JC

Jim Chapman

United Kingdom

Reviews

Review of Staysure Travel Insurance


Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Too Lengthy Agreeing Premium

Spent an age on the phone providing information and negotiating a premium.

Could and should have been handled much quicker.

Happy with final premium.

January 30, 2026

Reply from Staysure Travel Insurance

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We are always striving to improve our products and services; your feedback will be passed onto the relevant department. If you have any further questions, please refer to our website for FAQ or contact us via our chat facility.

Review of Unum UK


Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Poor Claim Process & Value for Money

I’ve been with UNUM for many years via the RBS company retired scheme.

Been frustrated many times with their claim system when trivial reasons have delayed payment.

The latest is I submitted a Statement of Account from my dentist confirming payment but it was rejected because it wasn’t a “receipt”! Surely anyone with half a brain should be able to work out that a Statement of Account showing a zero balance means the treatment has been paid for.

Complained to UNUM who accepted they were wrong but only after contacting my dentist to confirm payment had been made, strongly implying they didn’t trust me and thought I was capable of committing fraud!

Something similar occurred a while back when a MS Word document, that contained PNG images of all claim documentation including a receipt, was rejected because I was told the images could have been doctored. Which isn’t the case and again implies I could be committing fraud.

I’m paying £70 per month to cover my wife and me and to add insult to injury recently I was reimbursed just £25 for a panoral x-ray that cost £165!

I’ve had doubts about UNUM for some time and am currently scanning the internet to identify the best dental insurance providers with the intention of switching when my current policy ends.

January 14, 2026
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Review of R Woodfall Opticians


Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Excellent Treatment Again

Glasses specifications altered to my satisfaction.

Also had a dry eye examination. Very helpful albeit the handout instructions given to me didn’t tally with the eye bag product instructions.

October 8, 2025

Reply from R Woodfall Opticians

Thank you very much for your feedback.
Please feel free to pop back in if you have any further queries with anything.

Review of Openreach


Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Engineer professional and…

Engineer professional and conscientious.

Only disappointment, I was told the cable would have to enter the house by my modem, which is positioned in the middle of my home. This necessitated the cable being secured across the front of my house, through my garage and 2 internal walls then under my stairs.

Subsequently, I was told my modem could have been moved to the front reception room and life would have been much easier for the engineer and me!

The engineer had a plethora of tools and accessories but I think a handheld vacuum cleaner would be a great addition!

September 16, 2025
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Reply from Openreach

Hi Jim, sorry you we can not always put the ONT in certain area but we understand your frustration on this and we will pass your feedback about a hoover on to the right department. Cheers Gareth

Review of London Luggage

Review of Kurt Geiger


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Poor Quality

Poor Quality

Bought a pair of Kurt Geiger deck shoes via Shoeaholics.

Leather laces broke after 5/6 wears.

Inner sole came out and never refitted properly making wearing uncomfortable.

Leather colour faded unevenly and the final straw was the stitching coming undone.

The worst pair of shoes I’ve bought in over 60 years of buying shoes.

Returned to Shoeaholics and got a full refund.

I’ll never buy another pair of Kurt Geiger shoes.

Only positive: Shoeaholics post sales support has been excellent.

July 21, 2025
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Reply from Kurt Geiger

Hello Jim,
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us. We’re sorry to hear about the difficulties you encountered with your shoes. From our records, we can see that you contacted Shoeaholics, and we’re pleased the team was able to arrange a full refund for you.
We work closely with our retail partners to ensure any concerns are handled promptly and fairly, and we’ll be passing your comments along to our product team for review. Should you ever need assistance directly in the future, our customer care team is here to help via email or live chat.
Kind regards,
Team Kurt Geiger

Review of Myhelpshop


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Not sure how they got my details

Not sure how they got my details, I think I had to enter credit details to prove my I’d, but £40.56 deducted without my agreement.

Fortunately, my credit card company notified me of the transaction and I unsubscribed.

Be very careful!

August 13, 2025
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Review of Cotton Traders


Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Trousers and shorts excellent.

Trousers and shorts excellent.

Great fit, quality, value and delivered promptly.

May 19, 2025

Reply from Cotton Traders

We're happy to hear that you find the trousers and shorts excellent. We appreciate your positive feedback on the fit, quality, value, and prompt delivery!🚚✔

Review of Shoeaholics.com


Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Quality

Cost, delivery and shoes excellent.

Only downside, one of the leather laces snapped after shoes worn 5/6 times. Poor!

May 28, 2025
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Reply from Shoeaholics.com

Hello Jim,

Thanks for your review. We're so pleased to hear you were happy with the cost, delivery, and overall look of the shoes. We're sorry to hear about the issue with the leather laces — that’s definitely not the experience we want for our customers. Please reach out to us at [email protected] so we can look into this further for you.

Team Shoeaholics

Review of Octopus Energy


Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Billing Confusing after switching to Fixed Tariff

Prior to switching to a new Fixed Tariff contract in October 2024, each month I was emailed a link to my Octopus bill that contained Gas and Electricity usage and charges.

Post the switch, my monthly email linked to an Octopus bill showing ELECTRICITY ONLY. I didn’t pick this up until February 2025.

After making contact with Octopus it was established that each month Octopus were producing 2 bills ie one for Gas and another for Electricity but only emailing me links for the latter.

I’ve requested they return to producing a single bill with both Gas and Electricity details present.

March 4, 2025

Reply from Octopus Energy

Hello Jim,

Thank you for taking time out of your day to provide some feedback for us. We appreciate this as it allows us to look in to our areas for improvement.

I have taken a look at your account and it is a coincidence that the billing issue started shortly after changing your tariff, but we can assure you that your absence of gas bills is unrelated to the fixing of your tariff.

