Frequent readers will remember my horribly misaligned purchasing profile, where I manage to procure the most horrible combination of seemingly irrelevant products when visiting the shops. Today’s was bad again: 1 x 1200W Hairdryer – Philips (for the 2 year warranty) (Note my current lack of hair) 5 x Pot Scourers (those goldilocks thingies) 1 [...]
Archive for July, 2007
Bluebean Sucks
Posted by Shaun on July 2nd 2007
Continuing with my series on sucky service, here’s a sweet little story at the expense of those thieving money-lenders at Bluebean / Barclaycard / Standard Bank. My Bluebean card was my second ever credit card. (The first, 20twenty, still brings a fond memory and a tear to my eye) I’ve used it well, treated it [...]
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This is the personal blog of Shaun Dewberry - a digital rockstar with a passion for rock music (especially South African), motorcycles (especially Superbikes), and life hacking (especially nmap).
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