alan_m <
ju...@admac.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
> On 19/02/2024 18:39, Tim+ wrote:
>> alan_m <
ju...@admac.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>> I ordered something from Ikea and decided to use click and collect.
>>>
>>> They sent a text to say that my order was ready. The text also said that
>>> they had sent an email but as the email goes to my laptop rather than my
>>> phone I didn't have access to that.
>>>
>>> The idea is that when you turn up at the click and collect you don't get
>>> to speak with anyone. You stay in the car, fill in the form that is
>>> linked in the email and someone will bring te goods to the car.
>>>
>>> First problem I don't have the email. Fortunately the instructions are
>>> written on the side of the click and collect building with a QR code
>>> that has to be scanned with a link to launch a web page (on the phone).
>>
>> I’m confused. You have web access on your phone but no email access?
>>
>
> I can send emails on the phone and have a gmail email set-up on the
> phone but elect to only have email client for all my private emails
> set-up on my laptop. I do not use web interfaces for email. I prefer to
> keep all my emails in one place.
Struggling with this. I don’t “keep” my emails anywhere. I just access them
with which device I have to hand whether that be Android phone, iPad or pc.
Now back in the dark ages of POP only access where I might have downloaded
them to a device and deleted them from the server but since the invention
of IMAP access I ditched that approach. I assume most folk do similarly.
>
> In this case I was already travelling when I got the text on my phone.
> The email would only have been picked up by my laptop when I next logged
> on, at home.
Or accessible on your smart phone at any time…
>
> When ordering Ikea only mentioned sending a text message when the order
> was ready, nothing about an associated email.
Admittedly if email information was required for making the pick-up they
should have explicitly said so.