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On 9/10/2023 at 12:05 PM, richardmorris said:

Have let a message with the recommended pest controller. Looking with binoculars on the outside there are plenty of wasps coming and going in the corner of the roof. The thing is, it’s my wall they’re behind, but not getting to the inside through my bit of roof, can hear the buzzing and crackling noises behind the rectangular area, but loudest in circle.

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For a minute there, I thought that was a ridiculously narrow door.

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2 hours ago, andyberg said:

I will be over 65, I have no intention of of objecting to anything, just want a quiet life. We will only be an hour away from Hong Kong and the family we have there. But as I say I will continue to research and keep my eyes open.

Like most people who live elsewhere from their "home nation" and get along with the locals you know what is acceptable and what it totally stupid and just ignore opinions of people who don't live and don't have your experience when they tell you what to do.  A bit like wot I have just wrote.

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It's my birthday soon. The Mrs asked if I fancied anything particular.

I said a replica Jens-Martin Knudsen bobble hat.

Apparently I'm silly 😔

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2 hours ago, vulgalour said:

For a minute there, I thought that was a ridiculously narrow door.

The pest controller recommended by landlords is coming in the morning- of course it’s now 15 degrees cooler and wasps seem to be asleep as it’s a lot quieter. Still humming away you can hear though.

I’m much of a live and let live to animals, but concerned about them getting inside. Plus being louder than last night of the proms was a serious concern !

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Selling the Honda and Fazer on fb. Nil enquiries for the Fazer. One guy for the Honda... is it still fir sale? Yes it is. Whereabouts are you? Lincoln. Ok, no problem. How do you want to proceed? Reply... how much? As stated in the fucking advert you bollock. Am awaiting.... I'll give you 300 and get it at the weekend.

My response will be swift and brutal.

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Sadly no further communication. I am almost sad.

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In sad lonely man news; my microwave korma fucking exploded all over the inside of my microwave. 

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As John Lennon almost sang, "instant korma's gonna get you".

 

 

Sorry, couldn't help it.

If it's any consolation, I had a similar episode with a pouch of Mexican rice recently, but I couldn't come up with any appropriate puns.

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so i booked (a not cheap) flight and picking the seats took photos of the screen as booking so if they changed them or cocked about id have proof it was mine 

all through getting the time i want put deets they want in and bosh booked

read the confirmation email to check theyve got it all right and 

behold the out is the early choice which is not what id picked

i was not happy so went on the website to change it

yessir thatll be xxx

ok fair enuff (at this stage i thought it was my mistake) 

bear with me

tried to change it and pay for the correct time

message at the top we're sorry cannot for the time and date youve picked please pick another time

tried it twice and it wouldnt let me

fuckya - CANCEL YOU YA BASTARD

cancelled it then went to see if it would be a partial refund or complete

went onto their website and bot - but the little choices were cancel and change and some others - click the change and it comes up with if cancelled within 24 hours FULL REFUND

i look at the seat pic with the seat number and just above it it has the origin, destination and the time

which was the evening time like id asked for!!??!!?!!11one1!!! :D

why did it change between picking the seats and the payment????

no idea but im gonna find out tomorrow - if they argue i have evidence WITH the time on it :D

fuck sake

the flight i wanted to avoid will have to be booked as i now dont want to deal with this lot (and theyre not a fly by night jobbie - no pun intended)

min rant (sort of) over

thanks for watching

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Went down to the car park earlier and the council have stuck an abandoned vehicle ticket on the Mazda.  Which isn't unexpected - it's been sat there for a while with no MOT or tax and it is a bit of an eyesore.  However the twats have also ticketed the Renault 4, which is taxed, insured and in regular use - I spent half the weekend fitting a new pissing driveshaft to it FFS.  I'm wondering whether it's because it doesn't have an MOT (because exempt), but then neither do the Renault 6 or the Visa, which were parked either side of the 4, and neither of those got a ticket.

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14 hours ago, iainrcz said:

It's my birthday soon. The Mrs asked if I fancied anything particular.

I said a replica Jens-Martin Knudsen bobble hat.

Apparently I'm silly 😔

Over the years I've come to dread getting presents. They are never what you want. And they sit around forever reproaching you for lack of gratitude. 

If I give presents I try to make them something that will be used up almost immediately, probably by being eaten or drunk.

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Booked Ma a flu jab on the superdrug website. Went there today, 1 flu jab plz.

We haven't got any vaccine, there's no pharmacist, and you haven't got an appointment.

~Shows email confirmation of appointment~

That's from the superdrug website, we don't use that. (??????????) Earliest we can offer is 10th October.

What a shower of shit. So now playing the check every chemist in 5 mile radius game. We're not stupid enough to go to her docs after last time. Let's invite half the town to come at the same time, jam them inside to form a super spreader event for the 2 hour wait while they come out one at a time shouting "Gerald Ratner? Anyone here called Gerald?"

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On 9/10/2023 at 12:05 PM, richardmorris said:

Have let a message with the recommended pest controller. Looking with binoculars on the outside there are plenty of wasps coming and going in the corner of the roof. The thing is, it’s my wall they’re behind, but not getting to the inside through my bit of roof, can hear the buzzing and crackling noises behind the rectangular area, but loudest in circle.

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Pest control have just been. Wasps definitely upset now!

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5 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Pest control have just been. Wasps definitely upset now!

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It looks like they’re on a cocaine buzz 🐝 hahah!

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Christmas is coming.

 

 

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Posted
3 hours ago, Remspoor said:

Christmas is coming.

 

 

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As a goal , I don’t think world peace is very achievable, but could we not have a “Say no to tat, Christmas”.?

