The rich season

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  • on-yer-bike
    on-yer-bike Posts: 2,974
    Rapha will be going there soon.
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  • arran77
    arran77 Posts: 9,260
    on-yer-bike wrote:
    Rapha will be going there soon.

    Well they did seem to like playing golf on that island so I think you could be right :wink:
    "Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity" :lol:

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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,461
    I worked for Virgin Cinemas part time in my youth and compared to many organisations they treated their people pretty well. I even got a bottle of wine and thank you card with a photo copied signature from old Dicky B for Christmas.
  • homers_double
    homers_double Posts: 8,268
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    If you want to be taken seriously, you don't tweet, fact!

    FTFY.
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  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,310
    My only Virgin experience has been with Virgin wines, a bunch of con men that even when I left kept harassing me... horrible horrible business which I think operates on the fine line between legal and illegal.

    You buy a discounted case of wine and suddenly you have bought into a contract of supply, when you have never signed anything like that and only some very well hidden small print probably explains the deal. What a bunch of axsholes!!
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,286
    Always, always, always read the small print.
    On anything.
    A contract is a contract. Ignorance is not an excuse in the eyes of the law.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,310
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Always, always, always read the small print.
    On anything.
    A contract is a contract. Ignorance is not an excuse in the eyes of the law.

    I am pretty sure in court I could easily win on the grounds that the offer was essentially misleading and false advertising. You get a voucher for Wiggle, you use it and get a discount, do you expect them to deliver a group set a month to your door? No, so why the fucx these people think they are so clever?

    Anyway... when they charged me and sent the second case (unwanted) I made such a fuss at the phone threatening to contact trading standards that they arranged a pick up and refunded me, which means they know their methods are not very legal...

    And this is a business owned by SIR Richard... fucx him and his Virgin nonsense!!
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,286
    Strange.
    When I ordered a case of discounted wine from Virgin, I knew that I was entering a contract similar to that of Britannia Records for those of a certain vintage.
    I was under no illusion.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,227
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Always, always, always read the small print.
    On anything.
    A contract is a contract. Ignorance is not an excuse in the eyes of the law.

    I am pretty sure in court I could easily win on the grounds that the offer was essentially misleading and false advertising. You get a voucher for Wiggle, you use it and get a discount, do you expect them to deliver a group set a month to your door? No, so why the fucx these people think they are so clever?

    Anyway... when they charged me and sent the second case (unwanted) I made such a fuss at the phone threatening to contact trading standards that they arranged a pick up and refunded me, which means they know their methods are not very legal...

    And this is a business owned by SIR Richard... fucx him and his Virgin nonsense!!

    Tetchy, tetchy.

    Use Virgin Wines, they email me in advance of delivery with details, if I don't want specific wines, I can change them, or opt out of the case entirely. And if I want to stop the regular quarterly case delivery at any time, I can just tell them and they stop. Not that difficult.
  • bianchimoon
    bianchimoon Posts: 3,942
    Sounds like the ideal place for that prince andrew wallah
    All lies and jest..still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest....
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,310
    orraloon wrote:
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Always, always, always read the small print.
    On anything.
    A contract is a contract. Ignorance is not an excuse in the eyes of the law.

    I am pretty sure in court I could easily win on the grounds that the offer was essentially misleading and false advertising. You get a voucher for Wiggle, you use it and get a discount, do you expect them to deliver a group set a month to your door? No, so why the fucx these people think they are so clever?

    Anyway... when they charged me and sent the second case (unwanted) I made such a fuss at the phone threatening to contact trading standards that they arranged a pick up and refunded me, which means they know their methods are not very legal...

    And this is a business owned by SIR Richard... fucx him and his Virgin nonsense!!

    Tetchy, tetchy.

    Use Virgin Wines, they email me in advance of delivery with details, if I don't want specific wines, I can change them, or opt out of the case entirely. And if I want to stop the regular quarterly case delivery at any time, I can just tell them and they stop. Not that difficult.

    Maybe they do now... at the time I simply found a case of wine delivered to my neighbour! Initially I thought it was a gift, but then when I checked my credit card online I realised it wasn't. At the time a lot of people complained and they probably had to clean their act.

    Basically I found a voucher, entered the number online and got a discount on a case I chose. At no point I was advised that I was signing up for a monthly delivery... maybe I should have read the small print? If you take the time to read the small print online the browser times out and you have to restart.

    If you expect everybody to read the small print, you would cut 99% of the internet commerce... nobody has the time and will to go through pages of shot...
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,286
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    If you expect everybody to read the small print, you would cut 99% of the internet commerce... nobody has the time and will to go through pages of shot...
    Some spend enough time on this forum to read all the small print for everything, and then some. :wink:
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,310
    PBlakeney wrote:
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    If you expect everybody to read the small print, you would cut 99% of the internet commerce... nobody has the time and will to go through pages of shot...
    Some spend enough time on this forum to read all the small print for everything, and then some. :wink:

    Probably and they do so because they can't be arsed to read the small print. In the end the law is changing to punish those businesses that trick customers.

