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From: Jeremy Porteous on 19 Jan 2010 18:26 Following the advice of many on this newsgroup, I decide to order a NEW Skypephone S2 direct from three.co.uk just after Xmas. I had the choice of going for a refurbished S2 but decided to go for the new phone in the end. I was also offered a free �10 accessories voucher by the online sales person and this appears on my order confirmation. I arranged delivery for 8 Jan as the earliest they would deliver and was told it would come by Royal Mail Special Delivery. In the event, it turned up a week late (presumably due to the weather) but arrived via the Home Delivery Network in a DHL bag. Furthermore, the phone had been sent by Phones4u and the return address was the same as the address on www.phones4u.co.uk, and did not appear to have anything to do with three. Worse was to come, as the box had clearly been opened. They was not just one security seal which clearly had been cut in half, but a second security seal has been stuck over the top and this and was also broken with VOID written on the box. The box itself was torn (arguably this could be the delivery company), and the phone inside was scratched. All-in-all, this was clearly a customer return not a new S2 as offered. To add insult to injury, the �10 accessories voucher had been omitted. I phoned three.co.uk on their rip-off 0844 number and was given the usual "We opened the box for you to check the phone was OK" spiel before they agreed to replace the phone with a truly new phone and sent the missing �10 accessories voucher. Is this common experience at all, or am I very unlucky? JP
From: Steve Terry on 20 Jan 2010 09:30 "CJB" <chrisjbrady(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:d32c4d22-c28c-40d0-9fd9-f2bacf255064(a)r19g2000yqb.googlegroups.com... On Jan 20, 6:09 am, "Steve Terry" <gfour...(a)tesco.net> wrote: > "Jeremy Porteous" <REMOVEjeremyporteousT...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message > > news:hj5f3s$dg00$1(a)uns-a.ucl.ac.uk... <snip> >Sounds like deliberate fraud or gross incompetance on Three's part. I >would opine the first. CJB. > > and I would opine that if it was gold plated and cost you sixpence you still wouldn't be satisfied Steve Terry -- Get a free Three 3pay Sim with �2 bonus after �10 top up http://freeagent.three.co.uk/stand/view/id/5276
From: Jimbo in the bedroom ... having a nice lie down on the hurley bed ... on 20 Jan 2010 10:27 > Is this common experience at all, or am I very unlucky? > > JP I would blame that Steve Terry .......all four of mine arrived OK .....wait a minute the first one was dead on arrival......
From: Steve Terry on 21 Jan 2010 06:44 "Nick B." <nickb333(a)replytoisnot.invalid> wrote in message news:rOGdnbJtGpimz8rWnZ2dnUVZ7qydnZ2d(a)giganews.com... > On 20/01/2010 15:27, Jimbo in the bedroom ... having a nice lie down on > the hurley bed ... wrote: >>> Is this common experience at all, or am I very unlucky? >>> JP >> >> I would blame that Steve Terry .......all four of mine arrived OK >> .....wait >> a minute the first one was dead on arrival...... > > Yes Steve has a lot to answer for. I picked one up when passing the local > 3 store yesterday. Although they claim the largest SDHC card is 4GB, I > have mine working happily with 8GB and reporting the correct capacity. I > already had a 3-pay SIM which I transferred to it, no problems getting my > Skype account working. Good audio quality from PC Skype - Skypephone. > > I also have a 3 dongle 1GB data account SIM - can I still get free Skype > with this SIM? > I don't have much experience of 3 BB contract sims, i can't see much point to them I would think if it can dial the 3 skype node phone number on a skype phone it'll be free? Otherwise using it with the Skype application on a PC will come out of the 1Gb p.m. allocation > > Have loaded the OSX drivers on my Macbook, it presented these as a CD when > I plugged in the USB. It also works as a USB drive. Just have to see how > it performs as a modem now compared to the dongle. > Nick B. > > It's all my fault, i'm very sorry Interesting they will address a 8Gb micro SDHC card, didn't know that BTW a very useful app to test SD and USB sticks with is H2testw.exe Which will fill the memory, test it, and read it's correct capacity http://www.heise.de/ct/Redaktion/bo/downloads/h2testw_1.4.zip Steve Terry -- Get a free Three 3pay Sim with �2 bonus after �10 top up http://freeagent.three.co.uk/stand/view/id/5276
From: alexd on 21 Jan 2010 14:22
Meanwhile, at the uk.telecom.mobile Job Justification Hearings, Steve Terry chose the tried and tested strategy of: > "Nick B." <nickb333(a)replytoisnot.invalid> wrote in message > news:rOGdnbJtGpimz8rWnZ2dnUVZ7qydnZ2d(a)giganews.com... >> Although they claim the largest SDHC card is 4GB, I >> have mine working happily with 8GB and reporting the correct capacity. > Interesting they will address a 8Gb micro SDHC card, didn't know that It could be that when it was designed, the supporting infrastructure for the memory card cost more to work with >4GB cards than for =<4GB cards, and now the reverse is the case. -- <http://ale.cx/> (AIM:troffasky) (UnSoEsNpEaTm(a)ale.cx) 19:19:59 up 22:21, 5 users, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.08 DIMENSION-CONTROLLING FORT DOH HAS NOW BEEN DEMOLISHED, AND TIME STARTED FLOWING REVERSELY |