If things get tougher?

meanmarie

Sammy...can you use one of the extendable rails for nets, set it inside your window space, above the window cill and put your second, thick curtains on that....I am doing it this year in my living room...walls are very thick so I have a deep cill inside and out. The rails are not very expensive I forget what I paid for mine, but price was in euro so you should be able to get them more cheaply in UK.

Marie

taplady

sammy_kaye18 wrote: »

Wish i had checked replies before i went out and brought the bloody stuff.

Tried sticking up curtain rail holders with it. One side went fine, the otehr kept fallign down - lost my rag in the end - phoned the number on the back and have complained now perfusely. Back to my extendable shower rail it is then

we found no more nails to be useless too! how they stick the man to a board in the advert I'll never know!:rolleyes:

sb44

sammy_kaye18 wrote: »

Wish i had checked replies before i went out and brought the bloody stuff.

Tried sticking up curtain rail holders with it. One side went fine, the otehr kept fallign down - lost my rag in the end - phoned the number on the back and have complained now perfusely. Back to my extendable shower rail it is then

Where did you buy it from?

If it was Tesco I would take it to customers services and say it doesn't work and ask for your money back.

sb44

Thinking about it, I bought some No More Nails stick up thingies a while ago now and they were a load of carp too.

I think I got them form Wilkinsons so didn't bother taking them back.

If it had been Tesco I would have gone back and got a refund, they normally give refunds for most things.

Valli

sb44 wrote: »

Thinking about it, I bought some No More Nails stick up thingies a while ago now and they were a load of carp too.

I think I got them form Wilkinsons so didn't bother taking them back.

If it had been Tesco I would have gone back and got a refund, they normally give refunds for most things.

Wilkinsons give refunds, too!

sammy_kaye18

Valli wrote: »

Wilkinsons give refunds, too!

Do you think they will?? Only thing is i used the whole roll tryign to keep the bloody things up!!! Although my coat rack int eh hallway has stayed up so far. But i did buy curtain rail holders form wilkos too so could return them with packaging now too seeing as the bloody stuff didnt work! and i got the 50kg stuff - surely a set of lightweight curtains and pole arent that heavy!!!

off to see if i can find reciept now

Valli

sammy_kaye18 wrote: »

Do you think they will?? Only thing is i used the whole roll tryign to keep the bloody things up!!! Although my coat rack int eh hallway has stayed up so far. But i did buy curtain rail holders form wilkos too so could return them with packaging now too seeing as the bloody stuff didnt work! and i got the 50kg stuff - surely a set of lightweight curtains and pole arent that heavy!!!

off to see if i can find reciept now

Worth a try - you tried it - it didn't work. They are a national company and have a reputation to maintain. I have taken stuff back - so do try.

And if the shop says no I would write a letter of complaint to the manufacturers - goods sold should be 'fit for the purpose' so you are entitled to a refund. There is a website - I think its called 'Consumer Direct' run by trading standards which should help if you have a complaint about goods and/or services.
Yep - I've just googled it - here it is!
http://www.consumerdirect.gov.uk/

And you don't necessarily need the receipt!

Olliebeak

sammy_kaye18 wrote: »

.......QUESTION FOR ALL - I live in a council flat which means - joy of joys - i have horrid steel beams over the windows in my flat so i can drill in the walls. Now I havent exactly got a fortune to spend but i do have a curtain pole to put up - ok i need the holders but my main problem is attaching them to the wall. .....

sammy_kaye - this 'damn nuisance of a steel beam' that you've got, have you ever tried to find out if it goes all the way to the ceiling? Or is there a possibility that it's only about 12 - 18 inches deep? Might just be worth checking. Plus, sometimes these lintels only extend a few inches past the window aperture - what about a longer curtain pole that is anchored either side of the lintel if that's the case?

What do your neighbours do? - surely somebody else in your block must have the same problem.

Sarahsaver

BARGAINHUNTER! wrote: »

I think its called a 'batton'

I think it's a batten, unless you mean a baton as in baton twirling;)

Just been an article on r4 about people hawking the price reduction staff in supermarkets. The programme is called I PM if anyone is interested.

sb44

sammy_kaye18 wrote: »

Do you think they will?? Only thing is i used the whole roll tryign to keep the bloody things up!!! Although my coat rack int eh hallway has stayed up so far. But i did buy curtain rail holders form wilkos too so could return them with packaging now too seeing as the bloody stuff didnt work! and i got the 50kg stuff - surely a set of lightweight curtains and pole arent that heavy!!!

off to see if i can find reciept now

I would try.

Tell them they are not doing as they claim and you can't afford to pay for something that doesn't work.

I am sure they are about £4 if not more which is a lot to throw away if they aren't doing what it says they should.