Phone problems

I had the opportunity to ditch my old ad very basic mobile phone for something a bit more up to date, so I paid my £25 for a £50 phone and changed it, I wanted to keep my old number as I'd had it a few years, well that was a marathon job, I’d also put £10 on account. Somehow that disappeared and before I knew i had 13p left, not even enough to make a call, it is a PAYG as I don’t use it much so have no use for 500 texts etc.

I couldn’t access my number as it kept cutting out, but fortunately I went on their Forum and found the answer, I put on another £10 …. I checked a while later and discovered I was down to £9.13p, and I hadn’t made ay proper calls, so I’m now trying to find out what calls I made that cost me so much, I contacted the firm and I was recommended to call their premium rate number at £1.53 per minute!, I wish I’d kept my old phone.

Got some soup on the go, first of the season and it smells gooooooood.

I was out for a meal last night with my friends from the dancing group to celebrate three birthdays. I had a steak, very disappointing as it was quite gristly., and to add to it, I woke up at 5am feeling queasy, but fortunately it passed.

Another disappointment, when we went into the restaurant, they were putting up a Santa’s Grotto complete with letter box. it’s the first of October for heavens sake.

Not the best of evenings but normally they are good times.

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What, no messages !?

I came home the other day and as usual checked my answer- phone, it was flashing, so I pressed the ‘play’ button, again, and again, it just wouldn’t connect, I tapped and thumped and jiggled it from one side to the other, but no joy it just would not give up my message, How dare it, it’s MY message and I have every right to hear it, it could be important, maybe some long lost relative has died and I’m heiress to a fortune, or maybe I’ve been invited to Buckingham palace to dine with Her Maj. I’ve got to know, NOW.

Eventually it reluctantly gave up the message, and no, it wasn’t anything exciting, but then I noticed the light that told me the machine was working, wasn’t, I tried accessing the message again and the machine held out on me. The same thing happened the next time there was a message. i realized that things weren’t quite right. i phoned the telephone company [BT] and explained the problem, I was asked the make and model of the phones I was told “ sorry, it’s an old model and we don’t mend them ‘’ It’s only about five years old I said, so can’t I have a replacement answerphone only, ‘’not for that model, you have to buy a complete set’’ I’ve got four phones plus ans’phone. and was not amused, I could not believe that a whole set of phones could be dumped simply for the sake of a little button , ridiculous!

I spent the day on the internet searching for a new deal with the same set up I had, the sheer number of makes and models was bewildering, but after a day and a half I managed to get a whole new outfit from E-bay, refurbished for half price, just over £40 incl P&P, OK it was quite a bargain, but it’s forty odd quid I could have done without spending. This throwaway society is getting out of hand.

I got the new contraption up and running next day and feel it was money spent for nothing new, just a replacement. it’s all wrong.

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