Bobthebeard Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 The 2003 Honda Accord bought for £notmuch on here last year has recently been pressed into daily service. It was bought as an MOT failure with leaky front suspension strut and no rear brake/tail lights. EML on and a misfire soon followed. All sorted over a week or so of happy tinkering and MOT achieved. Parked up and not used since last November as not needed. Circumstances recently changed, the Saab was sold and the Chevrolet Tacuma shat it's head gasket so it was needed for the daily grind. Checked everything over and put the car into service.The Accord was booked into Blackpool Honda on Monday for a recall on the passenger airbag inflator, all done FOC of course but 'It will be another hour or so as we do a free car health check sir'. So Honda touting for work then, understand that, fair enough.Expected a massive list of stuff that needed* doing and waited in reception drinking free coffee. The result?Cracked O/S indicator repeater. (Incorporated in door mirror)Squeak (although it was written as sqeek) from auxiliary drive belt area. Just shy of £280 quote.Declined the repair and all done myself for £45.Impressive that a 180,000 mile 16 year old Honda could escape a main dealership with so few 'recommendations'* for work needed. clayts450, mrbenn, loserone and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Do you like jigsaw puzzles?20190410_113824.jpg I think Egg does, if his piecing together of his Invacar Mk12 is anything to go by (theres probably fewer Mk12s in existence still then whatever that aston martin is... ) richardmorris and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Just had a very nice e type wheeled past outside too - reg HER500 (but mothistory check says it's a 1970 fiat 500!). Is it the early first series 1's that had no external bonnet catches? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 I felt like that last time I went.I can see no good reason to visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 The cameras are essentially pornography. Lovely. The Canon SLRs from L to R - AL-1, AE-1 Program, AV-1, AE-1, TX, EF & FX, all with a 50mm f1.4 or 1.8 lens. The others are Canon EOS 620, Petri 7 Green-o-matic, Rolleicord 1a (1938) and Box Brownie 620D. Apart from the AE-1P, they all work nicely. The TX and the Petri both have film in, so I had better get snapping! GrumpiusMaximus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Do you like jigsaw puzzles?20190410_113824.jpg Might make a nice electric conversion..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 I think Egg does, if his piecing together of his Invacar Mk12 is anything to go by (theres probably fewer Mk12s in existence still then whatever that aston martin is... )DB5 or less plausibly a DB4 GT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairkens Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Its MOT day, eekWell that didn't go well Exhaust emissions likely to be affected by an exhaust leak front pipe joint (8.2.1.1 ()Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 ©)Rear Brakes imbalanced across an axle Axle 2 (1.2.1 ( (i)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 DB5 or less plausibly a DB4 GT. 542XUU has just been pushed inside too - looks like a c type to me - just listed as a jag on mot site with 40 miles covered since 2006! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 A board member has instructed their bank to reclaim a roffle PP payment made to me in February, on the grounds that it wasn't an authorised payment. This is something that anyone running or planning on running similar should be aware of. I've PMd the party with a request for an explanation. This is why we can't have nice things. Because folk ruin them. The Moog, robinmasters, Cavcraft and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 After seeing this latest trick (which may yet turn out to be an honest mistake) I will no longer be offering a failback option of PayPal for any future L1 roffles.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 WTF!! Now THAT’s worthy of a ban. stuboy, GrumpiusMaximus, mrbenn and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeEP Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 That's something I've learned, as I didn't think you could reclaim a friends/family gift payment? Edited to add; not that I'd ever try! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled_Tat_Gatherer Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 ……. and another reason I don't do PayPal - too many sheisters. I do hope it's just a mistake. and with this (if it is as suspected) goes the 'trusted shiter' moniker - right out the fucking window.If this HAS been done, well done fella - you're a fucking proper piece of work. Actually asking the bank already - I do think it is not an error sadly. fingers crossed though Jim Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 That's something I've learned, as I didn't think you could reclaim a friends/family gift payment? Edited to add; not that I'd ever try!It's been raised at the bank level and the bank has contacted PP to reclaim. So though it's a friend's and family payment, it's been addressed as an unauthorized payment. Which could lead to lots of other financial unpleasantness. Last time something like this happened, it escalated to a fraud investigation and all accounts and cards linked to my PP account were frozen for the duration of the investigation. Which of course bounced my rent and direct debits. Which was nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broadsword Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Very sad to hear roffles are being ruined for us. It’s such a simple system too, and I hate trust being eroded in the core community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeEP Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 It's been raised at the bank level and the bank has contacted PP to reclaim. So though it's a friend's and family payment, it's been addressed as an unauthorized payment. Which could lead to lots of