The grumpy thread

[alf892]

Sorry but if you have buggered them about because you ordered incorrectly or change you mind I can't see why you don't think they are due some money?

 

If I sold something on eBay and posted it out only to have the buyer decide he didn't want it anymore and then expect a full refund of the price and post I'd sure as fuck think I was due something.....

[cobblers]

When I was 16 I had a piaggio zip50. Binned it on gravel in Sutton-in-Ashfield at about 25 mph 3 days after taking cbt. I had really bad gravel rash and still wince when I think of how rough the nurse was in A an E with the tweezers and antiseptic. I was wearing a vest and tracksuit bottoms. Since then no matter what I ride I wear protective trouser and jacket. I've had folk say to me Oh it's only a scooter, why wear all gear but regardless of what you ride be it a moped or a hayabusa at 30 mph you will still end up in trouble.

 

 

I followed a youngish lass riding a scooter this morning wearing short shorts and them awful gladiator sandal things, she was well unsteady on it and was hovering her feet just above the floor round corners and at anything under 10mph, I wouldn't have trusted her on a pushbike. I was cringing like mad just looking

[twosmoke300]

Nice tits tho ?

[Cavcraft]

The scooter rider's, not yours.

[The Moog]

Sorry but if you have buggered them about because you ordered incorrectly or change you mind I can't see why you don't think they are due some money?

 

If I sold something on eBay and posted it out only to have the buyer decide he didn't want it anymore and then expect a full refund of the price and post I'd sure as fuck think I was due something.....

Because you can't see or touch it. It is part of cost of doing business online. You have to pay for the return costs but similar to the old distance selling regs you have the right to change your mind.

 

It doesn't apply to private sellers just businesses.

[beko1987]

Sorry but if you have buggered them about because you ordered incorrectly or change you mind I can't see why you don't think they are due some money?

 

If I sold something on eBay and posted it out only to have the buyer decide he didn't want it anymore and then expect a full refund of the price and post I'd sure as fuck think I was due something.....

This is basically my view, i fucked up, and its probably not worth my time spending a tenner sending a £20 part back. The chap sent me a screenshot which showed all the bits that should be there, but for a cat system.

 

Will have a double check if the pipe to fannymould fitting over the weekend and take my mum up on the offer of a short term loan. Doing 25 seconds more searching than i did revealed my screwup

 

Anyone need a zx or xsara rear to backbox exhaust bit?

[purplebargeken]

Typical. Nothing automotive and road legal that I possess has a tow bar fitted other than my 1965 Volvo Amazon.

 

Dead useful that is. Not.

[fordperv]

I get wound up by seeing people riding bikes without proper gear on, i once upset a guy on a gsxr750 by asking him how much his kevlar knee, hand and elbow implants were as he was wearing shorts and t shirt to ride

[hairnet]

no ebay cocksniffer RTFADVERT

 

fucks sake

[fred]

I get wound up by seeing people riding bikes without proper gear on, i once upset a guy on a gsxr750 by asking him how much his kevlar knee, hand and elbow implants were as he was wearing shorts and t shirt to ride

Its an age thing I guess, anyone below 30 considers themselves immortal - I did and did stupid things, above that things start wearing out. You get backache - strains etc, and hit 40 and by bugger you sound like your old dad

[dave21478]

A lady I know worked at a scooter rental place on Mallorca. With every rental they gave the speech about appropriate clothing but could see the peoples eyes glaze over as they stopped listening.

Pretty much every week some girl in short shorts and a bikini top or some guy in nothing but shorts would find out the hard way. Usually just going too fast and finding a pothole or gravel in the road on a curve.

 

Also - wear your fucking helmet properly! sadly before I got my dashcam so no film of it but I was following a scooter with two kids on it here. There had been a rain shower after a long hot period so the road was greasy as fuck. They were riding like knobs and I could see it coming a mile away so kept well back and they inevitably binned it on a corner, fortunately at relatively low speed as both their helmets flew off and went bouncing down the road.

[purplebargeken]

^^ No sympathy whatsoever.

[mercrocker]

Down zat zhere Cornwaaaal one summer afternoon many many sleeps ago we were admiring each others crap bikes when a Yoshi-piped Z900 snarled in with much unnecessary throttle windage. Ridden by a bird in a pink halterneck bikini and not much else. The bike was hotter than she was and had obviously been thrashed like the bastard it was. She took her lid off, shook the blond hair into a an 80s-tastic feather cut and strode into the beer garden. My gobshite mate asked how she would like her tits sanded with 30 grit so she would know how it would feel if she fell off dressed like that.

 

He really wasn't to know it was her boyfriend's bike that she had just taken for a blatt up the newsagent, and yep, he was the massive fucker over by the rockery, nursing a growling grudge against grockel twats....

 

The afternoon didn't end well, one of us ended up with a very sore face so you should always wear proper protection!

[oldcars]

People. Why are so many all me me me, why not break the habit of a lifetime and possible think about others?

