The grumpy thread

[Kiltox]

This is in a nutshell why people spend £300 pcm on a new car that is under warranty.

 

"but they can't actually afford to buy a car"

 

" you can buy a car for a few month's payments that will be just as good"

 

etc etc etc etc

 

You're right, though.

[Cavcraft]

It could be the chain, or could just be the old battery that is struggling (I think its original). The BWA engine in mine doesn't have the trouble with the cam chain like the earlier AXX or later EA888 engine - all branded as the 2.0 TFSi. It's more likely to be the high pressure fuel pump ticking away. I'll have a listen tonight. Could also be simply a air con mix valve sticking too. Or the speaker amplifier in the boot got wet again, playing up and making ticking sounds through the speaker. Or the PCV pipe that is held together with insulation tape not making a good seal.

 

WeBuyAnyCar offering 3.5k. CarTakeback are offering £2.2k. Local Audi independent breaks them and I might try them for a quote. It owes me around £5.5k right now.

 

I have serious levels of cba to sell it. Especially having to explain the gearbox jerkyness when off the line, how to drive around it and how its not actually a problem (history points to it doing it since 80k). It works as a car right now and apart from these fobles it does drive well plus has nice levels of power. Selling it means a couple £k loss and I still have to find something else. Something else that is likely to have its own set of problems.

 

I could change it to something like a Focus/etc but they're boring and slow. Buying something with decent levels of performance will require spending more £k on top.

 

Hence I'll just carry running until something goes bang. In some ways, if the chain tensioner does go, at least it makes the decision to scrap it a lot easier. If it does blow soon, I've lost the cheap car vs new car roulette this time.

 

This is in a nutshell why people spend £300 pcm on a new car that is under warranty.

 

True enough.

 

WBAC an option I suppose, just in case things are about to get expensive. Worth taking to a specialist first to sound them out? That way if they think a big bill is looming you can offload to WBAC.

[richardthestag]

just been put at risk of redundancy

 

bollocks

 

lady fate farts in my face once more.....

 

or has she?

[Cavcraft]

What sometimes grinds my gears are these cow apologist types (vegan association). One of these groups decided to erect notices in tube stations early this year saying "Be vegan for January to save cows." when these people are also the types who go along and critisize everyone for using cars, burning oil, gas, coal, not wearing green sandals etc. They seem to have forgotten that their friend, the cow, is a large greenhouse gas producer and is contributing a nice amount to el scorchio weather and white furry bear problems.

 

Except you don't know any of that, you're just making assumptions. I would imagine what these people are complaining about is the treatment of animals in the food and dairy chain, not about wanting a train run on fairy dust driven by hand knitted, fair trade driver made out of ethically grown lentils.

As for putting notices up in tube stations, there are plenty of adverts for products and films people don't want to buy or see, have you complained about them, too? 

[New POD]

just been put at risk of redundancy

 

bollocks

 

lady fate farts in my face once more.....

 

or has she?

Ah the old formal communication meetings.

 

New POD will get zero redundancy if he is selected because not enough service. But if he volunteers and we agree we will double that.

 

to erm zero.....

 

New POD finds it funny.

 

Its shit at the time but for many people it's the kick they needed. But months of stress first. The best thing that happened to me.

[New POD]

It's a bit sloppy for shoveling.

sweep it towards the drain.

[MorrisItalSLX]

sweep it towards the drain.

 

Drain! That's a bit posh.

[angle]

Uckfield, the town on the other side of me, decided to widen its pavements to encourage that continental cafe lifestyle and then bollocked it up as there are nowt cafes and now the parking is hell. The joys of grants.

Oh come on. The first thing they did, before touching the pavements, was to build a new car park by the station for commuters so that they didn't fill up Luxford Field - I used to be one of them, and if you turned up after 10am you'd be driving around for 10 or 15 minutes trying to find someone leaving. I get that people are overstaying now, but that's down to people being twats, you can't blame the council for messing up parking when they've put in at least 100 new spaces...

[Exiled_Tat_Gatherer]

just been put at risk of redundancy

 

bollocks

 

lady fate farts in my face once more.....

 

or has she?

 

 

Just back from a weekend with mates - one of which was told the same 3.5mths ago...... but with a HUGE payout for the 24yrs service thrown at him - he took it. Enrolled via LinkedIn on consulting calls at stupid amounts per hour..... tided him over ya know... now one of those firms needs a massive overhaul of process flows/ procedures and purchasing etc.... of what he did for the 24yr crew. Walked straight in..... 

 

You'll do fine fella - doors are already/always open awaiting

[taxi paul]

Foster child has returned from court. He wasn't very complimentary about the cells in skelmersdale police station. The bed wasn't very high and the food was a bit rubbish. I have suggested he leave a review on trip advisor so future toe rags can request an upgrade.

[alcyonecorporation]

eBay is being a delight, as ever. 

I listed a double DIN head unit ('as new'; it didn't fit in the SVX or the Impreza) on a three day auction with a very long dispatch lead time listed because of my working hours. 

I list postage at £15 because it's a medium parcel over 2kg. 

Buyer complains as he pays that the postage is too expensive. I explain why the postage is what it is and if there's any difference I'll refund him. There wasn't.

Two days later he asks for an update; I respond that day while I'm working over the weekend that it'll be Monday or Tuesday before I can send it out. 
I receive nothing over the weekend, then on Monday night I get an angry message saying that I'm taking the piss and that he's: 'had stuff posted quicker from China.'

