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Of course, please click anything that looks cool to you. I'm fairly certain that Google ads are not malicious viruses waiting to eat the cruddy old PCs that most of you are probably using or even the nice new PCs that a few of you might be using (and especially probably not the delightful Macs that a very, very few of you might be using).
Next post will probably be something cool about visa application to the UK, or maybe the conclusion of the in-the-States portion of my housing tale.
Happy Wednesday! (unlikely)
Wednesday, 25 May 2011
Monday, 23 May 2011
Housing Confirmed: The Saga of the Impassable Paywall
The issue with my double entry was a non-issue, thankfully. My housing contract was offered to me, and I was all ready to accept. But new issues soon cropped up.
Yay! Room 4B in Flat 1, Block 1 of Clanny house has been reserved for me!
That doesn't apply to me, I'm ISEP. Pwned.
Yep, yep. Click to agree, then... Accept offer!
Whoah, whoah. No. I'm ISEP, so I don't have to pay! I emailed Sue Jackson and everything, and the University of Sunderland's Institutional Information Sheet for ISEP says that I don't have to pay booking fees.
I clicked the "Next" button and was greeted by a credit card information entry page (a paywall: I had to submit my payment information before I would be allowed to continue).
After gasping in panic and griping about the stupid automated paywalls, I emailed the "Send queries to" email, which never replies, and then forwarded my correspondence with Sue Jackson to Nicola Jackson, the ISEP person at Sunderland. Her official title is actually "International Development Officer", but whatever.
I think it was probably helpful of me to include my "Accommodation Application Reference Number", my student number, and the "Booking Reference Number" in my emails, because no one emailed me back about needing them, and the whole thing was taken care of while I was sleeping. All I had to do was email Denise from Residential Services that I confirm all the stuff that I would have happily confirmed had the site let me.
However, by the time I woke up to email anyone, it was already after 19:00 in England, so I'll have to wait until tomorrow to see how this turns out.
That doesn't apply to me, I'm ISEP. Pwned.
Non-refundable booking fee? Whatever. I'm ISEP.
Er... Sure. I guess I can click that... since I have to click something.
I clicked the "Next" button and was greeted by a credit card information entry page (a paywall: I had to submit my payment information before I would be allowed to continue).
After gasping in panic and griping about the stupid automated paywalls, I emailed the "Send queries to" email, which never replies, and then forwarded my correspondence with Sue Jackson to Nicola Jackson, the ISEP person at Sunderland. Her official title is actually "International Development Officer", but whatever.
I think it was probably helpful of me to include my "Accommodation Application Reference Number", my student number, and the "Booking Reference Number" in my emails, because no one emailed me back about needing them, and the whole thing was taken care of while I was sleeping. All I had to do was email Denise from Residential Services that I confirm all the stuff that I would have happily confirmed had the site let me.
However, by the time I woke up to email anyone, it was already after 19:00 in England, so I'll have to wait until tomorrow to see how this turns out.
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