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Stretlow

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  1. You're missing the point. If a shop / business advertises a product for £x, its irrelevant whether I pay in cash, by card or with gold i'm still paying the same amount irrespective of what card fees are attributed to the schemes (visa mastercard). so your comment about paying on a card is somehow costing me more is nonsense. Yes i have seen some merchants (usually smaller ones) add an additional fee to the transaction amount which they can do but its given to you pre payment so you can decline. Their other option is they have a minimum payment amount that they wont accept a card payment under this is because the fees involved in the transaction make the transaction worthless to them.. which is fine by me, why would you sell a product that doesn't make you money?
  2. This makes no sense. I work and have worked in the card industry for a long time. What you're referring to is an interchange fee and is paid by card schemes to the issuers for use of the network, not the cardholders. If i buy £1000 worth of purchases on my card and transfer it to a 20 month interest free, fee free card and pay £50 a month off it for the duration of the interest free period I pay £1000 back So where exactly am I "paying for the privilege" ?
  3. You can be smart with them though. You can get 20 months + interest free, fee free on cards at the moment.
  4. i came in on the Friday night / Sat morning (heads a little blurry on the time) it was absolutly fine
  5. I'm taking my daughters this year for the first time, the eldest has had me listening to Elish and now Styles given the latest rumours. We're not exactly in for some happy smiley evenings here are we? 😬
  6. Stretlow

    Idles

    Mate called me earlier.. I'm unfortunately turning 40 in a couple of weeks. To make me feel better him and his brother have treated me to a ticket in Manchester tomorrow night. Buzzing is not the world... What a guy 😎
  7. I've seen Oasis on a number of occasions going back to about 95. The last time was at the Ethiad where they were terrible, his voice was terrible. I said i wouldnt seem him / them again but did end up drunkenly watching him at Glastonbury but agree, his voice is much better there
  8. Hes just annound Old Trafford cricket ground in the 15th too
  9. Well no but it isn't impossible to put an electronic validation system in place. But of course that would voluntarily cost the government money, so it won't happen. Think there are countries doing this though from what I read (Denmark) don't quote me
  10. No I mean, i went a couple of times and the process was amateur at best. Couple of people I know forwarded them onto people whatsapp. There's no way of validating them. I'm not saying this is right, just pointing out it's a very weak process...
  11. Stretlow

    First Gig Back

    Fully bag in the gig mode now New Order last Friday Heaton park Chic @ warehouse tonight. Couple at castlfield bowl next week. Loving it
  12. Noted ... For some reason ive really got my wind up this weekend about next year... thinking of bringing the kids for the first time... they both love Swift ............
  13. I've just been abroad and had nothing scanned, i'll stick my neck out and say that theres very little chance of putting a scanning process in place. The red tape around access to government databases will see to that. The whole passport thing is to scare the idiots who wont get it to get it imo, and rightly so. But the actual logistics of checking 200 thousand + people is just not going to happen.
  14. A screenshot on your phone isnt going to be that hard to doctor should you be that way inclined. Are the people checking them really going to watch you log into the app?.. no chance. I am in favour of proof of vaccination and the subsequent checks but its going to be a piece of piss to get around should you want to.
  15. Leaving in a couple of hours, kids first festival so they're buzzing. Won't be saying that after 2 hours in the cast and we're only half way there
  16. We're travelling down from Manchester to meet some friends, one of them is working there says its very chilled. We're taking the kids to their first ever festival
  17. Twice. Had second in the same week I got the virus (last week)
  18. From what i've read (happy to be proven wrong) the demographic of people who are still to have a second jab makes up pretty much none of the people still being admitted to hospital. Theres absolutly no logic in delaying anymore
  19. Im sorry but i disagree, i was pro lockdown and have been pretty good with rules but the vaccines are kicking its arse which was surely the plan. If the deaths are now at an acceptable level, and i use that term in the most considerate way possible then why shouldnt people now be allowed to go about their business? Adhered to guidlines.... Check. Vaccinated.... Check Hospitals ok..... check minimal demographic now at risk.... check. We have to get on with it
  20. Surely as the days go on now if the deaths stay as they are (still feel for those people) we've surely got the upper hand now with the Vaccines? Im seeing nothing but positives here... and I say this as someone who currently has it ...
  21. I didnt think of the long drops! I have a very weak stomache and horible gag reflex, my wife can never lose me when we go long drops as she just listens for the yaking 😁
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