tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21172681.post2555285855984093754..comments2023-10-25T23:39:10.162+13:00Comments on Software Development and stuff: Carphone Warehouse: Technically inept or lying bastards?KiwiBastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464945422472093454noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21172681.post-15201276819770696332008-07-29T22:41:00.000+12:002008-07-29T22:41:00.000+12:00To follow up the story. I finally got the phone a ...To follow up the story. I finally got the phone a little over a week later, but only after I had to ring up and find out what the hell was going on. CPW had actually taken the cash from my account, even though at that time they had no idea if or when they were going to be able to match up my order with an actual SKU.<BR/><BR/>On the plus side, my business interaction with CPW is completed and so I don't need to deal with them again. <BR/><BR/>The phone is great. Yes the camera is shite, and I have actually had an instance when cut and paste would have been handy already. But using the thing is an absolute joy!<BR/><BR/>If only the area I lived in had as good an O2 coverage as their website claims. But THAT is another post!Shaun Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02260217349188216865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21172681.post-67042748010916982452008-07-29T12:16:00.000+12:002008-07-29T12:16:00.000+12:00I had a fucking nightmare with CPW at Gapton Hall ...I had a fucking nightmare with CPW at Gapton Hall in Great Yarmouth. Stood in the queue behind 6 other people for an hour before the doors opened late at 8.20am. guess the muppets read the memo wrong. It was an 8.02am launch.<BR/><BR/>Once in, the manager wouldn't tell any of us what he had in stock until it was our turn at the counter. Twat!<BR/><BR/>Of course, once we got there, the 16gb was already out of stock, but he was hoping to switch us to an 8gb iPhone.<BR/><BR/>I asked my wife to leave the shop and ploughed in to the fucker for being a c*nt. Though only verbally... I didn't want to spend my morning in the back of a cop car just because CPW are useless wankers.Fox Tuckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10019469567118197977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21172681.post-57021351492814800652008-07-15T09:06:00.000+12:002008-07-15T09:06:00.000+12:00I bought it from CPW, and I would never set foot i...I bought it from CPW, and I would never set foot in the place again. They tried to push their insurance (£12/month) rather than o2's (£7.50/month), pushed me into getting a useless and needless screen protector, and to top it off, I get a call today saying "hows the handset going? great! now, about the insurance you bought in the store"<BR/><BR/>And, in store: "no, you can't move your number from your old O2 account - you have to move it to (eg) orange then back to O2". BULLSHIT. O2 did it in 2 mins over the phone.<BR/><BR/>If I get billed for it, I'm going to kick up mighty hell. Avoid Carphone Warehouse like the plague. Go to O2 or Apple. I'd trust a street vendor in Brixton more than them now. :)Nic Wisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09097972890048925556noreply@blogger.com