Dagger Is Back Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 An earlier thread mentioned problems the OP had had with a travel company, and it got me thinking that there must be a whole wad of businesses out there not to be trusted. Businesses that KBer's have dealt with and problems encountered. Better to know the cowboys to stay away from. I'll start 1) Dolphin Bathrooms - bathroom intalled 6 years ago and still having problems. 2 days after installation we dicovered they hadn't fixed the washhand basin in properly as the wee fella pulled on it and it almost toppled on to him. Leaks from poorly sealed tiles/bath. Took weeks to complete a basic job with 6 different sets of installers used. Wouldn't use them again if they did the job for free. 2) Virgin Atlantic - even if you pre book your seats online, make sure when you check in that you're given the seats you ask for. On a return flight fom Florida recently, we were told that they couldn't guarantee us seats together as a family even though we'd pre booked them. Also if you pre order kids meals make sure you ask for them right away on the plane as on 3 out of 4 occassions with us they've given them to other kids. 3) B&Q Kitchens - absolute nightmare of an installation. Messy, different sets of cowboys, sorry installers,laminate flooring not laid properly, shoddy workmanship - don't touch with a bargepole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosanostra Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 Royal Bank of Scotland - useless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eckauskas Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 Hibernian Football Club, they give you AIDS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Tolbooth Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 Reid Furniture - The worst after care service in the world, and they seriously don't give a toss about anything after they have your money. I will NEVER use them again! Jesus, I was trying to chill out tonight too until I posted that ffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chester copperpot Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 Reid Furniture - The worst after care service in the world, and they seriously don't give a toss about anything after they have your money. I will NEVER use them again! Jesus, I was trying to chill out tonight too until I posted that ffs Independent financial advice, they always think of themselves. Joking Jocky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Kidd Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Weegies who work for HSBC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
269miles Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Virgin Mobile - useless Vigin Media (Broadband) - not even close to being useless. Direct Holidays - farcical. Reminders for payment receieved after the due date because they didn't post in time. No contact numbers to speak to ANYONE. Spending ages trying to get through to pay to be told only the nominated main name can pay - well, say that on the ****ing invoice then !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upthehill Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 An earlier thread mentioned problems the OP had had with a travel company, and it got me thinking that there must be a whole wad of businesses out there not to be trusted. Businesses that KBer's have dealt with and problems encountered. Better to know the cowboys to stay away from. I'll start 1) Dolphin Bathrooms - bathroom intalled 6 years ago and still having problems. 2 days after installation we dicovered they hadn't fixed the washhand basin in properly as the wee fella pulled on it and it almost toppled on to him. Leaks from poorly sealed tiles/bath. Took weeks to complete a basic job with 6 different sets of installers used. Wouldn't use them again if they did the job for free. 2) Virgin Atlantic - even if you pre book your seats online, make sure when you check in that you're given the seats you ask for. On a return flight fom Florida recently, we were told that they couldn't guarantee us seats together as a family even though we'd pre booked them. Also if you pre order kids meals make sure you ask for them right away on the plane as on 3 out of 4 occassions with us they've given them to other kids. 3) B&Q Kitchens - absolute nightmare of an installation. Messy, different sets of cowboys, sorry installers,laminate flooring not laid properly, shoddy workmanship - don't touch with a bargepole. they made a chorus of my mums kitchen aswell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmeladent?rtchen Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Ryanair,,,,,,,,,,,,, nuf said!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosanostra Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Ryanair,,,,,,,,,,,,, nuf said!!! They've been pretty good whenever i've used them. A real case of you get what you pay for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsmak Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Ryanair,,,,,,,,,,,,, nuf said!!! Used them a few times and always been brilliant. Vigin Media (Broadband) - not even close to being useless. No Way.. I have Virgin Broadband, 20Mbps... Its blooming amazing... I will not be changing form them. Top class product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tams bird Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 AOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Anyone going to suggest Hearts ... or are they paying the bills these days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo_LuLu Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 o2! Been with them for 7 years never ever missed a payment and have always used my mobile a lot! They have just screwed me over something awful! Will have nothing more to do with them!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigieboy Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 The NHS. They ****ed up my hernia op. And they took pictures of my limp boaby when I was asleep. ****ers. