alcyonecorporation Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 A boat. He's buying old headunits on eBay and he's bragging about owning a boat. Bless. An 'as new' double DIN head unit, but yeah. It was made in passing, but the inference was clear. Working so hard to own a boat. YEAHHHHHHHH!1 Bet he's one of these aggressive self-made psychoanalyst businessman types that haggles over everything 'to get the best deal.' He's got 'all the answers' and if you haven't come up the way he has or don't work for yourself 'you're a waste of space' and 'don't want to succeed enough.' Give me fucking strength. vulgalour, myglaren, Lord Sterling and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 TT didn't start first time again this morning. Even the second time it felt like it didn't want to run. It's been doing it for a while. I hope it's just the battery is getting weak or something. Mrs SiC also reports there is a ticking sound when running too. I noticed it a bit lumpy when idling - admittedly the engine was cold. Probably fine... Or its giving warning it's about to shit itself... Or just old VAG car "quirks"... what you need is a nice dependable non DPF diesel like a honda civ.......oh hang on :mrgreen: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 EE can get in the fucking sea Received a red letter today threatening to cut off my service due to an overdue balance - yet the direct debit payment was processed as usual Turns out when I ordered a Mobile Broadband device last month, there was a £50 deposit for international roaming that they didn't mention anything about when ordering and doesn't appear on any bills / paperwork / etc. Arseholes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 ….Bet he's one of these aggressive self-made psychoanalyst businessman types that haggles over everything 'to get the best deal.' He's got 'all the answers' and if you haven't come up the way he has or don't work for yourself 'you're a waste of space' and 'don't want to succeed enough.' Give me fucking strength. Is yer man related to Jeff Bezos in some way? alcyonecorporation 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcyonecorporation Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 EE can get in the fucking sea Received a red letter today threatening to cut off my service due to an overdue balance - yet the direct debit payment was processed as usual Turns out when I ordered a Mobile Broadband device last month, there was a £50 deposit for international roaming that they didn't mention anything about when ordering and doesn't appear on any bills / paperwork / etc. Arseholes EE are dire. They sent me text on Christmas Day saying that I hadn't paid my bill despite evidence from my bank balance saying otherwise. Rang up to kick off and they barely apologised. They'd also cancelled my payment plan, then reinstated it for one month only, then cut my service off because 'no payment had been received'. Got it reinstated only for them to fuck it up for the second time before a third-level escalation got it set back up again. I received no compensation or an apology for what they had 'done.' Is yer man related to Jeff Bezos in some way? I'm only guessing, but I bet you I'm not wide of the mark. I don't have the aptitude to run my own business; I tried and I failed. You know what? Even if I was successful I wouldn't brag about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 That's how they pay for the bacon blakey79 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcyonecorporation Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 That's how they pay for the bacon I can pay for the bacon too, I just work for someone else in order to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcyonecorporation Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Just waiting for the negative/neutral feedback now. Boat boy can sink in the sea if he tries it; I was operating within my declared lead time and I'll get it reversed if he feels like having a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bramz7 Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Just report him as abusing postage/return rules. You can still do that. If eBay decide you're right, he can't leave you feedback. Worked for me the other day. myglaren and alcyonecorporation 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 *side note* That profile avatar explains perfectly the maturity of this guy. That particular forum was a place where professionals and hobbyists alike coexisted and actually posted stuff with actual relevence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angle Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Another vote for ‘EE are a bunch of scamming arseholes’. I have enough examples that I can’t be bothered to list them out because it would even bore me despite the simmering rage I still feel towards them, but it includes them denying that they ever offered the unlimited data offer I thought I’d signed up for three months beforehand even when I sent them a scan of a newspaper advert for it (‘you might have photoshopped it’ - what, into an old copy of the Metro then printed it out and scanned it?) and inventing cancellation fees that weren’t in my contract, ignoring all requests for them to point out where it was (‘I’ll get a supervisor to call you back’) and then, when they eventually offered to refund it ‘as a goodwill gesture, because we should be charging you it’, it taking six weeks before they put a cheque in the post. Anyway, this got me today: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/southampton-star-mario-lemina-hit-with-uk-s-biggest-speeding-fine-a3927391.html Now, I quite like the idea of fines for stuff being income linked, but: ‘He also got 18 points on top of the 21 he already had on his non-UK licence, leading to a year’s ban’ How the sodding hell do you have to get 39 points on your licence before you get a ban? alcyonecorporation 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcyonecorporation Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Having a non-UK license, by the sound of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 A boat. He's buying old headunits on eBay and he's bragging about owning a boat. Bless. 'Boat' in this case probably a £17.99 3 man rubber dinghy straight off Rhyl parade. alcyonecorporation, Datsuncog, DeeJay and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcyonecorporation Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 'I thought I'd found a ticket for Lady Gaga, but on closer inspection it turned out to be for the Llay Gala.' - warren t claim Lacquer Peel and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainrcz Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 The fiancee decided to have a chat at me about talking to her and basically not carrying on like she doesn't exist. Being nice and romantic. "Doing things" together. Still none the wiser. Why do they have to be weird? Sent from my VFD 710 using Tapatalk DeeJay, Cavcraft, Lord Sterling and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 I can pay for the bacon too, I just work for someone else in order to do so. I aimed that at the EE posts, but someone else got in before me. alcyonecorporation 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 The fiancee decided to have a chat at me about talking to her and basically not carrying on like she doesn't exist.Being nice and romantic. Still none the wiser. Sent from my VFD 710 using Tapatalk Just tell her is practice for being married. