Seemingly trivial things that elicit an emotional response of some kind

[farfromtheland]

Do you still own one of these? -

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Nope, but I've kept 3 d.d.d.d.d.d.d.d.d dial phones, just in case.

 

[Ian H]

I wish local pharmacies could offer the same (mine doesn't - I asked). I'd be interested in the actual costs/advantages (if any) of recycling a messy mixture of plastic and metal, or whether it's more of a marketing gimmick (given that it's Boots-specific).

I think it would be better if they minimised materials in the first place.

Superdrug in the Guildhall has a collection postbox by the pharmacy counter.

 

[briantrumpet]

Superdrug in the Guildhall has a collection postbox by the pharmacy counter.

OK, thanks. I still suspect it would be greener to incinerate if the released energy is used efficiently. All too often recycling programmes seem to be invented in order to avoid changing established practice, I fear. (Carbon capture falls under the same category.)

 

[farfromtheland]

OK, thanks. I still suspect it would be greener to incinerate if the released energy is used efficiently. All too often recycling programmes seem to be invented in order to avoid changing established practice, I fear. (Carbon capture falls under the same category.)

This is a broad commercial phenomenon.
Spinoffs of the car finance mis-sellers pushing compensation deals...

A trick with cleaner incineration is , believe it or not, wet scrubbers. I was involved in an environmental campaign against an urban waste incinerator, yet the nice committee members chose not to use my research.

The other big factor is keeping the input ample, steady and hot, so tends to compete with recycling.

 

[Pross]

The old chestnut of insurance renewal. I got a quote for this year's home and contents insurance and decided not to be lazy for once as it felt ridiculously high (I think I forgot to check last year as it hasn't increased massively). I paid the Meerkats a visit and got numerous like-for-like quotes at around 60% of what Admiral were offering me for my renewal. I then went back to cancel, which basically forces you to get a new quote from them, and when I put in the price I was getting they knock £50 off their quote. Not sure if they thought I was bluffing with the price I gave them but their new price was still around £400 higher than my new provider so it's not just a bit of loose change. Admiral dealt with my claim pretty well when we got flooded a couple of years ago and they're a local company so I would have accepted a small amount over but their quote was ludicrous.

 

[farfromtheland]

The old chestnut of insurance renewal.

This is where some very dodgy outfits have us by the gonads.

 

[Pblakeney]

The old chestnut of insurance renewal. I got a quote for this year's home and contents insurance and decided not to be lazy for once as it felt ridiculously high (I think I forgot to check last year as it hasn't increased massively). I paid the Meerkats a visit and got numerous like-for-like quotes at around 60% of what Admiral were offering me for my renewal. I then went back to cancel, which basically forces you to get a new quote from them, and when I put in the price I was getting they knock £50 off their quote. Not sure if they thought I was bluffing with the price I gave them but their new price was still around £400 higher than my new provider so it's not just a bit of loose change. Admiral dealt with my claim pretty well when we got flooded a couple of years ago and they're a local company so I would have accepted a small amount over but their quote was ludicrous.

Take solace in that they weren't giving you too much loyalty and you simply returned the favour.
As I said to my Dad's insurance company "If you could have reduced the premium then you should have done that in the first place".

 

[Rusty Nails]

The old chestnut of insurance renewal. I got a quote for this year's home and contents insurance and decided not to be lazy for once as it felt ridiculously high (I think I forgot to check last year as it hasn't increased massively). I paid the Meerkats a visit and got numerous like-for-like quotes at around 60% of what Admiral were offering me for my renewal. I then went back to cancel, which basically forces you to get a new quote from them, and when I put in the price I was getting they knock £50 off their quote. Not sure if they thought I was bluffing with the price I gave them but their new price was still around £400 higher than my new provider so it's not just a bit of loose change. Admiral dealt with my claim pretty well when we got flooded a couple of years ago and they're a local company so I would have accepted a small amount over but their quote was ludicrous.

Ironically Admiral used to own Confused.com and Compare.com.

 

[farfromtheland]

Ironically Admiral used to own Confused.com and Compare.com.

And since the co-op went tits ups its a search and a half to find something like ethical insurance.

 

[Pross]

Take solace in that they weren't giving you too much loyalty and you simply returned the favour.
As I said to my Dad's insurance company "If you could have reduced the premium then you should have done that in the first place".

I’ve said the same before when I got the ‘new offer’.

 

[briantrumpet]

Ugh. An unpleasant 'first' - finding out from a Graun obituary headline that someone I knew quite well and worked with at Exeter College has died unexpectedly. Just 72.

 

[First Aspect]

Sorry to hear that, Brian.

 

[briantrumpet]

Sorry to hear that, Brian.

Thanks, though I'd not seen her to speak to for years. Her obituary was written by her partner, and is quietly heart-breaking, as you can tell how close they were and see him keeping the obituary as plainly factual as he can. I imagine that she 'lit up his world' – she was one of those types of people.

 

[briantrumpet]

Warts. And the fact that still the only treatment is still burning them off for weeks with salicylic acid. Haven't had one for years, then...

 

[Beebo]

Warts. And the fact that still the only treatment is still burning them off for weeks with salicylic acid. Haven't had one for years, then...

Freezing them is good and is quicker