New Thrifty Gifty - Organised for Christmas and all ocassions 2010- Santas Challenges

mcjordi

Used the £15 off on the littlewoods site and managed to grab a childs cleaning trolley thingy for £1 delivered if the code is honoured as theres talk on the grabbit board of them sometimes not.. if not ive paid £16 which isnt the end of the world

fedupandskint

I looked at this thread and opened up the link and it came up as spam on hotdeals so left it alone - wasn't sure if it would be honoured - hope yours is

mcjordi

fedupandskint wrote: »

I looked at this thread and opened up the link and it came up as spam on hotdeals so left it alone - wasn't sure if it would be honoured - hope yours is

yeah i used the code then clicked the links and checked other threads.. threats of littlewoods taking you to court/debt collectors etc..

now im embarrassed:o

worse case is ive paid full price..:(

mum2one

fedupandskint wrote: »

Is this ok to do? I received 2 free red cross cards which have a beautiful red rose design on the front. Is it wrong to use this as the ruby anniversary card. The rose is a favourite flower of ours, they are red for the ruby. The only down point is the card is tall and slim so can't really alter it with decoration and if my mum received one free too what would she say to receiving this for the anniversary. It's a lovely card, nicer than many anniversary ones I've seen

What to do?

The card sounds absolutely lovely, def use it, red for ruby, like roses. The other thing is you can personalise the inside with your own message,

In Morrisons, end of aisle, they had Disney music cards, buy one get 2 free..... all the pop stars, there was Hannah Montana - thinking of Miss Hoodie off Bailey - £3.99 - ok the offer was good, but was sods law, no other 8 yrs her 2 best friends 8 in Oct....... but to think someone would pay that for a card. xx

mary-op

Hello all :j

fedup -you could always stick the card onto another larger one, add some ribbon or a little bow or flower and it'll soon look a lot different I'm sure

I've spent most of the day clearing out the drawers in my other desk.........couldn't believe I'd got so many pens that didn't work :eek: Least I've got some left that do.
Top of the desk needs a good sort out now........I've a habit of buying those little sets of drawers and whats in them I've no idea.............can't think its anything important and maybe I could pass them on among my christmas stuff to someone who will have the space and needs them more than I do.:)

fedupandskint

Sharp intake of breath from me today - reading the weekend magazine and there it was - an advert for Dr Ortker Whoopie Pie Christmas Puddings

Mr S have Family Circle boxes of biscuits for £2.99 and tins of the usual roses etc for £5 - daren't buy them as I'm sure I'll eat them

Now that was a surprise after visiting Boots today for the 342 No17 mascaras and bonus 600pts for £12 spend for 3 mascaras at £5.99 each, anyway back to the story. They were starting to put out a few gift sets for the 342 offers and lots of shelves were empty.

Christmas is definately on its way!

fedupandskint

Forgot to mention, thanks for all the tips for the card. I am going to use it and see if I have any suitable crafty bits to make it a little bigger

Mums DVD arrived today and is in the present pile, another one ticked off.

Just need to update my lists again to see whats left to do over the next few mths

Also just deciding whether to buy the le crueset stoneware set on offer in Argos for mums kitchen hamper or reign it in a bit (£15.99 - a good price less than 1/2 price)

susan42

I havent been out today or yesterday, waiting in for sky to phone which they didnt.

Long story , which shortened is:-

They cut my broadband off thursday night.
I phoned asked why, after numerous checks they said its on, i said it isnt, after the usual 5 people 4 and half hours on phone. They told me they were going home, phone today. 1-2pm, they didnt i phoned them 6 people later (57 mins) They know they cut me off but i`m still paying, they have to cancel broadband on paper, and restart it:eek:
Why?
"Dont know"
how long it going to take?
"could be 1 week, one month, a year, maybe 2" And when i receive email telling me it cancelled, they can then put it back on which is another 14 days"
ME: so it could be 3 year 14 days
Sky : yes
Me : HUH?? So when will it be connected again
Sky : Dont know, i could give you a date but i`d be lying!!
Me: Can I speak to a manager?
Sky: We havent got any....but i could send an email and get someone to contact you in 72hrs....

So ladies and gent , Is this normal to treat someone like this? I have phoned them twice since but am getting no where. My last phone call i asked could i cancel the broadband and they said I`m not with them.....even though they agree i`m paying them.

HELP........:mad: Has anyone got any advice for me, i`m pulling my hair out here, . And who knows when my broadband will be back on

dramarama

Tell them you don't want an email, ask for an adress for the company director/ head of customer services and an address for you to write to with an official complaint. Ask them to call you back or credit your payment for phone calls you've made re: this matter.

I don't see why you should be paying for a service if you're not recieving it- seems like stealing on their part!

Make sure you take down; times, dates and names of people you call if you need to refer to them. At the moment I don't think you could take it to any official agencies but they must have a proper route for complaints...not on is it?!
You haven't gone over your monthly limit?

To register your complaint by post, please write to:

Customer Relations Dept.
Sky Subscriber Services Ltd.
PO Box 43,
Livingston,
West Lothian,
EH54 7DD


From their site: Sky Broadband: You must subscribe to your chosen Broadband product for 12 months. Monthly subscription providing you remain a Sky TV and Sky Talk subscriber: Everyday Lite £0; Unlimited £7.50 (otherwise £5 or £12.50 with Sky TV). Connect at £17 pm is available to customers outside our network area. Monthly usage caps: Everyday Lite - 2GB; Connect - 40GB & subject to Traffic Management Policy. Maximum upload speed: Everyday Lite and Unlimited -1.3Mb; Connect - 448Kb. Speed you get depends on factors including distance from the exchange and line quality. See sky.com for more details and our Usage Policies. Wireless coverage depends on variable factors within the home. MAC users receive 12 months free McAfee VirusScan worth £19.99. McAfee Security Free Trial: Everyday Lite - 3 months, Unlimited - 12 months, Connect - 3 months, then £3 per month unless you let us know you no longer wish to subscribe.

susan42

Thanks for that dramarama

No i not gone over, its a technical hitch i was informed at one point, i have unlimited anyhow.

I have spoken to 13 people for a grand total of 5.5 hours now. I have the dates, times the names of the people ,

Althought the last one told me they got 17000 employees and you got no chance of anything happening to them, great customer relations that