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Woody, I had zero (not even sore arm) side effects with Pfizer. I did have tinnitus after AZ first jab and it lasted several weeks. I just googled this:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/regulatory-approval-of-covid-19-vaccine-astrazeneca/information-for-uk-recipients-on-covid-19-vaccine-astrazeneca
The following side effects may occur with COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca:

In clinical trials there were very rare reports of events associated with inflammation of the nervous system, which may cause numbness, pins and needles, and/or loss of feeling. However, it is not confirmed whether these events were due to the vaccine.

You’re right wyn. I posted some accurate info last night, on France, only to be accused of spreading falsehoods by speranza who then posted the same info in a different link. He got numerous Recs. You might have read the exchange. People there only believe info that agrees with their view and others are persecuted.
Thank goodness it’s just one board that’s like that (chalk and cheese with Eve board!)

Speranza, how was my description a falsehood when it agrees exactly with what your own link describes?
This is from your own link:
‘ Tests will remain free for:

Anyone who is fully vaccinated against Covid
Anyone who has a medical prescription or has been signalled as a Covid contact case by Assurance maladie
Under 18s (or school pupils)
Anyone with a certificate saying they are exempt from Covid vaccinations
Anyone who requires a Covid test prior to a medical operation’.

And presumably more and more people in France are becoming fully vaccinated.

If people do their research they will find that my comments were well informed even if they get zero recs.

France is registering an overwhelming number of Covid tests as people prepare to spend Christmas Eve with family in the midst of a fifth Covid wave. Pharmacies are running low on self-tests, which some say shows a lack of foresight by the government.

Ahead of Christmas Eve, the most important family holiday in France, people are queuing up at pharmacies and laboratories to get tested in record numbers.

Covid tests are covered by the Social security system for those who are vaccinated. Unvaccinated people pay 22 euros for an antigen test or 44 euros for a PCR.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.rfi.fr/en/france/20211223-french-rush-on-covid-tests-ahead-of-family-christmas-celebrations

(Dear reader, would you believe a French Parisian or U.K. national on the actual position in France?)

The Gendarmerie in the form of 2 uniformed Gendarmes paid us a visit today to verify that we are self isolating after arriving yesterday. They were easily satisfied after mother-in-law told them I was in the garden cutting wood, and quickly departed. We’re in a fairly small village and they must have come a decent way; obviously nothing much more important for them to do on Boxing Day.

Anyway, according to 40 yr ish brother-in-law, French people are not really buying LFDs with their own cash. If they do have to buy a test the price is around €3. He says a few of his friends did buy tests just before Xmas as all the free testing slots had gone and they wanted to be safe visiting family during the hols. Generally, people just book a slot if they want a test or negative certificate and slots are almost always easy to get. They are professionally administered LFTs.

Maybe this is nothing new to people on the BB but I found it interesting. It seems to me that the main chance for Avacta is to sell to the French government for use in these free test situations. There might not be much of a market for tests direct to private citizens.

Yanis, Dontgive, Wyn, CI, and others, we'll get there in the end! All the best,

Just visited eve at Argos and a flag came up to say they'd sold 5 of these in the last 24 hrs, which could represent a good number over a full year.

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/2017242?istCompanyId=a74d8886-5df9-4baa-b776-166b3bf9111c&istFeedId=30f62ea9-9626-4cac-97c8-9ff3921f8558&istItemId=ixltwxiqm&istBid=t&&cmpid=GS001&_$ja=tsid:59157%7Cacid:844-913-7556%7Ccid:9567867244%7Cagid:99275633678%7Ctid:pla-889581826546%7Ccrid:423233945011%7Cnw:g%7Crnd:256135002085192169%7Cdvc:c%7Cadp:%7Cmt:%7Cloc:9045935&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=9567867244&utm_term=2017242&utm_content=shopping&utm_custom1=99275633678&utm_custom2=844-913-7556&GPDP=true&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI7db9zMH89AIVwoBQBh0SoABCEAQYAyABEgIhN_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Happy Xmas to you all too! Have a holiday week.

Defo not for me Wyn! Don't even know what they are asking of the candidates for most of the time!

