What cheeses me off

[Lynda2475]

In many cases Apple only provide stock on consignment meaning Apple retains ownership and the retailer gets a commission, in this way they heavily influence pricing with any minor discount usually coming from the retailers commission.

Once a product reaches a certain age, Apple then will sell actual stock to retailers.

 

[JohnK]

Some time in the past 3 weeks shifting from one hospital to another my dad has lost his Medicare card that both he and mum use.

Do you think we can call up and request new card?

FFS, he is 86 years old with very little English and zero computer skills. He cannot create a myGov account, link Medicare and request a replacement card.

Why no telephone support? I'm waiting to speak to someone about myGov. It should be much simpler for those who are computer challenged. I should be able to call and request old Medicare to be cancelled and new one issued? That would make way too much sense.

 

[VPS]

You purchase a sandwich at Brunetti's in Melbourne. Pay and there is a credit card surcharge.

They come over and say I'm sorry you can't have a sandwich here because of cross contamination with your allergy and we will give you a refund.

Refund comes but no refund of the credit card surcharge.

 

[equus]

Refund comes but no refund of the credit card surcharge.

That's the time to get narky and insist they refund that as well.

They will most likely try and say it is not them making the charge, but the bank - which is wrong, they are the merchant charging the fee. Most merchant facilities for credit card typically consist of a fixed monthly fee for the terminal, then a percentage of the transactions (sometimes on a sliding scale based on volume). Refunds and reversals are netted off purchases, so they don't incrementally pay anything once they do the refund. As they are only legally allowed to surcharge to recover their costs of accepting the payment, they need to refund that surcharge as well.

 

[Pushka]

Not getting old. That’s just poor etiquette on behalf of the parents. I know kids can be tough to manage at times, but that doesn’t mean everyone else needs to suffer.

DIL refuses to accept any lounge invites we give her because she knows the kiddies will want to run and exercise and she doesn't want to inflict that on others.

 

[Pushka]

You purchase a sandwich at Brunetti's in Melbourne. Pay and there is a credit card surcharge.

They come over and say I'm sorry you can't have a sandwich here because of cross contamination with your allergy and we will give you a refund.

Refund comes but no refund of the credit card surcharge.

Did you check they didn't charge a credit fee for the refund too?

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@JohnK - have you considered/explored Enduring Power of Attorney? Might make sense under the circumstances.

We have set up such legal documents for us and we are only in our sixties because doing it later is too late when it's really needed. I was PofA for my MIL for many years from her fifties. I didn't enact it until her sixties when she became terminal. But all the banks had been pre advised and I was instructed by her on everything. She died at 66.