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Post by Ken on Apr 3, 2021 10:06:56 GMT
I keep advertising this Forum on the Lulu Facebook page.
Be interesting to see how many new members arrive. The Visitor count is quite high.
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Post by benziger on Apr 3, 2021 22:07:17 GMT
Thank you, Ken. I hope you have more success than I had. After some days, my account (that exist for many years) was blocked and I was told that I were a fake person. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2021 8:15:22 GMT
Thank you, Ken . I hope you have more success than I had. After some days, my account (that exist for many years) was blocked and I was told that I were a fake person. That's disgraceful benziger. These big companies have so much power. I had a similar experience with "Wish" on line shopping. I sent a Jesus T shirt costing £28 to my daughter's partner Brian. However it was delivered to the wrong address. Fortunately, much later, the shirt was brought round to Brian. However I had also bought a gift from Wish for my daughter and I didn't want the same mistake, so I explained the problem to Wish. i received this email from Wish. "Hello Elizabeth,
Thanks for following up. It looks like your account was blocked by our system. At this time, we won't be able to remove the block due to company policy (https://www.wish.com/terms). Please refer to our previous email if you have any issues with your most recent orders.
Nilesh" I asked why I was blocked and so far haven't had a reply. |
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Post by benziger on Apr 5, 2021 14:54:28 GMT
That is annoying. I understand you completely. Unfortunately, this is common everywhere. If it is not a public service, we as customers have no right to it. In Switzerland, at least one offer (online or in a catalogue) is obligatory. In Germany, offers are subject to change. That means the supplier can decide after receiving the order whether he wants to deliver or not, or only under different conditions. In Switzerland, the purchase contract comes into being with the order. Or German webshops do not deliver to Switzerland because the prices in their Swiss webshop are 50% higher.
Large companies have mostly automated everything as much as possible. If you step out of line, you become too expensive and uninteresting as a customer. The longer I stay, the more I use small suppliers here in the village or in the surrounding area. The choice is much smaller, but the advice is good, the provider is happy when I come back, and he treats me accordingly.
Wix or Goolge or Amazon or Facebook don't need you larika. They think you depend on them, which is not true. If enough people drop out, they will notice it. In your age, you may remember Myspace (267'794'915-> 63'000'000 in 2006 -> less users [they had to re-register in 2011!]), StudiVZ (16'000'000->0 users), SecondLife (21'300'000->600'000users), etc. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2021 12:42:31 GMT
Unfortunately benziger I buy so many things on line and I can get bargains from places like Ebay and Amazon. However I'm going to avoid Wish. PS I use google all the time even to check up on my or my husband's medical symptoms. |
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Post by BlueAndGold on Apr 6, 2021 23:56:00 GMT
DuckDuckGo is a decent alternative to Google's search engine. It's fascinating how different the search results can be between the two. duckduckgo.com/ |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2021 3:04:15 GMT
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Post by benziger on Apr 7, 2021 12:22:45 GMT
Duckduckgo.com is a very good search engine that doesn't just spy on you.
If you still need Google results for some reason, then use Startpage.com This provider from the Netherlands collects all queries, forwards them bundled to Google and then distributes the answers again.
With these two you are on the safe side. Duckduckgo even allows you to watch youtube videos in embedded preview mode!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2021 13:37:16 GMT
If you still need Google results for some reason, then use Startpage.comThank you benziger I've bookmarked it
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