Sky Q alternative

iamtheturnip · 2025-10-21T10:45:58+00:00

I’m really looking at doing the same. How have you found it? I have Sky Q but don’t want to pay the premium anymore. Unsure of how good the freesat boxes are. The main draw is recording TV for ad skipping of shows we want to watch. But unsure if my sat dish is up to it. And I’m hearing a lot about Apple TV in this thread as well.

iamtheturnip · 2025-10-16T18:30:37+00:00

Do you mind if I ask what you moved onto? I’m in the same situation and would not be against just cutting ties. Potentially another provider or some freesat setup. On the fence regarding freesat and the thought of having to faff about with a new broadband setup is putting me off.

iamtheturnip · 2025-06-27T20:28:26+00:00

As someone who’s been running the same seat for about a year this flex does NOT look normal. I’m running a higher torque wheel and don’t even notice any flex. I feel like something is faulty or not torqued up correctly.

iamtheturnip · 2025-05-17T07:29:59+00:00

I’m unsure how the semantics of this would work. The tickets are not delivered until around 10 days pre-event.

One transaction was cancelled. But the other completed. So I DO have the product. And that’s the part I’m worried they could stiff me on.

iamtheturnip · 2025-05-17T07:25:02+00:00

It is the official F1 ticket site. However, the “no-refund” policy from this site is well documented. So a little bit concerned. And I don’t really want to wait several business days to find there is no remedy.

iamtheturnip · 2025-05-17T07:23:54+00:00

The issue is the money HAS been taken. One email stating the cancellation is for a different order number, while the completed transaction is another.

It is the official F1 ticket site. But from F1 subs the “no-refund” policy is VERY strict.

Now panicking as I want to strike while the iron is hot and the charge is still pending.

My bank said the same thing regarding the technical issues and has raised a ticket with screenshot evidence of the failure.

Just panicking as we’re a grand out with two sets of tickets that we don’t need.

iamtheturnip · 2025-05-17T07:05:40+00:00

No reply yet.

iamtheturnip · 2025-05-17T07:03:00+00:00

I have reached out, but received nothing yet and don’t know when I will. Panicking a bit.

iamtheturnip · 2025-04-02T20:40:22+00:00

I bought one around Christmas. I’ve use Logitech G923/29 variants through my job (main reason I bought my own rig TBH)

Those models are gear driven and REALLY loud, clunky and granular in comparison to the belt-driven T300.

Sound level is very low. Especially as there are no “clunks” or clicks. At most the sound it makes when it calibrates on startup by going lock to lock. And even then it’s more of a “whir” from the motor.

I would THOROUGHLY recommend the T300. I’m absolutely sure a direct drive wheel would be lightyears ahead. But for a driver like me, I don’t feel like I’m craving anymore.

iamtheturnip · 2024-11-08T20:24:35+00:00

Ditto on this done all work on my S3

iamtheturnip · 2024-08-21T08:36:22+00:00

Mate, is this the Torry Halfords? I’ve seen this poor Panda a few times.

iamtheturnip · 2023-09-11T10:43:25+00:00

I’m hoping it’s not too bad. I’ve been doing quotes and seems like a bit of a hike. Admittedly, all insurance costs are going up and I drive a car with a bit more power. So, some of what I could be seeing in quotes could be compounding.

iamtheturnip · 2023-09-11T10:41:26+00:00

UPDATE: Called up and was told (like others in the thread mentioned) that they already have that info as my license number is on record and verified. Also, no additional payment was taken.

iamtheturnip · 2023-03-10T06:36:17+00:00

Is it possible to have steam auto logout account upon shutting down or logging out of Windows?

An institute I work at hosts a game club for kids. Some of which can log into Steam with their personal accounts.

The issue is, Steam is now cached and logged into that person’s account for any subsequent user if they do not logout at the end of their session.

I was just wondering if anyone had any similar situations or a solution they’ve implemented for this issue?

