For some stupid reason Verizon in the States is blocking all email from Europe on the grounds that it’s all spam.
Who do I complain to to change that? I can’t email them because they won’t accept my email, I don’t want to ring them because I presume I’ll be put on hold for a lengthy period. Grr.
When people register on our site, they’re sent an email. If they can’t click on the verification link what are we to do? That’s 3 million DSL users who can’t use tradesignals.com
FFS.
Bob Atkins looks at Canon’s new flash units.
Ouch. They’re expensive, but are a lot more capable than the el cheapo flash I bought for my F717.
(via photographyblog)
I could certainly find a use for a resizable textarea! Yum.
Pope John Paul II has just been laid to rest in the Vatican. It’s strange how emotional that makes me feel.
You can follow further coverage on technorati or The Pope blog and elsewhere.
You can read more about the Pope’s visit to Ireland at crookedtimber.org. (also look at Ditching Constantine which explores the idea of Church as Empire)
I used 7dayshop.com fairly regularly in the past to purchase memory and the occasional camera, and most of the time it went without a hitch.
I’m waiting on a camera from them at the moment too but it was ordered before I knew the following: they ship US sourced products with US warranties! Reviews are mixed with some people having good experiences and others bad.
If you do find yourself without cause to complain about an online store what can you do? If you live in the EU there are laws regarding distance selling (UK version).
When you receive the goods you have a 7 working day cooling off period during which you can send the items back to the retailer without giving a reason. This is akin to browsing in a shop and not buying. You may have to pay the postage to return the goods however.
7dayshop, in their camera policies page do state that they’ll pay the postage if a manufacturing defect is found within 7 days or less.
If you have the item for more than 7 days you must contact them via their support page. It’s not clear whether they’ll have the item repaired/replaced or not, and later on they say, “If the item was purchased more than 1-year ago, then the warranty period is up, and you must contact the manufacturer directly – not us – to arrange for a repair to be made at your expense.”
But if the warranty wasn’t valid in the first place…
The Oasis.ie page on consumer affairs has links to more information that should broadly apply across the EU.
Later.. I don’t recommend 7dayshop any more. Read my 7dayshop review and please avoid them!
More links that showed up this morning:
Venice carnival 2005 – very striking photo!