{"id":566,"date":"2012-04-05T21:33:11","date_gmt":"2012-04-05T21:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=566"},"modified":"2012-06-01T17:51:31","modified_gmt":"2012-06-01T17:51:31","slug":"bldy-computers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2012\/04\/bldy-computers\/","title":{"rendered":"Bl**dy computers …"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It’s 10:30pm, I’ve been in France all day, then I come home to find that that, out of nowhere, our shopping cart has developed problems overnight. Without any changes from me, it’s stopped calculating shipping costs properly and instead has started charging a flat \u00a32 for shipping, regardless of where you are or what you have ordered. Orders dated 4th April are fine, it’s all worked out correctly. Orders today have incorrect shipping rates. I’ve been slogging away at it since I came home, but I’m knackered now and I’ve been unable to fix it, so until I can (or it miraculously fixes itself – just like it miraculously broke) we’ll have to send manual invoices to correct the shipping costs – or, if your order is small, we’ll refund the difference. Hopefully this will only be a very temporary problem. I hate computers sometimes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s 10:30pm, I’ve been in France all day, then I come home to find that that, out of nowhere, our shopping cart has developed problems overnight. 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