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Category Archives: Shopping
Misco (update)
A miserable git arrived with my replacement TV and a very pleasant geezer arrived later to take away the old one. The replacement is better. Given the saga I’ve had with LCD displays, I’m beginning to think that the suppliers … Continue reading
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Misco
Hopefully a positive one this one… Bought the cheapest HD television money can buy on Wednesday from Misco. Unfortunately it has enough stuck and dead pixels to be annoying. Suspicionis that someone else had it before me judging by some … Continue reading
Marks and Sparks
Fantastic. I can buy my pants online in the privacy of my own home Marks&Sparks
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Strange Sky behaviour
And not from their Sky+ box this time. I’m in the process of getting a Sky credit card. An exceptionally rude fellow from Sky called me to go other the application. Clearly his fried breakfast hadn’t been up to scratch … Continue reading
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Ikea
Despite producing reasonable quality furniture for the price, I hate the Ikea experience. I hate the fact people go there for lunch. I hate building the furniture. I hate walking around the place. I hate the fact I have to … Continue reading
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Sky customer service
“Your call will be answered in under 0 minutes”
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Sky call centre
Later in the day that I had HD installed, the box decided it could no longer receive any channels. Some of the planner backdrops were corrupt as well. Rang Sky and they told me that they are having problems with … Continue reading
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SkyHD
Finally, I had Sky HD installed on Friday. The quality of the HD channels is amazing, particularly the movie channels. One irritating niggle though… With my previous Sky+ box, I had “Scart Control” turned on. This means that when you … Continue reading
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Comet continued
Comet continue their incompetence (see previous entry for Comet by sending me extended warranty letters regarding products they couldn’t deliver in the first place.
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Comet
I’ve probably made the Comet Difficult Customers list if such a thing exists. I bought a 32″ LCD television last month and it came with a DVD recorder. The television had a shadow on it so had to go back … Continue reading
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