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Passport office - argh !
Just had my passport photo returned by passport office as they don't like it ! Note 15) Taken so eyes are clearly visible, open, looking at camera, hair not hiding or partly hiding eyes They are, they are, they are, it isn't, it isn't :mad: :mad: :mad: The photo is as good and clear as one of the examples on the guidance…
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Avoid Sky!!
I have been a member for a while but not posted for a long time. I just want to vent. I just wanted to catalogue the errors that have occurred installing Sky digital plus. Sky digital plus installation was arranged for Tue 29 November. Engineer rang at 9.30 to say he been sent to Liverpool would come later if it was not…
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Post office gripes
Well aware of the last posting dates for Xmas mail, I went to our local post office on Friday afternoon with my parcels, only to find it closed 50 minutes before the ususal time. No notice about the early closure and the people in the shop (same premises) said they couldn't help and didn't know it was even closed. After…
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Pc World Says Error On Website Free Gift With Purchase
I ordered a tomtom one on 7th dec from pc world online. On the 8th dec it was showing on the pc world site that for one day only they were giving a free 128mb card with it. I rang them saying I'd only purchased the day before and I wanted to cancel to see if they would honour it. The guy said he would and put it through to…
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ChoicesDirect
What a waste of space this company is!! Ordered a DVD for my brothers Xmas pressie (on the 12th Dec so there was plenty of time to get it for Xmas Day) and a couple for myself. All of them were listed as in stock. Well what a surprise, the two I have ordered for me are still processing 5 days later and the one for my…
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Amazon T&Cs
ordered a Wireless router via amazon.co.uk on Sat http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00080K42Q/026-5208305-5479625?%5Fencoding=UTF8 £49.99 - router £19.99 - USB adaptor (claim for free) £29.99 - content filter (claim for free) claimed my free USB Adaptor and Content Filter (since no T&Cs saying that you can not…
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Game.nets Deal of the Day
Watch out! On the home page of https://www.game.net it lists the RRP of the product and the potential saving. When you click on the product, to check out details and add to checkout etc, often the RRP suddendly becomes cheaper and the saving is reduced. I emailed GAME 2 weeks ago about this after they did it 3 nights…
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Anyone know anything about Home Learning Direct? (or Learning Library)
Hi, Home Learning Direct signed up a young girl, on benefits, for a correspondence course on tourism. Cost is over £900 with 22 monthly payments by Direct Debit of £43. It was done about a month ago so too late for the cooling off period I think. The agreement for the course is on paper headed with "Stow College" (a…
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Debenhams Gift Cards - Cautionary Note
I bought a Debenhams Gift Card (similar to a debit card) for my Son in Law. He presented it [at Debenhams Birmingham] in part payment for a pair of boots only to be told that the card was not recognised on their system. I got the call from a worried daughter when in Scotland - Much embarassment but I promised to give him…
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Soundsmusical.com - not to me they don't!!
Avoid these people like the plague! Placed an order for a keyboard at the beginning of December which was in stock and on a 1-2 day delivery. Phoned twice last week to check progress as panic was setting in (and website was now showing no stock) and was told that my order would be sent out by Friday 16th and not to worry.…
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The Entertainer
No only great prices but ordered 4 items at Tuesday Lunchtime and they were with me by Wednesday morning. I was shocked they arrived so quickly. But well worth going for and well done to the Entertainer when everyone else is taking ages to ship! :xmassign:
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Widescreen TV from comet
Samsung 28" WS28M066VW WIDEWSCREEN TV Bought on the 29/10/05 Breaks down... 05/12/05...........NO picture,NO sound Engineer arrives... 07/12/05........5min look and says it needs repairing Comet can't collect TV and take it to workshop till.... 16/12/05 16th is a friday which means they're not going to take alook at it…
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Waste of time loan application
Just wanted to vent about my current situation and see if anyone can help ! Having a HUGE amount of debt, I finally faced facts, read the guides on the web site here and set about trying to reduce my loan/credit card repayments. (I'm currently in the unpleasant position where debt repayment is my biggest outgoing, which is…
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BEWARE QVC postage charges!
Just received my order from QVC - Molton brown for Christmas gifts at a very good price - when I ordered online, option to order 2 and receive free postage was given, so guess what? - I ordered 2! confirmation email shows 2 at 37.38, 0.00 postage & packaging and a total of 83.68 - assumed this was processed and postage…
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Pizza Hut - misleading advert?
Has anyone else watched the Pizza Hut advert for the £9.99 pizza which is shared between a family? Four slices for one person, three slices for another......then the final scene shows the family sat around a table and each person has a drink.............all for £9.99 says the advert. Who paid for the drinks then?:confused:
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Allbrandsnew
I have purchased a new car online from Allbrandsnew in Hull ( https://www.allbrandsnew.co.uk) and felt the need to comment on the brilliant experience. Firstly a saving of £3000 was worth having, my local Ford dealer could not manage to take £1500 off list price "as they have to make a profit". From ordering to being ready…
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ScreenSelect I love you!!!
Really dead impressed. I signed up a month and a bit ago through a link that gave me a free DVD with them (I got Shaun of the Dead) and a month's free trial. Kept telling myself to remember to cancel before I had to pay but forgot. Doh! Manwhile my free DVD never arrived. I emailed to chase it and they sent it out, got it…
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Jessops Price Matching
Not sure if this should go here so feel free to move where necessary We were really impressed today, we wanted the Canon Powershot S2 which was £340 on Amazon and £440 in Jessops. As we prefer (from bad experiences!) to buy more expensive items from a shop we thought we would test Jessops Price Match policy- they were more…
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Peoples car showroom Livingston ripped off.
I bought a used 53plate car from them paid deposit signed agreement,I got a phone from them on the day we were supposed to get car,car had been damaged and they were now sending it to their bodyshop for repair,we rang Consumer Direct who advised us that the contract was void as it been had damaged,after we signed…
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Helplines closed during 'opening hours'!
Why oh why do companies bother to have recorded messages saying "Our phone lines are open between 8am and 8pm...blah blah" and when you try to ring them up at 7.20pm, they are closed. "Please ring back during our opening hours" I AM DOING!! This has happened to me before too, but tonight, in the mood to clear out the…