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Recently I bought a new Canon Ixus 970 compact camera from Amazon when my old Ixus 900 went missing.

It is a great camera and has helped me take some photos that I am really proud of like this one from last weekends 40 mile charity cycle ride in the Cotswolds.

I looked at the camera again on Amazon today and the price had dropped by £22.13 so I emailed them and they replied within the hour that they would refund the difference. How cool is that?

This is what they said:

The discounts we offer for items on our website do vary from time to time. I’ve checked your order #026-3229170-8980331 and found that we now offer a greater discount on “Canon Digital IXUS 970 IS Compact Camera (10.0 MP, 5x Optical Zoom) 2.5″ High Resolution PureColor LCD II” than at the time you placed your order.

We are happy to refund the price difference in cases where less than thirty days have passed between the date on which an order was dispatched and the time that an item is reduced in price on our site. Therefore I have requested a refund of 22.13 GBP to your payment card. This amount reflects the difference between the price you were charged and the current discounted price. The refund should appear as a credit on your next bank statement.

Here are the steps you need to take to get a refund from Amazon in future

1. Any time you buy anything from Amazon (but not the sellers that trade on their site) make a note in your diary for 29 days later to check the price hasn’t changed.
2. If the price has changed contact them on this form telling them that the price has changed.
3. Wait for refund and spend on more stuff from Amazon
4. Go to step 1.

Happy shopping!

The participants were myself, Bundy, Laura and Grant on team Kiwi. Rachel was team Wallaby, Masha team Anti-Democracy and Karim and Alexia were team Baguette.

Respect to the people who did it with little or no preparation. Masha didn’t get her bike until the day before the ride and Karim and Alexia were “not told” that the ride would be 40 miles long and very hilly. As Alexia put it “Amongst our French friends we are considered the fit ones. But when we go out with you Kiwis …”

Recently I stumbled on this site photopreneur that offers all sorts of advice about professional photography. A day later I got another request for one of my photos on flickr and I asked for some money (normally I just give them away).

Well I have just sold this photo for £30 a copy of the book my picture will appear in and a credit for the photograph.

I think that officially makes me a professional photographer, although I will not be giving up the day job just yet.

Rachel and I went to Tuscany for the weekend to see her Australian family.

We helped hold up the famous leaning Tower of Pisa.

We visited beautiful San Gimignano.

Rachel and I had a packed bank holiday weekend.

On the Saturday we rode along the Regents Canal to the London river boat festival.

On Sunday we spent 8 hours on England’s wonderful railway service (making a journey that should have been 3 hours) to Monkey World in Dorset. Monkey World is sanctuary for monkeys that are saved from all over the planet. Some were kept in research labs for in one meter cages by themselves for year after for year. Others were pets that got too big to be pets any more.

Finally on the Monday off work we took our bike out to the country and covered them in mud. My bike the Canondale “Road Warrior” did okay in the muddy conditions despite it’s skinny road wheels.

Half way through the day the front tire split and I got two consecutive punctures which I fixed while everyone else was enjoying their lunches.

All in all a packed and fun May bank holiday weekend in England :)

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The previous owners of “May Day” the communists and other hard core lefties had a march outside my offices in Holborn London in protest.