Today I’ve finally decided to stop thinking about a project which I began working on last year but was never paid for.
In truth, I’ve not done anything since I heard that the company had run out of money, but today, as one of the company’s minor creditors, I received a big pack of legal documents from the US. To be perfectly honest, it’s all rather confusing, and would need to be filled in and then faxed or posted back to the States. Even then, I’d stand little if any chance of receiving any money at all, and if I did, it might just cover the cost of faxing the documents back, and the time I could have spent working on other projects.
I’m just going to email the team handling this company’s affairs (from courtesy) letting them know not to bother with me.
Fortunately, I’d only written one “pilot” feature. If it had worked out, it would have turned into a series of posts which would have been pretty interesting to write - not bad remuneration for a fair amount of autonomy. Still, it wasn’t to be.
It’s not as if I’m sat here with nothing to do, anyway.
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Why are people suddenly surprised that these pathetic ‘ex-satellite’ quiz channels only care about extorting cash from the gullible?
Of course they want to string out the pathetic charade - with the even more hapless (though usually visually appealing) host - for as long as possible.
Of course they don’t want to give the prizes away.
And while these practices are both shoddy and (at least very close to) illegal, it preys upon the stupidity of the viewer.
Viewers who genuinely think they have any chance of winning something half-decent by calling and hanging on premium-rate phone numbers.
We live in a society where we’re so cash rich that (some) people are happy to throw away cash to such pointless, near-impossible ambitions.
Viewers tempted to waste their money on these shows would be better advised to put their cash into a savings account, or, if they really want a chance at winning something without actually losing any of their cash to rip-off broadcasters: Premium Bonds.
One final note: Tim Suter from Ofcom (you know, the people who are supposed to regulate broadcasters and give the public some level of protection and confidence) has openly stated that he’d be quite happy to tell his friends and family to go ahead and ‘phone in on these shows (even though he hasn’t himself, of course)
Great. Nice one Tim.
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The news that the local HSBC branch in the super-rich Canford Cliffs area of Dorset is to allow only ‘premier’ customers to get face-to-face financial advice.
Canford Cliffs, near Poole, is apparently one of the four most expensive places to live in the world, with the cheapest house on the market currently going for £330,000.
To use HSBC’s personal services from June, customers must have £50,000 in savings, a £200,000 mortgage, or a £100,000 mortgage and £75,000 annual salary. Ahh, but wait, you can pay £19.95 per month for the ‘privilege’ of being an elite customer.
Yes, you can either BE rich, or pretend to BE rich, in order to access HSBC’s overpriced, biased financial services.
Maybe this will be the start of something bigger. We can simply shut all these rich snobs up in a big cage on the cliffs and let them be self-sufficient. Money will get you everything, after all, right?
“The world’s local bank”. Sure it is, but only if you’ve got the cash.
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Here’s a word of advice…
If you’re the sort of person who might ever cancel a gym membership (and let’s face it, that’s most people) don’t EVER go to LA Fitness (at least, not the one in Ruxley Lane, Ewell).
Not unless, when you cancel your membership in the way expressly recommended by the (incompetent) manager, you still receive threatening letters from debt collection agencies.
The idiots at LA Fitness Epsom have threatened my wife, without any prior warning, with a debt collection thuggery agency, demanding an £80 payment that was never due.
Added to which, they took at least 2 months’ payment after the original membership was cancelled, before we stemmed the flow of cash by stopping the direct debit from our bank account.
So, don’t EVER join the idiots at LA Fitness. They don’t listen to complaints. They have no system in place. And to be honest, if they can’t handle basic administration, what chance have they dealing with something of the utmost importance: your health?
Thanks for nothing LA Fitness. You’re a bunch of cowboys and you deserve to publicly ridiculed. Hence the post.
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