The grumpy thread

[Guest]

There was a rest for my clutch foot

 

You mean the farting bracket.

 

When one is driving and feels a fart brewing, one can press down with the left foot on the farting bracket so as to raise the left arse cheek to let the fart escape unhindered.

 

That's fucking superb. I shall rank that amongst such Viz greats as 'Roger Mellie's Profanisaurus', 'The Postman Always Brings Mice', 'The Satsuma Castanet XR 4 Turbo : Not A Car, A Fanny Magnet', and 'Nazi Caravan : Incorporating Extreme Right Wing Motorhome'.

 

[Morgan84]

Just SORN it online and say nothing;if its registered to you,then they should have at least sent you a reminder

[dollywobbler]

Just SORN it online and say nothing;if its registered to you,then they should have at least sent you a reminder

 

Ha! That's genuinely funny. You may get a reminder, but it's certainly not guaranteed. I thought they were doing away with having to renew SORN as part of the government's attempt to cut down on bureaucracy?

 

That's genuinely funny as well.

[cort16]

Temporary european recover not wanting to cover a car more than 10 years old.

Working long hours so can't do any work on any of my shite

My Mrs's new car going awol so having to drive her around for the next two weeks.

[richardthestag]

Rac cover both 39yo stag and 19yo range rover so long as I am part of an owners club. Think it all started when I bought the original membership through stag owners club.

 

Also stag owner club preferred insurance company rh specialist etc provide European breakdown cover as part of the service.

 

Dunno if that helps but cover is available if you search.

[cort16]

I think we can get cover for a year but we only wanted temporary cover for a week, which green flag do but not for cars older than 10.

[Danblez]

Jesus H Christ, I hate ebay.

 

Saw an item I want to bid one but need to ask seller a question.

Go to contact seller and get redirected to some shitty support site called hosted support. This complete piece of shit doesnt answer my question and does not give me the option to contact the seller.

I then lookup his contact details which ebay cant give me and lists a number of reasons which are complete bollocks.

 

Well he and ebay can GET TO FUCK.

[Cavcraft]

Have you been through the seller's previous sales history on eBollocks? Sometimes old listings can contain contact details such as phone numbers etc.

What's the item number chief?

[whitevanman]

click ' ask seller a question' in the listing, then when you get the help screen tick 'other' that lets you send a question of your choic eto the seller

[Danblez]

click ' ask seller a question' in the listing, then when you get the help screen tick 'other' that lets you send a question of your choic eto the seller

 

That loops me back round to this shitty question answering service which has no FAQs stored and returns an error when searching. PANTS!

[Danblez]

Have you been through the seller's previous sales history on eBollocks? Sometimes old listings can contain contact details such as phone numbers etc.

What's the item number chief?

 

Edit Ok I am a bit of an idiot, he has a phone number in his listing I really should have read to the bottom!

 

But that doesn't stop the question answering thing being complete bollocks!

[whitevanman]

I've just used it on an auction and it worked fine.....

[Danblez]

I've just used it on an auction and it worked fine.....

 

That is how I normally use it but this has been set up differently. It looks like it is set up to simply stop questions being asked by morons, which seemed to work quite effectively!

[whitevanman]

I missed out, click 'other' then 'continue'

I have jsut tried it again and it is functioning as a system...

[whitevanman]

/\ right now I am with you..........could be the seller trying to be an arse !!!

[Danblez]

I missed out, click 'other' then 'continue'

I have jsut tried it again and it is functioning as a system...

 

Item 221135111712 take a look, never seen it like this before.

[whitevanman]

Damn thats feckin useless, must be a seller option and he is too lazy or stupid to actually put some FAQ in....verdict = 'tard

 

nice seats by the way

[dollywobbler]

I've encountered stuff like this before. "The seller receives too many messages so can't be arsed to respond to you" or something like that. Fine. I won't bid then!

[Guest]

I've had it with University I'm afraid.

[Largactil]

Minor eBay vendor gripe...

 

Off on holiday, and realise that there's going to be 1300+ miles of driving involved over the fortnight, and the forecast is for some pretty sunny conditions.

 

Decent sunnies are a good idea, as my five quid bob job pair have finally disintegrated.

