Skizzer Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 On 5/5/2021 at 5:41 PM, Crackers said: I noted this morning that I never received the refund I was due in FEBRUARY for some bits I returned to AutoDoc. Gott In Himmel. 🤦 I’ve said it before but it bears repeating: NEVER buy from Autodoc. Thieves, liars and fraudsters. Craig the Princess 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 watching some Top of the Pops thing on telly, just had Carol Decker on, of T'Pau fame from back in the olden days. shittin' hell, the years have not been kind, she looks like Mickey Rourke!! timolloyd, 108, Tadhg Tiogar and 7 others 4 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minimad5 Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 On 5/8/2021 at 12:48 AM, Minimad5 said: Bit of a shit day 🤔 🤷♂️ Lets see what tomorrow brings Well this theme continues today 🤦♂️ Anyone fancy sending me some good luck ? 😅 Remspoor, crad, R1152 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low Horatio gearbox Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Seeing the frankly sub par fitment job the trimmer did on my Jags interior, moreso given the cost and the fact he had the interior itself for 11 months and the car for 6. The icing being the electric windows and stereo now dont work either. R1152, eddyramrod, Isopon and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1152 Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 3 minutes ago, Low Horatio gearbox said: Seeing the frankly sub par fitment job the trimmer did on my Jags interior, moreso given the cost and the fact he had the interior itself for 11 months and the car for 6. The icing being the electric windows and stereo now dont work either. I trust you've not paid them for this work and will insist upon rectification? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 21 years ago today (9 May) BMW sold Rover to the Phoenix Consortium. Not so much grumpy more of sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low Horatio gearbox Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 5 minutes ago, R1152 said: I trust you've not paid them for this work and will insist upon rectification? Sadly yes. Ive no intention of giving the car back to correct it as I know the workmanship wouldn't be acceptable or timely and the fact is I'm now 200 miles from him instead of 40 odd miles. No way am I going down the "ready in2-3 weeks" only to be told 2 days before the agreed date..it is delayed ...again. I've still got a single Rover seat with him I was supposed to collect Tuesday and ne has jsut asked for another week The TL/DR (in a grandpa simpson long winded story way) this was all organised in the before times. By the time I'd got it back from the painters (March 2020) refitted the chromework, lights and dash etc got a broken electric window working it was the end of June and off to him and I accepted despite stamping my feet and holding my breath, delays out of my control had happened. But we agreed on an August finish, which became September, then October and finally near the end of November when I managed to collect it and take it to my sisters to store it (because , hey, let's move from London to Wales in the middle of a pandemic). I've no desire to waste my time further schlepping cars about and more importantly to me being without it for probably months and get it back possibly fixed - I'd rather be enjoying it and using it. R1152, myglaren and Isopon 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1152 Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 @Low Horatio gearbox I'm really sorry to read all that: it must be both frustrating and heart-breaking at the same time. I've had a similar experience with no less than three people attempting to restore the cabinet of a possibly unique item that I own. I am hoping that the next choice I make will be the charm, but I have already sunk several thousand quid into this object and still have nothing to show for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low Horatio gearbox Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 @R1152 Yep. He came recommended and most of his work is good. But ..the fitment of the doorcards is poor holes and plastic fastners don't line up, he didn't put in any anti damp membrane there either, i found half a 4 mm drillbit stuck in the door/doorcard (drillbit and missing membrane found as the window switches were inoperable ad the doorcards had to come off), doorcards are not attached at the door bottoms beyond the armrests/pockets holding them on, he lost a number of fastners, lost the ittle pull handle off the glovebox, the fur flex around the doorframe is another correct, the kangol seatbelts do not retract properly now and inoperable windows and stereo. A bit of a laundry list and can be fixed some easily by me or a professional for the shoddy doorcards but shouldn't need it. Yes I should get him to fix it but it's a day out to drop it off (400 mile 8 hour round trip) and day to pick it up and a lift back (or trains), £200 in fuel for the Jag itself for say 400 quid outright and 2 days time plus a month to 2 months without it (mwahahahaha🤔😂😂😂😂😂🤣). Assuming he sorts it, which is debatable. I've now gotten a contact locally who could sort it for me for that sort of money in a week maybe 10 days. It does irk and I share your frustration, seems doing the job you were paid for is a bit much. The irony is if the windows had worked