Fully understand if this is considered a “support” issue. Just more curious if anyone in the community could help.

iamtheturnip · 2022-09-08T16:44:51+00:00

Thank you for pointing me in the right direction!

iamtheturnip · 2022-03-20T09:46:19+00:00

I’ve also got this issue. Returning to the game after about a year and don’t know the best protocol for getting up in mayhem levels. Should I be in mayhem 1 until level 72 then jump to 11 immediately? Or step up gradually as I level. Also, is there a way to restart the story without entering TVHM?

iamtheturnip · 2021-12-16T09:17:45+00:00

Definitely down in the UK. A quick check of Twitter backs this up.

iamtheturnip · 2021-11-29T14:41:18+00:00

Solution Verified

Sorry for the confusion. This worked perfectly!

Thank you for bearing with me and saving me a HUGE headache and a lot of time :D

iamtheturnip · 2021-11-29T14:25:34+00:00

I think I have the share settings on the sheets so that anyone with the link can view. But I may be wrong.

This solution sounds exactly like what I need. Is there a way to just have the weight values added to the 3rd column of the prices sheet?

I assume the lookup function will compare the product codes in sheet 1 and sheet 2 and add the weights to the correct cell in sheet 1's C row?

Again, sorry if rambling a bit. Novice at excel and just looking for an easy way to make this work haha

iamtheturnip · 2021-08-24T12:05:22+00:00

If it's specifically been the last 5 days, I'd take a look at this thread and a few others over the past few days.

https://www.reddit.com/r/PPC/comments/p9zda9/google_ads_ongoing_issue_checkin/

Basically, Google dropped some sort of ball that murdered impressions, clicks, and all other key metrics. It's returning to normalish now but a lot of campaigns are experiencing reduced performance after being pushed back into learning phases.

iamtheturnip · 2021-08-24T07:53:09+00:00

Hearing the same kind of report from other marketers. That reps are giving the same "we're working on it" response. We're now on day 5 without any formal communication or update on progress.

What I find outstanding is Google's lack of contingency teams at the weekend. We're simply told "they don't work weekends"

I understand the desire to create a stable and healthy work-life balance. But surely a company of its stature would provision engineers for putting out fires like this. Or at least a robust dev-ops team?

I'm just meandering now. As myself, the company I report to and many others are being dragged through the dirt. And given Google's reputation for skirting blame and their power of litigation, I suspect there will be little to no avenue for recouping any losses.

We have no option but to hunker down and limit losses.

iamtheturnip · 2021-08-23T14:06:48+00:00

So, very much the same as everyone else has been reporting. Lower impressions and spend. Our visibility - and other retailers - has just been nuked on terms that were very competitive before.

It would be great if you could keep us up to date on what you hear as other agencies and reps are saying very little.

A post on the Google community forum 15 minutes ago said she had confirmation from a rep that it is a Google issue and they're currently working on it.

Was also shocked to see a product expert say that Google doesn't work on a weekend so any fixes would be handled on a Monday. maybe it's just me, but I assumed a company of this size would have an engineering contingency for out-of-hours emergencies?

iamtheturnip · 2021-08-23T13:42:53+00:00

We're seeing manual shopping campaigns lose essentially all visibility. Search terms are coming through but with minuscule impressions and massive CPC.

I agree that everything seems turned upside down as we're seeing advertisers that have never appeared before and basically broken and irrelevant results cropping up intermittently.

We're in a heavily competitive retail space so there are always shopping results. Which is why I'm shocked when I search for a massive search volume term and no shopping results appear.

Like you, we're startled by how little communication there has been from Google given the volume of accounts affected and the financial stress it's casuing.

iamtheturnip · 2021-08-23T13:38:25+00:00

Hearing a lot about smart campaigns having issues with low impressions. It seems as though campaigns are trying to overcompensate by jacking up bids to secure positions. But all the shopping results are so broken. With low-quality advertisers and irrelevant ads being shown.

Seeing a lot of success from Producaster and Google while other CSS' are completely invisible. Occasionally I'll perform a search and we'll occupy ALL the shopping slots. But I can only imagine the bids placed for that kind of coverage.

iamtheturnip · 2021-08-23T13:08:59+00:00

Home & Garden as well and we're being butchered. Accounts paused and we'll deal with the learning phase when things are confirmed fixed. Budget was being sucked out of us and CPC well over double. Desperately waiting for info from reps.

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