Comments for Steve Walker http://stevewalker.wordpress.com Some less or more well-organised thoughts Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:05:55 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Beware Carphone Warehouse…. by Ian http://stevewalker.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/beware-carphone-warehouse/#comment-133 Ian Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:05:55 +0000 http://stevewalker.wordpress.com/?p=132#comment-133 CPW when they first started provided superb service but from my experiences not any more. My brand new top of the range phone broke after 6 weeks and I was directed to the local store to sort the problem out. They refused point blank to exchange who quoted 6 weeks to repair, after a long battle and other than go to court I had little option than to give in and accept repair at enourmous personal time and cost going to and from store. The phone came back dirty with severe scratching to the screen saver. Then I discovered my old SIM card was restricting the services I could use, so CPF offered me a free replacement SIM - some success I thought but next minute they email me an invoice for just under £15. Luckily the invoice was paid by CPW when the SIM arrived but they ignored my emails challenging the costs and when I tried to activate the new SIM I was told it wasnt compatible with my contract and I had to go to a store to sort it out, something I specifically didnt want to do. The only other option was to post it back and I could imagine how risky that was going to be. My advice is to buy elsewhere, but take care, CPW trade under many different names these days. CPW when they first started provided superb service but from my experiences not any more. My brand new top of the range phone broke after 6 weeks and I was directed to the local store to sort the problem out. They refused point blank to exchange who quoted 6 weeks to repair, after a long battle and other than go to court I had little option than to give in and accept repair at enourmous personal time and cost going to and from store. The phone came back dirty with severe scratching to the screen saver. Then I discovered my old SIM card was restricting the services I could use, so CPF offered me a free replacement SIM – some success I thought but next minute they email me an invoice for just under £15. Luckily the invoice was paid by CPW when the SIM arrived but they ignored my emails challenging the costs and when I tried to activate the new SIM I was told it wasnt compatible with my contract and I had to go to a store to sort it out, something I specifically didnt want to do. The only other option was to post it back and I could imagine how risky that was going to be. My advice is to buy elsewhere, but take care, CPW trade under many different names these days.

]]> Comment on Beware Carphone Warehouse…. by guyatcarphone http://stevewalker.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/beware-carphone-warehouse/#comment-112 guyatcarphone Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:12:28 +0000 http://stevewalker.wordpress.com/?p=132#comment-112 My name is Guy Stephens and I am the Online Help manager for Carphone Warehouse. I have read your post with interest and disappointment and the level of service you've received. I would like to apologise for what has happened. Please do feel free to email me with details of what has happened and I will have it looked into it. My email is cpwcares@cpwplc.com. My name is Guy Stephens and I am the Online Help manager for Carphone Warehouse. I have read your post with interest and disappointment and the level of service you’ve received. I would like to apologise for what has happened. Please do feel free to email me with details of what has happened and I will have it looked into it. My email is cpwcares@cpwplc.com.

]]> Comment on A man of many talents crosses swords with MySpace by Steve http://stevewalker.wordpress.com/2009/03/30/a-man-of-many-talents-crosses-swords-with-myspace/#comment-102 Steve Sun, 26 Apr 2009 09:43:25 +0000 http://stevewalker.wordpress.com/?p=104#comment-102 Issue resolved - see http://tinyurl.com/c25hta Issue resolved – see http://tinyurl.com/c25hta

]]> Comment on OU, writetoreply.org by Steve http://stevewalker.wordpress.com/2009/02/07/ou-writetoreplyorg/#comment-84 Steve Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:23:45 +0000 http://stevewalker.wordpress.com/?p=61#comment-84 I think I'm developing an increasing blindness to my typos... If I could, I'd move it to Yorkshire, or possibly Manchester! I think I’m developing an increasing blindness to my typos… If I could, I’d move it to Yorkshire, or possibly Manchester!

]]> Comment on OU, writetoreply.org by Richard Hull http://stevewalker.wordpress.com/2009/02/07/ou-writetoreplyorg/#comment-83 Richard Hull Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:03:23 +0000 http://stevewalker.wordpress.com/?p=61#comment-83 Ha Ha Steve - "I've moved the Open University" - Wish!! Where would you move it to, if you could? as ever, and thanks for link to Shaun's column - little bugger never tells me anything, richard Ha Ha Steve – “I’ve moved the Open University” – Wish!!

