What a con!

Stonk

I recently paid a visit to this "Praise, Vent & Warnings" forum.

I have to say I feel decidedly short-changed.

Most of the material in the forum tells of negative experiences entirely of the author's own making. Correspondents seem to be perpetually incapable of reading Terms & Conditions; or feeling absolutely compelled to buy something that a reasonable person would have a choice about; or expecting their £5 watch from China to be genuine. I could go on.

On the rare occasions when an author has been on the receiving end of poor treatment, they typically make a thoroughly unrealistic demand of the population, such as not to use one of the country's largest and most successful companies, as if one minor fault by the company somehow outweighs millions of perfectly contented customers. Either that, or they receive an appropriate apology and/or compensation and then still have a whining rant anyway.

Furthermore, since the content of the forum is overwhelmingly negative, I feel that the word "praise" has undue prominence in the forum name. I suggest renaming it to "Vent, Warnings & Praise".

olias

I would like to praise my vent in my bathroom, it clears the steam a treat after my shower.

Let that be a warning to you....

Olias

Esqui

If you think it needs more praise, why not start threads about the good experiences you've had?

Stonk

Esqui wrote: »

If you think it needs more praise, why not start threads about the good experiences you've had?

I recently had a positive experience during a visit to the "Savings & Investments" forum. I found it to be accurately described, populated by intelligent people, and also friendly and constructive. I recommend a visit.

BFG_2

Stonk

Sorry you're disappointed with the "Praise, Vent & Warnings" forum.

We want to ensure that all our valued and loved customers have a fantastic experience here on the "Praise, Vent & Warnings" forum.

Please call us on 0900 87575757 - where we will happily keep you on hold whilst charging you £1.50 a minute.

Alternativelty email us at [EMAIL="likewegiveash17aboutyou@mse.com"]likewegiveash17aboutyou@mse.com[/EMAIL]

Or visit the FAQ U page on our sister webite - www.wedontcarecozwehaveyourmoneyalready.co.uk

One final word - didn't you read the T&Cs on the "Praise, Vent & Warnings" forum - it says if you're not happy you should shrivel up into a little ball and bu66er off; as you haven't complied with these T&C's you can go take a running jump.

Many thanks for your [useless] feedback, we will take no notice whatsoever of it.

Customer Services Team.

juby_2002

BFG wrote: »

Stonk

Sorry you're disappointed with the "Praise, Vent & Warnings" forum.

We want to ensure that all our valued and loved customers have a fantastic experience here on the "Praise, Vent & Warnings" forum.

Please call us on 0900 87575757 - where we will happily keep you on hold whilst charging you £1.50 a minute.

Alternativelty email us at [EMAIL="likewegiveash17aboutyou@mse.com"]likewegiveash17aboutyou@mse.com[/EMAIL]

Or visit the FAQ U page on our sister webite - www.wedontcarecozwehaveyourmoneyalready.co.uk

One final word - didn't you read the T&Cs on the "Praise, Vent & Warnings" forum - it says if you're not happy you should shrivel up into a little ball and bu66er off; as you haven't complied with these T&C's you can go take a running jump.

Many thanks for your [useless] feedback, we will take no notice whatsoever of it.

Customer Services Team.

brilliant, lol.:rotfl:

mrcol1000

I think the point that is being made is that people are mostly moaning about stuff that isn't really worth taking the time to post about and wasting their lives worrying about (Morrisions running out of tomato sauce) or stupid stuff they have done which they don't want to admit is there fault so look for a scapegoat. Personally this is the only reason I come on this board. It makes me feel better about my life.

dacouch

A vent about there being to many vents...

Jaffa.

dacouch wrote: »

A vent about there being to many vents...

Ironic, eh?

Nilrem

Personally I'd like to vent about 100mm cooker vents where the connecting hose is just over 100mm in diameter, so that a 100mm hole cutter doesn't cut a big enough hole

Slightly more seriously I can almost see where the op is coming from when people are complaining about things that were well marked as having terms and conditions (the Amazon Prime thing is an example of a long running thread where a number of people never bothered to look past the word "free", to read the rest of the line when ordering;)).

However a vent forum is sort of expected to have people blowing off steam over things.

wannabe_sybil

It does rather keep the Victor Meldrews in one place, and allows perhaps a little more space on other parts of the board.

Also if you have had a dreadful experience you need to be able to let off a little steam and perhaps get a little help (as well as being told how silly you are and that it is all your own fault!:rolleyes:)

And I have had some really good experiences with Sainsburys