Er, no, my postage terms were clear; by posting it then, which I informed him of in advance, I was still well within my stated dispatch terms. 

He then went on to demand a refund, which I read as I'd just happened to post it. 
Scrambled to get the parcel back, sent him another message explaining that I'm not a Chinese sweatshop, I wasn't picking my dispatch terms out of my arse and that he can either have it sent tomorrow or have a full refund. He likes responding in the evening, which is nice. Working, eh? Funny, I do that too. No way you're having it while you mull over a refund, matey - I've been scammed that way before by a buyer in Italy who claimed I never sent the amp he paid for (and got refunded on). I don't send stuff to Italy any more as a result. 

Companies like Amazon have made next day delivery an expectation even when people are dealing with private sellers. I'm pissed off with his sense of entitlement. If he can't be arsed to read the terms of postage then I really don't know what to say. 

[captain_70s]

On the flipside I just got the confirmation that the HT leads I ordered for the Acclaim on the 1st of July have been shipped, just in time for me to miss the delivery as I'll be in Poland the rest of the week,...

[vulgalour]

Old cars are neat.  Get in car, normal start proceedure, churny-churny-churny-flooded.  Er, what?  Let it pull itself together again and churny-churny-churny-flooded.  Very odd.  I'm not sure what was causing the issue, after I'd cleaned everything that might be stopping spark - and everything was pretty clean to begin with anyway - it very grudgingly started.  Then did the 2 hours of driving about doing errands without any bother at all.  I suspect something spark related is breaking down, possibly the condenser, because I can't see what else it might be causing this issue.  I'm not even sure it's oil on the points now because when I had a look at those, they were nice and oil-free on the sparky bit, and look in good health.  I'll keep an eye on it, look for any Triumph badges appearing or worse, Honda badges.

[Guest Hooli]

On the flipside I just got the confirmation that the HT leads I ordered for the Acclaim on the 1st of July have been shipped, just in time for me to miss the delivery as I'll be in Poland the rest of the week,...

 

Too much talk of shopping here, I read that as you'd be in Poundland all week!

[oldcars]

eBay is being a delight, as ever. 

 

I listed a double DIN head unit ('as new'; it didn't fit in the SVX or the Impreza) on a three day auction with a very long dispatch lead time listed because of my working hours. 

 

I list postage at £15 because it's a medium parcel over 2kg. 

 

Buyer complains as he pays that the postage is too expensive. I explain why the postage is what it is and if there's any difference I'll refund him. There wasn't.

 

Two days later he asks for an update; I respond that day while I'm working over the weekend that it'll be Monday or Tuesday before I can send it out. 

I receive nothing over the weekend, then on Monday night I get an angry message saying that I'm taking the piss and that he's: 'had stuff posted quicker from China.'

 

Er, no, my postage terms were clear; by posting it then, which I informed him of in advance, I was still well within my stated dispatch terms. 

 

He then went on to demand a refund, which I read as I'd just happened to post it. 

Scrambled to get the parcel back, sent him another message explaining that I'm not a Chinese sweatshop, I wasn't picking my dispatch terms out of my arse and that he can either have it sent tomorrow or have a full refund. He likes responding in the evening, which is nice. Working, eh? Funny, I do that too. No way you're having it while you mull over a refund, matey - I've been scammed that way before by a buyer in Italy who claimed I never sent the amp he paid for (and got refunded on). I don't send stuff to Italy any more as a result. 

 

Companies like Amazon have made next day delivery an expectation even when people are dealing with private sellers. I'm pissed off with his sense of entitlement. If he can't be arsed to read the terms of postage then I really don't know what to say. 

Folk don't read stuff. The number of stupid questions we had selling the caravan when it was all there was madness.

[alcyonecorporation]

Folk don't read stuff. The number of stupid questions we has selling the caravan when it was all there was madness.

"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.'

[alcyonecorporation]

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.

[Guest Hooli]

Good job he's got a boat as this ship has sailed!

 

 

 

It's bfg or cheggers isn't it?

[vulgalour]

A boat.  He's buying old headunits on eBay and he's bragging about owning a boat.

 

 

Bless.

[Partridge]

Ebayer has responded saying that I should shut up and try harder because he works more hours than me and owns a boat.

 

 

[alcyonecorporation]

He had stuff ordered for his boat from the States and it arrived WITHIN SIX DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!1

 

All those hours spent at work must be doing a number on his comprehension skills. It clearly stated a long lead time for dispatch and postage.

 

He suggested I used DPD or Yodel and have them collect from my place of work, and that I might as well send the item because I'd be 'too busy to process the refund.'

 

Having dealt with Yodel's third party subbed carrier service (as HDN) for three years working for Marks and Spencer, you're better off setting your package on fire and posting what's left through the customer's door.

 

I realise that must be hard to see sat on your boat but us peons just have to go that extra mile.

 

I wouldn't understand, I'm not a business.

[Guest Hooli]

Blame the tradewinds.

[Partridge]

He had stuff ordered for his boat from the States and it arrived WITHIN SIX DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!1

Even so, I don't get why he needs a head unit so quickly, as if it's some weird do or die situation.

[alcyonecorporation]

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.

[Noel Tidybeard]

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:

[Kiltox]

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

[Tadhg Tiogar]

….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]

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.

[Guest Hooli]

That's how they pay for the bacon

[alcyonecorporation]

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.