Subscribe to The Times ... hahahaha!

This post contains the text of s summary of my run in with The Times subscription and customer services departments.

Dear Sirs,

Please read this message and do something about it this time.

I posted this on your Facebook page just now as you have been impossible to deal with. Since you have taken money from me under false pretences, you have made this a serious matter now, not just an inconvenience.

"In The Times tomorrow ... how would I know? Try subscribing online and this is what you get. Sign up and complete the direct debit details. Finished? No, they will write and say your email is not registered on their system. They advise you to call them or try again. I wrote and said I am abroad for several weeks so cannot call ... why not call me on +... ... Ignored. I tried to sign up again this time as I typed my email address it said, are you XXX, in that case we'll fill in your details for you and they did. Was I now a happy subscriber? NO! They wrote and said my attempt to subscribe had failed and they had looked through their entire database and my email address is not registered. Call them or try again they repeated. In the end I subscribed for a month on the iPhone from the Apple Store. Happy now? NO! the App keeps crashing and yesterday after a crash, a deletion and reinstallation I am now "enjoying" a 30 day free trial ... I am getting no service for my money. Anything else? YES! I found out yesterday that they have taken money out of my bank account via the direct debit that couldn't possibly exist in their database. Is that the end then? NO! I wrote to them yesterday and asked for action. They ignored me. I wrote again and suggested that since I have received no services for my money AND they are seemingly misleading me, they might be guilty of fraud or theft. So that worried them then? Not a bit of it. I have heard nothing. So, this message comes with the clear warning that The Times has the worst customer service people I have ever come across: no exaggeration. This comment will probably be deleted but I will put it here and there and on my blog so that it can be seen for eternity!"

DW

Ants in my Pants!

After the shower last night i came out in blotches. It turns out that our local ant colony had taken up residence in my towel.

These ants are small but they bite. Here is a photo to prove it all ... my skin today!

DW

Chatuchak Park Bangkok

This is a really nice place. You could enjoy a good picnic here, just a few metres from Mo Chit Skytrain station.

DW

Aw Poo!

In The lovely Chatuchak Park today i sat on some bird poo! Here's the proof AND is this the bird what done it?

DW

I am Here!!

Here I am ...

DW

Graduation Ceremony

We went to the Ramkhanhaeng University graduation ceremony this morning: outside, not in the congregation.

Here are just a few snaps from the dozens we took.

The young man on his own is the lad we went to see: graduating in mass communications. The other people I do not know, they are random snaps. The nodding dog ... I can assure you all that i did not buy that!!!

DW