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Clive wrote:

I have frequently been refused onto a sight and redirected to correct my
phone number as it's only 10 digits in total. Normally after about two
tries I give up, If the software is so sloppy then their service is
likely too be the same.

.... and there's absolutely no chance that you would have made a mistake
or typing error on the screen?

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On Sat, 6 Feb 2010 16:34:31 +0000, Chris Tolley
(ukonline really) wrote:

I have frequently been refused onto a sight and redirected to correct my
phone number as it's only 10 digits in total. Normally after about two
tries I give up, If the software is so sloppy then their service is
likely too be the same.

... and there's absolutely no chance that you would have made a mistake
or typing error on the screen?

I think his spill chucker is broken.

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In message , Chris Tolley
writes
Clive wrote:

I have frequently been refused onto a sight and redirected to correct my
phone number as it's only 10 digits in total. Normally after about two
tries I give up, If the software is so sloppy then their service is
likely too be the same.

... and there's absolutely no chance that you would have made a mistake
or typing error on the screen?

No, I go back to the incorrect field which is usually marked with a star
and it's asking for a proper telephone number.
--
Clive

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In message , Ivor The Engine
writes
think his spill chucker is broken.
I thunk it is as will.
--
Clive

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"Clive" wrote in message
...
| In message , Chris Tolley
| writes
| Clive wrote:
|
| I have frequently been refused onto a sight and redirected to correct
my
| phone number as it's only 10 digits in total. Normally after about
two
| tries I give up, If the software is so sloppy then their service is
| likely too be the same.
|
| ... and there's absolutely no chance that you would have made a mistake
| or typing error on the screen?
|
| No, I go back to the incorrect field which is usually marked with a star
| and it's asking for a proper telephone number.

Is that the same software that refuses to accept any house number ending in
"A" (and there are quite a few) because it thinks you are living in a flat
or maisonette? Even the Post Office uses this rubbish software, as I found
out when I booked travel insurance from them. Argos does as well, resulting
in me having to fill in a form at the counter, not on their pay terminal,
when I bought a TV from them. My house number ends in "A", not because it
is a subdivision of one house but because it was built on an infill site and
the Post Office did not think it necessary to renumber every house on from
us on our side of the road. So software they use does not recognise house
numbers they have actually allocated!

There is far too much software written without checking or thinking about
whether it will actually work in the real world.
--
- Yokel -

"Yokel" posts via a spam-trap account which is not read.

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On 6 Feb, 21:43, "Yokel" wrote:
"Clive" wrote in message

...
| In message , Chris Tolley
| writes| Clive wrote:

|
| I have frequently been refused onto a sight and redirected to correct
my
| phone number as it's only 10 digits in total. * Normally after about
two
| tries I give up, If the software is so sloppy then their service is
| likely too be the same.
|
| ... and there's absolutely no chance that you would have made a mistake
| or typing error on the screen?
|
| No, I go back to the incorrect field which is usually marked with a star
| and it's asking for a proper telephone number.

Is that the same software that refuses to accept any house number ending in
"A" (and there are quite a few) because it thinks you are living in a flat
or maisonette? *Even the Post Office uses this rubbish software, as I found
out when I booked travel insurance from them. *Argos does as well, resulting
in me having to fill in a form at the counter, not on their pay terminal,
when I bought a TV from them. *My house number ends in "A", not because it
is a subdivision of one house but because it was built on an infill site and
the Post Office did not think it necessary to renumber every house on from
us on our side of *the road. *So software they use does not recognise house
numbers they have actually allocated!

There is far too much software written without checking or thinking about
whether it will actually work in the real world.

Living in London, I have trouble with the ones that insist on a county.

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On Feb 6, 10:26*pm, MIG wrote:

On 6 Feb, 21:43, "Yokel" wrote:
[snip]
Is that the same software that refuses to accept any house number ending in
"A" (and there are quite a few) because it thinks you are living in a flat
or maisonette? *Even the Post Office uses this rubbish software, as I found
out when I booked travel insurance from them. *Argos does as well, resulting
in me having to fill in a form at the counter, not on their pay terminal,
when I bought a TV from them. *My house number ends in "A", not because it
is a subdivision of one house but because it was built on an infill site and
the Post Office did not think it necessary to renumber every house on from
us on our side of *the road. *So software they use does not recognise house
numbers they have actually allocated!

There is far too much software written without checking or thinking about
whether it will actually work in the real world.

Living in London, I have trouble with the ones that insist on a county.

There was one company I had recent online dealings with that didn't
have any sort of London option at all - I'm quite sure a good many
Londoners wouldn't be too sure of their 'historic' county, for example
how many know exactly where ye olde dividing line between Kent and
Surrey lay? I've got a broad idea, but that's only coz I've looked it
up on maps of yore.

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On Feb 6, 9:43*pm, "Yokel" wrote:
[snip]
Is that the same software that refuses to accept any house number ending in
"A" (and there are quite a few) because it thinks you are living in a flat
or maisonette? *Even the Post Office uses this rubbish software, as I found
out when I booked travel insurance from them. *Argos does as well, resulting
in me having to fill in a form at the counter, not on their pay terminal,
when I bought a TV from them. *My house number ends in "A", not because it
is a subdivision of one house but because it was built on an infill site and
the Post Office did not think it necessary to renumber every house on from
us on our side of *the road. *So software they use does not recognise house
numbers they have actually allocated!

There is far too much software written without checking or thinking about
whether it will actually work in the real world.

Why does it need to know whether you live in a house or flat/
maisonette, and for that matter what would it matter if it thought you
did live in a flat?

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On Sat, 6 Feb 2010 14:07:52 +0000 someone who may be Clive
wrote this:-

Why is it that despite no drop in the collection of
rubbish cost, I now only have a twice monthly collection

Most unlikely. You presumably have a collection of residual waste
every fortnight and between these have a collection of one or more
recycling boxes/bins.




--
David Hansen, Edinburgh
I will *always* explain revoked encryption keys, unless RIP prevents me
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000...#pt3-pb3-l1g54

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On Sat, 6 Feb 2010 21:43:54 -0000 someone who may be "Yokel"
wrote this:-

Argos does as well, resulting
in me having to fill in a form at the counter, not on their pay terminal,
when I bought a TV from them.

Why fill in a form with an address when buying a television?

BBC tax? I find that the address of the BBC television licence bods
does nicely to deal with that sort of Stalinism.


--
David Hansen, Edinburgh
I will *always* explain revoked encryption keys, unless RIP prevents me
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000...#pt3-pb3-l1g54