11-06-2026, 20:20
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Re: VM Community Forum Move
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Originally Posted by jem
I don’t want, and refuse to have, any sort of social media presence (membership on here probably doesn’t count); so am I now denied proper support?
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Are you referring to Asda ? In which case you can just ring them.
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11-06-2026, 20:56
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Re: VM Community Forum Move
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Originally Posted by Paul
Are you referring to Asda ? In which case you can just ring them.
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No, not specifically Asda, but any company which simply assumes that everyone has a social media account and can, or is willing to seek help using such a method.
So, you have to resort to phone support, fine, but many companies are running that down, dumping it onto offshore call centres where the people are not trained and can do nothing more than simply follow a set of cues on the machine in front of them.
It’s almost as if they don’t really want to provide support to their customers.
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11-06-2026, 21:13
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#138
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Re: VM Community Forum Move
I've perfected the ultimate 'stare' when I buy something and the person at the till asks me if I have an email address
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11-06-2026, 21:16
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laeva recumbens anguis
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Re: VM Community Forum Move
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Originally Posted by Carth
I've perfected the ultimate 'stare' when I buy something and the person at the till asks me if I have an email address
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They probably think you’re having a stroke*
* and not in a ‘nice’ way
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11-06-2026, 21:31
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#140
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Re: VM Community Forum Move
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Originally Posted by Hugh
They probably think you’re having a stroke*
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Not bothered what they think, I just know they don't need my email address just because I've bought an electric kettle 
edit: that's a fairly close likeness Hugh . . apart from the hair colour
oh, and at my age any kind of stroke could finish me off  
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12-06-2026, 11:51
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Re: VM Community Forum Move
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Originally Posted by Carth
I've perfected the ultimate 'stare' when I buy something and the person at the till asks me if I have an email address
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Me I say none of you business 
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Yesterday, 21:20
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Re: VM Community Forum Move
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Originally Posted by Itshim
Me I say none of you business |
The problem there is that the poor person in front of you requesting your email address, has, no doubt been told/ordered to get the customer's address, OR ELSE.
Just make something up, bonus points for looking up the name of the CEO of the company, taking a guess as to what his or her email address is and supplying that.
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Yesterday, 22:32
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laeva recumbens anguis
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Re: VM Community Forum Move
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Originally Posted by Itshim
Me I say none of you business |
Or…
No, thank you…
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Yesterday, 22:42
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#144
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Re: VM Community Forum Move
If asked I just say "Sorry, its private", no one has ever had an issue with this.
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Today, 09:08
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#145
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Re: VM Community Forum Move
I have a "spam" Gmail account for stuff like this so it's not a problem.
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Today, 11:10
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#146
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Do I care what you think
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Re: VM Community Forum Move
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Originally Posted by jem
The problem there is that the poor person in front of you requesting your email address, has, no doubt been told/ordered to get the customer's address, OR ELSE.
Just make something up, bonus points for looking up the name of the CEO of the company, taking a guess as to what his or her email address is and supplying that.
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So I'll change to none of your companies business.
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Originally Posted by Hugh
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No, thank you…
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Why would I want to thank them for asking something that is not for them to know.
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