James H.

Anyone who reads my reviews knows I am very critical about service and value. With that said, My experience with LaptopsDirect was quite good. I purchased a "refurbished" gaming laptop. An MSI Raider GE78. I was surprised to find the laptop in absolute pristine condition. It seems this is one that had been ordered and returned within the return period. I wasn't even registered with MSI for the warranty. Much to my surprise, when I registered the computer, I was given the full two year warranty!
Now the not so good part... I did purchase the extended 1 year warranty for £30, not knowing I wouldn't need it. Second, when you check out, they add all these extra charges. First was shipping. I thought paying £1700 for a laptop would at least include shipping like 99% of all the other online computer retailers. It didn't. Also, there is a 1% added surcharge for paying by card. Just another way to suck more money out of you.
The laptop did arrive on time, the next day. And for those who complain about the 1 hour delivery window, that's DPD, not LTD. But what's the issue? You were expecting a delivery, right? Besides, when they notify you of the time window and there is a link where you can change the delivery day/time.
Overall I am pleased. For all intents and purposes, I have a brand new MSI Raider 17" gaming laptop with a two year warranty for about half the retail price. It even arrived in the original box with all the original accessories. I only gave four stars because of the nit picky 1% charge for using a card to pay, and for having to pay shipping.

I purchased a renewal key for Kaspersky Internet security. The key had been used so many times, Kaspersky rejected it. (see screenshot). I opened a case to get my money back, but they just ignored me. No one would respond to chats and there is no way to email anyone. Save your time, money, and frustration. This site is a SCAM and you have now been warned.

First, let me tell you not all IMO carwash sites are this terrible. However, none are what I would consider to be "great."
I visited IMO in Plymouth whilst visiting friends. I purchased the £7.50 triple foam wash and paid an additional £3 to have the wheels "hand cleaned." While I didn't notice at first, they never touched the wheels. They only gave them a quick spray. After the wash, the so called "dryer" didn't remove very much water from the car. In fact, the car was covered with water spots when it did dry. Black car, white spots all over. The wheels are another story. You can see by the photo attached, they were hardly touched. When I returned and complained, I was told "You should have looked at the wheels before you left and told us." I'm not happy at all with the service in plymouth.

Unfortunately, I didn't capture screenshots of what they do, but you can search the internet for stories of people who have experienced the same bait and switch techniques.
I ordered two engine mounts/supports for a Mercedes. I chose a specific brand, Bilstein, as they are an original supplier to Mercedes for these parts. So I placed and paid for the order. When I went to review the order, this company had switched the parts I had ordered to an inferior brand/product (Stark), but didn't reduce the price to match the same item's prices on their website. Bait and switch. I immediately contacted them and cancelled the order. It seems this happens quite often, as there are many complaints of this kind all over the internet.
This company is NOT located in the UK. It is a German company in Berlin. The parent company being AutoDoc GMBH in Germany. They offer an app by the same name for your smartphone.
The prices aren't bad, but I highly recommend you review your order after placing it, to be sure they haven't performed a bait and switch on you. If they do, contact them and cancel the order and tell them why. If they won't cancel the order, contact your bank and have the funds held for fraud.

This company engages in bait and switch scams. I had responded to an advert for an ensuite room in Plymouth for £440 a month. The landlord had posted the advert, but had used Moorview lets to handle the actual rental. I visited the property and expressed interest, then the agent told me the property rents for £550 a month. I explained the property had already been listed for £440 a month by the landlord and the advert was still live. In short, Mooreview lets did a bait and switch. The property was offered for £440, but refused to honour the advert and told me the price was £550. These people are not trustworthy and I recommend avoiding them.

If site jabber is all about honest reviews, then why do they have an influencer program? Influencers are PAID to influence or change someone's decision. I'm starting to wonder how "honest" this site really is.

