"My next review is in January. So it seems they are expecting me to overpay until then."
They have no idea about what's about to hit them.
Thats ongoing for a minute.
I did have a difference of opinion with The Times this morning. I must be fair to the likes of Amazon. I had a couple of free trials of Prime, before finally taking it up. I have had it up and running for maybe three years now, and have no plans to cancel it anytime soon. Both times I took out the free trial, they made it extremely easy to cancel. You just had to log in to your account, tick a box, and it was cancelled. Apple plus tv were exactly the same.
You can access some of the daily paper free online via the BBC website. You cant access The Times. When you try to access it, they offer you a free trial. The other day I wanted to access a couple of Boris articles, so I took up the free trial. I posted the articles in full as I thought that just posting the link would probably not allow others any access. Anyway the free trial cost £1, but I didnt care about that. A charge of £15 odd follows in a month unless you cancel. I knew I would forget, so I thought I would cancel today. So I logged into my account, and went around the houses for a bit, before I found that it was not possible to cancel from there. I then found the online chat. Unfortunately there was nobody available to chat with. I therefore refreshed every now and again for a couple of hours. Out of the blue someone became available. We then had a row because they were unable to accept a cancellation. You have to phone. So I phoned. I was informed that I was in a queue. By this this time I just wanted to rip someones throat out. Which was quite unfortunate for the pleasant young man that I eventually spoke to. He started on his pitch, in an attempt to get me to change my mind. He completely underestimated the level of my anger. When I asserted that I had been a Sales Director for many years, the wind in his sales seemed to evaporate. He said, I dont suppose I can argue with that, promised to cancel, and confirm by email.
If there is moral to this story it is that I would now rather stick needles in my eyes than pay a single penny to The Times, or take out a trial ever, ever.
"My next review is in January. So it seems they are expecting me to overpay until then."
They have no idea about what's about to hit them.
Thats ongoing for a minute.
I did have a difference of opinion with The Times this morning. I must be fair to the likes of Amazon. I had a couple of free trials of Prime, before finally taking it up. I have had it up and running for maybe three years now, and have no plans to cancel it anytime soon. Both times I took out the free trial, they made it extremely easy to cancel. You just had to log in to your account, tick a box, and it was cancelled. Apple plus tv were exactly the same.
You can access some of the daily paper free online via the BBC website. You cant access The Times. When you try to access it, they offer you a free trial. The other day I wanted to access a couple of Boris articles, so I took up the free trial. I posted the articles in full as I thought that just posting the link would probably not allow others any access. Anyway the free trial cost £1, but I didnt care about that. A charge of £15 odd follows in a month unless you cancel. I knew I would forget, so I thought I would cancel today. So I logged into my account, and went around the houses for a bit, before I found that it was not possible to cancel from there. I then found the online chat. Unfortunately there was nobody available to chat with. I therefore refreshed every now and again for a couple of hours. Out of the blue someone became available. We then had a row because they were unable to accept a cancellation. You have to phone. So I phoned. I was informed that I was in a queue. By this this time I just wanted to rip someones throat out. Which was quite unfortunate for the pleasant young man that I eventually spoke to. He started on his pitch, in an attempt to get me to change my mind. He completely underestimated the level of my anger. When I asserted that I had been a Sales Director for many years, the wind in his sales seemed to evaporate. He said, I dont suppose I can argue with that, promised to cancel, and confirm by email.
If there is moral to this story it is that I would now rather stick needles in my eyes than pay a single penny to The Times, or take out a trial ever, ever.
The word is starting to spread amongst companies...
"My next review is in January. So it seems they are expecting me to overpay until then."
They have no idea about what's about to hit them.
Thats ongoing for a minute.
I did have a difference of opinion with The Times this morning. I must be fair to the likes of Amazon. I had a couple of free trials of Prime, before finally taking it up. I have had it up and running for maybe three years now, and have no plans to cancel it anytime soon. Both times I took out the free trial, they made it extremely easy to cancel. You just had to log in to your account, tick a box, and it was cancelled. Apple plus tv were exactly the same.
