topic Re: Referral code question in Get Support

Referral code question

HALIMACS — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 17:50:04 GMT

My referral code has either the number zero or a capital letter O. How can I be sure which one it is?

Re: Referral code question

ShawnC13 — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 02:04:14 GMT

@HALIMACS wrote:
My referral code has either the number zero or a capital letter O. How can I be sure which one it is?

When it is listed is it more round like an O or oval like a 0?

Re: Referral code question

HALIMACS — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 02:08:16 GMT

It's difficult to tell. I'll copy that digit here maybe you can weigh in.

This is the copied item:

Re: Referral code question

ShawnC13 — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 02:09:23 GMT

@HALIMACS wrote:
It's difficult to tell. I'll copy that digit here maybe you can weigh in.
This is the copied item:
O

I would say that is the letter O not a 0

Re: Referral code question

dabr — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 02:44:25 GMT

@HALIMACS wrote:
It's difficult to tell. I'll copy that digit here maybe you can weigh in.
This is the copied item:
O

That looks like the letter O to me. It's probably best to copy or use the link when using your referral code. Quite a few users have the same problem with a few letters/digits in the referral code.

Re: Referral code question

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 02:11:43 GMT

@HALIMACS wrote:
It's difficult to tell. I'll copy that digit here maybe you can weigh in.
This is the copied item:
O

Looks like an oh to me.

Try a different font.

O0 - Courier New

O0 - arial

O0 - Times New Roman

The O is rounder as mentioned.

Re: Referral code question

AE_Collector — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 02:37:51 GMT

Another frustration around here. Not sure what they were thinking when they didn’t remove certain letters and numbers from the inventory before assigning these new codes are year or more ago. Mine is ALL Letters except a 4 in the fifth position. All fine except the sixt position has a O making it look far more like the six position code ends with the number 40 ... for example ABCD4O. I have to say “ABCD4 Oh, letter Oh not zero at the end”.

AE_Collector

Re: Referral code question

HALIMACS — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 02:43:08 GMT

I hear ya. Too bad zero isn't displayed as a slashed zero to distinguish it from the letter O.

Re: Referral code question

darlicious — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 02:51:18 GMT

@AE_Collector

I was feeling bad for my friend with two "O's" two zeroes and a Q but now that i think about it having a side by side comparison is better than having a single zero or "O".

Re: Referral code question

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 03:02:58 GMT

@HALIMACS wrote:
I hear ya. Too bad zero isn't displayed as a slashed zero to distinguish it from the letter O.

Yes Arial is trapped in the stylesheet of the page. (if I interpret things right)

Re: Referral code question

HALIMACS — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 03:03:17 GMT

Indeed.

Re: Referral code question

computergeek541 — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 03:06:11 GMT

@darlicious wrote:
@AE_Collector
I was feeling bad for my friend with two "O's" two zeroes and a Q but now that i think about it having a side by side comparison is better than having a single zero or "O".

I don't find the Q to be the least bit of an issue. I do agree with you that when you have a zero and a letter O both in the same code, that isn't so bad.

Re: Referral code question

AE_Collector — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 03:15:25 GMT

@darlicious

Still, all things considered, that is one bad referral code!

Re: Referral code question

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 03:25:29 GMT

And then you get into hand writing.

Is that a 7 or a 2

A 2 or a Z

A 1 or an l

A 4 or a 9

A C or a G

A B or an 8

An S or a 5

And yes an O or a 0

Re: Referral code question

ShawnC13 — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 03:53:17 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
And then you get into hand writing.
Is that a 7 or a 2
A 2 or a Z
A 1 or an l
A 4 or a 9
A C or a G
A B or an 8
An S or a 5
And yes an O or a 0

We aren't talking about handwriting. Let's just stay on topic, if there is still more need to talk about the referral codes. I think this one was solved.

Re: Referral code question

LurganIeUk — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 03:56:21 GMT

When you give out your referral code copy and paste it or the link from your My Account. It would be nice if PM would not use O or a 0 or state that they don’t one or the other.

Re: Referral code question

LurganIeUk — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 04:00:21 GMT

Or copy the BC licence plate restrictions.

Letters I, O, Q, U, Y, Z are not used. Since alpha-numeric plates were introduced in 1970, the province developed series based on a 10-character progression for no other reason than the archaic license-office rotary stamps of the day were still keyed to all-numeric platesthat were the B.C. style up to that year.

Re: Referral code question

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 04:09:25 GMT

@ShawnC13 wrote:
We aren't talking about handwriting. Let's just stay on topic, if there is still more need to talk about the referral codes. I think this one was solved.

Jeez. We're talking about interpreting the characters. So you write it down on a piece of paper so your friend can go use it when he signs up himself or in a store. Oh crap he says. Is that an O? etc. I'd say that's on topic thank you very much.

Re: Referral code question

ShawnC13 — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 04:28:21 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
@ShawnC13 wrote:
We aren't talking about handwriting. Let's just stay on topic, if there is still more need to talk about the referral codes. I think this one was solved.
Jeez. We're talking about interpreting the characters. So you write it down on a piece of paper so your friend can go use it when he signs up himself or in a store. Oh crap he says. Is that an O? etc. I'd say that's on topic thank you very much.

@Anonymous, my apologies I didn't think of it in that context

Edited to add: I either email or text my link that is why I never thought of it being sent written out to someone

Re: Referral code question

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 04:30:23 GMT

@ShawnC13 wrote:
Edited to add: I either email or text my link that is why I never thought of it being sent written out to someone

There's still a whole analogue world out there 🙂