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This company also trades under the name JEAN PATRIQUE and advertise kitchenware online.

BEWARE - when you place an order with this company THEY SELL YOUR PERSONAL DATA TO UNSCRUPULOUS THIRD PARTIES, including funeral comapnies, who then bombard and harrass you with junk mail and communications.

Nasty company employing disgutsing practices.

AVOID AVOID AVOID - this company has no moral compass

AVOID this morally and ethically bankrupt company.
This company advertise online selling kitchenware.
BEWARE - when you place an order with this company THEY SELL YOUR PERSONAL DATA TO THIRD PARTY COMPANIES, especially funeral directors, and you then get bombarded with unwanted communications and mail.
The companies they sell your data to are vulture like and unpleasant.
This company also take your order and do not supply goods ordered within the pormised delivery time frame then make you wait weeks or months for the goods purchased. When you chase up the order you encounter rude ignorant staff.

MORALLY BANKRUPT DISGUSTING COMPANY - AVOID THEM!

HORRID COMPANY
This company BUY PEOPLES PERSONAL DATA FROM OTHER UNSCRUPULOUS COMPANIES AND SOURCES, then uses it to harrass those people by sending them insensitive communications about death and funerals.
When you phone up to complain about being sent their horrid literature all about death and funerals they are obstructive and unhelpful.
A nasty company deploying nasty tactics without giving a flying fig about whether their tactless and unwelcome mail upsets the recipient or not!

NASTY COMPANY! AVOID THEM.

FOR ALL DISABLED CUSTOMERS OF VIRGIN MEDIA: BEWARE!
My phone and internet services were generally working fine until Virgin Media decided to change their landline phone system. Instead of being plugged into a separate landline it is now plugged into the back of the interet router using an adaptor. This now means that when the internet fails, the landline also fails. For many people having a landline is a back up lifeline, especialy for those of us with disabilities or medical conditions.
In my case immediately after they plugged the landline into the router there were constant problems with the internet and phone - both became unfit for purpose.
After 2 weeks of being stonewalled by their incompetent customer services I made complaints. My complaints were ignored until I contacted OFCOM.
I raised the issue of how having the phone dependent on the broadband now means than when the internet fails (which is very frequent with Virgin Media!) the landline does not allow calls, including emergency calls.

Despite me informing a member of the CEO's executive team that I have a physical disability, their response was to insist upon sending and installing a giant telephone with braille and large number buttons, of the type specially manufactured for persons with sensory, intellectual, and age or dementia related impairments. They installed it my living room where it created an eyesore.
Disability aids are great for persons who need or benefit from them, but not every dsabled person does need or benefit from them, and as a person with a disability that does NOT need or benefit from them, I found this discriminatory, degrading and offensive.

I truly believed that "Great" Britain, 22 years after enacting the Equalities Act 2000, had moved on from the dark ages where, instead of treating disabled people as individuals, they all get lumped together and sordidly assumed to have sensory, motor or intellecual impairment.
Virgin Media's response of "anyone can use that phone" merely served to demonstrate Virgin Media's ignorant determination to keep backwards attiudes that belong in a long bygone era alive and well.

When I expressed my dissatisfaction, instead of listening to a long standing customer and considering the wrong message they are sending to their disabled clientele, they resorted to defensiveness and ghosting.
When I tried to sign up to alternative providers I was informed by those alternative providers that Virgin Media were making things difficult and sign ups could not be fulfilled because of that. I was also repeatedly lied to and promised actions that did not materialise.

It's hardly a wonder that social media is so fequently awash with avalanches of complaints about the incompetence of Virgin Media's call centre "customer services" when you encounter such vile rot at the core of Virgin Media's executive level!

