taxi paul Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Or next time Mr bell does a raffle thing, which won't be long will it. He can round it up to the higher pound and we , being the nice people we are. Shall buy tickets therefore getting him his monies back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Or next time Mr bell does a raffle thing, which won't be long will it. He can round it up to the higher pound and we , being the nice people we are. Shall buy tickets therefore getting him his monies back. Ha! I'm giving up roffling for Lent. barefoot, DVee8, taxi paul and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 I might add a new rule where you need 200 posts before participating, as I'll no doubt be running a roffle at some point this year. somewhatfoolish, strangeangel and egg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broadsword Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 That is really bad news about the loss of monies like that Jim Bell. PayPal has become harder and harder to use in terms of dishonest people using some form of complaint to get their money back fraudulently. The strange thing is despite all the times they “add security” it usually ends up with the honest party loosing money. I have this experience from eBay transactions. I agrees with RobT as regards some sort of minimum number of posts to enter future roffles. Might be a good option. Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Ha! I'm giving up roffling for Lent.OK, what have you been lent, and when do you have to give it back? Supernaut and Jim Bell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 That is really bad news about the loss of monies like that Jim Bell. PayPal has become harder and harder to use in terms of dishonest people using some form of complaint to get their money back fraudulently. The strange thing is despite all the times they “add security” it usually ends up with the honest party loosing money. I have this experience from eBay transactions. I agrees with RobT as regards some sort of minimum number of posts to enter future roffles. Might be a good option. "The customer is always right" Lacquer Peel and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanciamatt Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Ebay is a bad, I sold a S class merc steering wheel to this dick in London, it sold for £5.50 and about 8 quid for postage and the prick opened a dispute saying it was marked, I put in advert used etc, ebay sided with him and gave him money back. There is some right dicks about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Ebay is a bad, I sold a S class merc steering wheel to this dick in London, it sold for £5.50 and about 8 quid for postage and the prick opened a dispute saying it was marked, I put in advert used etc, ebay sided with him and gave him money back. There is some right dicks about That is why I just bin most stuff I have lying about. The thought crosses my mind briefly that it might be useful to somebody, but the number of people on classified ad sites who are utter arseholes just ruin it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angrydicky Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Can he send you a cheque Jim? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 The Carina is quite rotten. This has saddened me a bit as I like it, but the welding required is a bit on the sore side. Today I went to scout out a potential replacement... which is out of test, needs four tyres, a stereo and... err... sills. FUCK SAKE. Reckon I'm still gonna buy it anyway. Fuck it. Sent from my SM-G930F using TapatalkBought a stereo and priced sills today. It's the small things, eh? Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk dome, Split_Pin, tooSavvy and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Pain meds taken, wrapped up warm, decided to tackle changing the alternator and auxillery belt, all wenr to plan, bloody fiddly loved another pair of hands, but struggled on, stupidly id forgotten to order a new tensioner so had to ring round to get one of the shelf, ecp wanted 100+ and order in when another was £68 and avaliable.. about 3 odd hours to do. Now lunchtime and more meds... DeeJay, mrbenn, HMC and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 I'm sorry about Jim's situation, I genuinely am. I also don't like PayPal's almost monopoly (yes I know there are other providers as mentioned above) - lets call it an Oligopoly...but 99% of PayPal transactions work well and facilitate moving money around like just wasn't possible 20 years ago. Next time I do a roffle, I'll stick with PP. I think Rob's suggestion about post count (I'd add a certain time period as well - as you can easily power post to any given total) is wise and useful extra terms we could all apply. Stevebrookman and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bramz7 Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Merc went for scrap today. Redcorn (who else, seriously?) came and got it, and put it on the spec lift at the back of a (brand new) transporter. £203 cheque already banked, £53 profit! I also now own the robinmasters 406 2.2 HDI coupe. I missed how old Peugeots drive. BeEP, RobT, Brodders and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_70s Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Bought a stereo and priced sills today. It's the small things, eh? Sent from my SM-G930F using TapatalkThis is why you're poor. This is why I'm poor. This is why we're poor. paulplom, Amishtat, mercrocker and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Balljoints - requires 45mm socket. I don't have a 45mm socket. No local shops stock a 45mm socket. Ordered one from the local parts shop who can get it next day and it was predictably expensive because, presumably, nobody wants 45mm sockets. Brake calipers - Simple case of stripping and rebuilding so I can get them