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In similar position claim rejected for refund of £399.99p.
Sent cheque for £200 'purely as a goodwill gesture' despite being told by Landmark Insurance Co Ltd vice chairman that Comet had failed to input the data from some 600 Certificate of insurance registration slips.
Comet aware of this problem regarding my details since Aug 2000.
Garry Garmston.. 23 February 2002
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This is a bit worrying as i never received the redemption form and after writting quite a few times no reply my insurance runs out november this year and i want my £399-99 back Carl West... 20 July 2002
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I contacted comet direct from there web site and got a reply saying that they have been in touch with the insurance company and a new redemption form was reprinted 3 july which i am still waiting for perhaps the pidgion has got lost again Carl West.. 29 July 2002
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I have yet to recieve my refund of 139.99 for an unused warranty.
I sent the correspondence to the address supplied including all the relevent documents but nothing has been sent.
All i want is my refund which after all was forced onto me at the start and now have waited 5 years to reclaim my money of which i regret spending all those years back. Chris porter...8 November 2002
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I am having big problems with Comet at the moment trying to get a 6 month old JVC HIFI repaired. Everytime it comes back not repaired and they even want to charge me £45.00 to look at it now...
Dawn E Taylor..24 January 2003
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I bought a television set from comet stores in bolton last august/september 02 within a matter of a few weeks the television set broke down. I requested a replacement, which i was refused and was told they wont replace electrical goods once they have been purchased only repair them. This i wasnt happy about and felt i had to accept there other option which was to have it repaired, they id say to me that if it breakes down three times and is the same problem as the first they will replace it.

I then asked what if it has ran out of guarantee and is the same problem again, they then said they will still replace it even if it has ran out of the guarantee and is the same problem. Well would you believe it, it broke own again and i spoke to a Ms L H at the service station at bolton and suprise suprise they refused to replace or repair without costs to me or my ex wife.

I spoke to trading standards who said whether it has ran out of guarantee or not if it is a manufacturers problem and it is still breaking down out of the guarantee time then comet are responsible as they never repaired the problem at the begining.

I then spoke to Ms LH at bolton again who then asked me for the number of the trading standards and name, I get the feeling that i wasnt being believed.
what ever happened to customer relations obviously comet dont seem to know what it means, and i will be very reluctant indeed of buying anything again from comet or recomending anyone to them, lets hope no one asks me.
Mr.P.M.Campbell... 4 February 2003
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I await £199 for unused insurance also.
I followed the procedure exactly, kept all records and sent the originals to them by special delivery (keeping good copies). I have had no response to either the original claim OR the reminder I sent last week - hence my visit to this site. If anyone has successfully claimed their money for a similar scheme I would like to know how they managed it, at the moment small claims court is looking favourite.
Andrew Harper... 9 March 2003
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I've had a similar experience with the insurance redemption
; they are claiming that I was not the original purchaser as their records do not have the same initial as the redemption form (surname and address match!) Clearly they are trying to avoid payments by fabricating lies, hoping customers will give up. I for one won't, I'll see them in court if need be! Adrian Lea ... 23 May 2003
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I had a video player purchased from COMET.
It broke down a day out of the 4-week replacement guarantee. They would only send it for repair. Four weeks later it was returned to me. When played it was still faulty and was subsequently returned for repair yet again. After another four weeks I requested a refund or a replacement but was refused by the local store and the head office who were very rude.

The video was returned to me after another couple of weeks but was found to be severely damaged (casing), when opened in the shop. A replacent was refused yet again and off the video went for repair again.
At the end of my tether, I took COMET to the small claims court and won.
I recieved a full refund, plus court costs plus compensation, the original video was £80, it ended up costing COMET £200.

If not satisfied do not hesitate in taking COMET to the small claims court, it is very easy and you dont need a solicitor.
Peter Charles Warrick ... 19 June 2003
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I would like to start a consumer watch against a company called unclaimedfunds.org
. I checked this site out, because it lured me in thinking that I was owed money by some entity. Turns out that not me, or any of my friend or relatives (I search no fewer than 50 names where actually owed anything, but on the outside (of paying for the service) they were owed. Be advised that this is a hoax, and please don't fall into the trap I did and actually pay these people, they don't give refunds for any reason.
Stephanie Boles ... 27 August 2003
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I sent a money back voucher for unused warranty to comet
STILL waiting for a reply. i feel very let down by comet. i did keep the details writen down in case there was a problem as i had heard of people not getting their money back, i couldn't photocopy the policy details as they were so faint. why offer this service if you have no intension of paying people back!
Mrs L Garton .. 3 September 2003

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