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Mr Veselin Stanchev

United Kingdom

Reviews

Review of Non Stop Kids Entertainment


Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Beyond expecations!

I would like to thank Gary because the show he was doing was coming from his heart and he was able to emotionally engage not only the children, but also the grown ups. This is really super rare!

July 13, 2025
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Review of Debt Recovery Plus


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Sending payment notices for a paid fine

My parking fine was sorted by the employer back in November 24. For some reason Debt Recover Plus keep sending me payment notice letters with the latest one threating with court case and increasing the fine to £260. Called their telephone line and talked to Christivie, who was quite rude and disrespectful and kept claiming that the payment is outstanding. Hardly would ever find lower level of expertise and customer service.

June 23, 2025
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Reply from Debt Recovery Plus

Hi,
I am sorry to hear of your experience. I have sent you an information request via Trustpilot so we can assist you further.

Thanks
DRP

Review of Smyths Toys Superstores


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Do not accept valid returns

Been customer for years in the Harlow shop, decoded the stop visiting tue store as theu devlided to accept a return within 30 days because there "was nothing wrong with the toy". Obviously while the tou is in a package no one can actually get a feel of it. But once opened it cabnot be returned any more. The problem witj this specific toy is that once assembled it cannot be dismantled and packed anymore.

May 1, 2025
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Review of Travelzoo


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Charged for the monthly subscription without my consent

I did accentually book a free trial for this website but at the end I actually never really used it, not was planning to use the services after. I was charged £30 at the end of the free trial for the 1st monthly cost and when I politely asked for refund as obviously it was accidental order and I never really used the service it was rejected due to company policy. You could have provide a little bit of inclusion and understanding but since you haven't I actually will never use or recommend your site to anyone.

Edit after reply: I would like to get my money back and not my feedback submitted to the data Team.

March 17, 2025
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Reply from Travelzoo

Dear Veselin,

Thank you for taking the time to review your experiences with the Travelzoo membership. We are very sorry to read that our services did not meet your expectations.

Your feedback is very important to us and will be shared with our Deal Experts.

With kind regards,

Chrissie
The Travelzoo Team

Review of Cards2Cash


Rated 5 out of 5 stars

My gift card with 0 balance but the problem was solved

I was really sad to understand today that the gift card I bought on 13.12.24 and tried to use in store today did not go through as it said balance was 0. it's definitely bad experience with my first gift card. even though I have missed the 14 days deadline to report a problem with the gift card sellers customer services stepped in and helped.

They have resolved the issue in my favour and managed to recover the balance of the card.

December 28, 2024
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Reply from Cards2Cash

Hi Veselin,
We're sorry to hear that a gift card you purchased from us didn't work. All purchases are covered with our 14 day buyer protection policy, so please contact us on help@cards2cash.co.uk so we can resolve the issue for you.
Kind Regards,
The Cards2Cash Team

Review of Starling


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Not working dispute process

Do not want to dispute my transaction because I do not have physical receipt. With all other banks I can dispute a transaction without physical receipts. Needs a lot of improvement here. I will simply stop using Starling for payment because they don't want to protect their customers rights

October 15, 2024
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Reply from Starling

Hi Veselin,
We're so sorry to hear about your experience. When you raise a dispute with us, we'll investigate this carefully using the MasterCard guidelines and try to get the outcome you're looking for. If we're unable to, we'll share why.
We can see our team has explained this to you and given you the next steps. If you need further help with this, please don't hesitate to reach out to us again - we're available 24/7.

Team Starling

Review of Hyperoptic Full Fibre Broadband


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Taking money is the highest priority

Our monthly fee suddenly jumped from £40 to £67 without any explanation, upon ringing we were advised that if we renew the contract for another two years the monthly fee will be £51 because TWO YEARS AGO we were sent hub device for amplifying the signal and we need to start paying MONTHLY FEE for using it even though we have already been using it for two years. It is the first time in my life I hear company willing to charge monthly for signal amplifying device, obviously when such devices are everywhere on the market. HyperOptic always say that they only guarantee speed over the cable and cannot guarantee WiFi, question here is when you cannot guarantee why do you charge additional £11 for a wifi hub device. We could after all get a fee of £40 but however we were supposed to return the hub device in original working condition (this is after two years of usage!) otherwise they will charge the FULL MARKET PRICE of the hub device (even though this device obviously was used for a lot of time). I am wondering why would they charge the full price of the device, as if they are going to send my used device to another customer in used state? The story doesn't need any comment, if it wasn't tragic attempt to get as much money as possible, it would have been hilarious.

