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There Is Someone Home At DVLA
Posted my paper to photo driving licence renewal on 25th March with proofs of ID, which would need a real person to look at, and licence arrived in the post this morning with validity dates of 5th April. 2 week turnround with a bank holiday in the middle, pretty happy with that.
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onlinecarparts.co.uk using Evri for scam?
I foolishly ordered some expensive (£460) car parts from onlinecarparts.co.uk (actually a German company AKA AUTODOC AG) on 20 March. AUTODOC charged my card (unfortunately not a credit card) on 26 March, and soon after showed the parts as 'delivered' on their website with a tracking number I tracked down to Evri. The Evri…
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Feeling ripped off by Amazon
Evening. I'm feeling rather ripped off by Amazon and, after a long time trying to work out what went wrong, I appreciate it might have been avoidable and hope to prevent others from making the same mistake. My young son is in hospital and I decided to buy him a Lego crane that he's had his eye on. Amazon's price was £45,…
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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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Amazon Prime Forced on me!
It seems if I want to buy on Amazon I now get forced to take prime for a free trial. No way! I have gone over to Ebay to buy stuff. Wary now of buying books for my Fire in case they slip it in there. Anyone have issues with this forced offer?
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Who should remove the rubbish from behind my fence
Behind my back fence there's a piece of land that's been covered in brambles for years and people keep throwing their rubbish there and it's causing rats but the council / housing association never cleans it up so I've decided to clean it up but who should remove the rubbish.
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Unethical pricing @waitrose.com
How much are the eggs on display? Clue - not £11. Answer please on a postcard.
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They took 42.70
Wonderd if someone could help they took £42.70 out my account I only agreed to pay 3 not point did it say about a subscription how did people get they money back?
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beware asics shoe discount store
I followed the links from this site to the basics discount shoe store. They had an Easter offer where 2 pairs of trainers received an additional 20% discount. I took advantage of this, getting free postage, and entered my card details after checking the payment total. Only after the payment had gone through and I received…
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Leaky Tassimo
We have a Tassimo machine which are rather like but recently the edge has gone off it. It has always worked fine but some point last year we had some hot chocolate pods that spilled hot chocolate everywhere. That was annoying, but once we identified it was only the hot chocolate and then that batch of pods was used up,…
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Newcastle City Hall charges
This morning I wanted to buy a ticket for a show at City Hall in May this year. On selecting the seat the price is shown as £52.70. At checkout the price has increased and is now £55.45. The calculations show a difference in the actual ticket price and then three additional charges. I didn't buy the ticket. What the £6.10…
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I want to save the NHS some money
Following a diagnosis and an initial scan my GP has referred me to two adjacent trusts which have good reputations for Endocrinology and Neurology. Treatment is good with both as is the prognosis. There is quite an overlap but they won't talk to each other. I appreciate that both consultants are specialists. I have Brain…
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Spot the error(s)
Just saw an advert and wondered who owned them… then seen this in in “about https://www.freemans.com/web/main/help.asp?qid=269 1905 Freemans & Co. starts life in a terraced house in the London suburb of Clapham. Its founders are A.C. and S.C. Rampton, W.E. Jones and H.A. Freeman. It employs just 12 staff, and a 'Celebrated…
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S33 Environment Enforcement letter sent with 1 day to reply
Hi Savers! Some helpful advice/insight/ legal reassurance is needed. Feel free to delete post if not appropriate. (Also I wasn't sure what category to put it in so apologies). LONG STORY SHORT- I got sent a Section 33 letter from my local council/ environmental enforcement yesterday. Firstly, they attached evidence, and…
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Passport counter signatory rejected
Hi, I have countersigned passport applications a few times. This time I did it online and it was rejected. I have no idea why and now feel concerned why this might have happened. I phoned the passport office and they declined to give any reason. Do you know how I can find out? Thx
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Gambling Ads
Hi I am a recovering gambler to some extent, I am not over the top gambler, but I have spent a lot of money on gambling sites, wastefully, I have always managed to pay bills on time however I have almost left myself in a tight spot, I know there are worse scenarios then mine. However I am venting because I use MSN and I…
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Topcashback
should rename to notcashback, yes i know they say its not guaranteed. Non payment is becoming an issue that they need to address. I used TCB for years and always got paid, then a few years ago two didn't payout so i gave up using them. (the reason given was retailer said some other channel claimed it). The carrot of £160…
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Topcashback
Bought my car insurance through Topcashback and was due £40. I never received the money due so claimed from them within a few days of due date. I was informed that they would have to wait 6 months to challenge the lack of payment with the retailer. After 6 months I contacted them and they now inform me that it can be 12-16…
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In my day... motivation to work
I've been finding more and more lately that 'good service' and acting in the interest of the customer seems to be a lost art and I've also spent some time with my sister who has terrible spending habits, no money and is constantly digging herself into more and more debt and just hiding under the covers and hoping it'll go…
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Aldi Hedge Trimmer
2yrs ago I bought an Aldi Cordless hedge trimmer for if I remember correctly £35. It came with a 3yr warranty. It broke down at the back end of last year, I wasn't going to bother to claim for it, however I did this year, prior to the warranty expiring. I contacted the company that deals with Aldi warranties in Germany,…