on the car. Problem the 1 is that I hadn't bought new brake pad shim/spacer/anti rattle things so I've had to order those. Problem the B is that only 1 pot is willing to come out on each caliper, so I may have to dismantle the ones on the car to rebuild rather than the spares. We're going to attempt to use the Hydragas dalek with a male-to-male adaptor since it can put out more pressure than the puny little compressor at our disposal, allowing us to get a decent seal with a fitting that screws into the hose input holes on the caliper. In theory, this is a sound idea. Spare Hubs - CBA. Just... they're not exactly difficult to strip down to the useful components so I can scrap the worn out stuff, I just CBA. Steering column bush - ordered a couple of new ones, but they haven't arrived yet. Amazingly, this is a very easy part to acquire, and cheap too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 This is why you're poor. This is why I'm poor. This is why we're poor.Amen. I'm not as poor as I was due to a deid auntie but even at that upgrading from one rotten shitheap to another rotten shitheap is exactly what... well... you and I would both do, clearly. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk The Moog and dome 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickman Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Ha! I'm giving up roffling for Lent.Easter Sunday is not far away The Moog, dome, cms206 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigmund Fraud Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 brake pad shim/spacer/anti rattle things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 That will be employed in some quantity yes. I don't think it's going to be a good substitute for the bits that require replacing, which looked like this on the spare calipers. Christine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigmund Fraud Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Sorry - didn't realise you were referring to the pad retainers ! The ones in the picture do look like they need replacing vulgalour 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Pain meds taken, wrapped up warm, decided to tackle changing the alternator and auxillery belt, all wenr to plan, bloody fiddly loved another pair of hands, but struggled on....CX alternator not looking too clever, and not much space for removal / refit. Think I'll delegate that job to someone else.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Have posted in the shitely delivery thread but will drop it in here too. I have to deliver a vehicle to Knock, West Ireland in about two weeks time. I am happy to drive anything back that someone wants as long as I can get to it easily enough and costs are covered. Particularly if it’s a Toyoda Starlet etc. Dirk Diggler and Dick Longbridge 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Just come back from a nice drive down to the Haynes Motor Museum with my mate. Nice drive down and a great museum. Day only slightly spoilt when petrol spilt out of the nozzle all over the front wing, when putting it in to fill up. Washed down as quickly with I could with some Evian (all I had). I must have looked like a right typical middle class Porsche owner... Or this: dome, jumpingjehovahs and The Moog 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRi05 Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 They should. Moving on, perhaps some sort of rule needs to be imposed about folk needing x amount of posts/time on forum/reputation to enter a roffle? Not a foolproof way of stopping it happen again, but should help limit the chance of non regular contributors fucking over those in the community?I was going to suggest this. Minimum amount of posts or vouched for by another member to participate in roffles. Shite it might have to go that way but meh, fuck losing out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Have posted in the shitely delivery thread but will drop it in here too. I have to deliver a vehicle to Knock, West Ireland in about two weeks time. I am happy to drive anything back that someone wants as long as I can get to it easily enough and costs are covered. Particularly if it’s a Toyoda Starlet etc. Perhaps the trick is to find something that is taxed to the hilt in Eire, priced low, and therefore more valuable back here...? Amishtat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Perhaps the trick is to find something that is taxed to the hilt in Eire, priced low, and therefore more valuable back here...?Laguna II V6? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17-Coffees Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Spent the day cleaning up the house in prep of the other half coming over. First time she'll have been abroad, let alone to Scotland. Oh boy she's not* going to get confused by the accents here... On top of that, I got round to buffing the worst parts of rust on the Golf. Buffed down then applied Aqua Steel. Blends in nicely with the car's colour. Next will be going to work and fitting new front discs and pads. Also to apply some paint, as we have a very nice shade of dark blue which will work nicely to cover up some small marks. HMC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_70s Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Spent the day cleaning up the house in prep of the other half coming over. First time she'll have been abroad, let alone to Scotland. Oh boy she's not* going to get confused by the accents here... Dunno' what you mean, the Aberdeenshire accent is perfectly understandable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Laguna II V6?I can see three problems with this dome and jumpingjehovahs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Laguna II V6? I can see three problems with this Four. The Moog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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