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pmsumner at 09:09pm on 21/05/2002
pmsumner at 09:09pm on 21/05/2002News
My car! My car is now sat on the drive, causing me hassle already ;-) That damned immobiliser had me unable to start the engine for 10 minutes until I'd locked and unlocked it, set and unset the alarm so many times I thought it was going to fall off :)
Hmm. Anyhow, it's in pretty good shape for a car that was valued by Parkers at under £1000. Rust round the petrol filler, but there are no other serious spots - some surface rust, and the totally rusted through exhaust was replaced by the dealer without us even needing to ask. Taken it for a quick drive and it's quite nippy - can't wait to see how it performs on the motorway, though I bet it doesn't do as well as Mum's Almera, nor Dad's Megane (I WANT one of those).
I'm currently drooling over an Ericsson T68. I can get one for £80 but that would mean giving up this contract for life phone I got from my mum only a little while back. What I could do, I guess, is get the phone and SIM, then give the SIM along with the contract and my old phone to my folks, but keep the new phone. Yeah. I like that. My mum needs a new contract anyhow, and seeing as I can get it half price from T-Mobile's Employee Call benefit... £12.50 a month for the Everyone 100 package (100 anytime, any network minutes a month) ain't bad at all.
Speaking of T-Mobile. Work. Work is fine, nothing exciting. Had a review today, came out good. I really don't mean to be patronising, but damnit I KNOW I am capable of this and probably understand a lot of stuff better than the trainers (i.e. - I asked why customers get a 14 day return period on contract mobiles, knowing it was because of the Consumer Credit Act - and got nothing back). I freely admit, however, that the customer facing side of things is very daunting. Different on the phone than in a pub :)
My car! My car is now sat on the drive, causing me hassle already ;-) That damned immobiliser had me unable to start the engine for 10 minutes until I'd locked and unlocked it, set and unset the alarm so many times I thought it was going to fall off :)
Hmm. Anyhow, it's in pretty good shape for a car that was valued by Parkers at under £1000. Rust round the petrol filler, but there are no other serious spots - some surface rust, and the totally rusted through exhaust was replaced by the dealer without us even needing to ask. Taken it for a quick drive and it's quite nippy - can't wait to see how it performs on the motorway, though I bet it doesn't do as well as Mum's Almera, nor Dad's Megane (I WANT one of those).
I'm currently drooling over an Ericsson T68. I can get one for £80 but that would mean giving up this contract for life phone I got from my mum only a little while back. What I could do, I guess, is get the phone and SIM, then give the SIM along with the contract and my old phone to my folks, but keep the new phone. Yeah. I like that. My mum needs a new contract anyhow, and seeing as I can get it half price from T-Mobile's Employee Call benefit... £12.50 a month for the Everyone 100 package (100 anytime, any network minutes a month) ain't bad at all.
Speaking of T-Mobile. Work. Work is fine, nothing exciting. Had a review today, came out good. I really don't mean to be patronising, but damnit I KNOW I am capable of this and probably understand a lot of stuff better than the trainers (i.e. - I asked why customers get a 14 day return period on contract mobiles, knowing it was because of the Consumer Credit Act - and got nothing back). I freely admit, however, that the customer facing side of things is very daunting. Different on the phone than in a pub :)
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