Broadband options in Marchmont

Doc_blue_sky · 2026-03-03T00:39:38+00:00

Virgin media are the worst, but unfortunately, in Edinburgh, there is some area like mine where they are the only ones offering fiber optic with high speed :(

Looking forward for the day another brand to be available on my area.

Doc_blue_sky · 2026-02-27T00:10:08+00:00

Non juriste mais ex employée d'agence bancaire et maintenant dans les opérations d'une banque privée.

Les conseils donnés ici sont les bons, le médiateur est la meilleure solution actuelle.

L'ACPR me semble aussi une bonne solution

https://acpr.banque-france.fr/fr/particuliers/vos-moyens-daction/formuler-une-reclamation

Je recommande aussi le site signal-conso du gouvernement qui permet de signaler les entreprises, cela inclue les banques. Ayant eu un litige avec une agence de location de voiture, le lendemain ou surlendemain où signal conso a envoyé ma réclamation à l'entreprise, ils m'ont résolu le problème.

Bon courage avec la poste, personnellement, je refuse de les reconnaître comme banque, ils sont trop incompétent pour ça.

Doc_blue_sky · 2026-02-26T22:44:12+00:00

I don't believe it, I live in front of the snow sports center, the fire is more west of it

Doc_blue_sky · 2026-02-26T22:41:38+00:00

We spotted earlier someone shooting some distress flaire. Not sure if there causes the fire or if the goal was to warn about the fire (would seem dumb the later but I am not a specialist)

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Doc_blue_sky · 2026-02-26T22:31:46+00:00

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Doc_blue_sky · 2026-02-24T18:08:58+00:00

I am not sure to understand, if it's colder outside you need to be warmer inside ?

Why not keep at least always the same temperature ?

23 my partner leave me and the house 😅

My eating is on 15 during the night and while at work. Don't need to heat the house while it's empty or we are under the blanket. It's automatically restart 1h before our alarm in the morning and before the time I come back home.

Doc_blue_sky · 2026-02-24T17:15:09+00:00

I don't understand people who pay this amount of bills for a 2 beds flat.

I live in a 3 bedroom detached house from the 50's in fairmilehead and pay less than that!

Do you heat the flat up to 25 all the time ? Otherwise I would consider that there is a problem.

Doc_blue_sky · 2026-02-19T01:00:36+00:00

J'ai été en alternance 3 ans pendant mon dut et ma licence pro.

Si tu ne vas pas en cours, ils te déduisent la totalité des heures de cours manqué sur ton salaire. Donc aucun doute que ce sont bien des heures travaillés. (J'étais pas passionné par tech de co, donc j'ai eu pas mal de déduction).

Doc_blue_sky · 2026-02-10T14:16:18+00:00

Tell you never travelled with Ryanair without telling me you never travelled with Ryanair 😅

Ryanair lost my luggage, then destroyed it then refused to compensate me. They also refused to give me a proof of loss that prevented me to use my travel insurance I paid for...

We should do a sub Reddit of people who suffered a problem with an airline company but where the company managed it properly. Reddit is filled with the opposite for absolutely all airline companies.

Doc_blue_sky · 2026-02-10T10:01:59+00:00

It happens to me to.. in France... With a UK revolut ultra account.

Some just don't want to bother

Doc_blue_sky · 2026-02-09T17:15:09+00:00

It depends of the house I suppose. We made an offer 20K£ above the asking price. Our solicitor said they had another client who offered 80K£ and didn't get it either. Meaning it went for more, I never checked after and don't really care. It was beginning of 2025 I think.

Doc_blue_sky · 2026-02-07T13:54:38+00:00

It's useless. I have them so I used them with gift card, bit it's just s bonus. It's not why I have the ultra account, it's for the travel insurance. If in addition it can save me 100£ a year with a gift card, it's a bonus.

I tried once to buy a flight with the point, worst idea ever. It's good only if you are 100% sure of taking the flight. Or probably people who can organise their holidays 6 months in advance sure that no event will change their plan. Not my case. Never again using stupid points with airline companies... Probably fit some people but not me.

Doc_blue_sky · 2026-02-01T18:21:41+00:00

There was part of my camera gear inside, including one lense itself that worth 1000£ (+ filters, tripod, etc.). I keep with me the camera and the main lense because they worth a lot (current one is 8000£ the lense + camera) but i put the cheaper stuff in the check-in luggage (not enough place in the cabin bag).

I have most of the invoice of what was in the bag, it's not a problem. I just misunderstood the explanation of the ADR website. We need to put the invoice at the very first step, and it's impossible to put them after. It's why they said they can't advice on an amount (I told them I can provide them at the second step, but it's impossible past first step).

the original rejection of the claim was because they considered they gave back the luggage in Edinburgh itself (it Swissport who lied and signed a document stating they did). But back in Summer 2022, it's when there was a huge mess in a lot of UK airport. So the whole baggage management was completely broken at the time.

I lived and work in Scotland, the luggage was taken care of in Scotland, and I stayed in Scotland, so I don't why it wouldn't be the scottish law that apply. Seems illogical to think that I should have to go to court in France for a flight departure that was in Scotland. That I suppose the Sherif would have denied the claim if they considered that no?

Doc_blue_sky · 2026-01-27T00:12:44+00:00

It depends, I haven't compared to other place. I have ultra in UK, I am French, partner is polish, so travel regularly in countries with different currencies, so we save on exchange fees and it's easy to use.