 

Got carried away, and paid sixty quid for a pair on eBay a full 7 days before I was due to leave - Bit tight for time, but listing states buyer ships within 2-3 days, so should get here before I go.

 

Six days later, and still no sign / indication they've even been dispatched, I e-mail the buyer who proceeds to blame eBay & Paypal, stating that they didn't inform her that I'd paid till 5 days after the auction end. Hmmm.

 

When I (politely) voice my disappointment that she's waited nearly 7 days after the auction end to send them, and despite laying out sixty notes on sunglasses, I'd have to buy another pair for my trip...

 

... I got an amusing tirade of sarcasm - "Oh; I'm terribly sorry I didn't meet your expectations. Next time I'll jump in the car and drive the 500 miles to you to personally hand deliver them..." & "You do realise we had the olympics here in London this summer, and it has affected the postal service?" etc etc.

[Danblez]

Minor eBay vendor gripe...

 

Off on holiday, and realise that there's going to be 1300+ miles of driving involved over the fortnight, and the forecast is for some pretty sunny conditions.

 

Decent sunnies are a good idea, as my five quid bob job pair have finally disintegrated.

 

Got carried away, and paid sixty quid for a pair on eBay a full 7 days before I was due to leave - Bit tight for time, but listing states buyer ships within 2-3 days, so should get here before I go.

 

Six days later, and still no sign / indication they've even been dispatched, I e-mail the buyer who proceeds to blame eBay & Paypal, stating that they didn't inform her that I'd paid till 5 days after the auction end. Hmmm.

 

When I (politely) voice my disappointment that she's waited nearly 7 days after the auction end to send them, and despite laying out sixty notes on sunglasses, I'd have to buy another pair for my trip...

 

... I got an amusing tirade of sarcasm - "Oh; I'm terribly sorry I didn't meet your expectations. Next time I'll jump in the car and drive the 500 miles to you to personally hand deliver them..." & "You do realise we had the olympics here in London this summer, and it has affected the postal service?" etc etc.

 

Wouldnt it be awful if they got lost in the post now and she had to send another pair?

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

I'm incredibly pissed off because I am trapped in Greece for another 5 days, with very little to do. Had to come here to get my passport renewed because the consulates are SHIT, flew out on a crap charter which was the last flight of the season, and now I can't find any availability on flights back- seems like everyone is wanting to leave this shithole. Alright, I do get to go out and drink a bit, but I'm thoroughly fed up with this situation.

[warren t claim]

I'm incredibly pissed off because I am trapped in Greece for another 5 days, with very little to do. Had to come here to get my passport renewed because the consulates are SHIT, flew out on a crap charter which was the last flight of the season, and now I can't find any availability on flights back- seems like everyone is wanting to leave this shithole. Alright, I do get to go out and drink a bit, but I'm thoroughly fed up with this situation.

 

Buy a Seat Malaga/Peugeot 405 and drive home to a hero's welcome.

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

I thought about doing that- there is a bit of weird shite about, even seen a couple of mk1 Escrots in daily use! But paperwork is amazingly stupid. You have to pay like 200 Euros to get the bloody thing transferred, and then declare it on next year's tax return even if it only took a couple of weeks to reregister abroad. This place is so full of hassle...

[Cavcraft]

Have you no imagination? Buy a car in someone else off Autoshite's* name, drive it back and stick two fingers up as you cross the border.

 

 

 

*I'd recommend Outlaw118.

[Albert Ross]

Doh.... You're not exporting it, you're coming here on holiday..... Then, when you get here, it breaks down! One of those modern Lada Estates, or a Taunus should do it nicely.

[willswitchengage]

 

A new record - 0.9% of what the piece of paper in the living room says we're paying for.

[TimothyClaypole]

 

1978 1.1litre - 350 Euros, I'll take it.

 

[DSdriver]

More bureaucratic nonsense:

Man fined for throwing apple core out of car window. What next, Councils to prosecute fruit tree owners for letting fruit fall to ground? Stop the world I want to get off.

I am in favour of fines for proper litter but this is crazy.

Source http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-19846121

[retrogeezer]

I always chuck apple cores in hedges/verges or whatever, the birds love them as well....he should live around here, bottles/crisp bags/bed spreads etc all over the place.