Nicholas van der Walle

Proud husband and father, founder of @astutegraphics. My outlet for all things creative industry, business, automotive and random futility. In my own words.

[Nicholas van der Walle @eehbyeck]

@TheAA_UK Why don't I have a simple button when logged into my account to cancel my policy due to crazy price increases? Of course, you could add this. But instead I can only ask to cancel via the chat service... which stops before 7pm.

Desperation for customer retention? #fail

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Why did I never know, until 5 mins ago, there was ever a car named after the sleepy, future-phobic city of Hereford? And yet the Austin Hereford existed.

That is why @sniffpetrol writes books - to teach humanity.

#boringcartrivia

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@Vonster @Costco No way! I only ever bought one Star Wars model - the license fee makes them expensive. Same for other Lego franchised stuff 😬

Anything over $150 really makes me stop and think for 3 months 😇

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@sniffpetrol @Carpervert the script writer didn’t pick an Alldays and Onions. Strange, that.

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@PayByPhone_UK @PayByPhone_UK please can you respond with a human contact? My only other option will be to chargeback via the bank. Thanks.

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@PayByPhone_UK I tried parking today using your app (used several times previously). An error after paying meant I had to pay at the machine using contactless to be sure I was covered. So now paid twice. How do I get a refund? You automated bot does not understand, nor helps.

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@PayByPhone_UK Please re-read my message. Your boy couldn’t help so nothing could be done. Pease send me a human contact link like an email by DM. Thanks.

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Nice to see my @WellandSteam photos appear in the @worcesternews online. Apparently in print tomorrow.

https://t.co/8MEaXWGn1W

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@Carpervert @ascencione2 SUVs are all too commonly a reverse TARDIS™. Never understood how they lose their internal space so quickly. Quite a party trick 😬

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@Vonster @Adobe Not seen that one 🤔

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@ThisIsBrucifer @AndyatAuto Your last statement is this, in response to a corporate logo change for which is unlikely to affect you in any way..

Classy!

[Nicholas van der Walle @eehbyeck]

@Zaack23 @AndyatAuto It wasn’t that hard to unpackaged Andy’s response. Nobody wants to see anybody come to harm. But I would counter that even 20mph in any vehicle type - car, bus, e-scooter, etc. - will result in injury if pedestrians remain as oblivious to their surroundings as is the trend.

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@easyJet You've changed the flight times of our flight in October. We want to know if we can cancel this booking and get a full refund. Your chatbot and emails are not answering the question. Please can you provide a number we can call to speak to a human?

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@sniffpetrol @Carpervert Great episode... again! 👏

1. See attached for affirmation of today's automotive colour palette. Presented as evidence, the only true alternative is yellow. To heck with resale 💸 😇

2. You want niche car groups? What about the "Colourful V12 Vantages" group? Niche³

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@adrianfclarke Sincerely hope the Sud wasn’t planting oil on the floor ready for that gorgeous Vanquish? 😁

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@nemo20000 @tomshardware True - but still an impressive feat. Still a long way off, but self evolving machines is an engineering wonder, if a little contemplation-inducing for us puny humans 🫣

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@AndyatAuto Happy birthday and enjoy that most amazing of presents 🥳

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Having to deal with the lowest form of business life is one of the major challenges for freelance designers. Even ones as renowned as @Vonster 😞

Shame on @RenegadeFuels

[Von Glitschka @Vonster]

Oh the irony. The copyright infringing weasels at @RenegadeFuels filed a DMCA takedown of my tweet and it blocked my account until I read Twitters copyright policy. Never mind I have the artwork registered with the US Copyright Office and they ripped me off. So I filed a counter notification.

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@Vonster @RenegadeFuels They are morons, Von.

How much you reckon you need to take @RenegadeFuels to court again? Kickstarter project?