Monthly Archive: December 2008

Dec 27

Why Do Vodafone Hate Scotland?

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Companies of Pain, Consumer Issues

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Saturday, 27th December, 2008

So I’m phoning thru to the Vodafone registration line to register one of the kids new mobiles. It’s a voice recognition system where you don’t press buttons on the keypad as normal, instead speaking clearly to the robot at the other side. After 3 or four attempts, most failing at either postcode recognition or first …

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Dec 10

Not Spending Left Me Skint

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Banking, Christmas, Consumer Issues, Missthekid, Money Matters, the internet

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Wednesday, 10th December, 2008

What are you on about I hear you ask. Well here’s the story… I’ve been looking out for a Wii Fit for Catty and was watching a status site for availability. These things are ridiculously difficult to come by at RRP, however after a while on this site the alert comes up that Toys R …

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Dec 04

What did I order?

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Christmas, Consumer Issues, Food, Kids, Motoring

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Thursday, 4th December, 2008

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So I’ve just received my brake pads ordered via the fantastic http://www.shop4parts.co.uk/ and what’s in the top of the box? A box of Cadbury’s Festive Friends biscuits. THAT is exactly how to get free advertising on the-kid.org sites, other companies take note! Thanks very much shop4parts!! They’re going down a treat with my coffee. Ash …

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