Gripe of the day - What is yours?

[svenrico]

Trying to sort out quotations for house insurance - what a pain
Trying to compare like with like and going through information on the phone (after pre recorded conditions before you actually speak to somebody )
My wife has just lost her job because her place of work has closed down due to covid ,and they wanted to know how her employer was funded, is she going to live off savings or claim benefits - WTF has all that got to do with house insurance ?! unbelievable.

[svenrico]

Originally Posted by Grant66

If you're able to log on you can just add another phone number in the account settings then delete the old one.


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Isn't the problem that he can't log on ?

[svenrico]

Originally Posted by Bibio

not with the same address and debit card.. paypal are weird about that. just like the RBS dont like me spending my money and put a block on my card pretty much every time i sneeze
all because they want my details but they can furk off and if they want it they will pay for it just like they get paid for selling it to other people. its my data not theirs
how are we supposed to help our economy when we cant spend money.....
can you tell it pizzez me off... lol

I saw somewhere that when you are asked to tick to prove you are not a robot for security purposes and tick squares containing whatever it allows them to see your browsing history !

[DJ123]

Originally Posted by svenrico

I saw somewhere that when you are asked to tick to prove you are not a robot for security purposes and tick squares containing whatever it allows them to see your browsing history !

The reason you get asked to do that is because it has already checked your browsing history and can't determine if you're a robot or not (the irony a computer is deciding this . . . .). You will get this every time if you regularly delete cookies, browsing history etc.

[Sir Trev]

My five year old HP laptop had an odd screen flicker last night and when black. Now it won't turn on. Rats. Off to Google to see if there is a reset option of any kind or if it looks like it's toast.

We ended up with father-in-laws old Lenovo so I eventually managed to get that running tonight as a stop gap. Quite like the keyboard on it...

[Bibio]

Originally Posted by Sir Trev

My five year old HP laptop had an odd screen flicker last night and when black. Now it won't turn on. Rats. Off to Google to see if there is a reset option of any kind or if it looks like it's toast.

We ended up with father-in-laws old Lenovo so I eventually managed to get that running tonight as a stop gap. Quite like the keyboard on it...

new battery is in order. even plugged in a fubar battery will case problems unless your laptop will run without one.



also laptop and computer processor cooling fans should be cleaned once a year or you run the risk of the processor going pop.


at 5 years you have had your moneys worth


you could always do what most folk do and drop it and claim on the house insurance... seems to be the norm these days to get insurance companies to pay for everything.

[Grant66]

Originally Posted by Bibio

also laptop and computer processor cooling fans should be cleaned once a year or you run the risk of the processor going pop.

Unless you have a hp, to get at the fan you have to take the motherboard out. Basically last thing out of the case is the fan. Every chuffing component removed before the fan cover screw is accessible.

Wonder why they don't put a cover on the outside to make cleaning easy...

Took 2 minutes with a Dremel, new cover held in place with sellotape, so it's maintainable now.

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[svenrico]

'you could always do what most folk do and drop it and claim on the house insurance... seems to be the norm these days to get insurance companies to pay for everything.' wouldn't that depend if you have cover for accidental damage, and also the excess amount ?
ps puts the premiums up for the rest of us of course when people make 'dodgy ' claims !

[svenrico]

Originally Posted by DJ123

The reason you get asked to do that is because it has already checked your browsing history and can't determine if you're a robot or not (the irony a computer is deciding this . . . .). You will get this every time if you regularly delete cookies, browsing history etc.

is that meant to say 'you will not get this every time ' ?

[DJ123]

Originally Posted by svenrico

is that meant to say 'you will not get this every time ' ?

nope. If you regularly clean your browsing history it is likely to come up every time. Because the AI can't determine if you are a Robot or not as the browsing history is not within a 'average/normal' parameter.