Morrisons in Plymouth, where shall I begin? Having spent a week in Plymouth, I was able to visit the Outland road store several times. First, the shelves are rarely stocked. All hours of the day I found the shelves to be empty, especially in the evening. The hot foods counter closes at 3pm. I don't understand this. People are coming from work AFTER 5pm and cannot purchase a hot food item. Not that they would want to... I found just about every item to be dry and overcooked... or perhaps had been sitting in the warmer all day? Sometimes the chicken is so overcooked they package it so you can't see the actual chicken inside. (see photo)
Generally prices are between 5 and 15% higher than Tesco or Asda, AND the product is smaller. Example: they sell Fishmongers seafood mix 250g at 2 for £8 Another store sells the exact same brand at £2.99 for 350g. I did, however, see some good prices for fresh beef on offer.
They really take you on bags. You'll pay 60p for their "lifetime" plastic bag that might last for two or three visits. The quality doesn't even come close to other stores.
Have a complaint? Don't bother calling. I was in queue for 49 minutes and was disconnected. It sounded like the representative picked up the phone then put it down.

Since writing my first review about Just Eat, they have become even worse. First, they now block connections from my VPN. Okay, so they're telling me they don't need my business? Anyone with common sense uses a VPN these days. Blocking access when using a VPN is enough for me to delete my account, which I just finished doing. Second, it's 10pm on a Saturday night and 90% of the restaurants have stopped taking orders. 10 pm on a SATURDAY! What is the point? I can't say anything bad about the drivers, because none of this is their fault. They've always delivered on time and they work hard. Avoid this place. I have friends who paid for orders that never arrived, and Just Eat refused to give a refund. Unfortunately, I can't recommend an alternative. Deliveroo is just as bad. Go and collect your food in person... problem solved.

B&M had a good idea. A store that has all the little items in one place, at fair prices... for the most part.
The ones in SW England are AWFUL! Let's start with the queues. More often than not, I walk in the store, see the massive queue at the single open till, then simply turn around and leave. These queues are literally the length of a store aisle. 20-25 people waiting at any given time of day. My time is much more valuable than saving 15p on an item. Where is all the staff? Walk around the store and you'll usually see them chatting with each other or playing on their mobile phones.
Brands... they have many brands, such as Blaupunkt and Eveready, but I seriously doubt they are genuine. For example, Blaupunkt is a German company and the products are made in Germany. B&M has many appliances with the Blaupunkt name on them... but they are made in CHINA. Fake.
If you don't mind standing in queue for 30 minutes to save 15p on a bottle of body wash, then by all means, have at it. As for me, I'll drive down to Tesco, be in and out before you even get half way to the till.

I've been using Cryptorefills for a couple of months and i am pleased with the service. I have loads of crypto and I use this site to send gifts to friends all over. For example, I use it to send load (mobile phone refills) to friends in the Philippines. I like to hear from them and if they have airtime, they will call me! It's not just for the Philippines... it works all over the world with different offers for different countries... You can send a cup of coffee to a friend in Germany or some Xbox credits to someone in Poland. It's a really cool way to send gifts from your crypto... and the exchange rate is excellent. You also earn cryptorefill points towards gifts. I use it quite often.

I used Bitrefill for a few months. The exchange rate was good and I could send gift cards to friends in other countries. I was building a load of reward points by using the service. Then one day I couldn't log on. I contacted the staff and they wanted me to provide a few details so they could prove I was the account holder. I answered all of their questions... then NOTHING. They stopped replying. I had a large amount of redeemable points for my purchases and I didn't want to lose them. Apparently they WANTED me to lose them. They stopped replyimng to my emails and the thousands of points I had collected from buying their products were gone. My advice is don't bother with this company. They are based in California and it seems they are a scam. Since I don't live in California or the USA for that matter, they simply deleted my account and I lost all my points

I recently signed up for this site just to see if they offered any real deals... a few hours later I get an email saying I am banned for Spamming? I have NEVER posted a single thing on this site, yet I have been banned and my account closed for "spamming". Don't waste your time. There are much better deal sites out there. Avoid this one!

I have tried iD mobile now for a few months. Here's my conclusions...

ID operates on the Three network. The service has been okay and I haven't had any data or speed problems. Everything seems to work as it should. The coverage is not bad and I've only found a couple of places where there is no service. Pricing is good and you get better offers the longer you stay with them.