I would move to another provider at first convenience.

October 15, 2024
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Reply from Hyperoptic Full Fibre Broadband

Thank you for sharing your concerns with us, and we sincerely apologize for the confusion and frustration surrounding your recent bill and the charges for the hub device. We understand how unexpected changes like these can be frustrating, and we’re here to help clarify the situation.

When your initial contract ends, it’s normal for the monthly fee to increase, as the discounted price from your commitment period no longer applies. If your recent bill was issued before you renewed your contract, it would have reflected the ongoing price of the package at that time. However, if you renewed the contract a few days after the invoice was generated, rest assured that your next bill will be adjusted, and the price difference will be deducted to reflect the renewal terms.

We also want to address the issue you raised regarding the booster device. We’ll investigate the matter in detail to ensure everything is handled appropriately, including the additional charges and the return policy. We’ll be reaching out to you directly to discuss both the billing and the hub device issue further.

We appreciate your patience and understanding, and we’ll work to resolve this as quickly as possible. Please expect to hear from us soon.

Review of HSBC UK


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Broke my credit score

Been customer for ages with always green on my payments, last year I was offered 60 days of breathing space to cope with my financial problems, now I realised they have set up late payments and affected seriously my credit score. When I asked them to help with correcting this as I am regular customer for 8 years, they said not possible

EDIT after the reply from HSBC:

The reply below did not bring any improvement to my complaint, the opposite I was asked to describe my situation one more time wasting my personal time and the response was that there ia nothing they can do

October 14, 2024
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Reply from HSBC UK

Hi Veselin. I am sorry that you are unhappy with the service that you have received, I would like to look into this for you.

Could you please email me on: social.media.uk@hsbc.com with #4080047 as the subject, lease include your full name and postcode in the email, and I will do everything I can to support you.

You can also raise a complaint by messaging me on Social Media, or via the link below 🔽

https://www.hsbc.co.uk/help/feedback-and-complaints/

I look forward to hearing from you - Clair

Review of Paypal


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Flagged incorrectly payment as late

I have late payment to my PayPal credit on the credit file which was the first ever payment of £5. The payment has been made but reversed. Payment was made later. But now 2 years later still there is flag on my credit report. Through these 2 years period I have been doing all my payments on time and PayPal does not want to remove it

October 14, 2024
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Review of Pulse


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Blocking regular payment

For the very next time Pulse are marking as fraud pretty standard payments for mobile service scheduled to go out monthly without any explanation what exactly is the fraud tag. This creates massive inconveniences as we need to call the fraud line every time and they accept calls only from the account holder. Very bad experience

October 5, 2024
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Reply from Pulse

Hi Veselin, I am very sorry to read that you have not had the experience that you expected with us. I appreciate the time that you’ve taken to write the above. Please be assured that this feedback will be passed on to the relevant team. Thanks, Michelle.

Review of Zopa

Review of Pulse


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Blocked my card for no reason

Out of the sudden they decide you have made fraudulent transaction, send text message to confirm the transaction but it did not work, and the only way is to wait until working hours and call their line.

They block your card without user friendly option to unblock as normal banks do

August 21, 2024
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Review of Asda Mobile


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Asda did no accept return

We could not activate the cards on the phone and we couldn't receive quality support. I have attempted to return the cards back to asda for money to spend in the shop on something else but it was rejected in a rude way and as if the lady thought I was doing something dodgy.

Can someone please with returning my two top up cards as we will not be using them, they expir

March 11, 2024

Reply from Asda Mobile

Hi Veselin, Thanks for taking the time to leave a review. It is very disappointing to hear you feel this way and we would love the chance to put things right. As you left your contact details when leaving the review, a member of my team will reach out to you ASAP. Many thanks, Bernadet- Asda Mobile.

Review of Theatretrain


Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Thank you Mrs Shanon and Bishop Stortford team

Our son Chris started visiting TT in the autumn 23 while before has been to another performance school. Eversince he started he was going there with lots of joy and excitement. Now he says Shannon is his favourite teacher and on weekdays in the morning sometimes he asks "Are we going to Mrs Shanon?"

We cannot thank you enough for treating him so kind and making him feel so comfortable.

