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  1. AlTech

    You mean..... the more you buy, the more you sa…

    Not sure if sarcasm but the "subscriptioms" in this context are for buying items on a regular schedule. E.g. 4 items purchased regularly as a subscription = 10% discount. 5 items = Up To 15%.
  2. AlTech

    The gym is for weak people. Strong men are conf…

    Or for people who want to lose weight?
  3. You mean..... the more you buy, the more you save? 😱

     

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    #TheMoreYouBuyTheMoreYouSave

    1. LeapFrogMasterRace

      LeapFrogMasterRace

      That is just flat out discrimination to individual people I am disgusted 

    2. AlTech

      AlTech

      1 hour ago, LeapFrogMasterRace said:

      That is just flat out discrimination to individual people I am disgusted 

      Not sure if sarcasm but the "subscriptioms" in this context are for buying items on a regular schedule.

       

      E.g. 4 items purchased regularly as a subscription = 10% discount.

       

      5 items = Up To 15%.

  4. My next phone's been ordered from CeX.

     

    A52s 5G here we come. Tho the pain of how much I paid cash will be paid for when I sell the Oneplus 6.

     

    £151.90 actual money + the rest on CeX vouchers.

  5. AlTech

    The nightmare of being stuck on trains or at st…

    Train was stuck at the station. Also, train was above ground at all times.
  6. The nightmare of being stuck on trains or at stations since 7:40pm is over with 10 minutes left until 1am.

     

    Holy Jesus. That was not fun.

    1. BlueChinchillaEatingDorito

      BlueChinchillaEatingDorito

      Evacuating in the tunnel wasn't possible? 

    2. AlTech

      AlTech

      8 hours ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

      Evacuating in the tunnel wasn't possible? 

      Train was stuck at the station.

       

      Also, train was above ground at all times.

  7. My train is stuck cos a fast train hit an object on a rail which knocked out out the 3rd rail powered track.

     

    Which is yet another reason why using 3rd rail DC power for Heavy Rail trains is a bad idea.

     

    Also here's some unintentionally memeful content:

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  8. What the actual fuck. I gave a feedback score I thought was for a service (turns out it was for the agent) after an agent helped me on a call and then the agent I talked to calls me back a minute or two later saying his manager told him I left him a bad review/bad score.

     

    The score I gave was 8 out of 10. How is 8 out of 10 a bad review? Anyways, I ended up changing it to a 10 cos the support agent's manager is a karen and can't handle an 8 out of 10 -_-.

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    2. OhioYJ

      OhioYJ

      55 minutes ago, flibberdipper said:

       At that point the district manager gets involved and everyone in that department gets their shit rocked.

      One of the places I managed back when I had to deal with these, we had two types of surveys a long and short version. Only the long survey counted. You only got so many long surveys per month. The long had the rating scales. I used throw away numbers and various IP address to call in surveys and do web surveys to hopefully get all the long surveys before actual customers just to avoid what you describe. As no matter what you tell the customers many think 8 or 9 or even a 7 is a good score.  At the quarterly meetings the other stores used to wonder how my scores were always so good... 

       

      These surveys are a horrible idea in their current form too. As in some places you might think, "Ok I just won't tell the customers about them." Well some companies expect a minimum number of surveys back, and if you don't hit that number of surveys, then you are also doing bad. Even if the ones you did get were good. 

       

      The whole system is rigged against the employees. I get they want an excellent customer experience, but let's set up some realistic expectations. 

    3. TVwazhere

      TVwazhere

      4 hours ago, AlTech said:

      the support agent's manager is a karen and can't handle an 8 out of 10 -_-.

      Best thing to do in these situations is to give a 10/10, even if the service was mediocre. 

       

      As @OhioYJ and @flibberdipper said, Sales and service reps are penalized for getting a 9/10 because "You didnt bend over backwards and s*** the d*** of the customer to make them feel like the most important person in the world" while they're screaming at you that their toaster doesn't work because they didn't plug it in all the way. 