Wish i could build a house, on its own mile away from others 

[Richard]

 

The afternoon didn't end well, one of us ended up with a very sore face so you should always wear proper protection!

 

Full face helmets aren't great in a fight, they provide a convenient handle to hold with one hand and a window to punch through with the other.

[chaseracer]

People. Why are so many all me me me, why not break the habit of a lifetime and possible think about others?

Wish i could build a house, on its own mile away from others 

 

This.  To a magnitude of infinity.  With razor wire...

[saucedoctor]

Trying to buy a new laptop today. Narrowed it down to three at Argos. Described as having "Intel i5 AMD A10 " processors (!)
They haven't got any of them left anyway, anywhere.

 

PC Wankers: likewise no stock of actual laptops, just netbooks and those shitty fold over things. And despite some tool asking me twice, I don't want a fucking Macbook instead.

1 local shop has no laptops at all, and the other one isn't open.

 

 

I have a fair old chunk of change to spend on this, and no bugger is in a position to relieve me of it.

[EssDeeWon]

^Try your local John Lewis, they have a great selection and offer free extended warranties IIRC

 

Don't be put off by the '££John Lewis££' banner, their electrical equipment like Laptops and TV's are more or less in line with the others like Argos / Curreys / PC World.

[saucedoctor]

Cheers for the tip, however I need one today. The NI John lewis has been planned for 13 years, but doesn't yet exists due to the WANKERS at Stormont.

 

I think I'll get one off scumtree as a temporary measure until I can get a better one. I see John Lewis will deliver to NI, so that's a possibility. Ta.

[Pillock]

Just hope it doesn't need repairing if you buy from JL. Their repair operation is crap. 

[AlabamaShrimp]

They must be some good laptops to have Intel and amd chips

 

 

Today's moan those sodding BT adverts. It's on every ad break on the discovery type channels. Wouldn't mind so much but it's bollocks about a sale. This'll be the same sale that's been on for the last year that gets a name change every six months.....

[Inspector Morose]

Wives - do no guilt your husband into not going out and enjoying what he likes on the premise of shopping for a barbecue to be held tomorrow for your family. When you then go off and enjoy doing what you want to do, leaving said husband to reflect on the totally wasted day until you finally manage to come back, don't be too surprised if he's feeling "a little off".

 

I could just go off anyway but the wrath that would invoke can only be understood by the brow beaten husband society.

[Richard]

Similarly, a visit to a farm shop followed by an evening with the in-laws is not a good way to spend the last day of my holidays.

[andy18s]

Got home to a Penalty Notice from the good people who run the Dartford Crossing last night

It seems when I took a run down to that there London last month I neglected to pay the fees for using their lovely bridge and tunnel.

For this privilege they informed me they wanted a total of £140 in penalties (halved if paid within 14 days)

Once I'd dug up the emailed receipt they'd sent me,and got a copy of my debit card statement showing the online payment had gone out,I handed it all over to the Mrs as it was her Disco I'd used and who they wanted to speak to...

15min later she had ended up with a formal apology from some manager at the call centre,and an offer to refund the £5 charge that had been paid....

Computer glitch apparently. .

..loads of incorrect fines are getting sent out and it seems most people are just coughing up and paying....

[chaseracer]

Wives - do no guilt your husband into not going out and enjoying what he likes on the premise of shopping for a barbecue to be held tomorrow for your family. When you then go off and enjoy doing what you want to do, leaving said husband to reflect on the totally wasted day until you finally manage to come back, don't be too surprised if he's feeling "a little off".

 

I could just go off anyway but the wrath that would invoke can only be understood by the brow beaten husband society.

 

When are you coming over?

 

[Inspector Morose]

The way it's heading, about 3 and I'll suffer the consequences.

[chaseracer]

Kettle will be on.  

 

I'm building a xylophone today - should be fun.

[Parky]

Got home to a Penalty Notice from the good people who run the Dartford Crossing last night

It seems when I took a run down to that there London last month I neglected to pay the fees for using their lovely bridge and tunnel.

For this privilege they informed me they wanted a total of £140 in penalties (halved if paid within 14 days)

Once I'd dug up the emailed receipt they'd sent me,and got a copy of my debit card statement showing the online payment had gone out,I handed it all over to the Mrs as it was her Disco I'd used and who they wanted to speak to...

15min later she had ended up with a formal apology from some manager at the call centre,and an offer to refund the £5 charge that had been paid....

Computer glitch apparently. .

..loads of incorrect fines are getting sent out and it seems most people are just coughing up and paying....

SNAP! Me too, luckily I have had so many sodding problems with that shower of useless bastards I make sure all receipts are retained. Didn't get an apology through so you did well!

[fordperv]

What a shitty day it's peeing down so I can't polish my car ready for tomorrow, my bumper is on though and the car looks pretty good to be fair

[cms206]

It appears that Tapatalk sponsored posts already know the outcome off the raffles tonight.