I'd probbaly not have found out for another few months if at all🤷♂️ myglaren and HarmonicCheeseburger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myglaren Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Had a terrible shock today. Went to Tesco in Consett - 30-odd mile return. The Oil Light came on as I was almost home! Haven't seen an oil light in two decades. Also, due to the Covidbollox, have done far fewer miles than usual, 3,800 approx. since I bought the car in July last year. Fumbler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Washing machine insurance is a bleeding sham. My family discovered that our "appliance insurance" does cover disposal and plumbing, but at an extra cost undisclosed until the fitter tells you how much it'll be on the day, probably with the spanner in one hand and a sack barrow in the other. Naturally, they put that kind of stuff in the small print. So the Volvo has disposed of the old Siemens and has transported our second-hand-now-mine AEG to the unit, where we can probably use it if I get an adapter for the tap and an extension lead. Anyhow, I'm a tad miffed I never got to use it, and I won't be able to until I've got a place of my own. It's far superior to what's going in the house IMO. Insurers have sourced a Siemens WM14T481GB, which is basically a direct drive version of our old washing machine they've been making for a while. I hate how it looks and feels, the lack of buttons and the fact that it'll probably be a horrible, plasticky piece of shit when they come to fit it tomorrow. It looks bloody fussy for something that is designed to wash clothes. It's going to live in the utility room which handles cats, dogs and my clumsy grandmother (who owns the machine) will have a field day trying to figure out how to work the damn thing in the first place. All kinds of shit will be thrown at, under and splatted on it so I doubt it's going to enjoy its life here. I'm glad it doesn't belong to us, but I hate the fact we have no choice but to use it. Quite why my grandmother bought insurance is beyond me. Their customer service was bad enough. Her response to why she bought insurance was "Oh I always do it dear" which is a load of bollocks considering she didn't use it on the dishwasher which shat itself a couple months back. I should look on the bright side- at least I now have my first appliance to fit in my house one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Livered Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 On 5/8/2021 at 8:41 PM, MarvinsMom said: watching some Top of the Pops thing on telly, just had Carol Decker on, of T'Pau fame from back in the olden days. shittin' hell, the years have not been kind, she looks like Mickey Rourke!! That’s seriously disappointing to learn; she was pretty much my first ever crush back in the day. Now I’m ancient but I still like ginger laydeez, which I put down to the fond memories of Carol Decker blasting out “China in Your Hand” myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 On 5/8/2021 at 8:41 PM, MarvinsMom said: .... Carol Decker on, of T'Pau fame from back in the olden days. shittin' hell, the years have not been kind, she looks like Mickey Rourke!! More like a local Councillor, I'd have thought.... myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myglaren Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 9 hours ago, Fumbler said: Insurers have sourced a Siemens WM14T481GB, which is basically a direct drive version of our old washing machine they've been making for a while. I only learned of direct drive washing machines a couple of days ago and meant to investigate the likelihood of finding them here - the one I saw was American. Pricey and look very expensive to fix when they fail. Hypothetically the failure rate should be low. Should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 11 minutes ago, myglaren said: I only learned of direct drive washing machines a couple of days ago and meant to investigate the likelihood of finding them here - the one I saw was American. Pricey and look very expensive to fix when they fail. Hypothetically the failure rate should be low. Should be. It's been thought for a while that conventional washing machine motors would fail prematurely on purpose, along with the bearings and other consumables as a form of planned obsolesence. Direct drive motors are good- they are efficient and have fierce acceleration and torque. Most new midrange washing machines have now had them for nearly a decade. However, I have a hunch that their inverters (handily removable on some models) and other electronics may br skimped out on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 Thought? Known, surely? Or am I just cynical? Low Horatio gearbox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 6 minutes ago, eddyramrod said: Thought? Known, surely? Or am I just cynical? You're more than likely correct but I can't find any reliable information that confirms it. That being said though, with everything I've read up over the years, it's my belief that some manufacturers of white goods have done this for a good 2 decades. eddyramrod and Low Horatio gearbox 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 Been waiting for over four hours now for the water delivery company tanker to turn up. Supposed to be here at 8, and not answering my calls or messages. I wonder if I am on a blacklist here? Everyone is paid cash, so its not like I