Department71
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We have a dial up connection for our holiday home, with it came with an e-mail address. I have never given my e-mail address out to anyone nor have we actually sent any e-mails from this account but I keep getting e-mails all in French. So FT have given/sold my details to third parties. So EVERY e-mail I receive from that account gets sent to abuse@orange, won't make things change but makes me feel better.And yes I have had the e-mails saying they have made an error in the debits and I owe 600 or 700 euros, since my contract is on payg I know its a scam.Steve
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Ulster,Might be an idea to try and get a new gasket before you strip it down, we had an old Chauffe'au once about the same age as yours. I had to take the bottom plate off, the gasket was stuck to the metal due to age, although I managed to remove the gasket the thing was never fully water tight again as I had to reuse the old gasket.Just an idea.Steve
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Ptegan,Your system looks good do you know what is the difference between Maxi minutes and Minutes 3111, it looks as if you get better value using Maxi then 3111. Is it just having to put the long 0811 number in first that makes it cheaper, seems a bit odd to me.CheersSteve
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Bugbear, yes I did eventually manage to send them one, but I had problems doing it. I am using Outlook express in the UK ISP is Talktalk, I can receive e-mails from Orange.fr, but it seems I am unable to send e-mails to Orange through my talktalk account by using my orange profile, if you understand. But done now.ThanksSteve
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Thanks for the input everyone, yes it has been binned.Hope it is also a warning to others.Steve
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Just had an e-mail from France Telecom/Orange? have copied it below, received this via my E-mail account linked to my internet account with FT. I think it is a con, anyone else had the same, must admit had a bit of a scare before we went through it. Did have my suspicions on this as my name wasn't shown on the e-mail. I take it, it is normal practice in France for companies to put your name on e-mails as they do in the UK.Ps I applied for access Libre back in September with Orange, had never given the e-mail address to anyone, never used it, went on for the first time and already had e-mails from sexy Monica, Sophie etc.----- Original Message -----From: "France Telecom" <[email protected]>To: ########@orange.frSent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 3:36 PMSubject: mettre a jour vous coordonnes !> Cher (e) client (e) :> > Nous somme au regret de vous apprendre qu on date du 08 novembre 2009 et au cours d un traitement informatique de routine concernant les prelevements mensuels effectues sur le> compte de notre clientele abonnee,nous avons malencontreusement impute la somme six cent quatre-vingt-dix (600.90 euros).> > A fin de vous faire benificier du remboursement de cette somme indument prelevee sur votre votre compte,,nous vous prions de vous connecter sur le lien qui apparait en dessous de> ce message et nous fournir les renseignements necessaires a l etablissement de votre fiche special remboursement .> > Merci de votre comprehension> > Cliquer ici pour proceder a l tablissement de votre fiche : http://www.radiometro.it/media/INBOX/info.htm> > > > Nb :> > - Notre service facturation vous contactera dans un delai de 48 h pour vous confirmer le remboursement .veuillez fournir un numero de telephone joignable.> > > > Bien a vous.> > Service Client> > France telecom & orange >
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We are going over at the end of September for about 6 weeks and will have the phone reconnected for the time we are there, do you pay a pro-rata rate for the time in use, or are you charged the full 2 months by FTCheersSteve
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BJSLIVBrilliant, was looking everywhere on their site for this, same with their offer of the payg dial up took ages to track it down, but the settings defeated me, suppose I got tired in the end. Kept on getting back to their inclusive broadband/tv pages.Once again sterling service from this forum.Steve
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I have just signed up for France Telecoms PAYG dialup service (Not broadband) to use when we are in France, it seems they are going to send a disc to our holiday home awaiting our arrival. I am not happy loading third party software onto the computer, I can remember the problems when I had dial-up in the UK and used the ISP's disc. Is there a computer savvy person who has this tariff and can give me information on e-mail settings for Outlook Express, (pop3 settings) or are the e-mails only web based. Also the phone number you have to dial to enter their system so I can set up the system before we get there.ThanksSteve
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A fuse box has lots of white porcelain oblong thingies in it that are black around the edges, where the fuse wire ( thin bit of wire, nail, or silver foil from fag packet) has blown. Steve