I lost a stone from a dress ring.
Took it to this jeweller and they did a great job in matching and setting a new stone and it cost less than I anticipated.
They would have had 4 or 5 stars but when they took the ring in they said it would take two weeks. It tooks much longer and I had to keep calling them rather than them making the effort to just explain the delay.
So excellent jewellery repair but could do with some imporvement in customer relations

Recently travelled with Norwegian on following routes:
- London to Oslo
- Oslo to Tromso
- Tromso to Svalbard
- Svalbard to Tromso
- Tromso to Oslo
- Oslo to London

Check in was quick and easy on all journeys. All the flights were bang on time, smooth transits and the onboard service was good. The landings were all smooth too. Staff at check ins and on board were all very pleasant. Luggage allowances are excellent for a budget airline.
Only one thing - it is unethical to charge people such a lot of money just to type details of property lost in transit onto a database (would have given 5 stars but for this).
I would certainly use this airline again

DESPICABLE COMPANY!
Ordered products via one of their Scentsy consultants. Scentsy UK claim to offer a lifetime warranty for its products - which in reality is nothing more than a lie.
One of the products I purchased stopped working after a couple of months. I contacted the company, whereupon I dealt with a particularly vile female from their inappropriately titled "customer services" department.
She told me that because the consultant I purchased through no longer works for Scentsy and because of that I must go on the Scentsy UK website, find a list of Scentsy consultants in my county, then start ringing round them all until I reached one who might be kind enough to take back the product and deal with the warranty.
Bearing in mind that Scentsy consultants are self employed sellers, I would be very unlikley to find one prepared to take back faulty goods for someone who is not their customer!
When I pointed out that this was unreasonable, time onerous and unlawful under UK consumer laws, the female continued to be incompetently unhelpful.
It was also pointed out that forcing someone to undertake repeatedly calling strangers and likley being knocked back would be a deeply distressing task for many people with hidden disabilities. This revolting individual didn't just demonstrate a complete lack of awareness of equality issues but made repugnantly ignorant discriminatory coments towards disability as well.
Bottom line this company employ despicable people and despicable practices and their customer services staff display the kind of unhelpful discriminatory attitudes and behaviours that belong in a bygone era.
Not only that they are breaking laws by placing onerous conditions to prevent customers from exercising their consumer rights.
Vile company - vile people!
Trading Standards will be made aware.

Local sources show this company took money for work agreed, failed to do work, then when asked for refund sent genitalia images to older female customer.
WOMEN - BEWARE of this company.

I recently transferred to Nat West.
If you need to ring them the phone gets answered quite quickly - unlike Nationwide where you spend hours trying to get through.
The call takers couldn't have been more helpful.
Also when they get it wrong they admit and apologise - unlike Nationwide who operate a 'blame the customer' ethos.
Would definitely recommend and glad I tranferred.

Nationwide Buiding Society - the name sounds so traditional but don't let that fool you.
This bank are so awful to deal with that I came away with the perception that they must hate their customers!
Firstly their website is not too extensive when it comes to offering information and answers.
When you then try to phone them you are placed on hold - then after an hour you get cut off so have to call again. You go through this process multiple times before you eventually get through to an IQ devoid call taker, who is so unhelpful and incompetent that they struggle to provide the most basic information.
Therein begins a game of "pass the parcel", only with you the customer as the 'parcel' being call transferred to a series of random and bizarrely named departments until you are cut off again and have to start the whole circus merry go round from scratch!
WARNING! Dare to complain about this high incidence of ridiculous and you get a lecture on covid in an attempt to excuse the incompetence!
Eventually I got through to mortgage sales. "Yippee" thought I - until it became apparent wihtin minutes that the IQ devoid mortgage sales advisor knew little to nothing about mortgages and even less about the building society's own mortgage products on offer - you really couldn't make it up!
They did try a little age discrimination to try and sell me a completely inappropriate mortgage product that is 3 times the cost of their standard mortgage!
It then becomes apparent that age discrimination "rules OK" - if you are under 55 you will get a standard mortgage. If you are over 55 you get directed to a product at 3 times the cost interest wise.
AVOID THIS BANK at all costs. They are truly dreadful.
As for their complaints team - what a horrid snooty bunch who treat their customers with total contempt and disdain - proper proper nasty.
Nat West customer services are so much better!
HORRIBLE BANK - AVOID!