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 "Is it a caravan?" Someone on eBay once asked if a bass guitar I was selling 'was a bass guitar' - then had the brass neck to tell me off for being rude. To be fair, my response was 'use your eyes and look at the images.'Not far off. "any damp" was the best one when the second line of the advert was "leak from roof vent" alcyonecorporation 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Ebayer has responded saying that I should shut up and try harder because he works more hours than me and owns a boat. Ah well, I was going to be nice and refund your postage. Unfortunately now you can cram it, buddy boy.Own's a boat? Ask if he won it on Bullseye. alcyonecorporation, mercrocker and dozeydustman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Blame the tradewinds.Lovely beer that, from the Cairngorm Brewery loserone, Lacquer Peel and M'coli 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainrcz Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 You'd think after nearly 15 years she'd be used to it.Obviously not.Just tell her is practice for being married.Sent from my VFD 710 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcyonecorporation Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Not far off. "any damp" was the best one when the second line of the advert was "leak from roof vent" Sometimes I swear people are reading/writing from a template. oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainrcz Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Oh yes, and I decided to rub my finger against the blade of my bow saw earlier.Brilliant idea that was. Sent from my VFD 710 using Tapatalk taxi paul and myglaren 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Students are back, thus the onslaught of stupid support calls about individual personal devices being a bit squiffy on the wifi is also back. My job is to look after the infrastructure and the corporate devices, yet the double standards at my work also mean I get utterly humped with all these sort of calls. For some reason every single call like this gets assigned to me as I've become the unofficial wifi guy. I spend half my time during term wandering around halls of residence with a laptop and some survey software just to tell them no, student, the problem is not with our seven-figure wifi infrastructure that took countless hundreds of (my own) man hours to install, it's your device. However that answer isn't good enough and doesn't help the 'student experience' 99.9% of the time it's the student's own fault for failing to follow the instructions properly. We do sometimes get the odd access point that goes down, admittedly. However rare that is. I have an interview next Friday. Still in Aberdeen, so part of me isn't hugely excited, but part of me will be massively glad to get away from the university environment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Students are back, thus the onslaught of stupid support calls about individual personal devices being a bit squiffy on the wifi is also back. My job is to look after the infrastructure and the corporate devices, yet the double standards at my work also mean I get utterly humped with all these sort of calls. No, student, the problem is not with our seven-figure wifi infrastructure that took countless hundreds of (my own) man hours to install, it's your device. However that answer isn't good enough and doesn't help the 'student experience'99.9% of the time it's the student's own fault for failing to follow the instructions properly. We do sometimes get the odd access point that goes down, admittedly. However rare that is. I have an interview next Friday. Still in Aberdeen, so part of me isn't hugely excited, but part of me will be massively glad to get away from the university environment.Their devices? Phones? School here doesn't allow a single one. I'm their IT support when IT support is bodging its own 3 figure air conditioning unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Students are back, thus the onslaught of stupid support calls about individual personal devices being a bit squiffy on the wifi is also back. My job is to look after the infrastructure and the corporate devices, yet the double standards at my work also mean I get utterly humped with all these sort of calls. For some reason every single call like this gets assigned to me as I've become the unofficial wifi guy. I spend half my time during term wandering around halls of residence with a laptop and some survey software just to tell them no, student, the problem is not with our seven-figure wifi infrastructure that took countless hundreds of (my own) man hours to install, it's your device. However that answer isn't good enough and doesn't help the 'student experience'99.9% of the time it's the student's own fault for failing to follow the instructions properly. We do sometimes get the odd access point that goes down, admittedly. However rare that is. I have an interview next Friday. Still in Aberdeen, so part of me isn't hugely excited, but part of me will be massively glad to get away from the university environment.Good luck with the interview:) Tell WiFi folk that their device needs a factory reset.. catsinthewelder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 what you need is a nice dependable non DPF diesel like a honda civ.......oh hang on :mrgreen: Oh sush! Naturally it's still going strong and problem free with the in-laws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Tell him that you have set fire to the head unit and then set fire to it again just to make sure rather than send it to him. Supernaut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispian_J_Hotson Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Shitting hell. The yoof of today. Wow. We should all be very afraid for the future. oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcyonecorporation Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Tell him that you have set fire to the head unit and then set fire to it again just to make sure rather than send it to him. 'Dear boat twat, Sorry your head unit caught fire twice. I took your advice and sent it via Yodel.' catsinthewelder and purplebargeken 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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