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It almost certainly isn't a genuine Apple Screen, at the very least not a brand new one, Apple do not supply third parties with repair parts, they are notorious for this and it's part of their strategy to boost sales of newer iPad/iPhone models by making older ones as difficult to repair as possible. He will have used either an after market screen or a second hand screen pulled from another iPad.
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Also, if it was in Sleep mode then it was turned on, even if in a low power mode. So the previous advice of "Don't leave a laptop switched on whilst it's on a bed" would still stand.
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Sometimes you can, but some suppliers will block new customer offers at the same address as the current account in order to stop exactly this scenario, as a lot of people have taken advantage of that loophole in the past with several providers
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Employer deducting Employers NIC from my wages
MaxxPower replied to Qhriss's topic in Employment and minimum wage problems
You're almost definitely a contractor working under an Umbrella Company from the sounds of things. This is a pretty standard arrangement. Your contract is with Payroll company X but you work at the location of Company Y. Under that kind of scenario you are liable to pay both Employer and Employee NIC. -
Unfortunately this has been a very common tactic in Currys/PC World for a long time. Basically they give you the service plan first month free, or some other service related item, for 'free' by discounting it from the price of the TV/Laptop. The reason for this is that the stores get better results for selling these services as they're high profit margin items. Whilst individual staff no longer receive commission, the store as a whole are still performance based on these service items and if they sell enough then everyone gets a bonus. It's essentially commission but just shared now.
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The retailer is responsible. Their "30 day return policy" is meaningless. By law they are responsible no matter what their own policies might say.
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You should still be able to get a paperless version of your utility bill from your energy provider via their website. This will be exactly the same as the one they used to post to you, just as a digital file for you to print yourself if needed
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Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe you'll likely need the mortgage providers permission to rent the house out as well. It's also possible that this will result in the type of mortgage you have changing which may result in an increase in the mortgage payments.
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I thought the choice of refund or replacement was the retailers, not the consumers.
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That was 7 years ago. Weird time to be posting about it
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It's one thing to try and make people think they're compulsory, but just outright saying "We've booked an appointment to come fit one without even asking" is taking it even beyond that. Just today they sent another two e-mails, one saying "Great News! You can now get a smart meter installed" and another "Please re-book your smart meter installation"
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So I take care of Gas/Electricity switching for my grandmother, so her account is linked to my e-mail address as I submit meter readings online for her and such since she's basically a technophobe for anything more than a TV, and when I checked my e-mails this morning I had one from EDF saying "Thanks for booking an appointment to have Smart Meters installed" I hadn't made any such appointment online, and my grandmother had made no such appointment on the phone either, so EDF had simply taken it upon themselves to book a Smart Meter installation for her in 2 weeks time. Fortunately I wa
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Child used BBC iplayer and have an email saying i need to buy TV licence
MaxxPower replied to Hobo123's topic in TV Licensing
Not really difficult to trace an IP address back to a specific address. Given that violating the TV License is still a criminal offence then they can probably report it and get the ISP to provide an address of which house had that particular IP at the time. -
TV License, watching recorded programmes on freesat
MaxxPower replied to flyte's topic in TV Licensing
If you watch them as they are being broadcast live then yes, you need a TV License. Who made or is broadcasting the programmes is immaterial. It doesn't matter if the show is just a repeat, what matters is that you are watching a live transmission, not a live show. -
If it's under the £100 s75 limit then there's always Chargeback.
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Your rights to reject under the Consumer Rights Act 2015
MaxxPower replied to Surfer01's topic in General Motoring Issues
Out of curiosity, one query I have is how does this work with trade-in vehicles? If a vehicle is rejected within 30 days and the consumer traded in a vehicle against it, what happens then? Is the consumer entitled to the return of that vehicle if the trader still has possession of it? What if the vehicle is still in the traders possession, but has a significant amount of extra mileage? What happens if the vehicle is no longer in the traders possession? Is the consumer then entitled to the trade-in value of their vehicle (as set by the trader) at the time it was traded in? -
There's no reward for loyalty in the workplace anymore. Do what's best for you. If the first company found someone better that they wanted more than you they wouldn't hesitate to drop you in favour of them.
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Footlocker website held item lie
MaxxPower replied to Mattymuk's topic in Retailers - High Street and On-line Stores Forums
Since when were Footlocker not a genuine reputable retailer? They even have physical shops in the UK. For the OP query, I don't think there's really anything you can do. Most likely they can track general stock most of the time but high demand limited edition items probably break the stock checking system. I suspect that at the time they were taking orders they just had an estimate on how many items they would receive and took more pre-orders than their allocation ended up being, so orders were probably processed on a first come first served basis. -
Current 4K TV content (Virgin and Sky) require a TV that supports HDCP 2.2 which requires HDMI 2.0. From what I can gather that particular TV only has HDMI 1.4 The screen itself is still 4K resolution capable.
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I had one of these calls yesterday from Katie! The voice did make me think it was a bot, but it seemed to almost be responding to what I was saying about having never had an accident. It was a Leeds number that called me though, 0113 073 5418 Then again these ambulance chasers are so stuck to their scripts that I think I would've gotten the same responses from a human being.
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Halfords Bike Return
MaxxPower replied to missrebecca's topic in Retailers - High Street and On-line Stores Forums
Does that still apply with a "Click and Collect" option though? Normally Click and Collect means that you just make a reservation online, then you have to physically go to the store to pay and pick up the item. -
Very well done on refusing to accept the confidentiality clause as well!
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On the one hand it is to basically sign you up for marketing materials, but you can specify no marketing as there's a button/checkbox they can press for it. But on the other hand there is an advantage to giving them your name and address, it allows them to easily look up your purchase history using just your name and postcode so if you lose the receipt for something they can do a search on those details and pull up the transaction.
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Would the CRA apply to a replacement part though? Or only the product as a whole? When a product is repaired does the 'reasonable time' part of the CRA reset? We're talking about a product that's 6 years old now, besides the logic board which was replaced 3 years ago. But my understanding of the CRA is that it still only applies to the overall product and from the original purchase date. The only way the CRA would apply to the logic board is if it was individually purchased as a separate item and then placed into the Macbook, but that doesn't seem to be what happened here.
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I'd probably have gone with a different pseudonym than "Mr T" to be honest. Though ironically there are a lot of fools involved in DCBL.