Whirlpool UK manufactures various brands including INDESIT, WHIRLPOOL, CREDA, ARISTON and HOTPOINT.
Whirlpool UK also deal with the warranty for those brands so expect to receive the same atrociously bad customer services with all those brands.

Customer Services are non existent with Whirlpool UK/Indesit. THEY DISPLAY A TOTAL DISREGARD TOWARDS SAFETY AND TOTAL CONTEMPT WHEN IT COMES TO DECENCY AND FAIRNESS TO THE CONSUMER.
There is also an absence of openness and transparency with this manufacturer.

Their products (washing machines) are unsafe, as are their customer services/warranty policies and procedures, and they resort to dishonestly misrepresenting facts to bully and intimidate customers who dare to complain.

In my case I purchased a brand new Indesit washing machine. The very first time the appliance was used it shorted out then exploded - it literally made a 'bang' then 'hiss' sound. Lifted itself off off the floor to allow a large flash flame to escape, tripped electrics and emitted a stench of burning.
Basically the appliance was a dangerous fire hazard yet that company had allowed it to leave their factory!

When I called the seller they instigated a 3 way call with the manufacturer. Despite the fact that this obvious fire hazard was still plugged in (and they were informed that I was struggling to pull the machine out of its housing to make safe due to being disabled). I was refused any assistance from the manufacturer under the warranty and told I would have to wait anything up to TWO WEEKS for them to send an engineer.
I was informed if I called out a local engineer to make safe or made it safe myself (unplugging it from a socket!) I would negate the warranty and forfeit any recourse (This is unlawful advice as it is contrary to my statutory UK consumer rights and serves to further demonstrate how utterly repugnant this manufacturing company are.).
Effectively they insist on leaving a dangerous fire hazard appliance plugged in putting their customer in danger.
I was also unable to extract my clothing from the appliance. Not very well mentioned in the spec is that Whirlpool UK manufactured products now have a newfangled door locking mechanism which requires the appliance to be plugged in and correctly working to open the door. When the machine breaks down the only way to extract ones property from inside the machine is to force the door as there is no manual override. Whoever dreamt that up clearly never washed their own clothes!

Effectively, not content with placing me at risk because of their shoddily manufactured and fire hazardous appliances, they expected me to forfeit over £700 worth of clothes as well!

After much remonstration and distress the seller overrode the manufacturer and agreed to deal with the issue by agreeing to allow me to make safe, force the appliance door to get my clothes. They agreed to cover the cost of replacement, which they did. However they advised that I would have to ask Indesit to refund the amount I was out of pocket for several items of clothing that had been ruined by scorching and contamination, as well as take up safety concerns with them.

So I made a complaint to Indesit/Whirlpool UK asking them to look into the safety of the appliance and the safety issues arising out of their customer services/warranty practices, and asking them ONLY to repatriate me for the damaged clothes.
A female customer services operative From Whirlpool UK ("Heather") then rang me and was "oh so empathetic" admitting they got things wrong and insisting they would look into the safety and design issues raised. However she was obsessed with stroking her own ego and insisting that the fact I had aggravated an existing injury by trying to pull the appliance out to unplug I was "obviously" making a personal injury claim, despite me repeatedly stating this is not the case!
Since that call this dishonest complaints handler has warped, twisted and totally misrepresented the complaint made and falsely claimed that I am chasing them for injury compensation - which I am not.

I have since started being bombarded with hostile communications from the Whirlpool UK Claims department demanding all manner of personal data and threatening litigation etc. It is quite clearly an attempt to bully and intimidate me.

They are now also attempting to falsely accuse me of preventing them access to examine the appliance in situ - they had FIVE DAYS between the incident being reported to them and the appliance being collected by the seller to communicate with me and arrange such an inspection - they chose not to do so.
Indeed the same complaints handling liar deliberately booked and engineer for the day after she knew the appliance was being collected, and sent me an e mail advising me of that booking AFTER she knew the appliance was collected!
That same complaints handling liar stated during the phone call that they would examine the appliance once it was collected by the seller.

