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pcernie
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Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm
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Location: Belfast
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Amazon are really pushing their luck recently IMO The new Amazon Kindle Paperwhite delivers laser-quality text | TechRadar http://www.techradar.com/news/mobile-co ... xt-1297053Ads? As if it isn't dear enough? You only have to look at the Voyage to know they're deliberately hobbling their own products to suit their monopoly (not that that's news). Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't the standard Kindle e-readers always ad-free in the UK at least?  You've then got them raising the free delivery opportunity to a £20 spend, falsely pushing you towards Prime. It's even more false when you consider they'll offer to slightly delay the delivery in return for a £1 digital credit they know you'll probably never use. All this is happening right around the time they're having to pay UK tax funnily enough, I don't know about elsewhere... _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm
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Location: Bramsche
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Not sure about the UK, but generally the base Kindle for the last few generations was always ad-subsidised and you could buy a more expensive version without ads.
Same for the Fire, that always came with ads, or you could pay extra for ad free cover screen.
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oceanicitl
Official forum cat lady
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:04 am
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Location: London
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You know it's just a TV show right? lol _________________Still the official cheeky one 
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pcernie
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Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm
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Location: Belfast
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Those crappy ads for new bands... 'THIS is (name you'll never remember), and their weak as a newborn single from their limp as celery DEBUT album...'
Hyperbole with sub-sub-indie bands? Spose it's necessary when even the lead single doesn't hold your interest lol.
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pcernie
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I've just realised (properly) that Spotify has been showing video ads alongside they're usual pathetic audio ones. Who the hell is clicking back to the app or tab to watch those?  _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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Spreadie
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:06 pm
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Location: IoW
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Whatever davrosG5 posted in the Islamic State thread on the News Forum. It was enough to trip the hyper-sensitive net filter foisted upon us by our IT bods.
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm
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An awkward work dinner coming up.
A couple of staff are leaving, and as I consider them both friends, I said yes to attending.
Of course, that woman has also said yes to it.
So that'll be a fun evening then.
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saspro
Site Admin
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:53 pm
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Location: location, location
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yay, awkward work night out :s 
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm
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Yup, looks like there's about 10 of us going. Not sure that's enough to stay clear.
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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm
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Location: Bramsche
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So, ferry booked... I'm coming over to Blighty to visit my cousin and his family for a long weekend at the end of the month.
At the moment, it will be a run down to the South Coast, a couple of days there, then back up to Dover.
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davrosG5
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:37 am
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Location: Peebo
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I do believe that I misspelled Libya. Now corrected. 
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Spreadie
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
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Passive aggressive housemates.
Little things - I'm doing too much washing up, think of the water bill.
Maybe I should buy a rotary drier so we're not 'fighting' over the clothes drier (it's never been an issue AFAIK).
I want to hoover too often, despite the carpet being covered in rabbit hair.
Hmmmm.
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rustybucket
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:10 pm
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Storm last night
PC doesn't boot this morning.Grrr
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davrosG5
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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Oh dear. Storms have apparently broken some openreach equipment in Peterborough so no internets for me on the broadband. Storm take out anything else?
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