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Ben O'Brien

United Kingdom

Reviews

Review of Talent Cricket

Review of Swift Lawyers Ltd


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Lost our house purchase due to their incompetence

Lost our house purchase due to their sheer incompetence. They had longer than anyone else in the chain and were unable to do their job. The other solicitors in the chain have made complaints against them as in 4 months they completely derailed the entire chain as they were unable to process a simple conveyancing.

24 September 2021
Unprompted review

Review of Discount Cricket Outlet


Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Pleased with the service

Impressed with the service, quick delivery and easy website to use. I did request some additional information that wasn’t forthcoming, but overall very pleased with service received.

7 July 2021
Unprompted review

Review of Look After My Bills


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Don’t bother - easier and safer to DIY

Signed up following seeing TV advertising showing hassle free savings. Gave my information online and was provided with the best tariff I could switch to, which was Bulb energy. Subsequently got my renewal notice from existing supplier and the rate was virtually the same. So I informed look after my bills immediately that I did not want to switch. This was a few weeks prior to my current contract expiring.

I have continued for over a month to get numerous emails from look after my bills and the new supplier/my own supplier about my planned switch. Not just Bulb Energy but also Utility Point. I have also had a direct debit set up with Utility Point that I hadn't authorised.

I’ve had a number of phone calls and sitting on hold with my own supplier, proposed supplier and look after my bills and still getting emails about planning to switch despite making it extremely clear that I do not want to!

Keep it simple - compare and do it yourself. Taken me a lot more time to not switch this year!

Edit: thanks for responding. However, it doesn’t explain the issues I’ve had, why you continued to switch me after I contacted you immediately and subsequently signed me up to another switch and activated a new direct debit following this when I had already informed you that I had renewed with my current supplier, and without my consent.

Where have you made a private request for more information?

EDIT - just got a bill from Utility Point after a failed direct debit request of £50 despite paying my actual supplier every month. Avoid these cowboys like the plague!!!

28 January 2021
Unprompted review

Reply from Look After My Bills

​Hi Ben,

Thanks for your review. I'm sorry to hear you didn't like the experience. At Look After My Bills, we always want to put our members first. I apologize that you feel that way about our service.

It seems that there is some confusion. Allow me to explain.

From the date we initiate a switch to your new supplier, you have a 14-day cooling-off period to cancel the switch. We are really transparent upfront about the way we operate. We always process a cancellation request. If you’d like us to cancel the switch for you, you must contact us before 5pm on the last working day within the cancellation period. Or you can call the supplier directly and ask them to cancel the switch for you. In fact, both, your new supplier and us can trigger your cancellation.

If you have cancelled your first switch we'll always keep scanning the market for you indeed.

Aside from your switch we also scan the market, to find you the best deal at this really moment. This is really time-consuming. We provide an automatic switch service for those who don't want to waste their time looking at every available energy deal.

Please kindly respond to my private request for more information. I can then look to go through your account with us in greater detail.

I hope this helps to clarify and that you’ll allow us to make it up to you.

Thomas - Energy Adviser
Look After My Bills

Review of WeBuyAnyPhone.com


Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Happy with the service

Quick easy service with clear instructions and highest price I could find offered.

However, took a good couple of weeks for payment to come through.
Order 31810088

26 May 2020
Unprompted review

Review of HeatandPlumb.com


Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent Service Would Recommend

Good selection online, reasonable prices, came very quickly and was easy to arrange. Customer services good and easy to contact. Would definitely use again.

16 February 2019
Unprompted review

Reply from HeatandPlumb.com

Dear Ben,

Feedback helps us grow as a team and we appreciate you taking the time today to review our company.

Why not keep in touch via Twitter/Facebook or Instagram?

Kind regards

Team HeatAndPlumb

Review of Intuit Credit Karma UK


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Worst credit check company

Got turned down for credit because a bank used Noddle. ClearScore and Experian reports very high but Noddles results were bizzare! Tried to contact them by phone and they don’t take phone calls. Sent several emails and just get fobbed off.

Reviewed my report from them and sent it to a mortgage adviser. No late payments, minimal debt and the mortgage adviser said that it was ‘immaculate’. Their below average score is completely unfounded and I’m taking my complaint to the financial ombudsman.

Maybe they score people low so that they sign up to their £15pm improve your score service!

31 October 2018
Unprompted review

Reply from Intuit Credit Karma UK

Hi Ben,

I’m really sorry to read that you’ve recently been refused credit.

Unfortunately, I’m not able to tell you the reason for this, as each company has their own lending criteria and I don’t have access to that. If you’d like to know the specific reason your recent application has been refused, I’d suggest getting in touch with the lender directly, as they should be able to tell you why they weren’t able to accept your application.

With regards to the variation in scores, I appreciate that it may be concerning to see but each agency will have a different method of calculating and displaying the rating that they give. Therefore, there is no way of directly comparing them. Each agency will also be rating you based upon the information that they have access to, which can differ slightly as a result of the way in which lenders share information.

If you are concerned about the information that we hold on you, I would recommend that you check your report for any incorrect information. If you do come across anything you don’t recognise or feel to be incorrect, you can dispute this using our online disputes capability.

As Noddle is an online product, we don’t provide a phone service. However, if you do have any questions or concerns, you can email us at contact@noddle.co.uk using the Subject Reference ‘Trust Pilot Query’ and we’ll be happy to help!

Ellen
The Noddle Team