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Comment by steven9761 posted on along the coast and day care at 25/05/2012 - 10:45
Mike-P wrote:
It can take weeks. I have had cashback from Pentax a couple of times and both took about a month if I remember correctly.
Remember, they probably only employ a little old lady sitting in a broom cupboard and she will most likely have thousands to do
It's more likely to be the two old dears, plus Earl from the wonga.com adverts processing the cashbacks, and instead of getting insurance documents, people have been receiving the Pentax cashbacks!!.. BLESS 'EM!! It can take weeks. I have had cashback from Pentax a couple of times and both took about a month if I remember correctly.
Remember, they probably only employ a little old lady sitting in a broom cupboard and she will most likely have thousands to do
Comment by steven9761 posted on Did anyone hear about Pentax Cashback? at 25/05/2012 - 10:42
gartmore wrote:
I'm getting plagued by people trying to sell me Portable Appliance Testing. I managed to convince the last one that I didn't have any battery chargers because I only used wooden manual cameras and all my lighting was powered by gas.
Ken - you do realise that your next cold-call's gonna be from a GasSafe-registered woodrot specialist now, dontcha?? I'm getting plagued by people trying to sell me Portable Appliance Testing. I managed to convince the last one that I didn't have any battery chargers because I only used wooden manual cameras and all my lighting was powered by gas.
Comment by steven9761 posted on Just had anoth phone call... at 25/05/2012 - 07:26
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Here's my effort.. Fingers crossed!!
Here's my effort.. Fingers crossed!!
Comment by steven9761 posted on Fortnightly competition 94 "Tree" at 24/05/2012 - 18:43
vic cross wrote:
Steven9761. What's the number of that cayman island whore house?????
Sounds like a good idea.
With the post things if you have the time put each others blurb into each others freepost return envelope and send them some junk.
My son once got so cheesed off with one company that he wrapped a brick up and put the freepost label on it and sent it back. Make sure you remove all ref. to yourself, name, address, post code and any ref. numbers and or barcodes.
CHEERS Vic.
Vic - I think the number is: 0 0 00 000 000000000000 (think about it!! :lolSteven9761. What's the number of that cayman island whore house?????
Sounds like a good idea.
With the post things if you have the time put each others blurb into each others freepost return envelope and send them some junk.
My son once got so cheesed off with one company that he wrapped a brick up and put the freepost label on it and sent it back. Make sure you remove all ref. to yourself, name, address, post code and any ref. numbers and or barcodes.
CHEERS Vic.
Comment by steven9761 posted on Just had anoth phone call... at 24/05/2012 - 15:47
It raises the question, "where did they (call centres) get my details from?"...
Well, although you are registered with TPS, you may be surprised to learn where some of these "data harvesting agencies" get their info.. Let me enlighten you!
Firstly, did you know that companies can buy your data from your local council??... Well - THEY CAN!! Don't ask how they get round the Data Protection Act, but they do!
Furthermore, have any of you applied for bank loans and/or credit cards via the mailshot you received? Well, buried somewhere in amongst the fine print (usually at the back, under the Consumer Credit Act definitions) there is a little box which is precluded by a statement along the lines of "we may share your data with entrusted 3rd-parties. If you do NOT wish this to happen, please tick the following box".
I also seem to recall there was a bit of a "hoo-haa" about the NHS selling on patient information to insurance companies, but this idea was dropped, I believe. Even signing up to legitimate websites who request your information online may share your data, so for example, you renew the car insurance on your Ford Fiesta with AcmeInsurance.com - Acme then sell your data on to Kwik Fit, who will offer you discounted tyres, exhausts, etc. Ford may send you a brochure promoting their new range of cars, Garmin may well contact you to let you know about their latest sat-nav (based on the info you provided to tell your insurance company that you travel X miles per annum, and that you use the vehicle for personal use, as well as journies to work, etc.. It then all just snowballs from there! Next thing you know, Chartered Trust PLC are offering you a car loan, and so it goes on - ad nauseum.
ALWAYS READ THE FINE PRINT is the watchword here!!
Well, although you are registered with TPS, you may be surprised to learn where some of these "data harvesting agencies" get their info.. Let me enlighten you!
Firstly, did you know that companies can buy your data from your local council??... Well - THEY CAN!! Don't ask how they get round the Data Protection Act, but they do!
