Sky are currently offering new customers a 2TB Sky+HD box for £49. If you’re a current (loyal) customer you can pay £209. That’s it, £209. No special deals for you, you’re not special. Our Sky+HD box (the bog standard version) has been playing up for a while. Not recording shows properly, etc. Intermittent problems that [...]
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A Rant About Sky and Their Lack of Customer Loyalty Incentives
Posted: 30th October 2012 by By Adrian Willings in RantsTags: bad customer service, sky
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A rant about Battlefield 3
Posted: 23rd October 2012 by By Adrian Willings in RantsTags: battlefield 3
I was writing to a friend about bagging Medal of Honor Warfighter for half price because I’d bought Battlefield 3 Premium edition when he likened it to paying for Playstation Plus (which I’d said was a mugs game) when it turned into a full on rant where I almost contradicted myself. Here’s the gist… … [...]
False economy and awful customer service (#Amazon #Multiplay)
Posted: 1st November 2011 by By Adrian Willings in RantsTags: Amazon, bad service, multiplay
This is a grumpy article about awful customer service, but it starts with a tale about false economy. The two are not necessarily inter-linked. At the weekend, my office/gaming chair broke. It was the third one to break in the last few years. No, it’s not because I’m a fat bloater. It’s because of a [...]
I hate my cat. He keeps urinating on the kitchen floor. He’s a house cat and a fussy sod. He’ll only wee in a clean litter tray, so if there’s a poo or too many wee’s in there then he’ll just urinate on the floor instead. We’ve tried everything from various “get off” sprays to [...]
Ah, trainers. What a nightmare it is replacing them. Quite a few years ago I acquired a rather spiffing pair of Nike Shox. Cream leather, red swoosh, dead comfortable, lovely. I think they were the pinnacle of trainer goodness – balancing good looks with supreme comfort. I suspect (after recent experiences) they were the best [...]
Your account may be deleted, please send us your password…
Posted: 24th January 2011 by By Adrian Willings in Ramblings, RantsTags: fake spam emails, gmail, google, phishing
Oh, spammers, what cheeky blighters they are. Today I got an e-mail purporting to be from Google… “We are deleting inactive e-mail accounts in order to make space for new users. If your e-mail account is still in use, please reply to this e-mail with the following information: Fullname: E-mail: Password: Country: Failure to complete [...]
Ice does have its uses
Posted: 27th November 2010 by By Adrian Willings in RantsTags: car, crash, crunch, ice, WTF?!
Last night my brother came to visit. He decided (despite being a nervous driver) that it was a good idea to reverse into my (steep) drive way, in the dark, despite the fact he could see my car was not parked up against the garage… CRUNCH. He reversed straight into the car at an angle. [...]
Smile and you’ll be more productive
Posted: 26th November 2010 by By Adrian Willings in RantsTags: meetings, smile, stupid motivational practices
Yesterday I attended what can only be described as the worst team meeting I’ve ever had the misfortune to be a part of. That’s saying something when you consider I used to work for the council. Now, I’m not saying I’m not a good team member. I’m always helping others, in fact I go out [...]
Reasons I hate Adobe Part III
Posted: 24th November 2010 by By Adrian Willings in RantsTags: adobe crap products
God! What a day! One of the chaps at work announced loudly “I need photoshop re-installed, I keep getting ‘not enough ram’ errors all the time”. The head of IT fobbed this job off on to me – the company copywriter. Yes, perfectly logical. Now, Google “not enough ram errors Adobe” and the auto-search box [...]
Inconsiderate people
Posted: 4th November 2010 by By Adrian Willings in RantsTags: cramped trains, newspaper, rude people
This is actually a rant on behalf of someone else. We were forced to catch a cramped “standing room only” train this morning because National Express decided to cancel a previous train (the one we actually intended to catch). It was so full we had to cuddle up with perfect strangers. Which was nice. Some [...]