The annoyances... I make loads of international calls. Every time I make an international call, I get a text message saying international calls aren't included in my plan. After making hundreds of international calls, I think it's safe to say I don't need to be reminded every time like a five year old child. Needless to say, there is no way to turn this "feature" off.
Customer service is basically non existent. There is no one to call if you have a problem. They only have an online chat, which is useless. Sometimes you'll wait for hours before someone bothers to answer you. There is NOTHING that can replace a live person with whom to speak if there is a problem... like the insulting text messages every time I make an international call.
My thoughts? If you don't need any customer service, then this is the mobile service for you. As for me, if you can't provide even basic customer service, then you don't want my money and you won't get it.

So I had a problem with my keyboard. One of the key caps had broken and I needed a replacement. I looked online and Tongfang, the manufacturer of the laptop, had the replacement key cap for £2 including shipping. The only problem is shipping would take almost a month. I contacted PCSpecialists to see if I could obtain a replacement key cap any sooner. They absolutely refused. They would ONLY sell me a complete keyboard, which was the entire top of the laptop, plus the labour to fit it. Needless to say I declined and ordered the cap from the manufacturer. Next laptop purchase will be from a reputable company such as MSI. No more "custom" rubbish because there is no service after the sale.

I've been a customer of HSBC for a while. Customer service has gone from okay, to bad, to non existent. When will they stop using covid as an excuse for bad service? Covid is gone, but wait times to contact customer service is just getting longer. I asked a simple question on the chat "service" in their phone app... 43 minutes and NO REPLY! I called them and waited on hold for 36 minutes... never spoke to anyone but a useless computer AI. I'm finished. No more HSBC. I'll find a bank that actually places a little more value on their customers. Don't waste your time with this bank. They want your money, but don't provide you with even the most rudimentary customer service. The stupid guides they provide online are absolutely NO substitute for a human being. Those who call customer service usually have a unique problem that requires human intervention. HSBC denies you that human contact.
Edit... I've since moved to a different bank. Most of the problems I had with HSBC have been solved. Avoid this scam bank at all costs... there are much better banks out there...

I've been watching Sky News Australia for years. Don't confuse them with other agencies located in EU and UK. Sky delivers the news. Just the news. They don't broadcast an opinion and call it "news" like the rest of the lame stream media. They actually report facts and let YOU form your own opinion. They don't take pictures and videos from five years ago, broadcast them and say they are currently happening like USA, UK and EU propaganda outlets.

Disqus is fine, if you're left wing and woke. If not, they will censor anything you post if it goes against their left agenda. I believe everyone should have an equal say, left and right. No one should be censored for their feelings or beliefs. If you're going to post on Disqus, then you might as well post on Facebook and Twitter... they all censor any type of conservatism.

I purchased bitcoin using my Coinomi wallet. They use Simplex for purchases. For £50 I received £38 in bitcoin. Complete Ripoff. For £50 I received £48 on crypto.com. Big difference. In short, don't use Simplex for any cryptocurrency transactions.

If you are seeking or have a room to let, avoid this one. They regularly advertise rooms to let on SpareRoom in SW England. The problem is, they won't show you the room! They expect you to sign a contract based on the pictures they provide you. They claim covid is the reason they can't show the room, but government restrictions for covid have been gone for months. Besides, if you're going to rent a room in a shared house, everyone in the house will be exposed to you anyway. Think of it this way, would you sign a contract to buy a car, never having seen in person with no test drive? I have requested to see several rooms, but they've always refused me "due to covid restrictions." If your business requires you to meet with people and you constantly make excuses to avoid meeting, then you're in the wrong business.

I've had a free account with ProtonMail for years. Not particularly for the security features, but for the same reason I refuse to feed Google so they can read my emails and extract advertising data. Up until recently, I thought ProtonMail was fairy secure and private. However, they recently agreed to spy on an activist for the Swiss government. At the government's demands, ProtonMail logged a french activist's IP address and gave it to the authorities. You can read about it here... https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/06/protonmail-logged-ip-address-of-french-activist-after-order-by-swiss-authorities/