17th April 2008:
Although this is not car boot related We thought everybody should know about it. VISTAPRINT.CO.UK SCAM: Never purchase off this company, they sign you up for subscriptions without you knowing about it, and if you do not check your bank statements you can be loosing upto £17.95 per month. My 17 year old son bought some business cards last Dec 07 and being a typical teenager he did not check his bank statements until his mum opened it by mistake and to his horror found several payments had gone out of his account. 1 for shopdisc.co.uk £8.00 3 for Shopperdiscounts £8.00 and 3 for clubprem £9.95 all since jan 08. I have been onto these companies and they admitted it was though vistaprint it took alot of reseach to get there details but I did it. They have said they will refund his money and cancel the accounts. I am now having to wait 10 days to see if the money is refunded back into my sons account. He has an appointment with the Bank to cancel any further payments to these companies. Vistaprint.co.uk / shopdisc.co.uk / shopperdiscounts and clubprem are not british they are all registered in the US check them out on whois. check out all the companies on google and you will be amazed what comes up.
23/04/08 - My son has now got all his money back He can now cancel his debit card and get a new one. What a scam even though they refund you, all the interest they are making off our money, and those that do not realise until 12 months later, what can I say, CHECK YOUR STATEMENTS EVERY MONTH.
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A MAN who sold pirated DVDs at a car boot sale held at Posh's London Road car park was caught with pornographic videos in his bag. A 27 year old man of Eagle Way, Hampton, was selling a number of copied films, including Disney family favourites, when city trading standards officers approached his stall at the regular boot sale. The court heard that the man, who is on benefits, had been trying to make extra money, and had seen stallholders making large profits from the sale of fake DVDs at the sale.
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THE plug has been pulled on council plans for weekly car boot sales in Brighouse due to start on Sunday. Calderdale Council wanted to run sales on the Daisy Street car park and estimated it would make £15,000 annually. And the authority cleared the way by diverting monthly charity car boot sales organised by Brighouse Lions on to the Bethel Street car park. But the council plans are now on hold after complaints.
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Earthquake hits much of England 27/02/08. The biggest earthquake in the UK for nearly 25 years has shaken homes across large parts of England. We at yourbooty in Stockport were woken at 00:56 with the bedfroom cupboards shaking. |