There’s currently a known defect with your gas meter which can cause delays in the meter readings coming through to us, and sometimes prevents any readings from being sent to us at all. I can see that your account has been affected by both of these issues, firstly with the readings being sent to us a few days late thus causing your gas and electricity to be on separate statements, and it has recently stopped sending us readings altogether. This defect is currently under investigation with the manufacturer so in the meantime we would advise that you submit manual gas readings each month so that we can continue to issue statements. If this is going to be an issue for you then please let me know so that we can assist. I have sent you an email so that we can discuss this in further detail.

Kind regards,
Chloe

Review of Moonpig.com


Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Card Damaged

My wife and I have purchased several cards from Moonpig.

Generally happy but a major issue is when buying A4 or above size cards they do not arrive in an envelope marked “Do Not Bend”. As a result, cards have been damaged when forced by the postman through a too small letterbox!

This can be easily resolved by printing “Do Not Bend” on ALL ENVELOPES, but for some reason it’s something Moonpig has failed to implement.

January 27, 2025
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Reply from Moonpig.com

We’re sorry to hear the packaging of your order wasn’t up to scratch. We want every delivery to arrive in perfect condition. If you could contact us with the details of your issue via [email protected], we’ll happily look into this for you. Please include the details of your order so that we’re able to help you as soon as we can!

Review of Moonpig.com


Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Disappointed

Discount misleading and only available if “extras” ordered.

Checkout process to complicated by your attempt to sell “extras”.

Would like the option to include on the delivery envelope “Do Not Bend” when ordering A5 card (based on previous experience the only chance of the card not being forced through my letter box is if the postie rings the bell).

I buy for convenience from Moonpig but I don’t think the process is particularly user friendly!

December 17, 2024

Review of Moonpig.com


Rated 3 out of 5 stars

A4 Envelope Not Marked “Do Not Bend”

The choice and creation process okay but this is the 2nd time I’ve received an A4 card in an envelope NOT LABELLED/MARKED “DO NOT BEND”.

Last time the card was damaged when the postman forced it through the letterbox, fortunately this time I intercepted the delivery to prevent the card suffering the same fate.

A serious Moonpig deficiency and one that can be easily avoided!

October 2, 2024

Review of Festive Lights


Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Not Suitable External Intruder Lights

Ordering and delivery very good.

Price acceptable.

Power and range not as expected and not really suitable as external intruder lights 😢

July 22, 2024

Reply from Festive Lights

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review!
We're sorry to hear this, if the item is not suitable please do not hesitate to get in contact on 01257 792111

Review of Moonpig.com


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Not Impressed!

When adding a photo to the card the "adjust" feature is limited, not allowing a corner to be grabbed and pulled diagonally to reduce the size. I had to keep cropping on my PC then returning to Moonpig. Poor.

The checkout process of automatically adding the £9.99 and £18.00 Moonpig options is devious! These should be offered as options to be added and not automatically set. Took a little while to remove.

Last but not least, my A4 card arrived in an envelope NOT MARKED "DO NOT BEND" which resulted in it being forced through a standard letter box and damaged. Poor on behalf of Moonpig and the Royal Mail.

I've photos I'd like to add to this review to show the damage but unfortunately Trustpilot doesn't offer that option.

Not impressed!

May 17, 2024

Reply from Moonpig.com

Thank you for leaving a review, I'm sorry to hear this has happened. If you could contact our customer service team via live chat, a member of our team will help look into this for you. Please include your trustpilot review in the chat along with your order details and our team will be able to sort your issue!

Review of Autoglass®


Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Screen fitted but not recalibarated

Screen fitted but technician not able to complete the recalibaration. Had to sit in reception for 2 hours waiting for the problem to be resolved (which it wasn't).

Technician told me he would contact Autoglass Head Office who would liaise with Honda to arrange for them to complete the recalibration.

Coincidently, I took my car in for it's annual service 2 days later and, after much toing and froing, established Autoglass hadn't contacted Honda and I would have to pay for the recalibration myself!

I spoke to an Autoglass customer service agent, who was very helpful, around 9:00am. But after several attempts she was unable to arrange for Honda to be paid on the day of the service and I was without my car (I don't have a 2nd one) for 24 hours.

Massively unimpressed by the Autoglass post work service!

May 5, 2022

Reply from Autoglass®

Good Afternoon,

I am very sorry to read of your frustration - this is by no means the level of service we aim to deliver. I will ensure feedback is made to allow us to improve.

Should you need to discuss your concerns further, please contact us via [email protected].

Kind Regards,
Chloe

Review of County Golf


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Out of pocket through no fault of my own!

I’ve used before and was happy but very disappointed with my recent experiences e.g. I ordered a pair of Calvin Klein trousers size 38/L. When they arrived they were too large because the actual waist was 40 inches. I returned with a note and a picture proving the size was not as advertised. I was refunded the cost and my original postage but not my return postage.

This is the 2nd time it’s happened which means I’ve it’s cost me £7.05 for NOTHING!

Very disappointed.

February 11, 2022
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Review of Ample Store


Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Delivered Promptly and Good Price

Delivered promptly.

Product as advertised and lowest price on the internet.

November 29, 2021

Reply from Ample Store

Hi Jim,
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. I am happy to hear you are satisfied with the service and the prices we have to offer! We hope to deal with you again in the not too distant future
Jordan Simpson
Managing Director

Review of ITS


Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Good Service

Sanding sheets delivered promptly.

January 30, 2021

Reply from ITS

Thank you for the review. We are pleased to see that you are happy with the level of service you have received. We look forward to seeing some future orders with yourself.
Of course if you ever need anything in the future please call us on 020 8532 5000! - Aaron

Review of Foremost Golf