Hi all My OH has had a couple of voicemails now from a clearly automated source at around the same time each evening asking to send / validate his bank details and Passport information The first stated - Call was from ‘Geoff from Internet sweeping system’ ‘Criminals using his name to commit traffic offences’ ‘This is…
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Tesco home delivery, over doubled delivery costs for their vulnerable customers
Tesco have decided to increase there delivery cost for vulnerable customers from £2.00 to £4.50 from 3rd August, I only discovered this when logged on to do my mothers shopping for her. This is really not on Tesco !!
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Get off the phones
People need to be a bit more patient in the current crisis. A friend of mine is a manager in a call centre and I was talking to him last night asking how things were going. He said he was down to about 70% of his team and everyone was still working from home (which means they do not have access to certain systems that they…
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Getting really Fed up with Kitchen Installers
Just have to vent this! I've been trying for the last two month to get someone to replace a kitchen in a rental property I own in Manchester All I am looking for is a budget kitchen to be fitted, everything will remain in the same place. It is only 8 units and all appliances are electric. I feel I have a decent budget of…
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Scam Calls from this code 3885
A question. We all get scam calls from time to time. However, during the last six months I have been receiving calls from this code +44 20 3885 xxxx. I was just wondering if any of the forumers have received similar calls. Because it is prefixed by +44 then the calls have been coming from outside the UK. Also in order to…
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Multiple unsolicited calls recently
I've been receiving calls from various telephone numbers (mainly 0330) about online trading recently. I did not opt to receive such calls and don't know how they got my number. Does anyone know if there's been a hacking incident of any institutions which might hold such details recently?
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A Virgin Media response to watch out for
I was changing my bank account at the start of the pandemic. as I was switching within the same bank, I though it would be straightforward. It was not and the bank closed my old account without transferring direct debits or anything else to the new account.. When my Virgin Media payment with the closed account details was…
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Tomorrow never comes
Hi, I ordered an item from Amazon Prime for next day delivery > :'(
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Rebel-lotto via 20 Cogs - beware!
Recently I started completing 20 cogs and have almost got to 20. However, one of the offers I had to complete was a lottery syndicate called Rebel-lotto. It was only £1 for 5 tickets in the euromillions draw, after which it is a subscription of £5 per week, and you could cancel if you gave 48 hrs notice via their online…
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Discrimination for asking for a refund
Bit upset. My child’s dance school, (which we have paid thousands of pounds too over the past few years) have kicked us out. Because we asked for a refund for dance lessons that could not be held due to the virus. Anyone else having their children discriminated against? I hear that lots of school trips have been cancelled…
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Windows
I guess this could be a Windows issue or it could be some random developer bod but given I've had the same issue over the years with many different systems developed by different random developer teams I am pointing the finger at Windows. Generally speaking I have three windows open on my main screen at work at the moment…
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Contractor not paid Invoice
Cardon Property & Construction based in Albert Street, Manchester M30 OBG is a sister company of Excell construction that has now gone into voulentary Liquidation owing subcontractors and hmrc approx £1.2 million. They personally owe us £40k. Made us work through xmas to get a new Lidl up and running. Kept making excuses…
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TyreLeader.co.uk and their refusal to address the issue of sending me the wrong items
Hi all, I recently purchase 4 tyres from TyreLeader.co.uk, and a couple of days later 4 tyres arrived, but they were totally different from the ones i had ordered! I've emailed them a bunch of times with varying levels of reply ranging from; * promising - "we will get back to you" * disappointing - no reply for days on end…
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TONIK ENERGY UNETHICAL PRACTICES
I changed to Tonik via MSE. they were ok until 2019. I changed in Febuary2020. Gave them notice in January and said I wanted my credit balance within 2 weeks of end of contract. They suck you in with one monthly price and increase it after 1 month, therefore you are always at least a month or two in credit. When I phone…
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Beware Mino Tools
I purchased an indestructible trimmer on https://www.mino-tools.com on 19/05/2020 for £39.90. The item has not been delivered. I have sent many messages to info.minotools@gmail.com and support@mino-tools.com to cancel the order and refund my credit card but have received no response. The company are based in Canada and…
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Dunelm
Trust Pilot reviews for Dunelm are averaging 1.9 out of 5. Many like me have spent hundreds on items and they have taken the money yet no sign of goods or dispatch confirmation. I am considering going to my bank to request a charge back as that way I can get my £500 back. Poor form and all attempts to contact them have…
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John Lewis
This isn't a praise, a vent or a warning ... although the news about store closures and job losses is saddening. I'm posting this here because it's the closest fit amongst the boards that I frequent. I was talking with SWMBO today about the John Lewis news, that online sales are reducing the need for physical stores, and…
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Scam : Dial-a-Tan on Facebook
Warning guys, the below page is a scam and has been taking deposits for hot tubs via bank transfer only. They are then not sending them out and blocking the users. They have been reported to Facebook countless times but they refuse to take them offline for some bizzare reason. https://www.facebook.com/dialatans/
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The morons are at it again.
I went to my local Costco yesterday to carry out my monthly shop and lo and behold, the stockpiling idiots have started up again following the possibility of local lockdowns being enforced. (I'm in the South East, nowhere near to Leicester). The shelves containing all household paper products (loo paper, kitchen paper and…
