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- Fri 19 Apr, 2024 16.58
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: The Unofficial Sainsbury's Thread
- Replies: 820
- Views: 410135
Re: The Unofficial Sainsbury's Thread
I just, I don’t know, I can’t get my head round paying someone to go to the shop for me because I can’t be arsed. Yes yes I know, some people aren’t able to etc, but I don’t think that’s who is using this. Wait until you hear about the prolifieration of corner shops on wheels in London. I've mostly...
- Mon 15 Apr, 2024 09.38
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: The Barclays and other non-Lloyds/TSB Bank thread
- Replies: 245
- Views: 137947
Re: The Barclays and other non-Lloyds/TSB Bank thread
This is reminding me of the heady days of the early 2010s when Byres Road in Glasgow had three branches of Santander within about 50m of each other. Looking at Street View, the former Bradford & Bingley was gone by 2012, but the ex-Alliance & Leicester lasted until 2019. (The Abbey branch re...
- Sat 30 Mar, 2024 19.20
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: High Street chain collapse sweepstake
- Replies: 2158
- Views: 874309
Re: High Street chain collapse sweepstake
MUJI Europe are to enter administration
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- Sat 23 Mar, 2024 08.31
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: The Tesco & other non-Morrisons supermarket thread
- Replies: 2015
- Views: 925817
Re: The Tesco & other non-Morrisons supermarket thread
West London is something of an Aldi desert - Lidl have stores in Acton, Hammersmith and She Bu (and have for ages).
Leytonstone's Matalan closed recently and seems like it's going to be half M&S Food; half Aldi, though the council have longer-term ambitions to turn it into housing.
Leytonstone's Matalan closed recently and seems like it's going to be half M&S Food; half Aldi, though the council have longer-term ambitions to turn it into housing.
- Wed 20 Mar, 2024 19.57
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: The Unofficial Sainsbury's Thread
- Replies: 820
- Views: 410135
Re: The Unofficial Sainsbury's Thread
This 2018 document (linked from the Visa Electron Wikipedia page) says that Electron will be entirely phased out by April 13th this year.
- Mon 11 Mar, 2024 15.02
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: The Barclays and other non-Lloyds/TSB Bank thread
- Replies: 245
- Views: 137947
Re: The Barclays and other non-Lloyds/TSB Bank thread
They've not made a fuss about it (as they don't seem to be rolling it out to everyone at once), but Monzo now support cheque imaging.
- Mon 11 Mar, 2024 09.35
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: The Barclays and other non-Lloyds/TSB Bank thread
- Replies: 245
- Views: 137947
Re: The Barclays and other non-Lloyds/TSB Bank thread
ah - I've only had exposure to VM's current account and ISA platform and didn't realise they had more!
Nationwide is, as you say, unified - it's just very retro. It could probably survive a reskin, but a ground-up rebuild would be the more sensible option.
Nationwide is, as you say, unified - it's just very retro. It could probably survive a reskin, but a ground-up rebuild would be the more sensible option.
- Sun 10 Mar, 2024 14.50
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: The Barclays and other non-Lloyds/TSB Bank thread
- Replies: 245
- Views: 137947
Re: The Barclays and other non-Lloyds/TSB Bank thread
I wonder how much of this is Nationwide trying to get a better online banking platform? Their current IT is well in need of an overhaul, whereas much of Virgin Money is quite modern - I have a feeling it's based on Clydesdale's short-lived B brand. That said, I recently opened an ISA with them and i...
- Fri 23 Feb, 2024 15.52
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: The Technology Thread
- Replies: 41
- Views: 11360
Re: The Technology Thread
Despite my initial misgivings, I've quickly come to love my wireless earphones - admittedly it's partly driven by my change in commuting habits, but the case takes up very little space in my pocket, so I'm far more likely to stick them in and listen to something when out and about or even doing odd-...
- Fri 16 Feb, 2024 19.20
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: With all the recent inflationary price rises, is there stuff you just won’t pay for now?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4227
Re: With all the recent inflationary price rises, is there stuff you just won’t pay for now?
Having gigabit broadband would certainly have been a lot more useful to me during Covid times when I was working from home a lot more (in a job that required quite a bit of streaming video). It's less of an issue now and I reckon a few hundred meg would do me fine, though having a symmetrical upload...
- Wed 14 Feb, 2024 10.30
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: With all the recent inflationary price rises, is there stuff you just won’t pay for now?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4227
Re: With all the recent inflationary price rises, is there stuff you just won’t pay for now?
Buying lunch from Pret has definitely joined the 'once in a while' thing rather than being once a week or so - I understand their economics, but I can't really justify a fiver for a sarnie anymore. I'm also less likely to buy a fancy coffee on the way to work - though that's partly because I'm now g...