thegeek wrote: Thu 03 Jul, 2025 22.50 I'm sure everyone has seen by now that Santander are buying TSB, but feel like it ought to be mentioned here in the thread of record.

If they rebrand that'll probably be the point I close the TSB account I've had since I was 5 :'(

Out of nowhere my local big tesco has £1 locks on the trolleys. Apparently they'd lost £8,000 of trolleys and that is the threshold for head office to snap.

The fact there was no posters in advance to give notice of this change, and no freebie tokens to give away, probably lost them thousands in ...

Charlie Wells wrote: Mon 16 Jun, 2025 08.38On medium wave I think all BBC local radio has moved off those frequencies, with just 5 Live left on it. I'm not sure how many commercial radio stations are still using MW.

is there a plan for 5 Live?

Sway...

The death of that product can not come soon enough.

Work is currently implementing a switchover to Windows 11. It's the first time we've had self service OS upgrades for Windows, previously its always been either a device swap or IT take it away for a day and re-image.

It's meant that there has been a need to buy new devices. Most laptops had ...

If I’m going somewhere local I’ll nearly always just take my phone. I pay for practically everything on Apple Pay so the wallet is just clutter. In the event a shop had a fault I could always nip home and get my card.

If I’m heading to another town I’d take my wallet though as a just in case.

This thread does seem to be going round in circles, which is apt given the subject matter.

Loathe as I am to close a topic I think we probs are best to leave this until something else interesting happens?

Martin Phillp wrote: Sat 29 Mar, 2025 22.11My local Smiths even sells vapes!

to be fair they always sold fags so its a natural evolution of that.

The holsters for the scanner guns in M&S are infuriating. Why are they on the wrong way? They're such a clart to take the gun out and use it compared to the Tesco equivalent.


Aren't they the kind that work in a hands-free mode when they're mounted on the trolley holster? I presume that's the ...

The holsters for the scanner guns in M&S are infuriating. Why are they on the wrong way? They're such a clart to take the gun out and use it compared to the Tesco equivalent.

Charlie Wells wrote: Mon 10 Mar, 2025 09.54They've also recently announced that the 'payment wallet' in the app is being removed later this month.

Is that Tesco Pay+ formerly PayQuik? I wonder if that's because the Apple Pay / Google Pay limits (or lack thereof) have eroded the need for this.