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Help with Amazon Fire 6 please
Hi. Hope someone can help please. My son has an Amazon kindle fire 6 and this morning something happened to it and we cannot get past a log in screen. It is asking him to verify his account. His name is listed there and its asking for a password. Tried all the usual ones for other things, nothing worked. Tried inputting a…
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Freesat box recording problems.
Hi Guys, I'm not sure if this has been covered before. I'm having problems with my Freesat box recordings. It seems to be mainly BBC programs but did do it once on CH4. For example, I set the box up to record "Put your money where your mouth is" & it regularly only records the last 10mins. On the 6th I recorded the final…
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Watch out for Lucas Credit Services!
I have been paying a debt back through "dlc" for a couple of years now(monthly DD) & yesterday I received a letter from Lucas Credit Services about the same debt basically saying debt still outstanding/no payments made & pay within 30 days or threat,threat,threat! The debt is for car finance with Welcome which is now…
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Bank changing date of Standing Order
I have a SO going out to my Landlord on a weekly basis(Mondays). This has been running for the past 5 years. This week the money left the account as usual on Mon 3rd March. Then for some strange reason the Bank took it again on Friday 6th, with the next payment due Friday 13th. I'm hoping to get to my local branch on…
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New name for Mackenzie Hall
A lot of you are aware of Mackenzie Hall debt collection company & the way they do things. Just to let everybody know they are now sending out letters under a new company name "PRA Group"
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Shout credit card
My hubby has a Shout card(originally Rise) and we are getting calls from there foreign call centre 2 or 3 times a day including Sat & Sun, Good Friday & Easter Monday :mad: He has tried speaking to them to stop the calls,but they don't seem to understand. Is anbody else having this problem and what can we do to stop it.…
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Paypal pay after delivery
Is PP pay after delivery still in operation? As everything I buy through ebay now say's PAD not avaliable. even sellers I've used before that it worked on. I've checked on PP site and it's set up for PAD. I do not have any PAD transactions pending so can't be limit based. Any help would be great. Thank you
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Goodmans Freesat box problem
I have a Goodmans GFSAT101SD. We had a power cut yesterday and when the power came back on the green light on the box came on,but no sound or vision, can not turn it off now either using remote or power button on box. Is it fixable or a Bin job & start again??? Thanks
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ebay removed my feedback
I recently ordered an item on ebay which never arrived. After many messages I finally got a refund. I left neutral feedback(stating "INR & seller slow to refund". which doesn't effect their feedback score!). I was then subjected to numerous emails from the seller asking me to change my feedback. I contacted ebay customer…
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CABOT harrasment calls
About 6 months ago I received a letter from a debt company claiming I had a debt on a "Barclaycard". I've never had one. I wrote back with the standard letter(template found on this forum) "Firstly, no debt is acknowledged to you. You have contacted me regarding the account with the above reference number, which you claim…
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New Road tax scheme.
My Road Tax runs out at the end of July. Does anybody know if I will have to pay for a min of 6 months again or will it be until end Oct(3 months) then new DD kicks in?? Thanks
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CCS voice text
In the last week we have had a couple of voice txt's on our Home phone from CCS . Sounds like Asking for a Mr Weasel?? quoting a ref 1 million ****. Our surname starts with a W but is nothing like the name they are using. They ask to ring them back on a 0870 number. Also it is very difficult to understand the message…
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Ideal world.... fed up with them now.
Placed an order online with Ideal World last week and had confirmation and a delivery date and they took payment off my card. Just had an email from them saying they have refunded me, no explanation as to why and my online order still shows processing and delivery date. Had to ring them (at cost to me) to be told item out…
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Countrywide problems
Changed from Calor to Countrywide last year as was getting really fed up with Calor and all the changes and have had nothing but hassle from them (countrywide). I signed a 2yr contract with them on a payment plan which was payable over 12 months. About a month into the contract they changed this to each delivery had to be…
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plastic cladding over existing barge boards
My elderly Polish neighbour had a builder round to repair her flat roof on extension. He told her that her soffits,facias & barge boards needed replacing. The builder instead of replacing the Barge boards is just covering then with plastic(upvc) cladding. I know from when our Landlord had our Barge Boards done they were in…
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scottish power - debt on prepayment meter??
I switched from Scottish Power in December to EON both on pre payment meters for my electric. I have just received a final bill from Scottish Power with an estimated reading and they reckon I owe £13.67. I have just rung them and spoken to a very rude and abrupt lady who advises me that a debt can be run up on a pre…
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My cat keeps being attacked in his own garden
Hi Wonder if someone can offer some advice please. I have a gorgeous male neutered cat who is a real softie and am having major problems with the cats from a lady next door but one. She keeps getting cats but doesn't look after them so they turn back to wild and are as nasty as anything (I'm pretty sure they are not…
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Scottish power - suprise in post
Hi. Couldn't believe it when I opened post this morning as there was a cheque for £25 from Scottish Power saying it was to thank me for switching over to them for my prepayment electric and to reward me for the first 6 months with them...:j What a nice suprise, was originally with Swalec for years but swapped over when…
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Pet Microchips - some need checking
Apologies if this has already been posted - did look but couldn't find anything. I had my cat microchipped in April and have just received a letter from Backhome BioTec Microchips (Virbac animal health) to say that some of the chips in that batch may have a functionality issue. I have now got to take my cat back to the…
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Asda cancelled grocery order and didn't tell me. Grrr
Did a large Asda order online on friday for delivery yesterday on 10-6 delivery. Checked bank account approx 10.30 to see no money taken out for order so thought I would check on Asda website to see if all was okay and was horrified to see order cancelled. Rang them and they said there was a problem with my bank account so…
