The grumpy thread

[wuvvum]

  On 19/03/2025 at 16:10, Datsuncog said:

Another time I wanted to withdraw a somewhat larger sum from my account, because I was going to look at a car with a good chance of buying it (£1,500, so not exactly an absolute fortune).

No, I would have needed to have given them three working days' notice that I was going to withdraw such a large sum. All they would give me over the counter was the same amount as the ATM limit outside.

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That's interesting.  I went into the bank a few weeks back to draw out £1,800 to buy the i-Miev and they gave it to me over the counter no questions asked - they did ask to see photo ID though.

[High Jetter]

  On 19/03/2025 at 16:12, cobblers said:

It's cheaper and easier to take cards than it is to handle cash nowadays (2% flat fee, no monthly costs, the machine costs £150 and you get paid every day). The only genuine reason a business won't take cards is that they don't want to pay tax. 

 

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Um...daily payments in mean 7 bank charges a week, I get mine once. Customers pay cash, staff get cash wages, all above board, but no bank charges.

[cobblers]

  On 19/03/2025 at 22:10, High Jetter said:

Um...daily payments in mean 7 bank charges a week, I get mine once. Customers pay cash, staff get cash wages, all above board, but no bank charges.

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Bank charges? It's a percentage. I could have them pay once a month, but the fees are a percentage of the amount, so frequency makes no difference. 

If we take £500 in a day on card, the following day at 4pm we get £490 in the bank. Bills and staff and everything are paid by bacs, I've not had to take time and go to pay cash in to a bank. Our business bank costs nothing to use. 

Customers sometimes want to pay cash, and if they do it's a nuisance - I just spend it on diesel to get rid of it 

[High Jetter]

  On 19/03/2025 at 22:41, cobblers said:

Bank charges? It's a percentage.

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Yours might be, but Natwest charge me 35p for automated transfers in or out. Cash is 70p per £100 plus 70p manual handling charge.

[cobblers]

  On 20/03/2025 at 08:30, High Jetter said:

Yours might be, but Natwest charge me 35p for automated transfers in or out. Cash is 70p per £100 plus 70p manual handling charge.

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Jesus! Might be worth looking at another bank? We use Starling for our everyday stuff, there are no charges for anything. No monthly fees, no transaction fees. I've never tried paying cash in though, it can be done through the post office but it's easier for us to just spend it on diesel and petty cash - in 6 years we've only taken about £8k in cash, if that. They don't pay interest though, so I only keep a working float in there and the rest goes into an instant access business savings account that pays about 4%.

[High Jetter]

  On 20/03/2025 at 08:38, cobblers said:

Jesus! Might be worth looking at another bank? We use Starling for our everyday stuff, there are no charges for anything. No monthly fees, no transaction fees. I've never tried paying cash in though, it can be done through the post office but it's easier for us to just spend it on diesel and petty cash - in 6 years we've only taken about £8k in cash, if that. They don't pay interest though, so I only keep a working float in there and the rest goes into an instant access business savings account that pays about 4%.

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Hmm, thanks, you might be right. 

[uk_senator]

  On 19/03/2025 at 13:50, beko1987 said:

I had a HTC m8 that started taking photos like that towards the end of it life 😢

The image corrupting like that just on a hard drive is worrying though... You got enough coin for a 4tb data hdd and usb adapter? Can get everything backed up onto a hopefully known good drive incase your about to suffer some random horrific hardware failure? Then keep a good copy on it that you rarely access. And don't drop the drive 👌

I've got my unraid server for my data hoarding habits, and 96% isn't backed up anywhere else but I keep a 4tb hdd in a padded hard drive box that they get shipped with and once a year do a copy/add new of all the photos of the kids and such I've taken

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Thing is, this isnt happening on just one of the drives, the example I gave was from my external 4tb drive, just now, when going through pics for the ad I just put up, I found more examples, on my PC`s main drive (a 1.5tb SSD):

[Bren]

Grumpy? You bet.

My BMW has a problem with the indicators - signalling right and they go fast - I had an error for the rear right.

Alarm bells should have been ringing when there is nothing in the owners pack to tell you how to swap a bulb.

