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#3417317 22-Sep-2025 10:46

My left eye not settling down after having a cataract done about 5 years ago. Back on drops again to clear up inflammation.

Right eye has been perfect with no problems after it was done.

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#3417523 22-Sep-2025 19:58

Phone spam. Got the same number twice in a few days (+64-9-886-7059), and the usual reverse number lookups have drawn a blank.

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#3417549 22-Sep-2025 21:52

It would be nice if at least one of the phone companies made an attempt to block obvious spam calls (like the ones that supposedly come from unallocated country codes) instead of doing the whole "we like interconnect revenue" thing.

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#3417550 22-Sep-2025 21:59

Or give the user the option to block all incoming international and unknown numbers on the network side, since broken phone implementations will still disrupt media playback or video recording to do it.

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#3417553 22-Sep-2025 22:11

The number I got is definitely an Auckland-based number, so it's probably a telemarketer or suchlike.

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#3417556 22-Sep-2025 22:22

I got a "wellington" number. Since I'm expecting a call and it looked like the possible range of who I was expecting I answered.

Apparently "Wellington Corporation" was wanting to talk to me about some online trading I was doing.

My reply was "There's no such company and you are a f****** scammer so f**** off"

Surprisingly, they did just that. Confirmed my accusation really.

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#3417557 22-Sep-2025 22:32

deepred:

The number I got is definitely an Auckland-based number, so it's probably a telemarketer or suchlike.

Number spoofing is a thing. I get calls supposedly from all sorts of places but inevitably the caller speaks with an Indian accent.

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#3417790 23-Sep-2025 10:34

There are several +649-8xxx ranges that are used by spamy companies, as well as things like uber when they return a call. It seems that if its not a known west auckland prefix, it should just be blocked as well.

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#3417853 23-Sep-2025 12:07

Handsomedan:

Ordering a $125 mobile unit for next to my desk (home office) from Mighty Ape.
Not only did I not get any shipping info, but I also received a "fully assembled (just needs the wheels and handles attached)" unit that looks like this:

Further to this - I have received a response from Mighty Ape that they are sorry that I had a poor experience with said item and they are processing a refund for me which will take a few days.
What's annoying is they do not want me to return this piece of tat.
Obviously, it's too hard to dispose of, so they want me to do it for them!

I can't for the life of me think what I could possibly use this for in it's current (brand new) state, and I can't just put it in the recycling bin as it's too big.
I am not going to pay to dispose of it somewhere.

Shouldn't this be on them to pick up and dispose of? Very annoying and has put me off ever buying from Mighty Ape again

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#3417864 23-Sep-2025 13:12

Handsomedan:

Handsomedan:

Ordering a $125 mobile unit for next to my desk (home office) from Mighty Ape.
Not only did I not get any shipping info, but I also received a "fully assembled (just needs the wheels and handles attached)" unit that looks like this:

Further to this - I have received a response from Mighty Ape that they are sorry that I had a poor experience with said item and they are processing a refund for me which will take a few days.
What's annoying is they do not want me to return this piece of tat.
Obviously, it's too hard to dispose of, so they want me to do it for them!

I can't for the life of me think what I could possibly use this for in it's current (brand new) state, and I can't just put it in the recycling bin as it's too big.
I am not going to pay to dispose of it somewhere.

Shouldn't this be on them to pick up and dispose of? Very annoying and has put me off ever buying from Mighty Ape again

Got a metal recycler nearby? They'll pay you (a small amount) to take it off your hands.

But yes, it should be on MA to deal with the disposal.

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#3417867 23-Sep-2025 13:30

Operating system large text size and dark mode causing system dialogs to have missing buttons. Lenovo 100e Gen4 Chromebook this time. Trying to use the system reset feature. 15 minutes messing around to figure that one out. It's been a while since my last go round. Grr. Likely a ChromeOS issue not Lenovo per se. I've seen that happen with phones as well. It's just an annoyance for me. The average person isn't going to figure it out at all.

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#3417935 23-Sep-2025 15:11

Handsomedan:

Further to this - I have received a response from Mighty Ape that they are sorry that I had a poor experience with said item and they are processing a refund for me which will take a few days.
What's annoying is they do not want me to return this piece of tat.
Obviously, it's too hard to dispose of, so they want me to do it for them!

I can't for the life of me think what I could possibly use this for in it's current (brand new) state, and I can't just put it in the recycling bin as it's too big.
I am not going to pay to dispose of it somewhere.

Shouldn't this be on them to pick up and dispose of? Very annoying and has put me off ever buying from Mighty Ape again

put it on the side of the road and it will be gone by the morning

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#3417957 23-Sep-2025 16:05

geoffwnz:

Got a metal recycler nearby? They'll pay you (a small amount) to take it off your hands.

But yes, it should be on MA to deal with the disposal.

Yeah I have a couple of things to take to the metal recycler, so despite me being one of those "It's the principle of the whole thing" people, I'll likely do that (although I have emailed them to request that they pick up the item at their cost).

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#3418007 23-Sep-2025 16:16

I was looking at getting one of those drawers when they were on sale. If not damaged by the courier, would you say they are any good? Like do the drawers slide well or do they bind up unless you push it totally square?

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#3418009 23-Sep-2025 16:25

richms:

I was looking at getting one of those drawers when they were on sale. If not damaged by the courier, would you say they are any good? Like do the drawers slide well or do they bind up unless you push it totally square?

Believe it or not - that's not damage caused by a courier. It was so well packaged, I think you'd have to destroy the box to damage the cabinet in transit.

The drawers don't have any kind of mechanism. The drawers have a small lip, which sits on a small slider that is clipped into the side of the cabinet. It requires absolute precision in manufacturing to work and if there is any kind of deviation in size/movement the drawers will simply fall off the lip and you'll see what I have posted.
The reason those drawers fell out was because the tolerances are so minute that the drawers have nothing to run on/sit on.

I'd avoid buying any of these types of drawer sets from MA. If they have a version with runners or wheels - that may be a different prospect.

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