• Amazon Mouse 2, Refund Boogaloo

    After chatting with some people on Discord they convinced me to be bothered to return the broken mouse. They explained that since it was so cheap, the refund would be issued immediately. They were wrong, but wait a minute … £9.36? I paid £4.37, that was the whole point – get cheap mouse, and also…

  • Cheap Amazon E-Waste Mouse

    Wherein I thought I was getting a bargain mouse… For a bargain price, using the Amazon returns warehouse thing… But instead I received someone’s broken e-waste that has clearly been used quite a bit, before they returned it… This is clearly not a return that was barely used. Someones’s had this a good while. Look…

  • You can’t trust Google Maps reviews

    This doesn’t seem right. I look up directions to a place, and then Google wants me to review the place, even though I never went there? I mean, I have been to Bletchley, it’s a great place. Go there ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐, but what leap of logic makes the assumption searching directions means I’m going there?

  • The Slow Plane from China

    I ordered a foot stool from Amazon… They confidently told me it would arrive Thursday. Then on Thursday the tracking changed to… which is a bit of a jump in delivery timing. Not even Evri are that slow. Mind you, the tracking is a bit weird… Four days to fly from China to wherever it…

  • TV Licence Scaremongering

    It’s that time again where I have to certify that I promise not to watch broadcast TV. Although they do try very hard to make me click the wrong button Its like Amazon and their attempts at tricking us into buying Prime. And then once the relevant form is filled in, you get this email…