The grumpy thread

[Tamworthbay]

Today is the day i finally snapped.

 

10am this morning

 

"£200 for ur Discovery"

 

"Sorry, no"

 

11am

 

"200 for ur Discovery"

 

"No, sorry"

 

11:30

 

"200 for ur Disco"

 

No.

 

12:30pm

 

"£250 for ur Disco"

 

Not a chance, sorry.

 

2pm

 

"200 for ur Disco?"

 

Look, no. I'd make more scrapping it.

 

5pm

 

"200 for ur Disco"

 

As said, no. Please stop daft offers, you're not getting it for less than £450.

 

11pm

 

"200 for the Disco?"

 

FUCK OFF.

Just increase the price every time they ask, it usually shuts the morons up.

[New POD]

spring clean ...

Come and fix the lights in my garage.

[sierraman]

Today is the day i finally snapped.

 

10am this morning

 

"£200 for ur Discovery"

 

"Sorry, no"

 

11am

 

"200 for ur Discovery"

 

"No, sorry"

 

11:30

 

"200 for ur Disco"

 

No.

 

12:30pm

 

"£250 for ur Disco"

 

Not a chance, sorry.

 

2pm

 

"200 for ur Disco?"

 

Look, no. I'd make more scrapping it.

 

5pm

 

"200 for ur Disco"

 

As said, no. Please stop daft offers, you're not getting it for less than £450.

 

11pm

 

"200 for the Disco?"

FUCK OFF.

Just text back with ‘Sorry m8 just sold it for £150’

 

Or ‘Ok, meet me at (insert services fucking miles away) to view’ then turn your phone off.

[New POD]

Just increase the price every time they ask, it usually shuts the morons up.

Or say yes. And then when they arrive tell them you already took a deposit for £500, but if they want it you'll take £550

[Sheefag]

Isn't that your line, albeit one adopted involuntarily? By the time he works through the MCOL hoops it will be the end of April and you'll be paying him anyway, t

 

I had a clever bastard try that with me.

 

I conveniently forgot to tell MCOL of the payment, got judgement as a result and immediately paid extra to send the Bailiffs in.

 

Punter got a CCJ and saddled with the full cost of MCOL and Bailiffs.

[sierraman]

Or say yes. And then when they arrive tell them you already took a deposit for £500, but if they want it you'll take £550

My in laws are about to sell an 09 plate Astra estate. They’re putting it up for about a grand. I can’t wait to hear about the arseholes they will get on Bumtree.

[DoctorRetro]

Ex who had moved my son 60 miles away over a year ago is now arranging moving back to the area.

 

While this sounds like a good thing, he is settled in the school there, and the only school place available near where she is thinking of moving to isn't brilliant. It's a good school for those who struggle, apparently, but not so good for those above average, like my boy. It is a lot to put a 7 year old through.

 

If she moves I'll get my son closer and stop having to drive 240 miles per weekend, but at what expense? I really don't know what to do.

[loserone]

Sounds like there's nowt you can do; she's moving back, and she is forcing the schools issue.

 

If you were loaded I suppose you could move to where the good school is and come to an agreement..

[DoctorRetro]

Sounds like there's nowt you can do; she's moving back, and she is forcing the schools issue.

 

If you were loaded I suppose you could move to where the good school is and come to an agreement..

The only thing is, she has also admitted to not being happy about the school. She's getting me go to visit the school instead of her, but that puts pressure on me. Do I agree to keep the peace and get blamed if he isn't settling / not progressing? Or do I raise concerns and risk her either overruling or pulling out of the move?

 

Actually, I think I've answered my own question. I'll only agree if I'm 100 percent happy, and her choice is her issue. If I have to keep travelling to see him I will deal with it.

[New POD]

My in laws are about to sell an 09 plate Astra estate. They’re putting it up for about a grand. I can’t wait to hear about the arseholes they will get on Bumtree.

I must have been lucky selling my Astra on there.

 

I had 3 phone calls. All sounded serious. One arranged to come the next day.

One wanted to view immediately.

An hour later the cash was in my bank and I phoned the other person so they didn't waste time.

I then posted the spare key to the buyer and got a text thanking me about 3 days later.

Assuming Astra has 12 months mot, no faults and a service history I reckon.it will be painless. Nice popular car.

[Datsuncog]

I'm really hoping that this is some sort of mistake, or that a load of subsequent ads since December have mysteriously fallen off the billboard, because if Lidl is seriously advertising Christmas stuff in March...

 

[New POD]

The only thing is, she has also admitted to not being happy about the school. She's getting me go to visit the school instead of her, but that puts pressure on me. Do I agree to keep the peace and get blamed if he isn't settling / not progressing? Or do I raise concerns and risk her either overruling or pulling out of the move?

 

Actually, I think I've answered my own question. I'll only agree if I'm 100 percent happy, and her choice is her issue. If I have to keep travelling to see him I will deal with it.

Do what is right for the child. Moving schools at year 7 is going to put them back a year even if the school was decent. Probably.

You need to be asking questions about how they support the child in the transision.

[Datsuncog]

Also: the last HMV store in Northern Ireland (possibly all of Ireland?) is going.

 

 

I note that their 'store closing' does not actually translate into a 'closing down sale', since nothing's been reduced.

 

Best of luck with that, lads.

[scaryoldcortina]

I had a clever bastard try that with me.

 

I conveniently forgot to tell MCOL of the payment, got judgement as a result and immediately paid extra to send the Bailiffs in.

 

Punter got a CCJ and saddled with the full cost of MCOL and Bailiffs.

