Andrew Bowness

I own @riguphoto, and I live (near) the Lake District.

[Andrew Bowness @hideyourarms]

@XLady1074 @Jopaco84 @fesshole I was curious about this, so thought I'd look it up. I can find a "price adjustment" policy on the US site (https://t.co/UylMOd2BPY), but nothing similar on the UK site. Anecdotally, it looks like people are encouraged to return items and re-buy them at the lower price.

[Andrew Bowness @hideyourarms]

@stokel Gemini has access to all my emails dating back over a decade, but it still has no idea that when I reply to a customer they are the person that has bought something, it thinks that I'm following up with a company I placed an order with.

Love that you have an alert for "heist".

[Andrew Bowness @hideyourarms]

@GregorSey “But what’s it going to cost? What did you quote the last person you spoke to? Can you give me a case study of how your product helped someone?”

All questions that no cold caller ever seems to be able to answer when they ring me.

[Andrew Bowness @hideyourarms]

I don't really chase any media coverage these days, so when I get a review for one of my products and it's this positive, it feels special.

[The Phoblographer @Phoblographer]

The Rigu Misty Business Filter Makes Everyone Look Good https://t.co/tKkkyKT4Gk

[Andrew Bowness @hideyourarms]

"Hi, do you want to be on our recommended providers list in return for giving us a discount code?"

That's the email I got from a fairly large photography company today. How can I be recommended when I've never even spoken to them?

[Andrew Bowness @hideyourarms]

@stokel @BBC_Future HideYourArms is currently offline. One of the problems with using a platform like Wordpress is that it needs regular updates to stay secure or it *will* be hacked. To keep the site up would cost me time and/or money, and I just don't know if people care enough for me to bother.

[Andrew Bowness @hideyourarms]

@stokel @TimesRadio @newscientist I wonder if any news outlets are desperately hoping that the bad code was written by AI.

[Andrew Bowness @hideyourarms]

Am I the only person that thinks "ChatGPT wrote this" every time they see the word "elevate" in a tweet/ad/product description from a company?

[Andrew Bowness @hideyourarms]

@JeremyBloomHere @CivilWarMovie @dreamscenario "Just going to chill out and watch a not-too-unbelievable version of what America could become in 4-5 years."

[Andrew Bowness @hideyourarms]

The absolute irony of @RoyalMail saying I've put my claim in too late for a Special Delivery refund when they took 13 days to respond to the complaint (they aim for a 2 day response). 🙃

[Andrew Bowness @hideyourarms]

@ugmonk Haha, I was looking at these (and Trusco boxes) in Osaka last week and wondering if I should try importing them to the UK.

[Andrew Bowness @hideyourarms]

@OctopusEnergy opened a complaint about how poorly my smart meter issue is being handled. I got an email 10 days ago saying they were investigating it and they'd be in touch.

Just got another email now telling me they've closed the complaint because they've not heard from me...

[Andrew Bowness @hideyourarms]

I understand that bank websites are vast and complicated, but they can and will fail, and customers shouldn't be expected to jump through hoops to know that they have an issue.

Put a notification bar on the site. Put out a tweet on the help page. Make life easier for everyone.

[Andrew Bowness @hideyourarms]

It's frustrating that when you try to log on to your business bank and it doesn't work, the only way to find out that the issue is with the bank is to visit their Twitter help profile, then view "with replies" tweets to see a stream of people that have the same issue.

[Andrew Bowness @hideyourarms]

@RobertACoe @FootballJOE It's taken from a 442 article (which is a top 100, but Joe have called it a top 50), and there's no criteria given, some are chosen for technical reasons, some for their backdrop, and Ibrox for atmosphere. https://t.co/N0KP0Vfm5O

[Andrew Bowness @hideyourarms]

@OctopusEnergy The squeaky wheel gets the grease, within 3 hours of this tweet I've had a call from the metering team.

[Andrew Bowness @hideyourarms]

My electricity smart meter stopped working 3 months ago today, and I've been waiting over 2 months for someone at the @OctopusEnergy metering team to arrange powercycling my meters.

I like Octopus, but it's frustrating to have such a poor experience and be forced to complain.

[Andrew Bowness @hideyourarms]

@twoeightnine It's funny because we used to say this about you guys.

[Andrew Bowness @hideyourarms]

@FootballJOE Has anyone ever actually been punished for using one? FACTs website suggests two people have had been jailed for it in the past 3 years, but only as part of a wider prosecution for selling 1000s of firesticks and committing other forms of fraud.

[Andrew Bowness @hideyourarms]

Someone unsubscribing from my newsletter with “did not subscribe to this list” as the reason after they definitely did and have received emails for over 2 years.