All Purpose Rant Away Thread - 3.2.1 GO!

[Tweets77]

@walkonby I have the same problem with our 8 year old rescue. I bought a large Rubbermaid container and cut a hole in it (cat sized) and voila! not more peeing on the floor. It is a relatively cheap experiment and it works for us. Good luck!

Since my cats cannot read or even understand me when I scowl it still needs to be ranted about.
Our elder cat Claudius ( Bless his heart ) is 18 and has periodic episodes of urination that somehow
spray outside of the litter box. He only weighs 7 pounds now and can easily stand dead centre in the
box but no.... he insists on perching on the edge of the box so half the spray hits the rubber mat below.

Normally you'd think that's an easy clean up BUT the mess seeps underneath that mat hitting the plastic
sheet underneath! The top mat looks perfectly dry but the pee soup sits underneath.

It has gotten to the point where I need to sneak up behind him when he comes downstairs to do his business
and physically lift him into the centre of the box. Think of how humiliated he feels when I do that? lol.

o.k. rant over.

OH DEAR LORD!!! Update: As I typed out this rant the little cutie went past me ( undetected ) and did it again!!!
Good thing I have many bottles of spray soapy cleaners and garbage towels to have " His Majesty's " area all pristine
once again. The bright side? I WAS going to run a load of washing tonight anyways ( after 7 p.m. ) so more towels
have been added to the tub.

[walkonby]

@Tweets77 I'm trying to visualize a large Rubbermaid container with a hole in it, but my brain cannot understand how
the cat pees in there? Please don't laugh ...I am OLD! ha ha.
I ordered this ( the extra long version ) and it's arriving today!

https://www.amazon.ca/Cat-Litter-Mat...0DBLJK2B4?th=1

I'll place it long ways directly in front if the 2 litter boxes.
It will sit right on top of the rubber mats that I have there already.
Just hoping if Claudius does his signature " perch and pee " , anything spraying downwards will hit that edged tray.

[Tweets77]

@walkonby, I too use a large shoe mat under the Rubbermaid container cause our cat (Elsa) has very long hair including in between her toes and litter sticks to her feet. I cut the cat sized hole about 3 inches up from the bottom of the container and on one end so that she has room to turn around inside it and do what she needs to. If she pees a little higher in the box, it just ends up on the inside walls not on a floor or wall. It is easy to clean the inside when necessary. Also when the litter needs scooping, I can just lift the lid and I have full access too. Hope this info helps!

PS... I have also heard this method of peeing in cats "elevator butt".

[walkonby]

this is more of a query than a rant. I tried to opt into an AM offer I received through my email.
It was to earn 50 AM when you opt into the Rewarding Your Opinions thing. They offered me 50
AM to opt in and an extra 50 after I complete my first survey.

Problem is when I fill out the info form there is a captcha that I check off to declare I'm not a robot.
It refuses to let me proceed with the opt in because in small print it says " this site is exceeding
recaptcha enterprise free quota "





Whatever the heck that means? i clicked near it and it seems they are asking me to PAY
to use the captcha box....bwahahaha!! Anyone know?

[flemeth]

this is more of a query than a rant. I tried to opt into an AM offer I received through my email.
It was to earn 50 AM when you opt into the Rewarding Your Opinions thing. They offered me 50
AM to opt in and an extra 50 after I complete my first survey.

Problem is when I fill out the info form there is a captcha that I check off to declare I'm not a robot.
It refuses to let me proceed with the opt in because in small print it says " this site is exceeding
recaptcha enterprise free quota "





Whatever the heck that means? i clicked near it and it seems they are asking me to PAY
to use the captcha box....bwahahaha!! Anyone know?

@walkonby just curious where are you getting this from AM or Rewarding your opinion.

I am not able to sign into my RYO account on my mini IPAD anymore not sure why I tried to reset my password and couldn’t do that either no where to insert the code I keep getting . Hoping that a member can have answers for us

[walkonby]

@flemeth the email was from the airmiles reward programme. I'm on hold now ( it's been 12 minutes so far ) with AM customer service to ask why
I'm unable to opt in due to that silly captcha box.

[flemeth]

@flemeth the email was from the airmiles reward programme. I'm on hold now ( it's been 12 minutes so far ) with AM customer service to ask why
I'm unable to opt in due to that silly captcha box.

Thanks please let me know what is there solution . Hoping you don’t have to wait for hours

[bhlombardy]

" this site is exceeding recaptcha enterprise free quota "


Whatever the heck that means? i clicked near it and it seems they are asking me to PAY
to use the captcha box....bwahahaha!! Anyone know?