So you lied to the court and got a judgement you weren't entitled to?

 

Fucking bravo. I'd have had you back before a judge with the receipt for payment in hand. They don't take kindly to perjurers.

[sierraman]

I must have been lucky selling my Astra on there.

 

I had 3 phone calls. All sounded serious. One arranged to come the next day.

One wanted to view immediately.

An hour later the cash was in my bank and I phoned the other person so they didn't waste time.

I then posted the spare key to the buyer and got a text thanking me about 3 days later.

Assuming Astra has 12 months mot, no faults and a service history I reckon.it will be painless. Nice popular car.

It’s not a bad one, in fact If I was them I’d keep it, it’s got a receipt for a new clutch in there as well. It had the issue with the accelerator pedal not working but I’ve sorted that now. Had a new turbo in it late last year as well. They’ve lost faith in it and have bought a petrol instead. Grim 1.7TD in Life misery spec.

[Sheefag]

So you lied to the court and got a judgement you weren't entitled to?

 

Fucking bravo. I'd have had you back before a judge with the receipt for payment in hand. They don't take kindly to perjurers.

 

Punter owed me money.

 

I finally put it with MCOL. This costs money but is added to the original debt.

 

Four days before judgement is due, punter thinks he's clever and pays the original debt which leaves me with the court costs.

 

As for getting me back before the Judge, how the fuck are you going to do that???

 

It's MCOL, there is no judge.

[scaryoldcortina]

It's still a dickhead move and a dangerous one. By all means modify your claim for just the costs, which you are allowed to do, but lying to a court which MCOL is is dumb.

[loserone]

Meanwhile, the punter who went to a loanshark to avoid getting a CCJ..

[Sheefag]

How is it a dickhead move when he owes the money?

 

As for being dumb, it worked for me and I reckon this cunt will think twice before he tries to stiff another trade.

 

Being self employed is a lot different to getting a wage every month.

 

If someone thinks they don't have to pay me, they can expect 'difficulties'.

 

I'd buy this man a  pint.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-LqLU7CxeA

[Kiltox]

Just getting insurance quotes for my new car - the number of black box policies is staggering, so many more than there used to be

[The Moog]

Seems to be the way forward for a lot of companies. I guess it is an easy way to monitor the car a bit more precisely. 

[Kiltox]

I’d be insured for about a week before they pulled the plug

[scaryoldcortina]

Also self employed, also not a fan of debtors but two wrongs don't make a right. I get what you were doing but it's wrong and can bite you in the arse hence stupid.

 

PS, I've been lied about to a court by dickheads trying to extract money or property from me.

[Sheefag]

That's the thing though, you're probably one of the nice people and I'm not, nor do I harbour any future intention to be so.

 

There's no chance of getting caught. None. It was an unfortunate oversight on my part. Clumsy me.

 

Pre MCOL days, a company in Mayfair owed me money. I bombarded them with calls and harrassment until finally one day, they sent me a cheque. An unsigned cheque.

 

Signed the bastard myself, whacked it into the bank and it cleared.

 

There was another one, a chain of high end nailbars that used to randomly get their locks glued. Not cheap locks either, these were from Banhams. They would have been better off paying up.

 

Thinking back, there was a director of Deutsche Bank who was also unfortunate in that way several times. He was also a Banham customer.

 

I should thank MCOL really, for making me a better person.

[Cavcraft]

Seems to be the way forward for a lot of companies. I guess it is an easy way to monitor the car a bit more precisely.

 

It is good, as policies are usually much cheaper. Plus it makes people drive a bit more carefully and I suppose stolen cars are much easier to find.

[SherpaMog]

When somewhat younger and more foolish I downloaded the Aviva app to assess your driving. On private roads early Sunday morningsin a ridiculously driven rx8 I could never get it to drop below 1 out of five.

[scaryoldcortina]

That's the thing though, you're probably one of the nice people and I'm not, nor do I harbour any future intention to be so.

 

There's no chance of getting caught. None. It was an unfortunate oversight on my part. Clumsy me.

 

Pre MCOL days, a company in Mayfair owed me money. I bombarded them with calls and harrassment until finally one day, they sent me a cheque. An unsigned cheque.

 

Signed the bastard myself, whacked it into the bank and it cleared.

 

There was another one, a chain of high end nailbars that used to randomly get their locks glued. Not cheap locks either, these were from Banhams. They would have been better off paying up.

 

Thinking back, there was a director of Deutsche Bank who was also unfortunate in that way several times. He was also a Banham customer.

 

I should thank MCOL really, for making me a better person.

Nah, all you know about me is that I don't share my private business on the internet.

 

One day those boasts might bite you.

[Sheefag]

Prior to MCOL, I used to have to put a lot of effort into being an arsehole and finding new and interesting ways of taking the fight back to the enemy, now I can do it from my desk.

That's what you call progress.

[treehugger]

Was talking to a retired builder, said back in the eighties a man owed him thousands, was tardy about paying. Tonys home number was in yellow pages for work, was before mobiles. Word got around, he had lots of men ringing him up offering things like, I will break his leg for you, £300, both legs is £500 etcetc. Seems theres a going rate for violence. In the end he paid somebody more legit to just hassle the bloke, till he coughed.

Tony told me about how nasty some rich types can be to try n avoid paying for the work.

I wouldnt try stiffing a builder! Or anybody, but esp. a builder.

[Sheefag]

Scaffolders are the worst. They're the kind of lads who'd be murderers if they had the time for it and weren't so busy.