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Title: Amazon.co.uk
Post by: Pastis on October 06, 2007, 05:08:36 PM
I've used them for years quite happily but all of a sudden can't access my account  Banghead

Nothing's changed at my end... password doesn't work... tried changing it.... still doesn't work...  Banghead

Anyone else?  P'raps they're suffering under the latest postal strike  shrugs:
Title: Re: Amazon.co.uk
Post by: Snoopy on October 06, 2007, 05:15:23 PM
 rubschin: Mine worked yesterday .... same as always.
Hang on I'll go have a looksee.
Title: Re: Amazon.co.uk
Post by: Snoopy on October 06, 2007, 05:17:28 PM
Nope ~ sorry but mine is OK.

I should try their help desk. This happened to me about a year ago ..... they reset it all and no probs since.
Title: Re: Amazon.co.uk
Post by: Pastis on October 06, 2007, 06:27:04 PM
I've sent them a fuming email via customer support. Hopefully they will sort it.

I was hoping to buy a book recommended to me by a man in a pub last night...  whistle:
Title: Re: Amazon.co.uk
Post by: Darwins Selection on October 06, 2007, 08:49:48 PM
I've sent them a fuming email via customer support. Hopefully they will sort it.

I was hoping to buy a book recommended to me by a man in a pub last night...  whistle:

I am glad you found my suggestion of "Animal Husbandry for Beginners" useful. ;D
Title: Re: Amazon.co.uk
Post by: Pastis on October 06, 2007, 09:51:00 PM
 doh: happy001 happy001
Title: Re: Amazon.co.uk
Post by: Snoopy on October 07, 2007, 10:20:45 AM
I've sent them a fuming email via customer support. Hopefully they will sort it.

I was hoping to buy a book recommended to me by a man in a pub last night...  whistle:

Oh he's not still flogging his book is he ~ next thing he'll be round examining your bookshelves and, because you look after books and don't crease the spines to buggery, he'll accuse you of not reading it. ::)
Title: Re: Amazon.co.uk
Post by: Pastis on October 07, 2007, 10:42:19 AM
Oh he's not still flogging his book is he ~ next thing he'll be round examining your bookshelves and, because you look after books and don't crease the spines to buggery, he'll accuse you of not reading it. ::)

 ;D ;D

Nope. Not his. Unless of course he's under a pseudonym  cool14:
Title: Re: Amazon.co.uk
Post by: Barman on October 07, 2007, 10:45:46 AM
I've sent them a fuming email via customer support. Hopefully they will sort it.

I was hoping to buy a book recommended to me by a man in a pub last night...  whistle:

Oh he's not still flogging his book is he ~ next thing he'll be round examining your bookshelves and, because you look after books and don't crease the spines to buggery, he'll accuse you of not reading it. ::)
Did he write that chaos theory book then? Blamed it all on a butterfly if I remember correctly…  rubschin:

Sounds like Nick  whistle:
Title: Re: Amazon.co.uk
Post by: Nick on October 07, 2007, 11:56:28 AM
I've sent them a fuming email via customer support. Hopefully they will sort it.

I was hoping to buy a book recommended to me by a man in a pub last night...  whistle:

Oh he's not still flogging his book is he ~ next thing he'll be round examining your bookshelves and, because you look after books and don't crease the spines to buggery, he'll accuse you of not reading it. ::)
Did he write that chaos theory book then? Blamed it all on a butterfly if I remember correctly…  rubschin:

Sounds like Nick  whistle:

It's an excellent book by John Walsh. But mine is also available on Amazon at reasonable rates. whistle:
Title: Re: Amazon.co.uk
Post by: Snoopy on October 07, 2007, 12:04:21 PM
I've sent them a fuming email via customer support. Hopefully they will sort it.