Agree that it'd be great if things really happen at eve (and elsewhere!) in the coming year!

https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/crm-manager-at-eve-sleep-2849225736/?originalSubdomain=uk

'what we will love about you'
....
'Experience of working within a very fast-paced team in a similar sized or fast-growth environment'

Apparently – and there's a link in the previous page – his most famous work is this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odCBml5TuNI&t=6s
Made me laugh and hadn't seen it before.

Taylor remained at the top of his profession until his passing. His recent work included Formula E’s “Street level” (2018) and Eve Sleep’s “Switch off” (2020).

https://www.campaignlive.com/article/tributes-paid-top-advertising-producer-anthony-taylor-dies/1736361

"Reply from eve sleep
11 hours ago
'I'm so sorry this has been your experience. The best way to get to us is with either our contact us form, or with live chat. However, we are very stretched at the moment, thanks to COVID taking out a number of our team as we head into the holiday season leaving us very short staffed. '"

I'm currently ringing my local branch of JD Sports after an issue with a gift card. I have called twice this morning until being disconnected and that's after 6 unanswered calls, and one answered call, yesterday afternoon.

Having a phone number is little use if people are too busy to answer. I won't give them a bad rating though as it's not their fault the gift card was stolen in the Royal Mail system.

Third call (while typing) just disconnected.

I'm not sure what his complaint is..''I would have asked for the £40 for taking away the old mattress to be refunded, but guess what, there is no number to ring.'

The couriers didn't take away his old mattress when he'd paid? In that case I'm sure he'll use the online form and get a refund. If he got an hour's notice and that was completely out of the blue then it's another DX issue, which is indeed a problem. But having a phone number at eve to call would not actually have helped very much under the circs. He would have got a helpful eve person, after a short wait, or even a long wait, who was unable to change the situation.

I would have spent the hour stripping the old bed and getting the mattress near the door for collection. Maybe I'm too flexible!

We have more TP reviews for 2021 than for 2020 and they said they could've posted a profit in 2020 had they wanted to.

Thanks for your earlier comments all.

Wyn, I know you believe the sp says almost everything about a company's prospects. Is there a chance the market currently doesn't give full credit to eve? There could be deals in the background but we see the trades and the sp generally follows. But on the CBD spike day the market definitely got things wrong for a few hours (we didn't really even know what had caused the spike when it happened) and perhaps the same is happening in reverse now, based on eve historically performing badly / losing money. Even the most optimistic here know that it's going to be a few months before consistent profit and some will doubt it's coming due to changing circumstances. The recent TU did give confidence that things are indeed on track though.

Last December 3 (2020) they announced the day of the final January figures and between Dec 3 and the release date of the figures in Jan the sp rose around 1p.

This time they didn't provide a specific date but when they do I'd imagine the s will boost (+1p between now and January would be a good start).

There are not that many shares; illiquid company etc., sp moves a lot on a few deals. The buy price is still around the same price as the last time I bought and that was a while before the recent TU.

I think CC has referred to times she's contacted customers directly, it is part of the CEO's role. I've heard her talking of ringing customers directly. The CEO is the last stop for disgruntled customers. It's why the school headmaster can often be seen on the gate at going-home time.

But to have designers or computer networking people answering the phones? I think you need people to stick to what they do best or there'll be more reviews saying the person answering the phone was clueless. and the networking will suffer, along with the copywriting and design.
Paying a networking person £40K and then getting them to do a £25K job?

Don't give, it'd be great to have people on the phones, and you'd need several as everyone would call rather than use the online form, even for the simplest queries. (I personally did find the online form worked fine.) So once you have several people that's several more salaries that need to be paid at.. £25k per year?

A couple of days ago you suggested they need fewer people so as to get into profit sooner and boost the sp. I understand where you're coming from and I'm sure CC grapples with the same questions daily. It illustrates the difficulty. However, I am happy to let CC make the decisions as she's done pretty well so far.

SP today: Strange to be in the red today after a big buy. I know things happen in the background but surely no bigger sells than the 'buy'.

My 'watchlist' on HL is empty. Won't remember them all if they don't reappear.