    4. flibberdipper

      flibberdipper

      2 hours ago, OhioYJ said:

      One of the places I managed back when I had to deal with these, we had two types of surveys a long and short version. Only the long survey counted. You only got so many long surveys per month. The long had the rating scales. I used throw away numbers and various IP address to call in surveys and do web surveys to hopefully get all the long surveys before actual customers just to avoid what you describe. As no matter what you tell the customers many think 8 or 9 or even a 7 is a good score.  At the quarterly meetings the other stores used to wonder how my scores were always so good... 

       

      These surveys are a horrible idea in their current form too. As in some places you might think, "Ok I just won't tell the customers about them." Well some companies expect a minimum number of surveys back, and if you don't hit that number of surveys, then you are also doing bad. Even if the ones you did get were good. 

       

      The whole system is rigged against the employees. I get they want an excellent customer experience, but let's set up some realistic expectations. 

      My favorite ones are the ones that give an overall rating under 10 and then go on to say that the service was fantastic and the employees were helpful. Why did we get a 5 overall? Why, the price of HP ink cartridges of course. Ignore that the survey has spots for product selection, product availability, and product price where you can throw down a fuckin 1 on those all day long and not have it matter literally at all. Instead because of the fact that the customer is a complete dumbass, we got dunked on.

       

      And yes, I am using a recent survey response as an example here. Shit's so stupid lol

  9. AlTech

    My ZS10 Pro X just arrived. And KZ or whoever I…

    The included ear tips for me have always been fine tbh. The cables have also been fine imo ever since they switched to the white/silver ones.
  10. My ZS10 Pro X just arrived.

     

    And KZ or whoever I bought them from (I actually don't remember the AliExpress seller) included memory foam eartips for free lol.

     

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    BTW @Skyesgaming these are IEMs, the kind of things I called based the other day.

     

    I'm using the included cable with mine but you can buy Bluetooth upgrade cables or Bluetooth Earhooks to make it wireless.

     

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    2. Eviljuche

      Eviljuche

      KZs are great, though I know people who constantly brake them by damaging the plastic connector frames when attaching the cable, especially on subzero temps. Would love for the brand to solve this issue...

    3. sub68

      sub68

      1 minute ago, Eviljuche said:

      KZs are great, though I know people who constantly brake them by damaging the plastic connector frames when attaching the cable, especially on subzero temps. Would love for the brand to solve this issue...

      I would bike with IEM solution keep them plugged in.

    4. BlueChinchillaEatingDorito

      BlueChinchillaEatingDorito

      Been using the AZ09 PRO with my ZSN PRO Xs for about a year and they've been amazing. Very few connection issues. 

  11. The level of PayPal incompetence has reached a new low.

     

    So on Tuesday I was told it would take 24 to 72 hours to process the info I sent.

     

    Called them today only to find out they forgot to send the info I sent to the relevant department -_- .

     

    So now I have to wait another 24 to 72 hours for the proper team to review the info. PayPal said they'd expedite my request.

  12. I would guess the RK3399 is faster. Tho it's worth noting that the PinePhone Pro uses the RK3399S which is a modified version of the RK3399 to run at lower wattage and to generate less heat. The performance of the RK3399S is probably around 10-15% weaker than the standard RK3399.
  13. Just bought ProStock earpads for the AudioTechnica M series for my M40X.

     

    Was considering getting the Brainwavz generic Oval one but Brainwavz says the ProStock sounds closer to the stock sound signature. So I ordered that instead.

     

    Was gonna buy Wicked Cusion earpads until I read all the comments online saying how much they change the sound signature of headphones.