The warning here is that even if the representative you deal with appears to be helpful and decent, do not trust them as they are deceitful and two faced liars.

I have written to the CEOs Marco Milani, Andrjez Tukega and James Goldsmith to ask them to stop the bullying but they merely hand it over to the same complaints handling liar to continue bullying with their blessing!. This shows that the rot starts at the top of the company.

I can only think of two reasons why a company/complaints handler would conduct themselves with such vile dishonestly and nastiness: Either unconscious bias prejudice against disabled people is at play and they immediately label disabled people as having ulterior motive, or they deliberately deploy these bullyboy tactics to make the process so unpleasant that the complainant goes away and the company avoid the expense of safety investigations and potential product recall.

Manufacturers have a duty of care to ensure their goods are both safe and fit for purpose and when their goods are shown to be neither of those things, they have a responsibility to take reasonable steps to rectify and hazards. This company merely bully people to avoid taking responsibility - and for that reason people should AVOID BUYING ANY PRODUCTS FROM INDESIT OR ANY OTHER BRAND MANUFACTURED UNDER THE WHIRLPOOL UK UMBRELLA INCLUDING INDESIT AND HOTPOINT.

On the www.whirlpool.co.uk website the company vice chairman states "nothing is more important to us that our customers' safety" - never has a more false claim been written! He, his senior management and this company are a disgrace!

The matter has now been reported to Trading Standards and an investigator appointed.

Tip for consumers:
AVOID AVOID AVOID PURCHASING ANY PRODUCT UNDER THE WHIRLPOOL MANUFACTURING BANNER INCLUDING INDESIT AND HOTPOINT

Indesit are part of Whirlpool UK, which manufactures various brands including INDESIT, WHIRLPOOL, CREDA, ARISTON and HOTPOINT, so expect the same vile treatment by customer services all those brands.
Customer Services are non existent with Whirlpool UK/Indesit. THEY DISPLAY A TOTAL DISREGARD TOWARDS SAFETY AND TOTAL CONTEMPT WHEN IT COMES TO DECENCY AND FAIRNESS TO THE CONSUMER.
There is also an absence of openness and transparency with this manufacturer.

Their products (washing machines) are unsafe, as are their customer services/warranty policies and procedures, and they resort to dishonestly misrepresenting facts to bully and intimidate customers who dare to complain.

In my case I purchased a brand new Indesit washing machine. The very first time the appliance was used it shorted out then exploded - it literally made a 'bang' then 'hiss' sound. Lifted itself off off the floor to allow a large flash flame to escape, tripped electrics and emitted a stench of burning.
Basically the appliance was a dangerous fire hazard yet that company had allowed it to leave their factory!

When I called the seller they instigated a 3 way call with the manufacturer. Despite the fact that this obvious fire hazard was still plugged in (and they were informed that I was struggling to pull the machine out of its housing to make safe due to being disabled). I was refused any assistance from the manufacturer under the warranty and told I would have to wait anything up to TWO WEEKS for them to send an engineer.
I was informed if I called out a local engineer to make safe or made it safe myself (unplugging it from a socket!) I would negate the warranty and forfeit any recourse (This is unlawful advice as it is contrary to my statutory UK consumer rights and serves to further demonstrate how utterly repugnant this manufacturing company are.).
Effectively they insist on leaving a dangerous fire hazard appliance plugged in putting their customer in danger.
I was also unable to extract my clothing from the appliance. Not very well mentioned in the spec is that Whirlpool UK manufactured products now have a newfangled door locking mechanism which requires the appliance to be plugged in and correctly working to open the door. When the machine breaks down the only way to extract ones property from inside the machine is to force the door as there is no manual override. Whoever dreamt that up clearly never washed their own clothes!

Effectively, not content with placing me at risk because of their shoddily manufactured and fire hazardous appliances, they expected me to forfeit over £700 worth of clothes as well!

