jafffacakelemmy

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[–] jafffacakelemmy@mander.xyz 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Banks are experts at providing loans. Car dealerships should be expert at selling cars. Asking the car dealer to be a bank is like trying to buy a telescope from a hat shop.

[–] jafffacakelemmy@mander.xyz 28 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

No, but thanks for the offer.

[–] jafffacakelemmy@mander.xyz 9 points 3 weeks ago

You've come here to ask for advice, then systematically argued with everyone who has given you good advice. Guys, stop feeding this troll.

[–] jafffacakelemmy@mander.xyz 21 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The guiness book of records had an entry for the worst spelling in the old days before the book was dumbed down. Trying to spell 'usage' the incorrect attempt was youzitch achieving only one correct letter.

[–] jafffacakelemmy@mander.xyz 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you are polite to a potential scammer on the phone or on the internet, you are giving them a chance to persuade you into being scammed. Block at will.

[–] jafffacakelemmy@mander.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

I'm in the UK and youtube blocked it for me too. I used windscribe a free VPN to pretend I was in the US and it showed fine.

[–] jafffacakelemmy@mander.xyz 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Swearing is brilliant if you smash your thumb with a hammer, or break something expensive. If you swear all the time in normal conversation you don't have any special words left to use when those things I mentioned happen.

[–] jafffacakelemmy@mander.xyz 1 points 4 months ago

I had an objection to google pay for a while, and discovered Barclaycard (credit card in the uk) use an app which would act as a replacement for google pay. Worked perfectly. Of course then I found out how terrible barclays bank is for the environment, so I tap my co-op credit card now. Interestingly, google pay takes nothing when you use them to buy stuff, Applepay grab 0.25% as a transaction fee. Makes them billions per year, and the cost is shared by all of us.

[–] jafffacakelemmy@mander.xyz 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Just change your number to something like 07777777777. That will work for the UK.

[–] jafffacakelemmy@mander.xyz 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I work for a UK bank, and we automatically provide your replacement card details to all subscriptions, for example Netflix, Spotify, adobe, amazon prime, gym and many many others etc. The reason for that is that if you lost your card or it expired, you would otherwise have to spend ages updating the card numbers with all your providers. We call the subscriptions 'recurring visa' and if you ask your bank to place a recurring visa block, it's quick and easy and we won't let your named merchant take further funds. No need for a new card. However, if you are in a contract and you deny the company access to your bank card, they may demand that you pay for the rest of the contract still. They won't be able to get the money from the bank tho.

[–] jafffacakelemmy@mander.xyz 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I don't think it's possible to quit smoking twice. The first time, there was just a longer gap between cigarettes.

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