Nice People 12: Nice in Nice

zagubov

Spirit wrote: »

I have an aged iphone 4. I can assure you it is dreadful. I have low usage of my phone. I am not sure if it is because I am also a luddite or if it is because this thing is so awful and as Vodafone have no signal where we live I just have no hope.

A NP sent me a text today. I only got when I drove 5 miles to the Vets to pick up the dog's wormer.

Ever cloud has a silver lining...no worms...no text received yet.

I'm quitting Vodafone soon for a similar reason. Got to use up £5 credit on my old phone before I port the number.

Let me assure you, I have read all the other NP's baffling techno-talk about their fancy gadgets and I am certain I am the only luddite in the NP's virtual village.:o

neverdespairgirl

I've had the same email address since 1996, and same phone number since 1997, except that someone added in an extra "7" to the mobile dialling code at one point.

zagubov

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

I've had the same email address since 1996, and same phone number since 1997, except that someone added in an extra "7" to the mobile dialling code at one point.

I've been a fellow-Londoner for almost three decades and I despair at the way that simple things are run. I've always had a London phone code but the changes to the area code are outrageous.
When the London phone numbers ran out (they used to extend outside the boundary by the way)
they went from 01
to 071 and 081.
Then 0171 and 0181.
Then 0207 and 0208.
It's like they consulted a village idiot crossbred with an amoeba, who had shares in a sign-writing and stationery empire.

In Paris IIRC I think they just added a 1 at the end then reissued new numbers ending in 2, and so on. Proper joined-up thinking.

neverdespairgirl

zagubov wrote: »

It's like they consulted a village idiot crossbred with an amoeba, who had shares in a sign-writing and stationery empire.

In Paris IIRC I think they just added a 1 at the end then reissued new numbers ending in 2, and so on. Proper joined-up thinking.

Modest compared to the changes in the tribunal system since I've been at the Bar. Which isn't that long. Since 2002 I've conducted cases in the same buildings in Rosebery Avenue and Feltham (the two main immigration tribunals in London) and in Breams Buildings, the appeal tribunal.

They have gloried in several changes of identity; in the past they have been called - (1) the Immigration Appellate Authority, and (2) the Immigration Appeal Tribunal, and (3) the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.

Now, in its 4th incarnation in a decade, we have the snappily-named "First Tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)" at Rosebery Avenue and Feltham. Breams Buildings has gone from the "Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (Upper Tier)" to the "Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)".

These changes of name have been supposed to convince people that someone was sorting out the immigration system, I think.

PasturesNew

LydiaJ wrote: »

Really? Round here price match just happens. You go in, you buy stuff, and if it would have been cheaper in the other place, the till spits out a voucher for the difference, without you having to ask for it or anything..

I had hoped michaels would say what it is .... but I've been forced to look it up

To benefit from Sainsbury's Brand Match, all you need to do is buy any 10 or more different items in a single transaction in store, and purchase at least one Comparable branded product (see Paragraph 3).

If the exact basket of Comparable branded products could have been bought cheaper, on the same day, at Asda or Tesco then you will qualify for a Sainsbury's Brand Match Coupon for the difference in price between Sainsbury's and the cheapest competitor.

Now, that, to me, is gobbledy gook. "at least one" - does that mean two? "Comparable branded" - what does that mean then? Well, it explains that as

Comparable branded products are those products that are identical to one another. If there are differences, including but not limited to; pack size, colour, flavour or variety, then that means that products are non-comparable.

Right, still not clear to me then ....

Also

The maximum Coupon value issued will be £10.

Each item was £2 cheaper at Mr T's, so I'd only get £10 back (which is buying five) - and the minimum you have to buy is 10 items.... so I'd have to buy five packs of the Pepsi and 5 extra items (whatever they'd be). Rather than the 6-8 packs of Pepsi I'd have wanted (or go round twice). I've no idea what those 5 (unwanted) items could be/would need to be to qualify.

Then

The Sainsbury's Brand Match comparison is based on what the customer actually buys.
This means that if you buy one bottle of Coca Cola 500ml at Sainsbury's for £1, and it is sold at Asda for £1, but is also on Buy One Get One Free at Asda, we will match the price paid in Sainsbury's against the single unit price at Asda (i.e. £1), not against the discounted price (50p). However, if you bought two bottles in Sainsbury's, we would match the promoted price at Asda i.e. £1 for two bottles.

So, as the Pepsi are a BOGOF at Mr T's - they'd not even be counted unless I bought them in pairs, so could only buy four packs, not five.

Then

Coupons will be valid for 2 weeks from date of print and then expire. They are not redeemable after this date.

So at this point I'd still have not had the discount - but would have a £10 voucher, that I'd have to ensure I spent within two weeks ....

Too complex!

I only wanted some Pepsi at the price I'd seen on mysupermarket, not advanced shopping gymnastics!

Source: http://www.sainsburys-live-well-for-less.co.uk/brand-match/terms-and-conditions/

GDB2222

zagubov wrote: »

I've been a fellow-Londoner for almost three decades and I despair at the way that simple things are run. I've always had a London phone code but the changes to the area code are outrageous.
When the London phone numbers ran out (they used to extend outside the boundary by the way)
they went from 01
to 071 and 081.
Then 0171 and 0181.
Then 0207 and 0208.
It's like they consulted a village idiot crossbred with an amoeba, who had shares in a sign-writing and stationery empire.

In Paris IIRC I think they just added a 1 at the end then reissued new numbers ending in 2, and so on. Proper joined-up thinking.

When we moved house, I used to dream up a memorable phone number based on the local exchange code, dial it to see if it was free, then ask BT for that number. So, when we lived at number 23, we had the telephone number ending 2323.

When we moved into the 208 exchange area, I managed to get 081 208 1081. I thought this would be easy to remember as 081 2 081 081.

Very clever, but nobody else got it. The amount of confusion this caused, just by putting the 2 on its own, when people were expecting three digits at that point in the number. And then BT introduced 0181, and then the house burnt down. So, not a great success.

lostinrates

zagubov wrote: »

Let me assure you, I have read all the other NP's baffling techno-talk about their fancy gadgets and I am certain I am the only luddite in the NP's virtual village.:o

N'uhuh.

My phone was twenty quid for one, or buy two for 14 quid. I tell mine apart from fir's because I painted mine with nail polish.( most of which is chipped off now)

He got them some years ago now. Nothing fancy about them. They make calls. Which is fine.

GDB2222

lostinrates wrote: »

N'uhuh.

My phone was twenty quid for one, or buy two for 14 quid. I tell mine apart from fir's because I painted mine with nail polish.( most of which is chipped off now)

He got them some years ago now. Nothing fancy about them. They make calls. Which is fine.

That's expensive. Mine was -£3, as the phone cost £5 but the cash back was £8. It's an awful phone and I hate it. The screen is too small for my fingers, so I can't text on it. It unlocks itself in my pocket. Really, I might have been better off splashing out £7 like you did on something more de luxe.

GDB2222

I read that Robin Williams was very shy as a child. I wonder if you can ever really stop being shy at heart? If not, can you imagine the internal stresses his chosen career path must have caused? It would be enough, and more, to turn a man to drink.

lostinrates

Mine you type with buttons though, not on the screen. .