other financial unpleasantness. Last time something like this happened, it escalated to a fraud investigation and all accounts and cards linked to my PP account were frozen for the duration of the investigation. Which of course bounced my rent and direct debits. Which was nice. Understood, thanks. I've taken payments for the odd thing using friends/family. I'll be wary in future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Sadly it just undermines PayPal as being a trustworthy mechanism for moving money. For all their commitments to moving the money, because the senders bank has asked for it back, they are passing that on to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 From the member's perspective, it could still be an honest issue. Lets say they had connected another's bank account to their paypal, for one transaction, and then used this by mistake. That third party can legitimately say the payment was not authorised. But we will see how quickly the member, who was online this morning and has been registered for years, sorts it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 WTF??? On what planet is that an acceptable way of behaving? Makes me worried about running further roffles too - I rely on others to handle the Paypal side for me as I don't use them (for similar reasons to those given by ETG), and would be absolutely mortified if someone ended up in financial bother as a result of doing me a favour. Let's hope it is just a mistake. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 I can see no good reason to visit. Used to have a fantastic time at Southport teaching the kids how to drive on the sands.The pleasure beach was cheap too. DeeJay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairkens Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Genuinely outrageous, hope you get an explanation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled_Tat_Gatherer Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 I just did a quick bit of research with our fraud team here..... - there's every chance this is purely bank system generated - as they DO randomly flag for fraudulent transactions etc... it could (and probably is) due to some automated system pulling all plugs. As Jim said - it could lead to a LOT of unpleasantness in his financial world though. I work in the financial processing world - and see far too many examples of people getting reamed - not just by PayPal..... cynical through experience from 'their' side.I'm sure (and very hopeful) this'll be a stupid bank generated error...…… member will be mortified and resolve immediately. Chill pill taken...…… EDIT - Jim - this could be, I haven't kept a tally….. , because you've ran a LOT of ROffles in a short time - hence an inordinate amount of 'gifts or family' transfers...…. that would trigger an automated flag and investigation. No idea if that is the cause - but it is a limiter/threshold driven automated alert - according to one of the anti-fraud gimps here. 2nd Edit - He did laugh a lot at the idea of randomly winning old cars based on the bonus ball in the lottery……. so it brightened someones day! wuvvum, HillmanImp, Jim Bell and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 I just hope it's not me, if so I'm completely unaware of any shenanigans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Have you had a PM from Jim Wilson-Shitpeas? If not then it's probably not you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 I just did a quick bit of research with our fraud team here..... - there's every chance this is purely bank system generated - as they DO randomly flag for fraudulent transactions etc... it could (and probably is) due to some automated system pulling all plugs. As Jim said - it could lead to a LOT of unpleasantness in his financial world though. I work in the financial processing world - and see far too many examples of people getting reamed - not just by PayPal..... cynical through experience from 'their' side.I'm sure (and very hopeful) this'll be a stupid bank generated error...…… member will be mortified and resolve immediately. Chill pill taken...…… EDIT - Jim - this could be, I haven't kept a tally….. , because you've ran a LOT of ROffles in a short time - hence an inordinate amount of 'gifts or family' transfers...…. that would trigger an automated flag and investigation. No idea if that is the cause - but it is a limiter/threshold driven automated alert - according to one of the anti-fraud gimps here. 2nd Edit - He did laugh a lot at the idea of randomly winning old cars based on the bonus ball in the lottery……. so it brightened someones day!I wish it was an automated malarky man. From the information passed to me by PP: It's a specific request raised by a named individual with their bank. The specific transaction has been reported by the individual as unauthorized. It's not a flag by PP themselves. It's an individual reporting a transaction as unauthorized with their actual bank. The bank then contacted PP. Anyway, as said I've PMd the person responsible so any further speculation is probs unhelpful for the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Lovely top-down drive in the Audi back from the garage. I had ordered all of the right bits for once so all belts and water pump now done. michael t, Angrydicky, dome and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sealtainn Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 That’s bang out of order. Hope it gets resolved quickly with no inconvenience for you.I’ve also got Circle Pay but would imagine you could start the same ball of crap in motion with that too. I’ll just Bank Transfer any future roffle payments Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Oh, just scrolled back, an unpleasant thing to happen. Hopes it gets resolved with minimum fuss. Kind of fucks it up for the rest of us regarding roffles as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Come home to something bendeded Jim Bell and richardmorris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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