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosanostra Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 The NHS. They ****ed up my hernia op. And they took pictures of my limp boaby when I was asleep. ****ers. . The NHS provides excellent and free service. Sorry to hear about your hernia though. Things will always go wrong, even with private healthcare, just your rotten luck i guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigieboy Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 The NHS provides excellent and free service. Sorry to hear about your hernia though. Things will always go wrong, even with private healthcare, just your rotten luck i guess. Hmmm. Must admit that the nurses were very attentive. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seats Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Whilst bad service is quite often subjective (as this thread has already proven) why not be a bit more positive and have a thread about companies / individuals who are good jambos and therefore we SHOULD do business with? Better than all this negative stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig_ Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 BT. Wouldn't p*** on them if they were on fire! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Striker Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Arnold Clark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottish_chicP Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 The NHS. They ****ed up my hernia op. And they took pictures of my limp boaby when I was asleep. ****ers. . The NHS mucked up my appendix operation when I was 15 and were pretty close to killing me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigC Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 I think it's pretty unfair to use JKB as a platform for slandering businesses you've had a bad experience with. Every company has had dissatisfied customers. Last night I spoke to an incredibly stupid woman who went mental at me because we wouldn't let her daughter use the gym, because she was 15. Anyone with a brain bigger than a pea knows that all gyms, with the exception of massive ones that have specialised kids gyms, do not let children in because for one thing you can't get public liability insurance, and secondly it's not a good idea because children aged 14-15 may not have fully developed joints and can easily damage themselves lifting weights. I tried to explain this to her, but didn't manage to finish a single sentence without being interrupted. She finished of by asking how she would go about cancelling her membership and told me she would be loooking into taking out membership with one of our rivals tomorrow. I have no doubt she will think that we have provided a bad service, but it's always subjective and if she were to go about posting how crap my company was on random websites I would be absolutely raging as we would have no chance to respond, and she would be talking utter pish in any case. I'm not suggesting that the above posters are not right to be aggrieved with the companies they have had dealings with, I just don't think it's a good idea to base your opinions of a company on one other customer's bad experience and I think it's unfair to criticise people who don't have the opportunity to respond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Tolbooth Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 I think it's pretty unfair to use JKB as a platform for slandering businesses you've had a bad experience with. Every company has had dissatisfied customers. Last night I spoke to an incredibly stupid woman who went mental at me because we wouldn't let her daughter use the gym, because she was 15. Anyone with a brain bigger than a pea knows that all gyms, with the exception of massive ones that have specialised kids gyms, do not let children in because for one thing you can't get public liability insurance, and secondly it's not a good idea because children aged 14-15 may not have fully developed joints and can easily damage themselves lifting weights. I tried to explain this to her, but didn't manage to finish a single sentence without being interrupted. She finished of by asking how she would go about cancelling her membership and told me she would be loooking into taking out membership with one of our rivals tomorrow. I have no doubt she will think that we have provided a bad service, but it's always subjective and if she were to go about posting how crap my company was on random websites I would be absolutely raging as we would have no chance to respond, and she would be talking utter pish in any case. I'm not suggesting that the above posters are not right to be aggrieved with the companies they have had dealings with, I just don't think it's a good idea to base your opinions of a company on one other customer's bad experience and I think it's unfair to criticise people who don't have the opportunity to respond. A very fair post mate, but Reid Furnitures after sales service is still pish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosanostra Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Fair indeed BigC but the Royal "no.1 for customer service" Bank of Scotland promised me an interest free loan to repay my student overdraft, took 2 months to decline me for the already approved loan, returned all of my direct debits and passed my details onto a firm of debt collectors. Took them about 3 more months to get it sorted. They eventually gave me the loan, paid all of the charges that other companies had hit me with and gave me ?150 compensation as well as an unreserved apology but it was not worth the hassle. Incompetent is not the word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Kidd Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 John let me know the details on Reid Furniture and I will put a couple of calls in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pants Shaton Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Maybe this thread should be closed before JKB brings global capitalism to its knees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felix Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 BT. Wouldn't p*** on them if they were on fire
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