You can access some of the daily paper free online via the BBC website. You cant access The Times. When you try to access it, they offer you a free trial. The other day I wanted to access a couple of Boris articles, so I took up the free trial. I posted the articles in full as I thought that just posting the link would probably not allow others any access. Anyway the free trial cost £1, but I didnt care about that. A charge of £15 odd follows in a month unless you cancel. I knew I would forget, so I thought I would cancel today. So I logged into my account, and went around the houses for a bit, before I found that it was not possible to cancel from there. I then found the online chat. Unfortunately there was nobody available to chat with. I therefore refreshed every now and again for a couple of hours. Out of the blue someone became available. We then had a row because they were unable to accept a cancellation. You have to phone. So I phoned. I was informed that I was in a queue. By this this time I just wanted to rip someones throat out. Which was quite unfortunate for the pleasant young man that I eventually spoke to. He started on his pitch, in an attempt to get me to change my mind. He completely underestimated the level of my anger. When I asserted that I had been a Sales Director for many years, the wind in his sales seemed to evaporate. He said, I dont suppose I can argue with that, promised to cancel, and confirm by email.
If there is moral to this story it is that I would now rather stick needles in my eyes than pay a single penny to The Times, or take out a trial ever, ever.
The word is starting to spread amongst companies...
The big companies are the worst, Sky, Vodaphone, etc. I phoned Vodaphone a couple of times recently. When you get through there are a load of hurdles to jump through straight off. Name, postcode, password, account number, etc. Then you get a series of recorded messages which eventually direct you back to their website to sort your own problem out. The recorded message then says bye, and cuts you off.
I just got an email from EDF. I currently pay £297 per month. The prices will be reduced in July. They are saying that I will save £423 over the 12 months from July. Still very high.
Give them a call Tony.
What have you got against EDF for you to suggest that...
It's my way of getting revenge for my high energy bills.
They have reduced my direct debit by 20%. They just lie. I got them to confirm that my last review was in December, and the next one is in January. My account says two reviews per year. It also states the last review was this month. If they did review this month, it is impossible to think that they would not have reduced my direct debit. Perhaps Boris has trained their staff.
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I did have a difference of opinion with The Times this morning.
I must be fair to the likes of Amazon.
I had a couple of free trials of Prime, before finally taking it up.
I have had it up and running for maybe three years now, and have no plans to cancel it anytime soon.
Both times I took out the free trial, they made it extremely easy to cancel.
You just had to log in to your account, tick a box, and it was cancelled.
Apple plus tv were exactly the same.
You can access some of the daily paper free online via the BBC website.
You cant access The Times.
When you try to access it, they offer you a free trial.
The other day I wanted to access a couple of Boris articles, so I took up the free trial.
I posted the articles in full as I thought that just posting the link would probably not allow others any access.
Anyway the free trial cost £1, but I didnt care about that.
A charge of £15 odd follows in a month unless you cancel.
I knew I would forget, so I thought I would cancel today.
So I logged into my account, and went around the houses for a bit, before I found that it was not possible to cancel from there.
I then found the online chat.
Unfortunately there was nobody available to chat with.
I therefore refreshed every now and again for a couple of hours.
Out of the blue someone became available.
We then had a row because they were unable to accept a cancellation.
You have to phone.
So I phoned.
I was informed that I was in a queue.
By this this time I just wanted to rip someones throat out.
Which was quite unfortunate for the pleasant young man that I eventually spoke to.
He started on his pitch, in an attempt to get me to change my mind.
He completely underestimated the level of my anger.
When I asserted that I had been a Sales Director for many years, the wind in his sales seemed to evaporate.
He said, I dont suppose I can argue with that, promised to cancel, and confirm by email.
If there is moral to this story it is that I would now rather stick needles in my eyes than pay a single penny to The Times, or take out a trial ever, ever.
I phoned Vodaphone a couple of times recently.
When you get through there are a load of hurdles to jump through straight off.
Name, postcode, password, account number, etc.
Then you get a series of recorded messages which eventually direct you back to their website to sort your own problem out.
The recorded message then says bye, and cuts you off.
Absolutely ridiculous.
They just lie.
I got them to confirm that my last review was in December, and the next one is in January.
My account says two reviews per year.
It also states the last review was this month.
If they did review this month, it is impossible to think that they would not have reduced my direct debit.
Perhaps Boris has trained their staff.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/energy-bills-warning-exact-date-households-must-take-meter-reading-to-save-426/ar-AA1cHxCv?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=edb728f4306943eab2cd9f698a3d0c4b&ei=53