Even more alarm bells when there are no how to's on the internet.

The bells were peeling even more when I got the tools out and noticed a crack in the plastic.

After removing some nuts ( a couple were a right PITA due to access ) I managed to get the light free.

I removed four screws from the rear cover but even then unit wouldn't separate.

I saw a PCB inside. Even gently prising was causing the plastic to crack. So I stopped.

It is obviously a sealed unit. With LED lights.

So it will require a new cluster - even if you could repair the fault you would irrevocably damage the housing.

The german car industry has done it's own legs......

[cort1977]

I'm no expert but is it possible to loosen the glue with a bit of heat? Sure I have seen it done on youtube m8. Easy*.

[Bren]

  On 20/03/2025 at 14:17, cort1977 said:

I'm no expert but is it possible to loosen the glue with a bit of heat? Sure I have seen it done on youtube m8. Easy*.

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It's cracked. A replacement is required.

[Yoss]

  On 20/03/2025 at 13:22, Bren said:

Grumpy? You bet.

My BMW has a problem with the indicators - signalling right and they go fast - I had an error for the rear right.

Alarm bells should have been ringing when there is nothing in the owners pack to tell you how to swap a bulb.

Even more alarm bells when there are no how to's on the internet.

The bells were peeling even more when I got the tools out and noticed a crack in the plastic.

After removing some nuts ( a couple were a right PITA due to access ) I managed to get the light free.

I removed four screws from the rear cover but even then unit wouldn't separate.

I saw a PCB inside. Even gently prising was causing the plastic to crack. So I stopped.

It is obviously a sealed unit. With LED lights.

So it will require a new cluster - even if you could repair the fault you would irrevocably damage the housing.

The german car industry has done it's own legs......

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It's a BMW, surely you don't need indicators. 

Sorry, I'll get my coat. 

[camryv6]

  23 hours ago, Yoss said:

It's a BMW, surely you don't need indicators. 

Sorry, I'll get my coat. 

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I was wondering how he found out the indicator wasn't working ? 

[Remspoor]

  On 20/03/2025 at 13:22, Bren said:

Grumpy? You bet.

My BMW has a problem with the indicators - signalling right and they go fast - I had an error for the rear right.

Alarm bells should have been ringing when there is nothing in the owners pack to tell you how to swap a bulb.

Even more alarm bells when there are no how to's on the internet.

The bells were peeling even more when I got the tools out and noticed a crack in the plastic.

After removing some nuts ( a couple were a right PITA due to access ) I managed to get the light free.

I removed four screws from the rear cover but even then unit wouldn't separate.

I saw a PCB inside. Even gently prising was causing the plastic to crack. So I stopped.

It is obviously a sealed unit. With LED lights.

So it will require a new cluster - even if you could repair the fault you would irrevocably damage the housing.

The german car industry has done it's own legs......

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Same with all moderns LED rears non reparable. But still on the bright side you are saving the planet because they take less power, thus your alternator works less, thus making more MPG

[Split_Pin]

Falkirk Council have put my tax up by FORTY QUID a month, in a 15% rise for everybody.

They've got a sophisticated online booking system for the local recycling centre to avoid queues.

A great* success today:

It's not even near here, it's up a short road. Nothing was moving and I didn't have enough time on my 1 hour lunch break.

Saabs full of shite till Monday when I go back and try again.

Dickheads.

[captain_70s]

Fun fact, Wardpark Recycling don't ask where you've come from and don't require booking.

I haven't been to the local one since the booking system came in...

[High Jetter]

  3 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Falkirk Council have put my tax up by FORTY QUID a month, in a 15% rise for everybody.

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They are amateurs. I've recently had the Business Rates bills in for my 3 shops. 2 are +140%, third is +182.55%. Any wonder small businesses are struggling?

[Split_Pin]

  3 hours ago, captain_70s said:

Fun fact, Wardpark Recycling don't ask where you've come from and don't require booking.

I haven't been to the local one since the booking system came in...

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Cheers Tony, I used to go there before the ID requirements came in during Covid, I didn't know they'd stopped asking. I'll start going back there again, I never had any issues there in all the years I used it.