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  • gurnemanz
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 7405

    #16
    Originally posted by Dave2002 View Post
    As opposed to greedy BT I suppose.

    Last week we couldn't want the tennis from Stockholm, which we discovered was BT Sports only. We used to have that with our BT account, but the account was costing £00s more than a similar offering from EE - which is also now part of the same enterprise - so we switched.
    Mostly that hasn't been a problem, and Prime TV has most of the sport (tennis mostly) we want to watch. This week's Turin offerings are fine on Prime.
    I know streaming is the future and note that BT Sport is going to be sold to American streamer DAZN, at which point I might abandon them. I have watched sport via Amazon and it is "fine" but do find the user interface less amenable than broadcast TV.

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    • muzzer
      Full Member
      • Nov 2013
      • 1193

      #17
      I think this will get withdrawn. Amazon is sabre rattling in its bid to set up, in effect, its own currency/credit card/payment platform. To be watched with great interest. And no little trepidation.

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      • Old Grumpy
        Full Member
        • Jan 2011
        • 3642

        #18
        Originally posted by muzzer View Post
        I think this will get withdrawn. Amazon is sabre rattling in its bid to set up, in effect, its own currency/credit card/payment platform. To be watched with great interest. And no little trepidation.
        Really?

        ... just don't use it!

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        • jayne lee wilson
          Banned
          • Jul 2011
          • 10711

          #19
          Originally posted by muzzer View Post
          I think this will get withdrawn. Amazon is sabre rattling in its bid to set up, in effect, its own currency/credit card/payment platform. To be watched with great interest. And no little trepidation.
          Absolutely...its not over yet......
          But if it happens I'll just switch cards. Don't think Amazon would ever restrict it to their own though - too customer-oriented for that.

          Enforced non-drivers among us rely on home delivery. With Brexit empty-shelf syndrome/unwanted substitutions/missing items in online orders (and a very limited, mainly fresh-veg diet), same-day Amazon Fresh deliveries have become an essential backup to Sainsburys, Ocado etc....
          (And the Cognac is competitively-priced...)...

          So it goes in UK-Today...
          Last edited by jayne lee wilson; 17-01-22, 13:39.

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          • jayne lee wilson
            Banned
            • Jul 2011
            • 10711

            #20
            As some of us expected...they left it very late, but.....(I was still wondering, to which to switch...now I don't have to......beneficiary of my own irresolution...)

            Plans to block the cards are halted as the two sides continue to try to resolve a dispute over payment fees.
            Last edited by jayne lee wilson; 17-01-22, 14:13.

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            • french frank
              Administrator/Moderator
              • Feb 2007
              • 30448

              #21
              Originally posted by jayne lee wilson View Post
              As some of us expected...they left it very late, but.....(I was still wondering to which to switch...now I don't have to......beneficiary of my own irresolution...)

              https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60022166
              I suspect they will settle, but fortunately my 'internet credit card' is a Mastercard. I only use Amazon with marketplace sellers for books I can't find anywhere else - and am always delighted to find anywhere at all.
              It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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              • cloughie
                Full Member
                • Dec 2011
                • 22180

                #22
                Originally posted by jayne lee wilson View Post
                As some of us expected...they left it very late, but.....(I was still wondering to which to switch...now I don't have to......beneficiary of my own irresolution...)

                https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60022166
                Frankly Jayne I didn’t switch and thought if they are so greedy I’d take my custom elsewhere - as it is now I’ll continue as before.

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                • Bryn
                  Banned
                  • Mar 2007
                  • 24688

                  #23
                  Originally posted by cloughie View Post
                  Frankly Jayne I didn’t switch and thought if they are so greedy I’d take my custom elsewhere - as it is now I’ll continue as before.
                  I did switch and, for doing so, got a £20 credit.

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                  • cloughie
                    Full Member
                    • Dec 2011
                    • 22180

                    #24
                    Originally posted by Bryn View Post
                    I did switch and, for doing so, got a £20 credit.
                    I’ll settle for not being bought!

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                    • Beresford
                      Full Member
                      • Apr 2012
                      • 557

                      #25
                      Originally posted by Bryn View Post
                      I did switch and, for doing so, got a £20 credit.
                      Can you now switch back, or would that be greedy?

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                      • Bryn
                        Banned
                        • Mar 2007
                        • 24688

                        #26
                        Originally posted by Beresford View Post
                        Can you now switch back, or would that be greedy?
                        I can, and may, indeed, do so, but not until I have 'spent' the £20 credit.
                        The card I switched from paid a (very small) cash-back on all purchases. So does the one I replaced it with, but at a still lower rate.

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                        • Cockney Sparrow
                          Full Member
                          • Jan 2014
                          • 2290

                          #27
                          I was still holding out, but bought some books yesterday, and got the £20 credit.

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