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  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 13,458 Forumite
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    £1.92 paid off a CC.

    Managed to obtain a working copy of Office 2016 last night for a reasonable price, although still need to obtain a refund for a faulty key that I purchased from a less than reputable site.

    On a similar note, has anyone used review checking websites? I got curious last night (was buying a night light from DD, but feedback looked suspect) and it transpired that the reviews were very likely to be fake! Not something I would have thought necessary in the olden days, but it appears there's a lot of cheap Chinese tat being marketed as fantastic innovations on Am@zon et al. ;)
  • teapot2
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    Unfortunately the fake reviews are a big problem on Amaz@n certainly and probably other sites. There's been quite a bit on the various forums about this; positive reviews being paid for and poor feedback being removed by 'insiders' working for the company - for a price :mad: Not good for customers or honest sellers. Also sometimes its not clear that a seller is based abroad so always worth looking closely at estimated arrival times of goods.
  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 13,458 Forumite
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    @teapot2 - yes, I can't abide items where the place of dispatch has been masked so that you can't see it's non-UK.
  • beanielou
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    Yes, this malarky seems to be getting worse.
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  • choccielover
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    edinburgher wrote: »
    @teapot2 - yes, I can't abide items where the place of dispatch has been masked so that you can't see it's non-UK.

    I bought something from amazon that subsequently broke, the sellers said they’d refund or replace only if I gave their product a 5* rating.....needless to say. I didn’t. To be fair to amazon they refunded me in full and removed the seller.

    Bet they appeared under a different name 15 mins later though..
  • beanielou
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    choccielover wrote: »
    I bought something from amazon that subsequently broke, the sellers said they’d refund or replace only if I gave their product a 5* rating.....needless to say. I didn’t. To be fair to amazon they refunded me in full and removed the seller.

    Bet they appeared under a different name 15 mins later though..

    Sadly I would not be surprised.
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  • edinburgher
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    £1.29 paid off a CC.

    Happy weekend fellow freedom seekers :beer:
  • beanielou
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    Have a happy weekend :)
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    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.     ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
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  • edinburgher
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    £1.09 paid off a CC. Grind, grind, grind!
  • beanielou
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    This time of year does seem to be grind, grind, grind :(
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