Business Review: Moneyworries.co.uk

Posted Thu, 25/02/2010 - 11:00pm by Anonymous

The last thing that you need when under financial stress is for a company like this to come along and make matters ten times worse with poor communication, and ultimately doing nothing to solve things. I strongly advise to avoid them.

Business Review: Seetickets

Posted Thu, 25/02/2010 - 10:57pm by Anonymous

I have used this company on a few occasions, and never had a problem. However the one time I did have a problem, they were so appalling that it is hard to fathom how they can operate this way in the UK.

I did not receive tickets to a gig because I moved address, and although I contacted SeeTickets twice, they did not get in contact or confirm receipt of my new address. I called them multiple times on the day of concert and got cut off twice; told I couldn't take email confirmation to the concert; then told I would be contacted if the tickets could be found (they were at Royal Mail - who tried to deliver to my old address).

No guesses, but I didn't end up making the concert due to Seetickets calling me back too late. When I tried to claim a refund, I was met with silence. I sent a letter and 3 emails. I called their sales line (no number advertised for Cust Services) 3-4 times.

Business Review: Space Kitchens

Posted Thu, 25/02/2010 - 10:50pm by Anonymous

I wish I had never let them through the door. The Designer or I should say sales man would not leave and made every excuse he could to stay. Was there over 4 hours. The quality of the little cupboard was nothing speacial have seen simlar quality at the likes of B&Q Magnet etc. After about 4 hours eventually got a price of £13,000 which came down to a little of £6,000. I'm sure the only way they could do this is if it's over priced in the first place.  

Business Review: Fitness First

Posted Thu, 25/02/2010 - 10:48pm by Anonymous

I am a member of FF Fenchurch St, London but not for much longer. They are ramming in more and more new members, machines dont work, the sound system to listen to the TV's usually doesnt work, at lunchtime you have to queue for a shower, cant get on the CV machines, lockers are broken, dont have hangars etc etc The jacuzzi was removed for "health and safety(!)" reasons and now, if you forget your pass, even thought you have photo id on you and they have a photo of your face on their system, they wont let you in for "safety and security(!!)" reasons.

Business Review: Virgin Airlines

Posted Thu, 25/02/2010 - 10:39pm by Anonymous

My Bro in law is a doctor, and an hour or so into a flight to Asia from London there was a general annoucemetn for a Dr - he was silly enough to respond, and spent the next 5 - 6 hours looking after a seriously ill patient on the floor of a galley after confirming to the Captain that they didnt need to divert (thus saving Virgin tens of thousands of pounds). His "thank you" from Virgin? £100 in tokens to spend on Virgin goods - what cheapskates!

Business Review: Quinn Direct

Posted Fri, 19/02/2010 - 10:19pm by ayoung24829

We chose to go with Quinn Direct car insurance because they offered the cheapest price. We paid extra for included breakdown cover . This meant that should we need breakdown/recovery, Quinn would report it to RAC for us, and they would arrange for recovery to come and tow the car away. We would then be provided with a courtesy car. 

This is in fact a very good deal, or it would have been if we'd have received the service which we paid for. After crashing the car this morning, we phoned Quinn Direct to report the accident. This was at around 10am. We were told that they would report the car to the RAC and would arrange for collection, and that they would then ring us back regarding arranging a courtesy car. However after several hours we still hadn't received a phone call.

Business Review: Thrift Urban (Housing Ltd.)

Posted Tue, 16/02/2010 - 7:22am by Bandit

Thrift Urban were called in to refurbish my friends house in Wandsworth.  Because they ware a charity they can do the job exempt of VAT - and therefore much cheaper than their competitors. 

They  were absolutely dreadful!!! They ran over time - more than a month - and even then failed to complete the job.  They refused to go back and attend to the faults  - tiles lifting, toilet unstable, taps leaking, shower not working, rubbish left all over the flat, etc. etc. Eventually my friend had to call in another company to finish the job.

They are rude, nasty and arrogant and their complaint's procedure is a joke! It is rather ironic that Thrift Urban's mission  statement is to help the "needy" and the "aged"!!  In other words, the most vulnerable who are unable to complain!!! 

Business Review: Autotek Electronics

Posted Sat, 06/02/2010 - 11:02am by Anonymous

I have a faulty ECU for my Honda Prelude. I live closeby and took it to them personally. They "tested" it and told me it was completely dead and could repair it for a total of £249.99 (including the test charge). 3 days later I go and pick up my "repaired" ECU only to try it in my car and find out that it is no diffrerent what so ever. I take it back the following day, they re-test it and say it's all fine and as a precaution they replaced the "ignition amplifier output stage" (I'm not thick, this is not an electrical component.