Author: hughesd

  • Settling In

    This is a placeholder message for the HUGHESD blog until such time as I can get round to copying over the content from the appropriate site. Basically it’s all going to be blog stuffs.

  • Amazon Support – Episode 6

    It ends not with a bang but with a whimper. Yes, I’ve had enough of shouting. It gets you nowhere. Amazon’s customer services robots are far too thick skinned (or possibly stupid) to realise that when someone has got to the point where they feel the need to yell, their battle has already been lost…

  • Amazon Support – Episode 5

    Last night I raised this as a complaint. Here’s the brief transcript: Me:I wish to speak to a senior team leader or manager to discuss the incompetence and ignorance of customer services. And the apparent lack of ability of a logistics company to achieve a delivery. You’re now connected to Medha from Amazon.co.uk Medha:Hello, my…

  • Amazon Support – Episode 4

    Another missed delivery time, another attempt to clear up what is going on. Note now it has been approximately 36 hours since the product was picked up from the Nottingham depot and still, no-one seems to be able to tell me where it is!! And this is the best one – another set of the…

  • Amazon Support – Episode 3

    Part three – still the second attempt to sort this out, but with a more stable connection and a different person. Me:I would like to speak to Amith please You’re now connected to Nanda from Amazon.co.uk Nanda:Hello, my name is Nanda. I’ll definitely help you with that. Hello DAVID Me:Hellop Nanda:I’ll help you with your…

  • Amazon Support – Episode 2

    There follows the second saved exchange. This is actually only part of the conversation up to the first time I was disconnected.  2 November 2017 12:12:38 Initial Question: Why has my delivery date been changed from “GUARANTEED 1st Nov” to “1st to 6th Nov”??? And when can I actually expect my Amazon Prime delivery???2 November…

  • Amazon Support – The Saga Begins

    Introduction Nine times out of ten, Amazon get it right. I’m an Amazon Prime customer. I get it solely for the free delivery and “guaranteed one-day service”. As noted, normally there are no issues. Lately, however, things seem to be changing. For one, the delivery drivers seem to be inconsistent in their ability to read…

  • Dave Hughes: GalCop Historian

    Over the Christmas period, amongst the upheaval of my dad and stepmum’s deaths, something wonderful happened. I was approached by a university lecturer on universe building to provide some information about Elite (you know, that game that I kinda like) to an initiative he was working on. It turned out that the initiative he was…

  • Bye, Facebook

    Posted this on Facebook today.   For those who care: I’ll be deleting my facebook account very soon. I’m thoroughly fed up with game requests, friend requests from people I don’t know or don’t like, notifications about absolute bollocks that I have no interest in and people who post their entire lives on here. I…

  • Rollercoasters to end the year

    What a month. The first part of this post is more of an announcement, I suppose. It is with regret that I report the passing of my stepmother and father, Beryl and Andy Hughes. Beryl died on the 20th December 2012 and her husband Andy died two weeks later on 7th January 2013. Both died…