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Paulcn

United Kingdom

Reviews

Review of Lazy Susan Ltd


Rated 4 out of 5 stars

A socket set is useful.

Quality and look of table and chairs very good. Tools provided less so.
If you are putting together a socket set and good screwdriver will save a good deal of time.

11 July 2026
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Review of Virgin Money UK


Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Terrible website functionality

Terrible website, I mean have Virgin employees ever used it ? Let me take you through the process. I'm looking to buy a ISA. I already have one with Virgin, so I want to check my balance and details of my current ISA and look at options to invest before the end of the tax year.
The login process is fine.
Easy to get to your accounts and see your balance and type of ISA I have. So far so good.
Then I click on a link ( I'm logged in at this stage ) to look at available ISAs. The website then automatically logs you out without any warning, and you then have to log in again. Seriously? Has the Virgin web designer not understood that new pages can be opened in a new tab?
I'm giving two stars rather than one , as when I managed to get hold of someone on the phone they were very charming and answered my simple question very quickly.

31 March 2023
Unprompted review

Reply from Virgin Money UK

Good Morning, appreciate you heading our way to leave your comments. I'm sorry that the link you clicked resulted in you being logged out of the account. As a note, all of our existing savings products can be found here for future reference: https://uk.virginmoney.com/savings/find/results/online and that's without the need to sign in. However, I completely understand where you're coming from and will feed this back to the Savings team. I'm glad to hear you were happy with the service when you called in.

Review of Collinson Group


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Used the test centre in St Pancras in…

Used the test centre in St Pancras in the past worked pretty well. On Saturday I turned up ten minutes before my booked time. Massive queue about 100m long. ( with no social distancing )
You have to book a slot, so how they happened to have such a queue escapes me.
They have also changed their system so you have to get a registration number by filling in a long form.
48 hours later still no results. Hopeless.
If I compare this to the service I got in Belgium when I was there. Drive in at local hospital car park , ten minutes wait in car, results in 24hrs. All for free.
Anyone get the impression we are ripped off in this country ?

6 December 2021
Unprompted review

Reply from Collinson Group

Hi Paul, thanks for the review and I'm disappointed to hear you weren't able to get it sorted at the time. I would like to see how we can help. Could you please send us your order number, full name and email address. I will send you a direct message on here. Regards, Amy

Review of first direct


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Sadly in decline

I have been with FD since 1992. I always loved their fantastic service. Nothing was too much for them in the past. I have recommended countless people to them. Alas no more.
Today I tried three times to reach them on the phone, and waited 15mins each time and still didn't get through.
I was only trying to pay someone £120, and could not do this on either the web or phone without an error occuring.
I have still not managed to do this simple task.
I have noticed the decline of service levels at FD in the past few years. An indication they don't want to talk on the phone is that the phone number is no longer on the front page.
But they do have a new logo. Wow.

17 June 2021
Unprompted review

Reply from first direct

Hi Paul. I'm sorry to hear you've had trouble speaking with us today. We have been unusually busy, and are working to answer calls as fast as possible. The current wait time for customer services is less than 10 minutes. Please try again on 03456 100 100 and hold the line until your call is answered, so we can help. - Christina

Review of Kwik Fit


Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Low inflation !

Had tyres changed by mobile fitter, didn't inflate to correct PSI. They looked soft after fitting and when I asked was told the pressures were correct.
However tyres had been inflated to 30psi not 36psi so I had to do that myself. Also TPMS was not reset , so the next time I set out I had a big red warning on the dash.
Otherwise all was fine fast and friendly .
Would recommend as long as you have your own pump to inflate to correct pressures and you don't mind pouring over your car's manual to learn how to reset TPMS.

26 June 2017
Unprompted review