Furthermore, have any of you applied for bank loans and/or credit cards via the mailshot you received? Well, buried somewhere in amongst the fine print (usually at the back, under the Consumer Credit Act definitions) there is a little box which is precluded by a statement along the lines of "we may share your data with entrusted 3rd-parties. If you do NOT wish this to happen, please tick the following box".
I also seem to recall there was a bit of a "hoo-haa" about the NHS selling on patient information to insurance companies, but this idea was dropped, I believe. Even signing up to legitimate websites who request your information online may share your data, so for example, you renew the car insurance on your Ford Fiesta with AcmeInsurance.com - Acme then sell your data on to Kwik Fit, who will offer you discounted tyres, exhausts, etc. Ford may send you a brochure promoting their new range of cars, Garmin may well contact you to let you know about their latest sat-nav (based on the info you provided to tell your insurance company that you travel X miles per annum, and that you use the vehicle for personal use, as well as journies to work, etc.. It then all just snowballs from there! Next thing you know, Chartered Trust PLC are offering you a car loan, and so it goes on - ad nauseum.
ALWAYS READ THE FINE PRINT is the watchword here!!
Comment by steven9761 posted on Just had anoth phone call... at 23/05/2012 - 21:22
John - having previously worked in a call-centre, I can tell you that your M.O. is futile. All the call centre worker does is put you back in the "loop", since the calls are allocated randomly via a computer system. Your first call might come from a spotty oik that hasn't quite learned to converse beyong grunting noises, and when you hang them up, they just "recycle" your data, with the possibility that maybe the next caller is a female with a rather seductive voice, or an "Arfur Daly-type barrow-boy" who regularly sells ice-cream to eskimos, and the like. If you engage them in conversation for a length of time, they have a "target time" to complete the sale, so if you stretch them well beyond it, you are "dumped" as a time-waster, thus no more calls!!
Another method (especially with these "Microsoft bod's") is to keep chatting to them, then after a while ask for the "gentleman's excuse-me" (toilet break), and request that they call you back. Give them a "direct line" to call you on - one of these Cayman Island-based sex chatlines @ £3.50 a minute should suffice, as the £3.50 only applies to UK call rates. International rates to them are considerably more! You also have the added "benefit" that in some countries, these types of call are intercepted, and the culprit arrested!!
Another method (especially with these "Microsoft bod's") is to keep chatting to them, then after a while ask for the "gentleman's excuse-me" (toilet break), and request that they call you back. Give them a "direct line" to call you on - one of these Cayman Island-based sex chatlines @ £3.50 a minute should suffice, as the £3.50 only applies to UK call rates. International rates to them are considerably more! You also have the added "benefit" that in some countries, these types of call are intercepted, and the culprit arrested!!
Comment by steven9761 posted on Just had anoth phone call... at 23/05/2012 - 17:02
What LENNYBLOKE says, +1!!
Comment by steven9761 posted on Spectacles and Eyecups at 23/05/2012 - 10:28
The name above the door suggests that it should be a Palestinian flag on show!!
Very colourful image though!
Very colourful image though!
Comment by steven9761 posted on Patriotism at 23/05/2012 - 08:27
K10D wrote:
Comments appreciated.
Best regards
Yeah!!.. This us the kind of shot I meant! steven9761 wrote:
Number 2 was shot using a fish-eye/wide-angle??.. It looks as though the nose cone's been bent towards the left!
The final pic would have looked more dramatic if you'd caught the shot with the afterburners switched on in the engines, I think.
My fave?.. Number 1!!... A bright, colourful image.
Yes, No. 2 was with the 10-17mm as was No. 4. I got a good few shots of afterburners but not all with the K5 as the 55-300mm was a little slow on focus and tracking. This is one of the K5 shots, odd that the lower right is blurred more than the top left. Maybe after burner heat haze or vapour haze from the wings?Number 2 was shot using a fish-eye/wide-angle??.. It looks as though the nose cone's been bent towards the left!
The final pic would have looked more dramatic if you'd caught the shot with the afterburners switched on in the engines, I think.
My fave?.. Number 1!!... A bright, colourful image.
Comments appreciated.
Best regards
Comment by steven9761 posted on RAAF Pearce Airshow at 23/05/2012 - 07:09
You gotta let that pic go viral!!