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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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Appliances Direct - When It Gets It Wrong, It Blames You, The Customer
Appliance Direct – My Worst Nightmare Realised Appliances Direct failed to fulfil my original delivery. On its second attempt to
fulfil the original delivery it duplicated items. It has failed twice to collect the duplicate items - despite
me agreeing dates and timeslots. It has been a shambles from the start with numerous…
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Tv licence has gone up!
My tv licence has gone up to £15. This is around 8% by my maths.
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Price Increase Vent
Hi Everyone, I just need a good vent and thought someone here may sympathise! Spotted a great deal on some 'ex display' garden furniture on a website I'd never heard of. They were also offering a free parasol with all orders until 16th May. Not wanting to throw £399 down the drain, I looked at some reviews and they were…
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Warning!!! Re: Screwfix Free Stanley Toolkit offer (Scam email)
I received an email with the heading showing Screwfix Free Stanley tookit, being curious because I have received free items from Screwfix if I have not used them for a while in the past. I went through a mini (very basic) survey and then it says £2 postage applies. I wonder how many people read the smallprint at the bottom…
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EDF Fiddle
Be careful everybody, check your bills.I was encouraged by EDF to swap Tarrifs early to stay with them and they would not enforce the early exit sees.My bill arrived plus £300 fees dispite the fact that they are keeping me on the old tarrif until the end of the month which completes the existing contract anyway.
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Giving away stuff for free - timewasters !!!!!
Had 5 very large (3ft x 2ft) patio slabs to give away last weekend. Thought if someone else wanted them and it'd save me paying someone to take them. I'm sure some people see FREE and want whatever it is....... I put in the advert in big letters - THESE ARE VERY HEAVY. YOU WILL NEED TO PICK THEM AND LOAD THEM YOURSELF…
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Go Outdoors scam site
This fake Go Outdoors site is on social media offering Go Outdoors products at silly prices
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Scam Inheritance letter from Hong Kong
Hi folks, Like most people I have got many Scam telephone calls in the past, but was a bit unnerved and surprised today to actually receive an inheritance Scam letter from Hong Kong, the usual kind of scam where a relative with the same surname has died leaving nine million. Obviously its going straight into the bin, but…
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PayPal Authorised Transaction Fraud
Hi, this is a bit long-winded but the crux of it is... Beware of PayPal. They appear to be unfit for purpose and offer zero protection against fraud. Having disputed 2 very odd, high value transactions (identical £336.14 payments only 4 mins apart) from Gamer2Gamer (a site I don't have an acc with) PayPal have shown…
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Barclays Bank - Fraud Team. Thank you!
We were
victims of a scam. It was related to the
renovation of a property. I was completely
taken in by the continual excuses the scammer made. I gave an ultimatum which the scammer
ignored. I then called my bank – hoping it might be able to recover funds but
also to highlight this scammer to them. I held little hope that…
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Who is higher in the medical field.
Hi, I feel really dim asking this (accept it is definitely a school day for me) and appreciate my ask could be closed as medical so trying without giving the back story but I had noted a shift in GP’s saying we’re primary care and hospitals are the NHS. If a GP puts you on an urgent pathway to be seen can the hospital…
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asda no open tills
Just went shopping at asda but when I tried to find an open check out lane, all were closed, was just after 8.30pm so no where near closing time. Asked if they could open a till as I had a very full trolley full of food but just got a grunt and told to use the self scan area So just left shop discarding shopping. Probably…
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Dynamic pricing for online service? (Broadband)
Hi, Recently I've found out that Virgin Media has dynamic pricing for their broadband service (not sure for other services) based on your post code.So for example, if you live in London you'll be paying more for your broadband than the people who live outside London. I'm not sure if this is only Virgin Media doing or…
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Easylife rewards club - preying on the vulnerable
My 87 year old mother was recently signed up by Easylife to their rewards club which she did not want. She had previously bought items from them. Gets a phone call from a very persistent salesman, tells him repeatedly that the rewards club is of no interest to her but he would not take no for an answer and unfortunately…
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Evri or urban outfitters taking no responsibility
My daughter ordered £260 worth of clothing from Urban Outfitters intending to try them on and send unwanted items back . The package arrived - photographed at the door - with only 3 of the 9 items - the other items were missing - the missing items totalling over £200! On contacting urban outfitters they inform her there is…
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Praise First Direct
Had to ring First Direct today for the first time since pre-COVID. Having always been super impressed in the past by always getting through to a real human being straight away, I presumed that they would likely have gone down the automated answering service and being on hold like all other banks and utilities these days.…
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Do you want your receipt at the till warning!
Ever since the pandemic i now get asked if i want my receipt or not at the till in some cases i am not even offered it at all, pre pandemic a receipt was naturally just given to me in all stores. Unfortunately i found an item from a frozen food store was rotten inside and i tried to return it but of course i was never…
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AA Parts & Garage cover - at the end of my tether
I do hope this forum might help. I'll try and bullet point the issue: * I have held Parts & Garage cover for 4 years with the AA for 2 vehicles * Last year I sold the van that was covered and bought a newer one * Once I had sold the old one I tried to change the details on the AA breakdown app but it told me I had to call…
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QR codes - plague or benefit
Thanks to the Pandemic and increasing age we have not got out a lot but notice the ubiquity of QR codes. Very well if you have a smartphone which is equipped with a safe reader and you have access to the internet. On our recent travels we noticed menus in hotels and onboard cruise ships seem to have been replaced by little…
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Studio.co.uk
Does anybody have a telephone number to contact them on? My wife has been going round in circles with their systems, trying to sort out the non delivery of an order. If she uses the email option all she receives is very obviously automatically generated replies. The 'chat' facility is also 'staffed' by bots and if you…