    Anyway, if you think hiding a contract between small lines is good practice, then good for you... I and the majority of people out there think it's not.
    If I had a business I would feel ashamed and embarrassed to sell something that way
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,286
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    Anyway, if you think hiding a contract between small lines is good practice, then good for you... I and the majority of people out there think it's not.
    If I had a business I would feel ashamed and embarrassed to sell something that way
    No. No, I do not. But once bitten, twice shy. As you have learned. Hopefully.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,310
    PBlakeney wrote:
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    Anyway, if you think hiding a contract between small lines is good practice, then good for you... I and the majority of people out there think it's not.
    If I had a business I would feel ashamed and embarrassed to sell something that way
    No. No, I do not. But once bitten, twice shy. As you have learned. Hopefully.

    I have learned not to trust providers of services and avoid business that sell packages rather than products. I am probably one of three over 16 left in the country without a mobile phone contract... those are generally the worst scum...luckily I am no longer under the radar and they have stopped bothering me trying to convert my pay-as-you-go into a a much more value for money contract.
    I have to say Virgin Media is particularly aggressive with their selling technique. We are literally bombarded with mail from them
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,286
    I wonder who the other one of three is? :wink:
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • kingstonian
    kingstonian Posts: 2,847
    What I find distasteful about RB is his desire to seek publicity in absolutely any way possible. This programme is a classic example - the vast majority of people willing and able to spend that kind of money on a holiday want it to be discreet. He has plenty of publicly visible companies to show off, why add the island to that list?
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    PBlakeney wrote:
    I wonder who the other one of three is? :wink:

    It was me, before I moved. Now I am the ONLY person in Hong Kong who doesn't spend hours glued to Candy Crush or the latest Canto-soap opera, or some other mind-numbing dross.
    EVERYBODY (and you know it's true 'cos I used capital letters), is like this:
    cn-cellphones.jpg?itok=qHEONria

    All the time. :shock:
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    What about the guy in the background with the blue jumper?

    Maybe he ran out of battery?
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    coriordan wrote:
    What about the guy in the background with the blue jumper?

    Maybe he ran out of battery?

    I doubt it. It looks like he's playing pocket pool.....
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  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    lostboysaint wrote:
    Disappointed with this thread. Still no-one has put a picture of the aforementioned PAs.

    There you go, not sure are the current ones, but I think he has them cloned, so assume they look the same

    helen_alexia.jpg

    They look like Stepford Wives. I'm out.
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  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,310
    Interesting the arguably less attractive one on the right was always out of focus, almost pixelated in the program... an editorial choice? :wink:
    left the forum March 2023
  • bianchimoon
    bianchimoon Posts: 3,942
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    Interesting the arguably less attractive one on the right was always out of focus, almost pixelated in the program... an editorial choice? :wink:

    interestingly, one on the right looks prettier to me :)
    All lies and jest..still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest....
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    They both need their roots doing and to spend more time in the shade.
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  • finchy
    finchy Posts: 6,686
    PBlakeney wrote:
    I wonder who the other one of three is? :wink:

    I am. I spend about £10 a year having bought a fairly smart £15 phone. I'm sure the mobile phone companies are making a loss with me. :D
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,930
    I got a sim only deal last year £8 a month. Couple hundred mins a month, loads of text and 500 meg data.
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,310
    johnfinch wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    I wonder who the other one of three is? :wink:

    I am. I spend about £10 a year having bought a fairly smart £15 phone. I'm sure the mobile phone companies are making a loss with me. :D

    That's impressive... I never kept count, but I think I spend about 40-50 quid per year in top ups... I only use it for texts and the odd phone call. It's just a phone, which I got for free as a replacement of one I got for free 4 years earlier. My mobile phone budget is probably in line with the average in Angola
    left the forum March 2023
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,310
    johnfinch wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    I wonder who the other one of three is? :wink:

    I am. I spend about £10 a year having bought a fairly smart £15 phone. I'm sure the mobile phone companies are making a loss with me. :D

    That's impressive... I never kept count, but I think I spend about 40-50 quid per year in top ups... I only use it for texts and the odd phone call. It's just a phone, which I got for free as a replacement of one I got for free 4 years earlier. My mobile phone budget is probably in line with the average in Angola
    left the forum March 2023
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    johnfinch wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    I wonder who the other one of three is? :wink:

    I am. I spend about £10 a year having bought a fairly smart £15 phone. I'm sure the mobile phone companies are making a loss with me. :D

    That's impressive... I never kept count, but I think I spend about 40-50 quid per year in top ups... I only use it for texts and the odd phone call. It's just a phone, which I got for free as a replacement of one I got for free 4 years earlier. My mobile phone budget is probably in line with the average in Angola

    Same. HK$200 for the phone and about 10 quid a year. I have to put on at least 5 quid every 6 months to keep it going - last time I'd only spent 3. :)
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  • vs
    vs Posts: 468
    pottssteve wrote:
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    johnfinch wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    I wonder who the other one of three is? :wink:

    I am. I spend about £10 a year having bought a fairly smart £15 phone. I'm sure the mobile phone companies are making a loss with me. :D

    That's impressive... I never kept count, but I think I spend about 40-50 quid per year in top ups... I only use it for texts and the odd phone call. It's just a phone, which I got for free as a replacement of one I got for free 4 years earlier. My mobile phone budget is probably in line with the average in Angola

    Same. HK$200 for the phone and about 10 quid a year. I have to put on at least 5 quid every 6 months to keep it going - last time I'd only spent 3. :)

    £0.00. I have never owned, or even used, a mobile phone; we live in a valley with no mobile reception.

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