Blog Detail
Jon Silver's Personal Blog
http://www.jonsilver.me.uk/jonsblog
Jon Silver writes about experiences as a consumer and gets all annoyed about the state of the world.
- Added on: Jul 13th, 2007
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Author: Jon Silver
- Listed in: Personal Business
- Tags: rants customer service Consumer complaints righteous indignation corporate negligence
Recent Posts
ScrewFix Direct: no-show kitchens & belligerent staff
I took the advice of my builder & bought a selection of ScrewFix Direct ready-assembled kitchen units for my house renovation; then I waited, and waited, and despite three delivery dates being quoted, none was satisfied. When I was told it would...
Esporta Brighton – unfair notice periods and forged signatures
Since we decided to leave Esporta Brighton, we’ve had no end of threatening behaviour from the company and its debt collector ARC Europe. This isn’t anything unusual, they’ve done it to lots of people – just try a Google sear...
If SatNav was Royal Mail, we’d all be lost forever
The Royal Mail is the arbiter of all addresses. If it’s not on their database, it doesn’t exist. Thankfully my studio is on the database. So are quite a few other businesses in the local area. However it doesn’t stop the Royal Mail&...
London to Brighton Bike Ride turns bad
Years ago – in 1981 – when I was a mere fourteen years of age, I started doing the London to Brighton Bike Ride. Living in Brighton, we’d get up very early, catch one of the special trains to Clapham Junction, and proudly start the ride...
Belkin – probably the worst brand in the world
Just a quick public information notice: Belkin makes the most unreliable, poorly designed, unmitigated rubbish in the world. It’s true. I have owned several items by Belkin, none of which has ever worked properly, and have always given them the...
BBC Science & Nature Programmes and The D Word
The BBC has long been known for its excellent science & nature programmes. I grew up on them; some thirty years ago David Attenborough himself introduced me to Darwinian evolution through the process of Natural Selection in his seminal series ...
