I’m getting more than a little bit pissed off with unsolicited, nuisance telephone calls on a daily basis from a company called Domestic & General Services Limited who claim to call on behalf of Sky TV. Their number for those of you doing a Google search is 0800 1218143.
Contrary to what you may read elsewhere [...]

Yes, they’re at it again: 1&1 Internet are again invoicing me for domain names that:

Are not due for renewal anyway; and
Were transferred away to a different host ages ago – see this link for proof.

Maybe it’s time to get trading standards involved? I had to threaten to report them to the police for fraud before [...]

I’m looking to buy a plonker plate through the DVLA Registrations website. This requires you to set up an account and log in. So this morning I registered on the site which then immediately fell over:
“service unavailable
sorry…
This service is temporarily unavailable. Your last action cannot be completed and details have not been recorded.
If you have [...]

Fed up as I am with Barclays’ Currency Call Account – you give them your US Dollars, they may or may not charge you a fee for paying them into a US Dollar account, they give you no interest, no paying-in books, no cheques or cards and then they charge you a fee for taking [...]

I live in Rotherhithe, SE London and I am ’served’ by the C10 and 381 bus routes.
Oh dear!
http://www.valshawcross.com/index.php?id=78&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=475&tx_ttnews[backPid]=8&cHash=e505d2fd4e
http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/4221
It’s not looking good, is it?

Well as the heating had gone off I thought we should take a look at the boiler ourselves and the work that K I M S Plumbers had done. As we expected, it had lost pressure, so we needed to repressurise  it. And then that’s when we saw this:

Yes, that’s been left disconnected…

What a bunch of incompetents these are. And then to make things worse, they also employ sarcastic chavs to answer the telephone (01246 554237) and ask whether you – the customer – are experts because you have said they could just get the parts at your local Plumb Centre.
That’s after they’ve played you “Alone” by [...]

Once upon a time, I had a savings account with Bradford & Bingley. On 29 September 2008 Bradford & Bingley’s savings accounts were transferred to Abbey. On January 11 2010 these were rebranded to Santander, who are one of the biggest banks around. On the basis of my experience tonight, I have no idea why.
I [...]

So Apple has unveiled its new iPad, a tablet of around the same size as a netbook PC but at twice the price, as usual, because people who like Macs are prepared to pay for the pleasure.
What you get for at least $500 – so £500 in the UK, then – will be a glorified [...]

Oops! They did it again. After the recent debacle with Tesco cancelling my groceries delivery after the expiry of their two hour delivery slot, I placed another order at the weekend for delivery tonight between 8.00pm and 10.00pm.
And guess what? Yes, they rang me at 9.20pm and cancelled tonight’s delivery leaving me without food and [...]