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Car cleaning gear

Value hunter — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 18:45:00 +0000

Car cleaning is a worthwhile past-time, attention to details, it's done properly (not a quick blitz) but there are so many different brands at so many different prices, which car cleaning products do you use? Washing: Never and I repeat, never wash your…

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Making customers criminal?

Value hunter — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 16:47:00 +0000

New laws are being brought in to protect sales workers "from abusive customers" Why not clamp down on businesses that flout the law that already exists in the UK?

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SSE to Ovo transfer – Missing bills!

Value hunter — Sun, 09 Apr 2023 22:49:00 +0000

Why are disputed energy bills missing from a customer's Ovo account when they transfer over from SSE?

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SSE to Ovo transfer – Unknown meter readings!

Value hunter — Sun, 09 Apr 2023 16:13:00 +0000

SSE and Ovo using meter readings that don't exist?

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SSE to Ovo transfer – What’s the complaint?

Value hunter — Sun, 09 Apr 2023 12:13:00 +0000

SSE to Ovo, so what is the complaint?

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SSE to Ovo transfer – What is going on?

Value hunter — Sun, 09 Apr 2023 11:26:00 +0000

There will follow here, a series of posts, regarding the transfer of an energy account from SSE to Ovo. Complete failings in what has occurred includes inaccurate Ovo staff reporting, failure to escalate/register a formal complaint, a huge reduction in…

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Sports Direct in breach of shopper's statutory rights

Value hunter — Sun, 15 May 2022 15:01:00 +0000

Long story short... I've bought and wore Adidas sized ten football socks for well over five years. Never had an issue with them. So while Hoover was out shopping in Sports Direct the other day, I asked if she'd pick me up four pairs of football socks,…

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Canon 70d with G.Zuiko OM lens adapter doesn't work (it does now!)

Value hunter — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 21:29:00 +0000

Looking around for a wide angle, manual lens for my 70d, I was drawn to the OM range of lenses, which many baye sellers claim can be adapted to fit my camera. So after much research into picture quality, etc, I opted for an Olympus OM G.Zuiko 28mm f3.5…

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