The grumpy thread

[Supernaut]

At least you could live in the back of the LDV if she kicked you out.

[captain_70s]

Work phoning up and saying shifts are cancelled, fucking 0-hour contracts, man. I need to find some sort of part time gig for the weekends to bolster my income.

 

It's a sad state of affairs to be going bald before you stop being financially dependant on your parents...

[doobietoo]

Seems like an overreaction to a genuine (having worked for an online factors) mistake, if I was the seller I'd immediately be thinking 'knob'

Really ... well I got a reply...

 

 

That is fine. Refund issued.

 

Our supplier show them in stock. That is why listings got not automated out of stocked.

 

But they did not arrived 3 times.

 

Regards

Sarunas

So two other people besides myself have also been pissed about by this fucking wanker who, despite knowing full well that he cannot get the item he is selling, has as of 2.31pm today renewed the listing saying that 8 of the items are available. I despair of people who believe it is acceptable to deliberately lie to try to up sell on an item they know full well is not available... If that makes me a Knob then so be it...On a brighter note the other item I ordered on Friday arrived a day early. It is not rocket science just don't try to sell items you do not have and cannot get.

 My statement remains avoid oracle-motorstore like the plague he is a messer...

 

Oh and he hasn't issued the refund yet either...

[Eddie Honda]

It's a sad state of affairs to be going bald before you stop being financially dependant on your parents... buy a rag top

FTFY.

 

[panhard65]

Really ... well I got a reply...

 

So two other people besides myself have also been pissed about by this fucking wanker who, despite knowing full well that he cannot get the item he is selling, has as of 2.31pm today renewed the listing saying that 8 of the items are available. I despair of people who believe it is acceptable to deliberately lie to try to up sell on an item they know full well is not available... If that makes me a Knob then so be it...On a brighter note the other item I ordered on Friday arrived a day early. It is not rocket science just don't try to sell items you do not have and cannot get.

 My statement remains avoid oracle-motorstore like the plague he is a messer...

 

Oh and he hasn't issued the refund yet either...

This is getting very common now I had it twice last year people listing brake discs for a Horizon. There were about 8 sellers listing ebc ones. Not one of them had them and ebc didn't have stock. After buying them twice and getting the appologetic email with the refund. I started asking the question if they didn't  actually have them then why did they list them. The answer was that they just "automatically list the whole ebc catalog and thanks for letting us know we will end the listing" which they still haven't. I complained to ebay about this and they didn't give a shit, the same as when I moaned about the chinesse companies with fake VAT registration numbers.

[cort16]

They can't read your mind but they can read your reg no. If you've ever tried to px a car with that group or bought a car with them they can x ref you with the reg no. I wouldn't think they'd do it unless you made an enquiry as it's pretty creepy.

[doobietoo]

And just to add insult to injury he has put the reason why I didn't receive the item was because "the buyer cancelled the order" lying bastard ...

 

So that is oracle-motorshop that you need to avoid at all costs...

[captain_70s]

FTFY.

 

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Me, considering the fact I one day wanted to buy an MG Midget.

[richardmorris]

Oops. Missed this. Non-starting is very common on XUDs. Usually engine earth failure. I've resorted to making my own with a jump lead before now - gearbox to neg terminal. Once it's running, it'll be fine.

My dad had this on a 19rd with 300 miles on the clock! Picked it up Friday afternoon and on the ferry Saturday morning. Damned thing refused to start again. He was not happy. I think it was a connector to the relay but I was about 13 at the time and can't remember.

[MrDuke]

I've used the titan twin set and found it to be gutless, spend another 50 quid and get something 18v. Make sure you have a set with an impact driver though as they are great bits of kit and you can use them on your cars if you buy the socket adaptors.

 

I've just picked up the Titan 18V combi drill as it had pretty good reviews - it seems decent enough for £60 to my amateurish eye. If I'd had slightly more dosh, I'd have gone for an Erbauer - I've got one of their circular saws and it's flipping brilliant. No-one other than pro tradesmen buys Makita or DeWalt anyway (do they?)

[doobietoo]

I have an Erbacher set and it is bloody brilliant. I use it to mix glue and the torque and strength of the drill surprises everybody. Buy a twin pack or an extra battery they don't last very long.

Your main problem will be the screw bits most are made of chocolate. I use bosch gold coloured ones which are not cheap but are excellent and will break the screw rather than round off. Well worth the small investment...

[DodgeRover]

Buy impact driver bits - not Milwalkee though they are a wierd mix of ph2 and pz2 and fit nothing.

Impact bits will shear rather than shatter throwing fragments everywhere

[Richard]

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[Kiltox]

Stuff like Erbauer and Titan are basically Screwfix own brand - they're not going to last forever but come with a 1 or 2 year warranty and they really really don't give a shit about what's wrong with it if you need to swap it for a new one

 

Depends how often you do that kind of work I suppose - inconvenience of it shitting itself on you will outweigh the cost saving if you use it 5 days a week

[Snipes]

Buy impact driver bits - not Milwalkee though they are a wierd mix of ph2 and pz2 and fit nothing.

Impact bits will shear rather than shatter throwing fragments everywhere

Lol all I use on site are ph and pz2s! They fit 8 and 10 headed screws (such as 8x 1&quarter self tappers). I buy those candy tubs where they have about 25 bits in them.

 

I don't really care for Makita and DeWalt; they're everywhere so I figure batteries are more likely to walk off site. I like Panasonic, though just because I like the look of them. They're also not cheap.

[DodgeRover]

Sorry me being vague again, the 2 boxes of bits I bought although labelled as PZ2 weren't, they weren't PH2 either they were sort of an in between and fitted neither screw head type properly. I guess they might have been for a different market.