  14. AlTech

    Latest laptop and GPU release no longer interes…

    Them be fighting words.
  15. AlTech

    Latest laptop and GPU release no longer interes…

    It doesn't feel like specs being cut to me. It's just price increasing so much on laptop along with the continued mislabeling/false advertising of GPUs. Some OEMs are keeping prices similar between 30 series and 40 series but others aren't. Some RTX 4050 laptops are at the price that 3060 laptops were at or even higher. Some 4060 laptops are above the prices of previous 3070 laptops. Above 4060 the laptop prices get kinda insane. "4070" laptop for almost £1800 to 2K even tho its basically a 4060Ti with a few more Cuda cores. "4080" laptop close to 2.5K even though it's basically a cut down 4070Ti. "4090" laptop close to 3-3.5K even though its basically a 4080. And you need to get a "4080" laptop of better to get at least 12GB of VRAM.
  16. Partially true but distance selling in the UK by buying online would give OP a 14 day return policy. So if the GPU's a dud or the OP changes his/her mind it provides more flexibility.
  17. Their sales people are not IT professionals. They're people who may have a passion for tech or gaming and work there. Perhaps the store near you treats customers rudely but I've never had that experience. If anything, in my experience the CeX staff have been more than happy to admit when they don't know something and encourage customers to check online. If you handle enough used inventory, you'll eventually run into defective products. It happens. It's how they deal with it that matters. They have experience shipping CPUs. Presumably they don't break a ton of CPUs they sent to customers cos it would be bad for business. They offer a convenient way to get rid of things that might cost you money to get rid of on eBay. Sometimes selling on eBay is more profitable but you're getting charged eBay fees and sometimes items don't sell for weeks or ever. CeX are willing to buy any item they list a WeBuy price for so long as it meets their standards and grading requirements. Are you losing some value by not selling it yourself on eBay? Yes. But often it can be worth it if you don't have an eBay Account set up or one with limited feedback. That's not ripping you off. Amazon may not give you a 2 year warranty on a used SSD. CeX don't update their prices as frequently as Amazon do . Amazon updates prices multiples times per day if not per hour. CeX prices are determined by their pricing team which update the prices often weekly or even multiple times within a week. If a price stays the same for a few weeks it means they're happy with the price. If you sell enough used CPUs eventually one of them will be defective. It happens.
  18. I've bought used RAM from CeX a few times. One time the RAM died and I returned it within their warranty period. They gave me a voucher for the current value of the RAM and I was able to buy replacement RAM from them though you can spend the voucher on anything else from CeX. This is their policy for anything that's not consumable I.e. anything besides some of their weird powdered energy drinks they sell. So if you buy a GPU from them and it develops a major fault like lines on the screen or dies you'd be able to take it back to CeX and they'd give you a voucher for the current WeSell price of the item. They may not necessarily take your word for it, I think they do test to see if something is actually broken but if it is they'll reimburse you the current WeSell price.
  19. At this point just waiting on CeX in order to buy my new phone 😞.

     

    Hopefully by the end of this week I should have the last voucher I'm expecting so I can buy the phone spending the least cash possible.

  20. Huh. So it turns out the Framework 16 is an AMD Advantage Edition laptop.

     

    I guess call me in 3 or 4 years when it comes with a decent GPU module with 12 to 16GB of VRAM for $999 to $1199

     

    It's incredible to see how much laptop GPU buyers get fleeced by both Nvidia and AMD. The 7700S should never have launched with 8GB of VRAM and should have been called the 7600S.

    1. Techstorm970

      Techstorm970

      Right now is a terrible time to buy anything involving a new GPU.  That much is clear.

  21. I'd personally repaste it, I don't know how hot the 7000 series cards get generally but that feels a little hot. I typically replace the thermal paste of used GPUs I buy just to be safe.
  22. Yell (probably): brb gotta delete all the evidence of wrongdoing real quick.

     

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    1. soldier_ph

      soldier_ph

      Is this from PayPal ?

    2. AlTech

      AlTech

      2 hours ago, soldier_ph said:

      Is this from PayPal ?

      No.

  23. NGL Trying to bypass the bot so that it lets you talk to eBay Support is annoying.

     

    But once you get ahold of eBay support they're actually super helpful.

     

    I'm not gonna be out a bunch of money selling an item cos the delivery company delivered to the wrong address. Postages companies have 1 job but that seems too difficult for them to handle. 🤡

     

    eBay support said they'll refund me the eBay fees and refund the buyer.

    1. Techstorm970

      Techstorm970

      "AI will take over the world!!!!!"

       

      "Lol not yet..."

  24. They intend to be able to make that decision otherwise their terms would preclude them from doing so. They are not innocent in this matter. If they really never intend to do it then they should have no problem updating their TOS to say it'll never happen. Keeping it in their TOS means they want to be able to use it. Which means they are in the wrong.
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