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PommierYes should be easy Astra ( sky) is I believe 28.2 deg east. we did ours no problem, just needed to tweek it when we got the signal, just take your time and get as good a signal and quality as you can, saves problems when its wet and windy. Mind I don't suppose you will be reading this for a few days at least if you are like us traveling to Mc Do's every few days to read e-mails etc. Never thought I'd say I like McDo.Steve
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If you are bringing over a new tv (digital freeview tuner inside) it will work in France as long as your area is broadcasting French tv using their digital format. That is of course if you want to watch French tv. We did this with our old CRT digital tv, the only thing that does not work is teletext, but that is not a problem for us. Also just replace the english plug with a French one.Steve
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Do you know anyone who has a large swimming pool, inflate and dump the lot into the pool, push it under the water and see if any bubbles appear.Just an ideaSteve
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Found a free phone one 00 33 80 03 64 77 5 this one I used first this morning until it told me to phone back again. Don't know what time they work to in France, Maybe try about 10am uk time tomorrow.He did jabber away with something in French before the English robot woke up, I just held the line for a few more seconds, just an idea.Good luck Dept71
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That's interesting I got through, if you have a trawl through some old posts there are other numbers people have used will have a look and see if I can find anyDept71
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Virginia,I phoned this morning to arrange having a phone installed, 00 33 15 57 86 05 6 was told by the robot I would be dealt within 10 minutes, sat and listened to the music and messages ( in English) and got through to a lovely young lady who's English was a lot better then my French and sorted out a line then and there. Being connected next Monday when we get there.PS think the message said the call is free if phoning from a FT phone in France?, did try a freephone number first but that said phone back all lines busy, if its urgent use the number I used at least you should get through quicker.Good luckDept71
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Like Andy I use Currencies Direct for large amounts and Moneybookers for small transfers, as we needed a top up on our account, and I wasn't keen at the moment to transfer a large amount due to the exchange rate I decided to use MoneyBookers just to keep the account ticking over, we transferred £1250.00, looking at our French account this morning the money was there and the rate charged was 1.0952 by Moneybookers, the business rate for yesterday was 1.1322. What do other people think of this rate.Dept71
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Come on lets be fair here, if you can name the good ones, why not the not so good, equal rights for all!
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Thanks Ian for the info, oh well top up the bank time then, am going to phone FT to see about installing a line would be interested in any feedback when you have phoned FT. Could the reason you lost the ability to turn it off ( phone I assume) was because you paid the first bill via Nationwide? We won't be having internet, too far out for broadband, just the phone with the ability to turn it off when we are not there.CheersSteve
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Ian,Item 4 on your post, I take it you paid for the installation using your Natwide debit card, did you by any chance manage to get the line rental and calls put through on this card, or have you got to pay via a French account. We manage to get our doofer paid through Nationwide, wondering if I can also try it with the phone, saves the hassle of topping up the French account.CheersSteve
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Its a shame the ferries can't re-route to Ostende when these things happen, then the French can get on with it.
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My other half used to buy me Hugh Johnsons pocket wine guide as a xmas pressy a few years back. It gave the good vintage years on different areas of France etc. and other information like what wine to drink with certain meals. It can be obtained on Amazon for 6 pounds odd. Well worth the moneyHappy drinkingSteve
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I upgraded from AVG free 8.00 to 8.5 free a couple of weeks ago on my P3 desktop, don't know what is different but it now takes ages to load up, have tried adjusting the advanced settings but no luck, maybe its because I don't have the latest spec computer, I'm now looking to try avast.Steve
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Did exactly this last year with some wood I purchased, plus some bolts, just got on with it. Used a roll of that cane fencing stuff for the roof and used the area for sitting out in the shade, lovely dappled effect with the sun. Never thought of seeing if the Marie could find any regulations for us.Steve
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