 

Panasonic tools are good, nice to use and powerful unfortunately I guess they don't sell the volume to compete with dewalt on price which last time I looked was comparable to Festool.

[strangeangel]

what's taken a lump out of me garage door frame ?

 

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buggernuts !

 

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note to self : turn down the tunes so you can hear the scraping noises next time

 

Fuck me, how loud is your stereo??

[Bianconeri]

I ordered some new caliper carrier bolts from the local Suzuki place.  Ever since then I get them phoning me with their new car special deals - I am not sure £6 bolts = New car buyer. 

 

Interestingly they were having a sale and selling the cars at cost price to them recently .

 

Mrs BN changed her cellphone number last year to stop the local FIAT franchise from inundating her with crap.

Hopefully the number has now been reallocated to someone who works there.

 

I only ever gave my business cellphone number to these companies. Very easy to turn away the calls by saying the person they wanted no longer worked for the company.

[michael1703]

Rip rear diff

 

It's been whining for years but the pinion is trying to punch out of the front now.

 

Wanted:rear diff for a 95 Jag x300 4.0

[Cavcraft]

If you get a min Doobietoo, send me your ebay name and

I'll add it to my blocked list just in case.

[Snipes]

Sorry me being vague again, the 2 boxes of bits I bought although labelled as PZ2 weren't, they weren't PH2 either they were sort of an in between and fitted neither screw head type properly. I guess they might have been for a different market.

 

Panasonic tools are good, nice to use and powerful unfortunately I guess they don't sell the volume to compete with dewalt on price which last time I looked was comparable to Festool.

 

Oh I see! Other thing about Panasonic is they don't have as wide a range as the more common manufacturers. I'm pretty sure they don't do a Multitool, for example.

[M'coli]

Went to start the BX Estate today ready for its journey on Tuesday for mass servicing and MOT. Won't start. Just clicks.

Hope it's just the battery as I'll swap it from another one. Hopefully not the coil...

 

 

Oops. Missed this. Non-starting is very common on XUDs. Usually engine earth failure. I've resorted to making my own with a jump lead before now - gearbox to neg terminal. Once it's running, it'll be fine.

It can also be the ignition switch (I have to move the key around in an eccentric circular motion in the barrel to get the ZX to start) or the solenoid (the 205 XUD had a wire from the +ve terminal of the solenoid that could be sparked off of the battery to fully close the solenoid terminals).

[cobblers]

The driver of the HGV that ran into the back of my mum a while back has now found a witness who says she rolled back (uphill!!!) into the front of the truck from 50cm away. This caused enough damage that her car needed jigging.

 

Obviously complete bollocks and it can be proved that way from all kinds of angles, but months later she's still in loads of pain and it's getting worse, the last thing she needs is someone trying to make her out to be a liar FFS.

[Guest Hooli]

Sorry me being vague again, the 2 boxes of bits I bought although labelled as PZ2 weren't, they weren't PH2 either they were sort of an in between and fitted neither screw head type properly. I guess they might have been for a different market.

 

 

Jap?

 

They have their own strange screws, hence every screw on a jap car/bike has chewed up heads when using normal tools on them.

[Honey Badger]

I've just picked up the Titan 18V combi drill as it had pretty good reviews - it seems decent enough for £60 to my amateurish eye. If I'd had slightly more dosh, I'd have gone for an Erbauer - I've got one of their circular saws and it's flipping brilliant. No-one other than pro tradesmen buys Makita or DeWalt anyway (do they?)

 

I was referring to the 10.8v titan set which has a battery life of exactly 1/3 of the length of whichever screw your trying to insert/extract. Anything 18v will be ok for banging deck screws in.

 

The low end of makita/de walt isn't that much more expensive and it tends to be the quality of the batteries that makes the difference rather than the tool it's self.  It's the same old adage, buy cheap buy twice.

 

This is the main reason Panasonic are such good tools, they really do make top notch batteries.

Sorry me being vague again, the 2 boxes of bits I bought although labelled as PZ2 weren't, they weren't PH2 either they were sort of an in between and fitted neither screw head type properly. I guess they might have been for a different market.

 

Panasonic tools are good, nice to use and powerful unfortunately I guess they don't sell the volume to compete with dewalt on price which last time I looked was comparable to Festool.

 

Sounds like they might be JIS, I've been using Milwalkee impact bits for years and they tend to be pretty good for fit in most PZ2 heads

[Ghosty]

Work phoning up and saying shifts are cancelled, fucking 0-hour contracts, man. I need to find some sort of part time gig for the weekends to bolster my income.

 

It's a sad state of affairs to be going bald before you stop being financially dependant on your parents...

 

I'm going bald at 21...

[twosmoke300]

I was bald at 19 !

[twosmoke300]

Oh and born bald - dad used to call me kojak !

 

Hair is but a fleeting memory for me

[r.welfare]

Me too. It's annoying at the time but frankly there are worse things to suffer.

[Pillock]

The driver of the HGV that ran into the back of my mum a while back has now found a witness who says she rolled back (uphill!!!) into the front of the truck from 50cm away. This caused enough damage that her car needed jigging.

 

Obviously complete bollocks and it can be proved that way from all kinds of angles, but months later she's still in loads of pain and it's getting worse, the last thing she needs is someone trying to make her out to be a liar FFS.

Go out and grab some photos of a spirit level on the road? Amazing how a witness comes out after the event though...

 

Has your ma got legal cover on her insurance? Sounds like he's shitting himself over losing his job or summat so just making up tripe. The right thing to do would be for the insurers to take him to the cleaners, the easy thing to do however....

 

(Alternatively, find his truck and slash all the tyres)