This is on THEIR end.

(at this risk of a mansplain, it's not intended to be An "enterprise" license for software/service is what the software companies (eg Microsoft, but in this case reCaptcha) issue to other businesses to use their software, typically in an unlimited capacity. In this instance, they (the RYO folks) either aren't paying for the reCaptcha service, or their license expired, or needs a patch, or some such. (I've been in IT for 20 years, this happens) 🙃 Regardless the "why", it's broken.

The message about any "free trial" is usually referring to them using it for test purposes before they commit to a license. It wouldn't (or shouldn't) be seen by the end users.




It has no bearing on you as the user... other than you can't get past it to get to your surveys. But this is on them, not you. You can try and report it to them if you have contact info... but they're probably already aware. You might just have to wait it out.

[walkonby]

yeppers! ^^^ I did email them ( the RYO ) and they're " working " on an answer.

Update: Just now I thought I would try again and lo and behold that captcha warning has been removed from the box!
Great! ( I thought ) , until I entered all the fields and was told that my AM number was already registered!
I guess this means I'm not qualified to get this bonus offer as it says for new sign ins only?
Funny I don't recall being a part of this site but cannot argue with them.
I then did try to login but of course what the heck would my password have been? So I hit forgot mine and they said they
would send me a code to login and change my password..

Oh brother! It never came. I hit " resend the code " 2 more times and still nothing! What a waste of my time. ha ha

[flemeth]

yeppers! ^^^ I did email them ( the RYO ) and they're " working " on an answer.

Update: Just now I thought I would try again and lo and behold that captcha warning has been removed from the box!
Great! ( I thought ) , until I entered all the fields and was told that my AM number was already registered!
I guess this means I'm not qualified to get this bonus offer as it says for new sign ins only?
Funny I don't recall being a part of this site but cannot argue with them.
I then did try to login but of course what the heck would my password have been? So I hit forgot mine and they said they
would send me a code to login and change my password..

Oh brother! It never came. I hit " resend the code " 2 more times and still nothing! What a waste of my time. ha ha

@walkonby . I have been trying to change my password for days I am getting the code but there is no place for me to put the code. I did contact them and was asked to send a screenshot which I did so waiting on answers.

No you would not get the Bonus.

[walkonby]

I had DH take me to Freshco yesterday. Just saw on my receipt I was not given the 400 Scene points for each $40.00 spend?
That offer was splashed across the front of the flyer. Also never got the 80 points on a personal raspberry offer. Grrrr!



CS phone only open M-F , 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. I had to make a small note to remind myself to call on Monday.

[coupon girl]

Walkonby i am so tired of missing points from scene.I missed 60 points last week ,then called on the thursday .The customer service rep said i needed to show a screen shot ,i told her the offers ended the day before .Next time i need to see it.Honestly for 60 points !!

[walkonby]

Walkonby i am so tired of missing points from scene.I missed 60 points last week ,then called on the thursday .The customer service rep said i needed to show a screen shot ,i told her the offers ended the day before .Next time i need to see it.Honestly for 60 points !!

yep!! @coupon girl I've become wise to THAT response about showing them proof that you HAD the offer.
What I do is if I see the points were not given on my receipt I go right back into my offers to double check
that it matched word for word and I had it loaded. Then I take a screenshot of it and place it in my desktop.
I've attached many a screenshot to emails when they challenge my claim. It does work BUT ....OMG!
Just give us the points in the first place right? DH has no idea the lengths I go through to get missing points
from offers. Not just Scene, but Moi, and Optimum too.

[flemeth]

Walkonby i am so tired of missing points from scene.I missed 60 points last week ,then called on the thursday .The customer service rep said i needed to show a screen shot ,i told her the offers ended the day before .Next time i need to see it.Honestly for 60 points !!

@coupon girl are you using the App if so you can see expired offers it has the date of the offers also .

I am not a fan of scene when you have to chase points too many hoops to jump over

[2shopmom]

Same here. I often wonder why they have the offer but don't follow through on awarding the points. PC is terrible for this. It takes so long to get, 500 points - that's 50 cents - why bother...I've switched to different stores lately to avoid the hassle.

yep!! @coupon girl I've become wise to THAT response about showing them proof that you HAD the offer.
What I do is if I see the points were not given on my receipt I go right back into my offers to double check
that it matched word for word and I had it loaded. Then I take a screenshot of it and place it in my desktop.
I've attached many a screenshot to emails when they challenge my claim. It does work BUT ....OMG!
Just give us the points in the first place right? DH has no idea the lengths I go through to get missing points
from offers. Not just Scene, but Moi, and Optimum too.