After much remonstration and distress the seller overrode the manufacturer and agreed to deal with the issue by agreeing to allow me to make safe, force the appliance door to get my clothes. They agreed to cover the cost of replacement, which they did. However they advised that I would have to ask Indesit to refund the amount I was out of pocket for several items of clothing that had been ruined by scorching and contamination, as well as take up safety concerns with them.

So I made a complaint to Indesit/Whirlpool UK asking them to look into the safety of the appliance and the safety issues arising out of their customer services/warranty practices, and asking them ONLY to repatriate me for the damaged clothes.
A female customer services operative From Whirlpool UK then rang me and was "oh so empathetic" admitting they got things wrong and insisting they would look into the safety and design issues raised. However she was obsessed with stroking her own ego and insisting that the fact I had aggravated an existing injury by trying to pull the appliance out to unplug I was "obviously" making a personal injury claim, despite me repeatedly stating this is not the case!
Since that call this dishonest complaints handler has warped, twisted and totally misrepresented the complaint made and falsely claimed that I am chasing them for injury compensation - which I am not.

I have since started being bombarded with hostile communications from the Whirlpool UK Claims department demanding all manner of personal data and threatening litigation etc. It is quite clearly an attempt to bully and intimidate me.

They are now also attempting to falsely accuse me of preventing them access to examine the appliance in situ - they had FIVE DAYS between the incident being reported to them and the appliance being collected by the seller to communicate with me and arrange such an inspection - they chose not to do so.
Indeed the same complaints handling liar deliberately booked and engineer for the day after she knew the appliance was being collected, and sent me an e mail advising me of that booking AFTER she knew the appliance was collected!
That same complaints handling liar stated during the phone call that they would examine the appliance once it was collected by the seller.

I have written to the CEOs Marco Milani, Andrjez Tukega and James Goldsmith to ask them to stop the bullying but they merely hand it over to the same complaints handling liar to continue bullying with their blessing!. This shows that the rot starts at the top of the company.

I can only think of two reasons why a company/complaints handler would conduct themselves with such vile dishonestly and nastiness: Either unconscious bias prejudice against disabled people is at play and they immediately label disabled people as having ulterior motive, or they deliberately deploy these bullyboy tactics to make the process so unpleasant that the complainant goes away and the company avoid the expense of safety investigations and potential product recall.

Manufacturers have a duty of care to ensure their goods are both safe and fit for purpose and when their goods are shown to be neither of those things, they have a responsibility to take reasonable steps to rectify and hazards. This company merely bully people to avoid taking responsibility - and for that reason people should AVOID BUYING ANY PRODUCTS FROM INDESIT OR ANY OTHER BRAND MANUFACTURED UNDER THE WHIRLPOOL UK UMBRELLA INCLUDING INDESIT AND HOTPOINT.
This company are a disgrace.

The matter has now been reported to Trading Standards and an investigator appointed.

Disgraceful company with some deeply dishonest practices.
Firstly they list goods at lower prices than competitors and falsely state that fixings are included - then they make up the money by charging obscene delivery charges.
Then as soon as you order they send you an e mail stating that if you are not in when they delivery you have to pay again - which is fine, except they do not give you any information as to delivery date or times.
In the same e mail you are i formed that if the goods supplied are damaged, incomplete etc you must sign something for the delivery driver saying so or lose your statutory rights of refund/reparation - this condition is impossible to meet because the delivery driver just dumps the stuff on your doorstep and is long gone before you open the door! Dirty trading tactics indeed!
Then when you discover the fittings are missing and contact the company you have to deal with rude, ignorant, unhelpful staff who openly exercise disability discrimination. They then tell you to send an e mail which might get read in a couple of days and might get a response... sometime! Staff have atrociously bad attitudes and a "blame the customer for the company's incompetence" ethos.
So effectively you are left with expensive goods that are missing essential elements - the cheaper prices are a false economy costing extra days paying fitters who have to return.
This company and those in it are vile - they are being reported to Trading Standards.
AVOID AVOID AVOID - they are an abomination!