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Post by batchoy on Feb 1, 2014 20:15:25 GMT
Funding Circle Invitation for User Testing ......
This will involve a 1 hour user-testing ... They've obviously come to the conclusion that its not their software and hardware that is causing all the issues its the users.
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Post by valerieb on Feb 1, 2014 23:13:33 GMT
I was set free! Possibly brainwashed but I do remember struggling through piles of cable to escape the hordes of zombie loans that had caught the scent of coins desperately seeking a good return. No signs of having been bitten but I think I'll pop over to Assetz to recuperate. Many thanks to my intrepid would-be rescuers!
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Post by bracknellboy on Feb 1, 2014 23:19:03 GMT
Good to see you back. Hopefully no lasting damage done. This thread though has a gone a tad surreal during your absence.
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Post by yorkshireman on Feb 3, 2014 12:28:29 GMT
Funding Circle Invitation for User Testing ......
This will involve a 1 hour user-testing ... They've obviously come to the conclusion that its not their software and hardware that is causing all the issues its the users. Things are worse than ever today. Calculating incorrectly when you put loan parts up for sale and then duplicating these parts with the result that instead of 12 parts for sale I had 24 which is fine if it works but b****y useless otherwise. Spoke with FC and as usual no one aware of such problems, next step perhaps would be highlighting to the press how inept a firm handling taxpayer’s money is. Absolutely useless! Rant over but I’m angered by this incompetence and FC’s seeming inability to sort things. 
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Post by davee39 on Feb 3, 2014 12:41:35 GMT
The current site will not stand up before the regulator.
E.G. I have invested in 14 loans (13 loan parts) - How do they manage that
Today's bidding frenzy on a good looking boat builder where the bids appeared to increase. not reduce at the acceptance threshold, even after pressing <F5> continuously. If the site cannot cope (with the bots?) they need to introduce a delay between successive bids from the same ID.
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Post by jimbo on Feb 3, 2014 12:55:06 GMT
The current site will not stand up before the regulator. E.G. I have invested in 14 loans (13 loan parts) - How do they manage that Today's bidding frenzy on a good looking boat builder where the bids appeared to increase. not reduce at the acceptance threshold, even after pressing <F5> continuously. If the site cannot cope (with the bots?) they need to introduce a delay between successive bids from the same ID. They are supposed to be enforcing that on the (as yet) unreleased API. It certainly wouldn't hurt to enforce it in the current system. It wouldn't be rocket science to do...
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Post by batchoy on Feb 3, 2014 12:55:29 GMT
They've obviously come to the conclusion that its not their software and hardware that is causing all the issues its the users. Things are worse than ever today. Calculating incorrectly when you put loan parts up for sale and then duplicating these parts with the result that instead of 12 parts for sale I had 24 which is fine if it works but b****y useless otherwise. Spoke with FC and as usual no one aware of such problems, next step perhaps would be highlighting to the press how inept a firm handling taxpayer’s money is. Absolutely useless! Rant over but I’m angered by this incompetence and FC’s seeming inability to sort things. I did when this glowing article appeared on the BBC website ( www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25911784). An email went to the BBC for the attention of the journalist concerned pointing out that FC were probably a lot worse than LLoyds when it came to the frequency of IT related issues and in that way they handled them, and that he aught to spend some time doing some investigative work rather than reporting what FC were telling him.
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Post by batchoy on Feb 4, 2014 16:31:56 GMT
I see from their Facebook recent posting that FC are investing in a advertising campaign on the tube from the 10th Feb. Maybe the funds could have been better spent elsewhere or are they getting worried about those of use who a busy running down our portfolios.
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Post by GSV3MIaC on Feb 4, 2014 22:30:31 GMT
Loan requests are running ahead of cash supply again (maybe because of you runners away?) .. hence the £80 cashback offer for hooking some new investors I guess. There are a whole pile of loans not yet funded with only 1-2 days to go.
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Post by bracknellboy on Feb 4, 2014 22:31:31 GMT
Loan requests are running ahead of cash supply again (maybe because of you runners away?) .. hence the £80 cashback offer for hooking some new investors I guess. There are a whole pile of loans not yet funded with only 1-2 days to go. Any from the Telly Co. ?
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Post by GSV3MIaC on Feb 5, 2014 8:49:12 GMT
Nope, I don't think so ... a) they are late paying the last one and b) they've finally been rumbled. No more dodgy A+ for them. 8>.
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Post by merlin on Feb 5, 2014 9:57:30 GMT
Loan requests are running ahead of cash supply again (maybe because of you runners away?) .. hence the £80 cashback offer for hooking some new investors I guess. There are a whole pile of loans not yet funded with only 1-2 days to go. I think there are probably many reasons for funds apparently drying up. These include: FC's rush to get 100+ loans running at the same time. Competition coming more into the open and offering better deals with less risk. Punters at last doing a reality check and wising up to things like defaults, tax and other nasty factors that can reduce an apparent high return to ashes in no time flat. All these factors and many more besides will be taking their toll not forgetting the apparent arrogance that still seems to pervade the whole of FC's communications with punters.
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Post by blender on Feb 5, 2014 10:38:03 GMT
It was a really daft time of the year to go for the 100 loans listed, especially with HMG money running out.
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Post by oldgrumpy on Feb 5, 2014 12:04:03 GMT
Bidding has been useless this morning. Three times I "apparently" had plenty of bids live, I found at the end that I hadn't any. Guitar Man, Supermarket and now 4807 W-Capital!! On the last one the website must have been showing well over £20,000 behind the actuality, because I had bids in at 11.2% and 11.1% at auction end, but the result was zilch - top bid 11.0%.  Not good enough FC!! |
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Post by oldgrumpy on Feb 5, 2014 12:19:49 GMT
Bidding has been useless this morning. Three times I "apparently" had plenty of bids live, I found at the end that I hadn't any. Guitar Man, Supermarket and now 4807 W-Capital!! On the last one the website must have been showing well over £20,000 behind the actuality, because I had bids in at 11.2% and 11.1% at auction end, but the result was zilch - top bid 11.0%. Not good enough FC!! I refresh the page at least once a minute in the final trows, especially at about 40 seconds to go, supermarket av 11.8%, w capital av 11% I'll let you have a couple on the 2ndary, might be a small mark up though  I'll pass on them, thanks - plenty of big loans coming up to on which to spread my "redistribution" pennies! I thought the "my live bids" figure kept up, but obviously not!! (The beta "live summary" should be withdrawn).
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Not good enough FC!!