May 3, 2024
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Reply from Theatretrain

Thank you so much for the great review.

Review of Virgin Wines


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Charged without reason

Today I realised there is £25 charge on my credit card without any notification or reason, don't see any invoice on my enail too. Very bad

April 14, 2024
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Reply from Virgin Wines

Hi Veselin, I am sorry to hear you received an unexpected charge from us recently and I would love to get this looked into further for you, I have requested some further information from you to get this resolved. Eden @ VW

Review of Future Health Biobank


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Fail to collect/store material

For the second time they fail to collect material and even though they didn't do they job properly, they keep almost the same monthly instalment. Very bad experience, unprofessional, irresponsible, I would recommend not to use them.

April 13, 2024
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Reply from Future Health Biobank

We are very sorry to hear you felt that you did not receive the service you expected from our company.
If you would like to send over an email or gives us a call with the details of your complaint, we will happily investigate things further for you - Custcare@fhbb.com / 0115 967 7707

Review of Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Useless institution living on taxpayers

Contacted the Health Ombudsman Service because my wife was removed as NHS patient from a Dental surgery being pregnant and looking after two other children. Absolute waste of time, they have taken hours of our time collecting information and making investigation and after few months provided us with decision with extremely shallow arguments

March 29, 2024
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Review of Hive


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Lying customers about free electricity

Edit after contact established with the supplier - 26.02.2024 - and after their reply below.

Supplier refuses to take responsibility and find resolution of the problem and claims that there isnt anything they can do unless the charger is moved - however moving the charger will only cause additional work with most probably the same signal.

Curr early trying to find out with them why the charger was installed with wireless sim card and not with wired ethernet cable to provide more stable connection.

Original review follows

Lying customers about free electricity

Today hive told us that we cannot use the offer for 12 months free electricity with British Gas because the charger was installed on the wrong place by the company their hired for the install by Hive

Don't trust the offer for the free electricity

February 20, 2024
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Reply from Hive

Hello Veselin, I'd like to look into this to try and help. I have sent a request for your contact details so I can speak with you to understand what has happened and how this outcome has been reached. Please respond to us and we'll reach out. Kind Regards, The Hive Team

Review of British Gas


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Offer about 12 month free electricity…

Edit after sellers reply:

I have contacted BG over FB messenger, no reply yet!

Offer about 12 month free electricity is lie!

BG offered me 12 months free electricity in case a buy home charger from their partner Hive.

I have paid £1200 for the charger and now cannot use the promotion because the charger cannot connect to the app.

We were told charger should have been installed outside which does not make any chance for people with garage.

Terrible experience don't trust this offer!

February 20, 2024
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Reply from British Gas

I’m so disappointed to read this, Mr Veselin. If there’s anything we can do to turn this experience around for you, please do let us know over Facebook or Twitter. Pop us a DM with #Trustpilot and we’ll do our best to help. Many thanks, Jalpa

Review of PlayOJO


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

My money was held for a month

Update after the reply from Play OJO:

Dear Team, after you have received documents from a customer it takes just couple of hours to verify and unlock the account. There is no justification to ask customer to wait for weeks.

Also there is no reason to ask for employment payslips, because no other casino or betting provider is doing that.

Thanks to your extremely diligent processes you lost a customer because I will never bet with you.

At least what you can do is send gesture of good will but this is too far from your comprehension of customer service

Also one advise - check your reviews in Trust pilot, all of them are terrible, why is that?

Original review follows

My deposited money were frozen and held for one month. PlayOJO asked me to send the personal sensitive documents like payslips from employer and bank statement. No other gambling site was asking for these.


Even though I have sent the documents my account remained frozen and under review for weeks.

I needed to open dispute with my bank to get my deposited money back.

Strongly recommend to not gamble here. Terrible experience!

February 13, 2024
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Reply from PlayOJO

Hey Veselin,
We’re sorry to hear about the issue you're experiencing.
At the home of feel-good fun, are all about transparency with our players, so here’s the thing...
When you register a PlayOJO account and before you can deposit, our system undergoes standard checks via the national database.
We appreciate you uploading the required docs for this process. We understand that our verification process may seem unfair but as a licensed casino, we need to verify every single one of our OJOers.
In the meantime, there’s the option to place limitations onto your account ‘My Account’ > Safer Gambling’ whilst you’re waiting to withdraw.
Give us a shout on Chat, Facebook or Twitter and we’ll be happy to assist further.