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I once found a registered letter (signature required) containing concert tickets on my doormat. The postman had written on it "nobody was home to sign for it, so I signed it myself"!
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I'm an optoholic - my glass is always half full of vodka.
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[thought I'd try the new message type]
Just had a cold call about miss sold PPI. I politely the lady [citation needed] that I had never had nor needed any PPI and that I was not in need of her services.
But she persisted and asked me how I could be so sure.
Nagy Vilmos said: I build banking systems. I have put in software serving banks across the world and I know how banking products are designed. I read the small print in contracts and do not sign anything I am unsure about. I have worked in financial services for over quarter of a century. I HAVE NEVER HAD PPI!
She replied "oh."
veni bibi saltavi
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Quote: She replied "oh, and continued the sales pitch"
Or thats my experience of them. 
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Yes, she tried to keep me going and I politely but firmly asked her to be so kind as to FOAD.
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: I have worked in financial services for over quarter of a century
Nagy Vilmos wrote: She replied "oh."
Oh, he seems to be fun-ded, she must have thought 
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I find it more satisfying to not even bother to give a response but to just hang-up. I'm sure they have every possible response, 99.99999999% not repeatable in the Lounge  .
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No, you should keep them on the phone for as long as possible. While they are talking to you they won't be bothering me. 
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Too hard. I use one of "Do I know you?", "Why are you calling me." and "Please enter your password?". These mostly result in a short silence followed by the sound of hanging up. Problem solved.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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I am not entirely sure I have ever had PPI either but the bank sent me a claim form - I filled it out saying "i don't know" and they sent me £3000
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I like that if true, I never had PPI, but I did wonder if I claimed to have had it would the bank believe me and pay up. With my luck they would find out and I would have to pay it back.
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My younger sister is in town this week. She's still in college. I've had to Google several things she has said to understand her, making me feel old. Now I have to look up Producer Price Index (PPI) Definition | Investopedia[^]. And I"m not even 100% sure I got it right...
Thanks for making me feel older!
Hogan
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It's Payment Protection Insurance. Something the UK banks sold to people years ago, without telling them what they were buying. So now you can get your money back plus some compensation, even if you never bought it.
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: I build banking systems
I don't, but I still know banks are crooks 
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This will be my first Consumer Electronics Show ever.
I welcome the knowledge of others with more experience in these events.
What was the single biggest mistake you made at a previous event ?
Where did you execute your most stupid act ?
Where did you pull off your most brilliant move ?
What's the single biggest waste of time at the show ?
What's the single most valuable investment of time there ?
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Never visited the CES but Cebit frequently.
Quote: What was the single biggest mistake you made at a previous event ?
Wearing uncomfortable shoes.
Quote: What's the single biggest waste of time at the show ?
What's the single most valuable investment of time there ?
That can't be answered in advance. You will know afterwards. For me this depends mainly on the persons to whom I'm talking: Sales droids or technicians / engineers.
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Are you exhibiting or visiting?
Exhibiting:
1) Eat a good breakfast - there is very, very little chance that you will get time to eat lunch. If you do, your stand is not getting enough visitors!
2) Wear old, comfortable shoes. Never new shoes, you will be on your feet for eight or ten hours and you will be finding it difficult to walk by the end of day one. For ladies, flats are a damn good idea - heels will hurt like heck by the end of the day!
3) If you smoke, get patches. You can't smoke on the stand, and you will lose a lot of time leaving the stand to get a nicotine fix.
4) Drink lots of water. You will be talking a lot and dehydration is a problem. Coffee and other diuretics are a bad idea, even if you are next to the loos - which is a bad place to have a stand!
5) For serious enquires, try to get a business card, and write on the back what they are interested in - get that to the office and get them to send backup info to arrive the following day. Keep your company in their mind!
6) Put your mobile on silent vibrate - you can call them back if it's important, and you don't want to lose the interested punter while you take a call.
Visiting:
1) Sneakers / trainers are a good idea - there is a lot of walking if you are going to see all the stuff you want.
2) Get a stand map, and mark the companies you want to see. Then tick them off when you have - and look at stands as you pass them.
3) Remember that the guys and gals on the stand are tired, and have been answering the same questions all damn day. Yes, they want to sell to you, but it's a damn hard, gutty job (and they are probably hung over from "relaxing" last night.
4) Take your own food and drink. The queues tend to be long, and the quality is rarely as high as the prices! Plus, that means you may get to the stands while they are relatively quiet if everyone else is queueing for lunch...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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The "visiting" advice is also appropriate for other venues such as Museums, etc.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Oh yes!
Try a visit to St Fagans National History Museum[^] - it's enormous and takes all day to walk round. Damn good though (if you like history, that is)
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I am interested in History, and this certainly looks interesting. I'll put it on my list for the next time I'm in the UK.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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You explained both cases quite well  
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I've done both far more times than I want to count!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I TOLD YOU I DON'T WANT TO COUNT THEM!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Woahh 
I've performed "Exhibiting" role jut once in my whole long life during a Science Project Exhibition.
And have not visited so many exhibitions or shows so far
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C-P-User-3 wrote: What was the single biggest mistake you made at a previous event ?
Going with my boss.
C-P-User-3 wrote: What's the single biggest waste of time at the show ?
98% was total vapour and of the 2% of viable tech I would wager the majority is either of no interest or use to you.
Apart from that, dress for comfort and take plenty of light [as in weight] food with you. Oh and try to stay sober. I never did.
veni bibi saltavi
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