From my recent problem with a wireless phone compnay I found humor in the BBB complaints page.
I guess they have a lot of problems with vehicles (expected), “cell phone or wireless carrier” (unexpected), and then ‘everything else’.
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Another weird SVN error. I keep telling myself I need to re-checkout a clean version of the svn repository, or better yet export to code, or even better use git.
Regardless I found an obscure post with the solution. I had the problem again, couldn’t find the post so here we go again. May need sudo privileges
I’ve replaced directory path with {folder root} for generic purposes.
Error
$ svn commit -m "testing commit"
svn: Commit failed (details follow):
svn: Can't move '{folder root}/.svn/tmp/entries' to '{folder root}/.svn/entries': Operation not permitted
Solution
$ chflags -R nouchg ./
What does this magic do? This changes the immutable flag on the file that allows for editing of the hidden files. The commit should now work.
Unknown is how changing an immutable flag affects the windows system it runs on. I am using terminal to access a samba mounted drive on /Volumes.
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Disclaimer
This has zero to do with programming, but my own story of how restocking fee is not a penalty when returning a device.
To be fair upfront, this was my own fault because I trusted a representative of Verizon over reading all the fine print.
Story
I wanted a new phone, was too lazy to go to a store and try them so I bought one online. Before I did this I did a ‘chat online with a representative’ to get the warm and fuzzy.
They told me ‘no problem’ if you don’t like your phone you can return it. Long story short, I didn’t like the phone and went to return it but was told there was a $35 restocking fee.
I know, didn’t you read anything? It is posted many places that I didn’t look, that there is a $35 restocking fee.
So I railed against Verizon reps and got these two responses from two different reps:
Rep 1
Rep 2
My phone conversations went no where.
Resolution
I filled a complaint with the BBB and within 24 hours a Verizon Wireless corporate individual contacted me and assured me that it wasn’t misleading and that they would refund the restocking fee so I could get a new phone.
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