Well, I’ve had to give in…

Sunday, November 21st, 2010

….and get a new laptop. Which I find hard to believe I had to do considering the previous one only lasted a couple of years. If you’ve been paying close attention you’ll remember I alluded to having laptop problems after I finally got my broadband connection sorted out. My keyboard and touchpad stopped working a [...]

I’m not a happy bunny.

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

The saga with my suspender belt is, would you believe it, still ongoing. After two weeks they still haven’t been delivered to me. When they hadn’t arrived in time to see Thursday’s client last week, I wrote them a polite email asking when I might expect them. No response. When they still hadn’t arrived this [...]

And David wins!

Friday, December 18th, 2009

Yes, in all the furore of it being the week before Christmas and going for interviews, I forgot to mention that PC World have given in and sent me a new battery for my laptop. Not only that, I also received a cheque for £53; £35 for filing the complaint and £18 for all the [...]

David vs Goliath

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

Those who read my blog regularly may remember that I treated myself to a new laptop for Christmas. It’s a Compaq Presario CQ60. I knew I should’ve stuck to a Dell. Typically, 6 months in the battery started playing up. When unplugged for a while it doesn’t always charge when plugged back in. So in [...]