I was hoping to buy a book recommended to me by a man in a pub last night...  whistle:

Oh he's not still flogging his book is he ~ next thing he'll be round examining your bookshelves and, because you look after books and don't crease the spines to buggery, he'll accuse you of not reading it. ::)
Did he write that chaos theory book then? Blamed it all on a butterfly if I remember correctly…  rubschin:

Sounds like Nick  whistle:

It's an excellent book by John Walsh. But mine is also available on Amazon at reasonable rates. whistle:

And very readable it is too. cool14:
Title: Re: Amazon.co.uk
Post by: Nick on October 07, 2007, 12:28:07 PM
You may be the only person ever to have read it!

We were discussing this one.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Are-You-Talking-Me-Through/dp/0007139306/ref=sr_1_2/026-7248374-9258844?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191660723&sr=1-2 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Are-You-Talking-Me-Through/dp/0007139306/ref=sr_1_2/026-7248374-9258844?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191660723&sr=1-2)
Title: Re: Amazon.co.uk
Post by: Snoopy on October 07, 2007, 12:38:13 PM
You may be the only person ever to have read it!

We were discussing this one.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Are-You-Talking-Me-Through/dp/0007139306/ref=sr_1_2/026-7248374-9258844?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191660723&sr=1-2 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Are-You-Talking-Me-Through/dp/0007139306/ref=sr_1_2/026-7248374-9258844?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191660723&sr=1-2)

 rubschin: Looks a bit Nick Hornby-ish to me but I'll add it to my library list and see if they have it when I next visit them. Trouble with the library is that just about everything they stock seems to be written by/for wimmin or Sci-fi fanatics .... some are both, of course.
Title: Re: Amazon.co.uk
Post by: Pastis on October 07, 2007, 01:25:07 PM
Amazon have replied courteously - I'll sort it tomorrow by phone; I'm not even going to try doing it online  ::)

I use 2 libraries locally but there are sections I tend to avoid. Yesteday's sandwich drama was at the nearest which was holding an open day for the Archives. Curiously the actual archive section was closed  confused:
Special local historical interest groups promoting their activities mostly.

There's a Victorian Society somewhere round here too. They make appearances sometimes dressed up as, errr... Victorians  rubschin:
Title: Re: Amazon.co.uk
Post by: Snoopy on October 07, 2007, 01:51:56 PM
Yeeeeessssssssss ~ I know some re-enactors myself ~ Strange people (https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.freesmileys.org%2Femo%2Ftaunt012.gif&hash=b61af53b6bda03bcc492277d878466490701b282)
Title: Re: Amazon.co.uk
Post by: Pastis on October 07, 2007, 04:29:19 PM
That is a particularly loopy emoticon ... sums them up quite well  ;)

A couple of years ago, in't local park, there was a fête; I bumped into Queen Victoria  eeek:

A disturbing likeness too.
Title: Re: Amazon.co.uk
Post by: Snoopy on October 07, 2007, 04:31:15 PM
Frightening  shocked003
Title: Re: Amazon.co.uk
Post by: Pastis on October 07, 2007, 04:41:22 PM
We were not amused  ;)

If I meet her, or indeed them, again I'll engage them in conversation. See if they play the part as well.

I once did an historical walk through Winchester and had conversations with Alfred The Great about cakes and Jane Austen about her latest novel. Very bizarre.
Title: Re: Amazon.co.uk
Post by: Snoopy on October 07, 2007, 04:57:49 PM
Now Winchester is a place I have always loved ~ but I would avoid meeting King Alfred etc.
Title: Re: Amazon.co.uk
Post by: Pastis on October 07, 2007, 05:24:44 PM
The King Alfred on that summer's evening bore an alarming resemblance to Berek's usual avatar. Best to avoid.
Title: Re: Amazon.co.uk
Post by: Snoopy on October 07, 2007, 05:34:16 PM
I confess the last time I was in Winchester I was horrified at the changes wrought in the name of "Progress".
Like so many other haunts of bygone days I doubt that I shall return. "Going back" is not something I do much of anymore. Too many disappointments.