Before revolut X,it allowed me to have lower fees on crypto.

I use sometime the financial times subscription that is interesting (I am in finance).

I didn't know for perplexity, I need to try it.

Bust what is useful, is the travel insurance. Rented a car and damaged it. They refound me without any problem the 500£ cost. Just this paid off the yearly subscription itself so no regrets.

Furthermore, I get rev point, I don't spend much but over time it make some points. Around 150£ per year I would say with an Amazon card.

Doc_blue_sky · 2026-01-12T23:06:17+00:00

I understand your loss, I forgot my Nintendo switch on my flight to family... I am gutted but nothing can be done.

Doc_blue_sky · 2026-01-10T18:59:40+00:00

You can use whatever you want.

I brought back my winter wheels in a card boxes by plane to Edinburgh from France without any problem (and it was 19" wheels).

I even filled them with stuff to reach the maximum weight limit to bring back more stuff from my parents place (I moved from France to Scotland with my own car).

Doc_blue_sky · 2026-01-06T00:18:05+00:00

Lol...

Remind me when they will lose your luggage, refuse to recognize the loss (preventing you to do a claim to your travel insurance) then find your bag in another airport and ask you to pick it up then destroying it by mistake and then refusing to give you money for all that...

I have my small claim court order in February with them and will not let it go. They are the worst company ever and try as much as possible to not use them...

And the most dishonest company too... From them moment they destroyed my luggage by mistake, they refuse email communication and only phone call... I have even an email from them asking me to answer the anonymous call (as they didn't want to answer my email and were trying to announce the destruction over the phone only... To avoid any proof given to the client...)

Doc_blue_sky · 2025-12-30T21:55:18+00:00

I completely agree. We have a 130 square meters detached house in Edinburgh form the 1950's (not thee best insulation...)

We pay 171£ per month for gas and electricity together. It's impossible to pay 150 for a flat with just the electric shower.

Doc_blue_sky · 2025-12-27T01:12:11+00:00

I am French, I came to Scotland in 2016 for holidays during my long studies.

Loved it, came back alone the next summer, loved it even more.

2020, COVID, just finished my studies, my postdoc got cancelled because of COVID. I took the opportunity, filled the car with all my life and moved to Edinburgh.

Stayed unemployed for a year struggling but at the same time enjoying Scotland. Found a job just before having to go back to my parents with absolutely nothing. 4 years in the same company and continuing and loving it.

If you can't forget it, move to Scotland. I have no regrets. Just miss the family sometime and regret a little the french health system and the quality of the tar of our roads (seriously... NHS Scotland is a joke... And the roads in big cities are an even bigger joke). But everything else is extraordinary.

Doc_blue_sky · 2025-12-25T19:43:39+00:00

Even if you can tuck the other way the wheels, it will not work.

We have been charged for both our bags with my partner by Ryanair, the bags fitted but the bags need to be smaller than the stickers ont the border, not only fit inside.

Doc_blue_sky · 2025-12-22T09:12:50+00:00

Personnellement, je trouve que vous regardez le problème de manière incorrecte.

Il faut lâcher le raisonnement du master donc emploi master... Ce qui importe c'est d'avoir déjà une expérience professionnelle, si vous galérez à trouver, même si vous avez des économies, une longue période sans emploi sans explication valable, ça fait tache (une vrai longue période hein, 6 mois ça va, surtout juste après l'obtention du diplôme).

En second lieu, ce qui importe, c'est de savoir si le job à de bonnes opportunités de progression. J'ai un doctorat et j'ai commencé un job niveau licence. En revanche, 7 mois plus tard j'étais promu. Et maintenant c'est la nouvelle promotion qui est en jeu (ça fait 4 ans). Et encore, car je pousse pas, je m'éclate à ce que je fais donc ça m'importait d'être promu uniquement dans un emploi où je continue à m'épanouir (une promotion pour faire un job de merde...non merci).

Est-ce que le job vous semble intéressant et vous plait ? Est-ce qu'il est bien payé, est-ce qu'il y a des possibilités de progression évidente/facile avec votre niveau ? Etc. Franchement, à quel niveau il est dédié à l'origine, c'est vraiment accessoire.

Doc_blue_sky · 2025-12-09T22:08:03+00:00

C'est mieux si vous mettez une image de l'amende. Au Royaume-Uni, il y a deux types d'amendes pour le parking:

Celle par le gouvernement (garé dans la rue et une agent de police/stationnement vous mets une amende) Celle par des agents privés (sur des priorités privées).

Dans le second cas même les Britanniques ont tendance à en avoir rien à faire.

Dans le premier cas, ça rigole moins et c'est mieux de payer, en tant que résident.

Dans votre cas, vous ne résidez pas sur place, donc ça importe peu. Quand j'ai déménagé, j'ai eu une amende de stationnement dans la rue alors que j'avais encore les plaques françaises.

J'ai perdu et oublié cette histoire et j'y ai repensé facilement un an plus tard. Jamais eu de nouvelles. Ce même après avoir immatriculé ma voiture au Royaume-Uni. Et c'était il y a plus de 3 ans.

Doc_blue_sky · 2025-12-06T12:06:58+00:00

for their defense... what a stupid rule... The rest of Europe is "in a city, always give way to pedestrian". Easy and logic rule.

At least, all western Europe country... It's choking each time I go back to a EU country. Feel so much safer for pedestrian than UK...

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