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Praise, Vent & Warnings sticky
Please keep in mind the MSE Forum rules, notably that: * We cannot accept active calls to boycott organisations. * If a post is reported to the Forum Team as being defamatory, we’ll follow a legal process set out in Section 5 of the Defamation Act 2013. 📢 Here are some threads from this board which you might useful: *…
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John Lewis promo codes taking off less than advertised (vent)
Not sure if anyone else has noticed this or if I’m just unlucky, but twice now a My John Lewis discount code has taken off less than advertised (eg “Save £19 off this item with the code SAVE19blahblah, apply code at checkout”. I’m always signed in and have read the ts & cs, apply the promo code directly, and £17 is taken…
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DVLA paper forms - seriously what is going on there (RANT)
Just had the misfortune to need a service from the DVLA - put a registration on retention between cars. Attempted to do it online and it reports I cannot. Here’s where it gets absolutely ridiculous and kafkaesque - I should download form V317, complete it in pen, send it and the V5C to them alongside a cheque or postal…
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SCAM! Stay Safe Book for schools
Just had a call to my business phone from a woman called Sam, claiming that she spoke to me in October about a books for schools campaign that has now closed and asked which school I would like to choose for the books to go to. I assume that she would then ask for money or something, but I hung up and clocked the number.…
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Cook Skillz debit card scam
A few days ago, I saw a payment for Cook Skillz on my debit card. I thought it was a food truck where I bought lunch and forgot about it. Then it got worse. One day I woke up to dozens of fraudulent payment notifications on my phone. My bank blocked most of the payments, but some went through. I immediately froze my card…
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Sports Direct Customer Services Gone Missing
Hi, I've been Sorts Direct Customer for a couple of years and sometimes I need to return goods, I don't have a printer and cant use QR codes so I have previously completed the online returns form then contacted Customer Services who have arranged a collection and deducted the fee from my refund, this has worked fine until…
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Is it going to rain everyday in the UK forever now?
I feel like it's never going to stop raining now, feels like it's going to rain every single day for the rest of time? Thing I don't understand is most countries when it rains it rains heavy but it's over pretty quickly. In our country it rains every so slightly but drags on for a week. Then by the time that cloud has…
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Hospital waiting lists information - England
I've been looking online about hospitals in England and waiting times. I've looked at this siite, link below, it states they lists/info is updated "every week." https://www.myplannedcare.nhs.uk/ However, I and my other half both have a couple of appointments at our local hospitals, non-urgent route and we got letters…
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Self Employed: "Making Tax Digital"? But I already submit tax returns online (i.e. digitally)
I'm in my early 60s (OK, nearer mid 60s, cough) but still work part-time on online/tech stuff from home. I've been using the online (thus digital) Tax Return submission system for ages, which is pretty easy as I only really need to work out 4 numbers once a year: Income (totalled from 24 payment receipts a year), expenses…
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Ur.co.uk
I stupidly send them my phone after reading a few good reviews about this website. They offered decent quote to buy my phone, I even avoided the higher quotes with bad reviews. Anyway short story is they ghosted me since I send my phone in, their phone line just rings out with no answer. Emailed them with no reply. I just…
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RAC loyalty abused
Last year I inadvertantly left my RAC breakdown cover on auto renew and only discovered this when I noticed a huge £192 debit on my bank statement. This figure had gone up by over 80% in two years despite me having been a member for over 30 years. Having cancelled auto renew I was again aghast when this year’s renewal…
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Moonpig & Red Letter Days, Awful
Okay so I was gifted a £150 voucher for a one night stay with dinner for two for my birthday. I followed the link on the voucher to the Red Letter Days website and entered my voucher no. & PIN plus email and managed to get onto the RLD site, so far so good. So now I had a choice either continue with the above or chose a…
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Trustpilot
Been following Trustpilots rise for what feels like a decade not sure if they've been around even that long, have heard them interviewed on BBC consumer programmes a couple of times of the years(You & Your) & maybe 5 live aswell, was good to hear of them and they seemed to work really hard to be accounting for themselves &…
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Lost ! or stolen ? Parcels Royal Mail/Parcel Force
I have recently "lost" another parcel with Royal Mail both were 48 hour tracked parcels and both have 2 address labels on, both also had return address labels one on each side of the most recent parcel, when contacting Royal Mail customer service I was advised the parcel was lost and that I should make a claim, my concern…
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"Complete savings"...scam??
I recently went online to book some airport parking. Somehow, during the process I managed to "sign up" to Completesavings??? Not sure how this happened, as at no time was I advised of an ongoing monthly fee. Luckily I got a message from my bank telling me I had signed up for this. I managed to log in to my "account" and…
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Hammonds Furniture
‘Having completed the fitting of bedroom furniture by a very competent installer, I discovered the headboard finish was not as expected. The headboard consists of 6 soft panels attached to a chipboard panel, which attaches to the wall via two brackets. Unfortunately, when viewed from the side the chipboard edge is clearly…
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Onestream Assured/Priority tech scheme
Hi Moneysavers! I just wanted to share my experience with Onestream today. I renewed a few months ago and had bills of odd amounts, took a good look through them and found that they had charged me for their 'Onestream Assured' scheme (£4.95/month) despite it being a two month free trial, and then they had added it back…
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Trust Pilot - can they be trusted?
There is a famous Latin quote: "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" - which translates as "Who is guarding the guards themselves?"Or to put in this particular context - who is reviewing the reviewers?Most of the posts in this forum about TrustPilot seem to raise questions about whether TrustPilot is pressured or influenced by…
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Backmarket warning: only if you can be without your phone for 10-14 days
Hi folks. A quick warning for anyone considering buying a phone through BackMarket. I am self-employed; I rely on my phone for my business. For sustainability reasons I bought a phone through BackMarket in May last year (order no52040065) It now has a fault and the only option BackMarket is offering me is to post my phone…
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Rant EE
EE Customer Service was non-existent, rude and incapable of resolving my problem today. I see they have almost doubled any broadband bill and it includes range extenders. As I have problems with the internet connection at the back of my house, I phoned to request a range extender. 4 transfers of the call, repeating the…
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EE Customer service
EE Customer Service was non-existent, rude and incapable of resolving my problem today. I see they have almost doubled any broadband bill and it includes range extenders. As I have problems with the internet connection at the back of my house, I phoned to request a range extender. 4 transfers of the call, repeating the…