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The stars in my life have aligned in respect of the 'it's been up on blocks for 15 days waiting for parts' Volvo:
Correct discs ✔️
Correct pads ✔️
Dust shields ✔️
Flared pipe ✔️
Time available ✔️

But then 

Weather 
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FFS!

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Early morning, pissing down with rain

thought I'd be kind and drop my partner at work, only round the corner but I'll be nice

my kindness was rewarded

lots and lots of beeps

 

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30 minutes ago, maxxo said:

Early morning, pissing down with rain

thought I'd be kind and drop my partner at work, only round the corner but I'll be nice

my kindness was rewarded

lots and lots of beeps

 

 

Citroen Gods do not like odd numbered dates when it's dark & raining - be fine tomorrow, honest.

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22 hours ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

The stars in my life have aligned in respect of the 'it's been up on blocks for 15 days waiting for parts' Volvo:
Correct discs ✔️
Correct pads ✔️
Dust shields ✔️
Flared pipe ✔️
Time available ✔️

But then 

Weather 
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FFS!

I actually managed to get the job done during a gap in the rain, imprudent test drive in the dark & pissing rain at 8pm didn't end in catastrophe either. Happy days.
Woke up at 5am realising that I have forgotten to clip up the O/S ABS wire - feckit, go look or more coffee? Coffee/AS wins

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I just sold a guitar on ebay for £645 and ebay took £168 in fee's. That's 26%. Robbing bastards.

Posted
1 hour ago, cort16 said:

I just sold a guitar on ebay for £645 and ebay took £168 in fee's. That's 26%. Robbing bastards.

Jesus. No wonder everybody uses FB marketplace these days ...

Posted
1 hour ago, cort16 said:

I just sold a guitar on ebay for £645 and ebay took £168 in fee's. That's 26%. Robbing bastards.

Fuck them. I try to avoid their fees wherever possible. I have a little wordpress site set up with my burner SIM contact details and put the address in the listings. You get away with that and also seem to be doing OK sending screenshots of phone numbers. Some people put a phone number on a scrap of paper in the listing photos.

If you sell a lot of the same thing you can also set up a Facebook page and try to get sales that way.

I take payment through Sumup for most people on credit/debit card which is <2% fees. Or PayPal via business account is about 3%.

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2 hours ago, cort16 said:

I just sold a guitar on ebay for £645 and ebay took £168 in fee's. That's 26%. Robbing bastards.

There's nothing wrong with a listing service charging for its advertising reach and finding a buyer. 

But... 26%!!! On your fucking bike. That's whack. 10% I can grudgingly live with. They've got to pay people and apparently not pay tax. 

Most recent thing I sold was a Starlink kit which seemed to be going for anywhere between £350-450. I listed it as an auction with low start and it did attract a few bids. However a bloke offered £350 to buy it now. On the face of it that's a low offer, but he was collecting. No post or packing risk and hassle. 

I did try to amend the advert to add a BIN price but it wouldn't let me, the rules about this are unfathomable. 

So I sent him a photo of my hand-written mobile number and he came with cash that evening. 

No fees, no comeback (it's broken/don't like it/postage damage scam etc) and ice got the cash ready to pay for the boiler repair next week. 

No guilt involved, they get plenty off me from stuff I buy and sell. Fuck them. They are basically a monopoly now hence the outrageous selling fees. They also manage to cleverly conceal their final fees by tricking you into thinking you'll only pay the pennies required for the listing fee. 

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I sell alot of vacuums to other collectors directly nowadays, unless it's something very special. I've learnt there's a good £40/50 tolerance between maybe it going well on ebay AND the winning bidder pays (very common in the vacuum cleaner world sadly) then minus fee's to just doing someone a happy price and getting it gone quickly and painlessly! 

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It's partly my fault as it kept prompting me to use their advertising feature. The guitar wasn't selling and said if I use this service it would take 11% of the sale but it made out it would be 11% plus the listing fee not 11% plus another 15%. 

I'd have been better off just selling it on facebook for £500

 

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Major cockup made. Bought a gig ticket back in March for a gig tonight. Email confirmation said 'you'll receive the tickets 4-6 weeks before'. Also said 'we are unable to deliver your tickets please contact us' in small print. Didn't think anything of it, I thought their system just couldn't handle the fact they weren't sending them out that early (they had given special instructions for the venue in question)

Of course I only clock this last night when I look for the tickets (they're meant to send a link to a PDF via SMS). Support for the ticket site I used (sadly not Ticketmaster/See or direct with the venue, as I bought them under a presale through O2 Priority) is only open 9 til 5, online only, no live chat or anything like that. Rang box office this morning, they can see the booking but can't resend the link, advised that if I come down with proof tonight they might (and only might) be able to sort something.

So that's £50 up the swanny if not. Not sure what recourse I have.

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3 hours ago, cort16 said:

It's partly my fault as it kept prompting me to use their advertising feature. The guitar wasn't selling and said if I use this service it would take 11% of the sale but it made out it would be 11% plus the listing fee not 11% plus another 15%. 

I'd have been better off just selling it on facebook for £500

 

I was going to say 26% sounds way off.
I use eBay all the time to sell my cameras and the total take is about 15% which I reckon is fair enough given the audience you reach and the relatively smooth transaction. Old cameras probably don't attract the same kind of dregs of society as cars but I'm happy paying that to avoid the great unwashed coming to my door. Most eBay sellers just jack the price up to compensate.

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I feel this isn't going to be smooth sailing, I've asked the guy twice for an email or phone number I can enter when booking the courier and both times he's sent me back his delivery address.

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