And you think NTL CS is bad..... - Page 2

kronas · 15-08-2003, 21:35

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Originally posted by kink
Hi Kronie!!

Well that's the thing.... my parents have always been BG customers.... and trust them.... they've always seen it as a national institution
They really had never considered that they would be lied to in this way.... but they do now

But breaking into someone's house????

Madness

hello kinky

IMO its totally wrong and disgusting the way compaines get away with such decit and lies to people but i think its rather down to the individuals who are canvassing door to door the pressure is on them to sign up people to earn commision they should be blamed largely but im not letting the compaines off they are the ones that train these liars

15-08-2003, 21:35

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Originally posted by Ramrod
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Like to have been there.....

Am just remembering you in the prison thread.... intruders in your house.... reasonable force..

Only thing is.. this time.. i would have been helping you to aim..... the bazooka :p

15-08-2003, 21:39

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Originally posted by Mr_Burns
Doesn't a warrant to gain entry into private property have to be obtained through the Police and the Court?

In this scottish case, it looks like a warrant was in place.... but the absurd thing is.. the meter that was removed wasn't even a Scottish Gas/Electricity one

I thought the police had to be present for a warrant to be put into effect.... but i must be wrong

Ramrod · 15-08-2003, 21:39

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Originally posted by kink
Am just remembering you in the prison thread.... intruders in your house.... reasonable force..
Only thing is.. this time.. i would have been helping you to aim..... the bazooka :p

danielf · 16-08-2003, 00:32

If I were the abused party in the Scottish Power case, I would be pushing for a lot more than the 250 quid that was offered.

They broke into the people's home!!! (with a warrant), and they offer 250?????

Lord Nikon · 16-08-2003, 02:02

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Originally posted by Mr_Burns
Well.......OK.....but only at the weekends

From the age of the avatar I would have suggested GEORGE Burns lol

Theodoric · 18-08-2003, 22:51

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Originally posted by kink
Fixed

It's an italian national holiday today... and what can i say? I've been celebrating :p

Ah yes, Ferragosta is it not?

Undisputedtruth · 18-08-2003, 23:06

At the moment I'm in the process of transferring all my services over to Powergen. They have a good reputation for customer services and are capable of telling the truth and know a thing or two about decent customer services. I spoken to quite a few of them so I know from experience.

I shall make sure the gas and electricity does not turn into another NTL situation. Enuff said.

18-08-2003, 23:25

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Originally posted by Undisputedtruth
At the moment I'm in the process of transferring all my services over to Powergen. They have a good reputation for customer services and are capable of telling the truth and know a thing or two about decent customer services. I spoken to quite a few of them so I know from experience.

I shall make sure the gas and electricity does not turn into another NTL situation. Enuff said.

Well, as long as NTL didn't break into your home to fix your STB when you clearly didn't want them to.... it still puts them in a higher league than British or Scottish gas

Hopefully, Powergen will live up to your expectations.... and their post-sell service will be as good as their apparent pre-sell one

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Originally posted by Theodoric
Ah yes, Ferragosta is it not?

Yes

But, the whole month is a bit of a holiday nationwide.... More significantly, it was Santa Assunta.... my mother's name... but not the Saint bit obviously

Stuart · 18-08-2003, 23:59

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Originally posted by kink
Well... the nasty little man from BG that spoke to my mother didn't say that he was selling anything... well not before i caught him out and had to admit it and was he ashamed for having been caught out with a blatant lie?? Well NO!! ...... he just said that he needed her signature for the rebate.... and as he said.... she did want to get the money that she was entitled to.... and that she wouldn't if she didn't sign :******:
yes i'm angry!!!
When he was shown up to be the lying and unscrupulous toad that he was.. he said that we should sign for the electricity anyway... but refused to hand over any information leaflets and to give us time to think about it, we had to sign there and then.... and if we changed our minds that we could cancel within the specified time
Well.. we can see from the news story above what a useless action that would be

He didn't come back again :p

I usually deal with door to door salesman by saying that I am not interested. If they ask why, I say it's none of their business. I someimes also add that if I am interested in a product, I will contact the supplier.

If all that fails, f*** off usually works.

carlingman · 19-08-2003, 01:05

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Originally posted by scastle
I usually deal with door to door salesman by saying that I am not interested. If they ask why, I say it's none of their business. I someimes also add that if I am interested in a product, I will contact the supplier.

If all that fails, f*** off usually works.

Myself prefer this one.

Picture the scene as I am at my sister in laws house with the whole front of the house visibly fitted with upvc windows and door including barge boards and guttering when a knock at the door arrives from a stay brite windows rep.

Her husband answers the door to the usual patter "good evening sir i am from stay brite windows can i interest you in our products blah blah"

Now after he politely shows the guy the whole front of the house is already done and shows him the rear of the house as well which again is all done in upvc windows plus doors the stay brite rep still persists with his sales patter about conservatorys etc.

At this point he invites the sales rep in and asks him to take a seat in the living room and 2 minutes later my sister in law arrives with a tape measure and aks the rep to stand up which he does and she starts measuring him up.

At this point he looks a little bemused and asks myself and her husband what is going on so he gets the reply nothing to worry about she is just measuring you up for a new suit as she is a tailor to which the rep replies but I dont need a new suit and they reply we dont want new windows or doors or conservatorys either now f off.

The rep shall we say seen the funny side and like an idiot quickly scarpered.

Funnily enough since then they have never had stay brite reps attend the house.

Xaccers · 19-08-2003, 04:16

Didn't a load of Virgin Power sales reps sign people over by targetting kids in the street and offering them free CD's if they signed the transfer papers? (without telling them what they were)

Nemesis · 19-08-2003, 09:59

Morning everybody,

We've had this alot from door to door, and from approaches in the street.

We tried it once ...... bad mistake.

We tried to change to Virgin Electric !!!! vvv cheap and in the end vvvv WRONG.

They are all scheming little bar stewards. The change never actually too place as they were sooooooooooooo incompetant.

Now anyone who phones, knocks or stops us in the street gets told "We rent, it's not ours, cant help you" hehehehe

Got this from a friend, who rents, works a treat now.

Jehovas though ..... just don't get me started. Bloody Salespeople