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Praise, Vent & Warnings sticky
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Charities sending unsolicited trinkets following donations
Is it just me, or does anyone else get annoyed about charities wasting money I've donated on sending me things I don't want? I donated recently to a hospice in memory of an aunt who'd ended her days there. They have a Christmas campaign to raise funds each year. Each year they have sent out a plastic credit card sized card…
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Praise for Wilko paint.
I recently painted a small hall table with Wilko's furniture paint and was really pleased with it. I'm waiting to complete on a house and should be moving soon so passing the waiting time with a couple of projects. So I decided to paint a Welsh Dresser and chose Slate Grey this time. I got a 2.5 ltr tin. I've given the…
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Retail returns and refund complaints during lockdown
It seems in the last week or so we've had new sign-ups across the board with people jumping up and down because they can't return their faulty tv, or wondering why the plants they ordered haven't been delivered in the 3-5 days it usually takes, or why they can't get a refund on some faulty furniture until the stores…
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Stop stockpiling
It’s good that key workers don’t have to worry about their kids and school but now we have to worry about getting food etc. Supermarkets are holding OAP only openings- they need key worker only openings as well please. If we can’t eat, we cant work and then you selfish vultures will really be up the creek (with your many…
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Won a service charge tribunal case against my property management company (FirstPort)
NB: I originally shared this on Reddit and have been encouraged to share it here as well. I wanted to share this in case it's useful to anyone in the same boat, because I really struggled to find an honest account of what the process of taking a property management company to tribunal actually involves before I started.…
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Breastfeeding
I feel very angry and upset about being asked to leave my local Costa coffee store because I was breastfeeding my newborn. I was well covered and I even placed a Muslin cloth over both of us so there wasn’t any skin on show. If I’d work a scoop neck top there would have been more skin visible. A server came up to me and…
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Praise for all during Covid19
We clap and praise these special NHS staff and they are very special indeed. Let's raise a glass to the Dustmen, postman, and not forgetting the Supermarket staff who make it possible for us to shop for our food. Bless you all folks.
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I am not a person
I tried to renew my passport online. I don’t actually want to go anywhere, but nowadays you need a passport, or a photo driving licence, to perform high risk tasks such as spending over five figures of your own money. I have an undamaged passport that was issued 28 years ago, and reading the official HM Passport Office…
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"Do you mind if I ask you why"
I had a call from British Gas today and the person had evidently practiced doing their spiel about a free quote for a boiler without a pause, so I had to wait til they'd finished.I then said "Sorry, I'm not interested".They responded with "Do you mind if I ask you why?".So I replied "Yes, I do mind.".They paused a moment…
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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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Does anyone else feel penalised for being sensible with money?
Just a general vent really, not sure where this belongs. I always wanted to be a stay-at-home mum, but both my husband and I have always been low earners. We had two choices - just go for it and start claiming benefits, or save like crazy so we could manage by ourselves. So save we did, for several years, before starting a…
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Morrisons staff
We shop online at Tescos but do odds and ends at various supermarkets. We went in just before noon to the freshly baked pies/etc. I asked the lady behind the counter re exact ingredients as one of the family suffers for severe allergies. The response, the info from this member of staff inc the politeness surpassed our…
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Toilet hygiene
OK, I've now seen the Febreze advert enough times to warrant putting my rant down in writing.....It asks Q. Did you know that every single flush flings odours onto your soft surfaces?My answer - that's because you are not putting the lid of your toilet down before you flush, you silly moo! Do you think the toilet lid is…
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Plusnet - Bereavement - Praise
My dad signed up with Plusnet for an 18 month contract in February, but then sadly passed away in March. Initially Plusnet wrote to say I had the option of closing the account with no termination fee, or I could take over the existing contract and put it into my name. This would have meant that if I'd transferred it into…
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Lockdown - venting as I have the time
Whilst in lockdown I’ve been on the forum a lot and see some common themes that annoy so he’s my vent: 1: Credit cards No you not entitled to the best rates, compensation and an apology because you’ve seen your “credit score” and should get special treatment 2: Loans No you weren’t missold, no they shouldn’t have checked…
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Praise for Worcester Bosch.
We moved in 18 months ago and had no paperwork or info about the boiler. It started making a loud banging noise so I switched it off and rang WB. It turns out it is 5 years old and the warranty finished 4 days before I rang them.. However they said we could have it sorted under the warranty for up to 30 days after the 5…
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Blackpool Transport Excellent Customer Service
Last Friday afternoon I tried to purchase a day travel ticket on the Blackpool Transport app. There was a loss of mobile signal and I got a checkout failed message so I tried again and successfully purchased the ticket. I then received 2 purchase confirmation e-mails and checked the app to see 2 tickets waiting…
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The 12 Vents of Christmas 2024
Everyone will have their own list but these are my current ones: Car insurance:Why is no claims history only usable for ONE car BUT claims and accidents must be declared for EVERY car Tradespeople:If you want or quote professional working rates, then do a professional job Banks:Stop telling me to use your app…
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Barclays Bank - Fraud Team. Thank you!
We were
victims of a scam. It was related to the
renovation of a property. I was completely
taken in by the continual excuses the scammer made. I gave an ultimatum which the scammer
ignored. I then called my bank – hoping it might be able to recover funds but
also to highlight this scammer to them. I held little hope that…
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Richer Sounds Six year warranty PRAISE
LG television bought from Richer Sounds several years ago, lost warranty certificate.Thought let's give local store a ring and see if still in warranty, within seconds told six months warranty left and will email across copy of warranty certificate and sales receipt.Asked is the problem the picture has gone blue, replied…
