As this is for random questions, here's one... I've suddenly started getting messages on here asking for money to support the space. Is this a scam?
I've received a DM too. The person it is from only joined the site a couple of weeks ago. Seems dodgy to me.As this is for random questions, here's one... I've suddenly started getting messages on here asking for money to support the space. Is this a scam?
Thanks, that's what I wondered. After all, it's just a few opinions so why the need for money?I've received a DM too. The person it is from only joined the site a couple of weeks ago. Seems dodgy to me.
That’s why I decided to wait awhile to suss out this support scheme which if kosher I would willingly support as I really enjoy the site.
I have a fan assisted oven so I treat the air fryer as a more intense version of thatI don't possess a microwave. 50 minutes in the air fryer at 200, or 20 mins in my oven at 200, and then turned down to 170 for 45 mins - 1 hr.
Yes it was my optician in Specsavers who told me. I get thick frames to accommodate my lenses. The Tommy Hilfiger prescription sunglasses that I wanted to replace had just been discontinued and he said they had their own unbranded sunglasses frames that were made in the same place but were a lot cheaper, they looked identical.Exactly right. A mate of mine worked at an opticians over summer vacation from university. He said almost every designer pair was made by ‘Luxottica’, an Italian firm, now joined with the eye care group Essilor.
So Ralph Lauren, Ray-Ban, Oakley, Vogue Eyewear, Giorgio Armani, Brunello Cucinelli, Burberry, Chanel, Coach, Dolce&Gabbana, Ferrari, Michael Kors, Prada, Starck Biotech Paris, Swarovski, Tiffany & Co., Tory Burch and Versace.
All are really Luxottica.
Mind, he also said that the opticians paid between £3 and £20 for them, selling them on at between £50 and £150! That’s why they can afford to do small repairs for free. Supposedly the prescription frames are similar - with most designer pairs also coming from there.
Designer watches are similar, of course - just look at what the Fossil group makes!
It does cost money to host a site and register a domain every year, we're not talking a lot but it depends on what else is involved. But at the moment I don't trust random emails. If there was a post on the main site or somewhere legitimate I might believe itThanks, that's what I wondered. After all, it's just a few opinions so why the need for money?
I didn't get an email, I saw an invitation on the main site after I saw that the Duke had joined. It was only a few days ago.It does cost money to host a site and register a domain every year, we're not talking a lot but it depends on what else is involved. But at the moment I don't trust random emails. If there was a post on the main site or somewhere legitimate I might believe it
I treated it as spam. I hadn't realised that was what the banner meant. I usually sign up to people's patreons. I got a couple of begging DMs on here, didn't believe they were realI don’t know what others think, but personally I would prefer not to have the banner next to my name on here. I suppose in a sense, it has encouraged, or does encourage, other people to sign up, and I assume that’s why they do it. But I would’ve preferred to have donated anonymously, as it were, and not to have it emblazoned next to my username that I’m doing so