Where would you move it to, if you could?

as ever, and thanks for link to Shaun’s column – little bugger never tells me anything,

richard

]]> Comment on OU, writetoreply.org by Steve http://stevewalker.wordpress.com/2009/02/07/ou-writetoreplyorg/#comment-78 Steve Sun, 08 Feb 2009 14:36:38 +0000 http://stevewalker.wordpress.com/?p=61#comment-78 Hi Tony, Yes, writetoreply is pretty close to some of my interests! That's a good idea; something we could perhaps work on together. I'm down in MK on Tuesday (weather permitting); I've already filled up the the day, but if you're around after five? Otherwise, I'll get in touch nexct time I'm down. Steve Hi Tony,

Yes, writetoreply is pretty close to some of my interests!

That’s a good idea; something we could perhaps work on together. I’m down in MK on Tuesday (weather permitting); I’ve already filled up the the day, but if you’re around after five? Otherwise, I’ll get in touch nexct time I’m down.

Steve

]]> Comment on OU, writetoreply.org by Tony Hirst http://stevewalker.wordpress.com/2009/02/07/ou-writetoreplyorg/#comment-77 Tony Hirst Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:01:21 +0000 http://stevewalker.wordpress.com/?p=61#comment-77 Hi Steve Thanks for the comments... I can see from your interests/publications why writetoreply might be of interest...:-) You may notice from my lack of publications over the last few years that I'm not really engaging in the trad research dissemination thing anymore (and not really doing 'rigorous' research at all) So if you want access to, well, anything really about how we're doing the writetoreply thing, for a 'research' paper, just ask... the answers could come back in a variety of ways, though - blog posts, tweets, f2f, even email... ;-) Maybe next time I'm in MK we could grab a coffee?? :-) Hi Steve

Thanks for the comments… I can see from your interests/publications why writetoreply might be of interest…:-)

You may notice from my lack of publications over the last few years that I’m not really engaging in the trad research dissemination thing anymore (and not really doing ‘rigorous’ research at all)

So if you want access to, well, anything really about how we’re doing the writetoreply thing, for a ‘research’ paper, just ask… the answers could come back in a variety of ways, though – blog posts, tweets, f2f, even email… ;-)

Maybe next time I’m in MK we could grab a coffee?? :-)

]]> Comment on Open Academic Publishing by lilashana http://stevewalker.wordpress.com/2008/03/17/open-academic-publishin/#comment-21 lilashana Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:24:09 +0000 http://stevewalker.wordpress.com/?p=32#comment-21 Steve, You are in good company. A recent HBR Ideacast (http://tinyurl.com/239nvr) was entitled "Keep Your Ideas to Yourself" and proved to be extra popular. Note, this is not aimed especially at academics, though it certainly applies to them. Good luck Lilly Evans Steve,

You are in good company. A recent HBR Ideacast (http://tinyurl.com/239nvr) was entitled “Keep Your Ideas to Yourself” and proved to be extra popular. Note, this is not aimed especially at academics, though it certainly applies to them.

Good luck

Lilly Evans

]]> Comment on Open Academic Publishing by David Wilcox http://stevewalker.wordpress.com/2008/03/17/open-academic-publishin/#comment-20 David Wilcox Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:17:01 +0000 http://stevewalker.wordpress.com/?p=32#comment-20 Steve - thanks for spelling this out. It seems particularly unfortunate in the field of open, collaborative innovation which you are exploring. Blogged with sympathy here http://tinyurl.com/34uob7 Steve – thanks for spelling this out. It seems particularly unfortunate in the field of open, collaborative innovation which you are exploring. Blogged with sympathy here http://tinyurl.com/34uob7

]]> Comment on The future of the Internet for the voluntary sector by mark http://stevewalker.wordpress.com/the-future-of-the-internet-for-the-voluntary-sector/#comment-19 mark Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:35:19 +0000 http://stevewalker.wordpress.com/the-future-of-the-internet-for-the-voluntary-sector/#comment-19 .................................................... …………………………………………….

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