Rain in the Southern & Eastern Cape

A year or so ago I hiked the otter trail - glad I wasn't doing it NOW!

Pics below from Algoa FM.

Welcome back guys!

You did us proud!

Share the video!

Edit:

This post (below) used to be about the "Share DivX" campaign. The idea of this campaign sounded simple - if you use DivX, put a link on your site, and for your trouble you'd get a free copy of DivX Pro.

I kept my side of the bargain, but it seems like DivX isn't keeping to theirs. So bye-bye link!

Just so that there is no confusion. I added a link on 20 April. Right here:



Then received a mail from DivX on the 21st:

"Sorry, we can’t find any of the Share DivX buttons or links on the page you submitted. Please make sure that the URL you have provided us is correct and one of the DivX buttons or links appears on your page."

So I mailed right back, explaining that the link IS there, and that they should maybe check again.

By 8 May I haven't received a response, so I mail them again - this time to two e-mail accounts (they appear to have 2 relating to this campaign.)

Now, on 26 May, I've still not had a response to any one of my e-mails...

It appears like DivX managed to advertise on my site for "free" for more than a month. Guess I'm the sucker... So, as any business would do, I'm removing the link for "non payment" :)



Original post:

DivX is currently running a new "Share DivX" campaign!

Help share the video and visit:
http://Link Removed

(They might even throw in a free copy of DivX Pro :))

Telkom delivers

After getting myself ready for a nice fight, Telkom came and installed my line on the 20th of November.

What a let-down... The technician was there when he said he would be. The line actually works. Nothing to complain or fight about. Really a huge let-down :-)

Oh well, time to get ready for the next fight and order ADSL self-install...

Insurance headaches

Whats the story with insurance brokers and why don't they want my business?

I find it completely incomprehensible. I reckon that as insurance risks go, I'm a pretty good one! Should be easy-money for them!

So why then will they not phone me back?

Over the last 2 weeks I've contacted my current broker SEVERAL TIMES. Promises are made, but never kept. So far I've not received a single call back from them. So I started shopping around...

As a first attempt I filled out requests for quotations on 2 other well-known brokers' websites. No response.

So I phoned a broker who supposedly specialises in insurance for graduate professionals. They informed me that they had switchboard problems (using a friendly voice recording - in Afrikaans nogal!). They did however promise to phone me back. Which they did, 5 minutes later! REALLY IMPRESSIVE STUFF! In this world of bad service, I was SOLD right there and then! I proceeded to give them my whole life history (or so it felt), and they promised to phone me back with the quote. WOW!

If only they did actually phone me back...

So I tried another broker who came highly recommended. But I only kept getting a CallAnswer voicemail recording - guess they're so highly recommended that they can't keep up with all the business :)

So today I phoned yet another - this time one who contacted me (unsolicited) a few months ago. That would ordinarily be an unforgivable sin, but since I'm desperate, and the lady who called me was extremely friendly and never tried to force-sell anything to me, I thought that they might be eager to help.

So far so good! Good & friendly service - promised to send me 2 quotations by tomorrow morning. So lets see if I hear from them again!

Confusion reigns

Yesterday I phoned Telkom, and today Telkom phoned me!

The line will be installed on the 1st of December. A full month earlier than what I was told yesterday.

Now who should I believe? :)

Entirely expected

Since my previous call from Telkom, things have gone very quiet. And since Telkom should never be left to their own devices, I decided to phone them for an update.

My application requested service from 17 November. I was told that this is fine as they can generally do it in within 30 days.

Today's earliest installation date : 28 December 2006...

Any bets that this will happen? :-)