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BlueBelle Thu 20-Aug-20 16:44:04

Does anyone else ever have password trouble that ISNT their fault Every time I try to do anything with EON it tells me I have the wrong password although I ve got it written down in front of me It happened again today so after a number of attempts I gave in and signed to change my password Got the email back so off I go Write in a totally different one with all the necessary capitals and numbers etc you have to do it twice then press go message comes up “your second password is different to the first” I check oh no it’s not so I do it again and again and again ten times and it still tells me I ve not written them the same but I HAVE
I ve changed password three times now and it’s the same message every time I really am not stupid I promise I have put the SAME password in twice
Uggggggg save me from myself

sparklingsilver28 Sat 22-Aug-20 15:16:04

Please to know I'm not the only one having trouble with
b----y passwords. Find one you can remember and told has to include nothing you will! Seacliff yours is a beauty - will I remember it another issue!!

sodapop Sat 22-Aug-20 15:30:31

grin grin seacliff and Oopsadaisy that was so funny, why such seemingly simple things can be so frustrating.

Ilovecheese Sat 22-Aug-20 15:38:35

Our leisure centre send me emails. When I tried to log on to their site using my email address (the one they send emails to) the message came back "this is not valid email address"

Shizam Sat 22-Aug-20 17:22:05

I find the gov.uk forums particularly password incompetent. I’m guessing it’s intentional. Couldn’t possibly be their incompetence....

GreenGran78 Sat 22-Aug-20 17:22:41

I have had trouble with my internet banking for months. Sometimes it let me in without a problem. Other times it would tell me that my number was wrong, and a strange one would pop up above it.......never the same one. I queued for ages on the phone to speak to a person who could, allegedly, help me. She was completely bemused when I explained the problem. She suggested that she closed my internet banking account, and then I should register with a new one. That would definitely solve the problem, she said. It didn’t. The same thing happened again.
I went into my local branch, but couldn’t speak to an advisor because of Covid. The cashier was also bemused, and could offer no advice, so I told her to close my internet banking account, again, and arrange for paper statements. Two months later, I was thinking of having another try, when I read that T** customers are again having problems with their internet banking.
Having to go into the branch again, to do a manual transaction the cashier admitted that they were again having problems, but suggested signing up for internet banking yet again, and seeing what happens. I told her that if it fails again I am going to change to a different bank. I haven’t yet plucked up courage to log in again, but I have the feeling that it still won’t work, when I do.
It was much easier in the days when we all had a Bank book, and paid our bills manually....I think!!

jacig Sat 22-Aug-20 17:47:52

If the site I'm setting up ues biometric passwords I use my fingerprint, I would dare anyone to say wrong password to that.

MissAdventure Sat 22-Aug-20 17:51:05

This is why I avoid unnecessary online things, if I can.
I find it incredibly stressful and time wasting when I things go wrong.

LynneH Sat 22-Aug-20 17:57:57

My husband had this problem often at work, and once typed in Whatthef***isanacceptablepasswordthen?” Apparently, that was acceptable ?, and he was stuck with that for some time

ThornsdaleJude Sat 22-Aug-20 23:31:08

Another RoboForm user here. I only have to remember one password. It’ll generate secure new passwords for you as you need them and has never let me down in all the years I’ve used it.

grant1 Sun 23-Aug-20 03:06:17

Oopsadaisy4 grin, grin,grin We can all relate to that!! lol

BelindaB Mon 24-Aug-20 15:15:39

When this happens - and I am positive it is not my fault - I telephone the company, ask for customer services and absolutely BLOW MY TOP!

It's amazing how rapidly they get it sorted out and also, how often they tell me that "we've been having problems with the website..."

Franbern Mon 24-Aug-20 16:45:22

I had a real problem with the local council. When I first moved here, I informed them and asked for my community charge account so I could pay it. In duke course they sent me a paper copy and on the back it told me to set up an on-line account, the only way I would be able to access any Council services in the future,. So, I did just that - then realised they had the incorrect number of of my flat on that paper account, which I noticed with the on-line account.

Informed them by phone immediately, and a new paper bill was sent with the correct address. However, could not get that on my laptop - only the incorrect one - and when I tried, repeatedly, to re-set up my account, all I kept receiving was a message saying they already had an account for the email address!!. Yes, I know - but it was an incorrect account - their mistake.
Had to eventually make an appointment and go to see someone to get this sorted out.

Dinahmo Mon 24-Aug-20 21:21:09

My OH has had the same problem with his HSBC credit card and has been persuaded at long last to switch to my credit card which works so much better.

Mistyfluff8 Fri 28-Aug-20 20:17:00

I had major problems with EON never could log in to my account and in the end gave up and did it over the phone .Worst energy supplier I ever used and now left had enough