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GRRRRR - how irresponsible is this???

A few days ago a catalogue came but didn't really look at it until tonight - ok I admit it, I had a cleaning fit! - and couldn't work out why I'd been sent it as I've closed all my catalogue accounts and certainly haven't applied for one.

Anyone it turns out that becuase I have/had a LX account and I was quote - a good customer - they have sent me a Great Universal catalogue now that they are owned by the same people!

I have complained and mentioned that I thought that this was irresponisble of them but I doubt that will stop them doing it again.
2014 Target;
To overpay CC by £1,000.
Overpayment to date : £310

2nd Purse Challenge:
£15.88 saved to date

Comments

  • earwig
    earwig Posts: 1,097 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    they hope you will order somthing they send them on the off chance if they send out ten book to ex custmers and just two order out of them it worth them doing it just chuck it in the bin its a waste of their money then not yours
    i cant slow down i wont be waiting for you i cant stop now because im dancing
  • GreyPilgrim
    GreyPilgrim Posts: 1,636 Forumite
    They're a business, and a money grabbing, moral-free, ethic-free one at that. Don't ever fall into the trap of expecting them to ever put decent behaviour in the way of profit. I lump them firmly in with the same idiots who decided it was a good idea to open a fruit machine centre in our local shopping arcade (I live in a very run down, high unemployement area), and to the cretins who advertise exhorbitant loans rates on TV with friendly celebrity faces to soften the reality of it. No names mentioned of course.























    Vorderman
  • lynzpower
    lynzpower Posts: 25,311 Forumite
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    I called up to buy the ever unending saga of the garden furnitre. With the 20 quid discount & the free delivery & the fact it was on sale anyway, made a wood 4 chair & table & parasol set £60.Not bad. So I called to order it with the money in my account ready to swtich, they said they couldnt take the payment until they send me an invoice and by the way Ive got a grand credit limit. Irresponsible aint the word.
    :beer: Well aint funny how its the little things in life that mean the most? Not where you live, the car you drive or the price tag on your clothes.
    Theres no dollar sign on piece of mind
    This Ive come to know...
    So if you agree have a drink with me, raise your glasses for a toast :beer:
  • LookingAhead
    LookingAhead Posts: 4,633 Forumite
    How about vulchers..?
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    Sainsburys Loan: Cleared July 2010
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  • grex9101
    grex9101 Posts: 1,534 Forumite
    How about vulchers..?

    vultures are even worse!
    The word is BOUGHT, not BROUGHT.
    It's LOSE, NOT LOOSE.
    You ask for ADVICE not ADVISE.
  • BobProperty
    BobProperty Posts: 3,245 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    How about vulchers..?
    grex9101 wrote:
    vultures are even worse!

    VULCHERS - small, often paper, tokens purporting to offer a discount or similar benefit to a purchasor of a specific product, or range of products, or purchase through a specific supplier. Tend to collect together in Wakes and prey on people in debt.
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    It's a recession when your neighbour loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours.
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