don't pay them. The following tradesmen, who all made arrangements to call round, have still not shown their faces. These are the gardener, skip hire company, swimming pool engineer (he can fuck right off anyway, as I have it sorted out now), electrician and a builder. Only person that ever turns up to meetings at the appointed time is my legal rep. She is the wife of the bloke that fitted my alarm and awnings, who also keeps to the appointments we make. And all those failing to turn up are local Spaniards. Maybe they are busy because it seems that all the "cash in hand" Brit workers have disappeared (not that I'd use any of them anyway). myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myglaren Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 Remspoor, New POD and 108 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 9 minutes ago, volvov70 said: Where is that? Howth Station in Dublin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out Run Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 14 hours ago, myglaren said: Went to Tesco in Consett Commiserations. Remspoor, Fumbler and myglaren 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83C Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 Swinton insurance. Thieving fuckers, £64.52 to cancel a policy. Fuck them and the gold-plated horse they swam through their ocean of wealth on. Low Horatio gearbox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 7 minutes ago, 83C said: Swintondle insurance..... EFA Low Horatio gearbox, Remspoor and 83C 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRi05 Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 1 hour ago, 83C said: Swinton insurance. Thieving fuckers, £64.52 to cancel a policy. Fuck them and the gold-plated horse they swam through their ocean of wealth on. £64.52 to press a button. Car insurance is a fucking scam Low Horatio gearbox and HarmonicCheeseburger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 On 06/05/2021 at 20:06, Wack said: Anybody else think this is a disaster waiting to happen I keep seeing this ad on Facebook , doesn't look safe to me On 06/05/2021 at 20:19, reb said: I've seen those in a few different places and I'm still not at all sure what it's supposed to do. On 06/05/2021 at 20:22, chaseracer said: Amputate feet extremely efficiently? Our favourite product examiner, oil tester and lawnmower torturer examines and tests the Foot Remover XL in this video: chaseracer and reb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 I watched that in bed last night! Struck me as amazing for cleaning/clearing overgrown block paving and general weeds from cracks removal, but useless for chopping I'm surprised no one's used one for bodywork... Could clean a sill up from a nice standing position, safely away from the working area etc Fumbler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 17 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: More like a local Councillor, I'd have thought.... To be fair back in the day she was a stunner. timolloyd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 6 hours ago, Jerzy Woking said: Been waiting for over four hours now for the water delivery company tanker to turn up. Supposed to be here at 8, and not answering my calls or messages. I wonder if I am on a blacklist here? Everyone is paid cash, so its not like I don't pay them. The following tradesmen, who all made arrangements to call round, have still not shown their faces. These are the gardener, skip hire company, swimming pool engineer (he can fuck right off anyway, as I have it sorted out now), electrician and a builder. Only person that ever turns up to meetings at the appointed time is my legal rep. She is the wife of the bloke that fitted my alarm and awnings, who also keeps to the appointments we make. And all those failing to turn up are local Spaniards. Maybe they are busy because it seems that all the "cash in hand" Brit workers have disappeared (not that I'd use any of them anyway). You have not got a public water supply or your own well? touch wood I have not had issues for appointments recently. I even managed to get my TIE within the prescribed timescale and with appointment next day after enquiring if it was ready for collect. But there are not many foreigners here. Ordered a new dyer from Amazon. It arrived a day early. But getting the old one taken away was a rigmarole. time on live chat, stupid questions for the form to be filled in. But they have too because of EU laws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 I've been staring at various uni assignments for days on end and have written nothing. One is due tonight, one is due tomorrow, and more are due in the coming week. Out of a combined 3500 words that are due by midnight tomorrow, I've written less than 90. My head is empty. Heidel_Kakao, cort1977, myglaren and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 I wish the wife would get banned from fucking B&M Bargains. Constantly bringing home the Chinese dog shit they sell in there, last week it was a toilet seat that despite several attempts keeps sliding sidewards and coming loose. Then it was a indoor broom, shaft bent upon first use with finger tip pressure. This week she has invited them to burn the house down courtesy of one of those wax burner things you plug into the socket. Completely fucking dangerous, it gets to an unbelievably hot temperature which shouts ‘fire risk’ to me. Fortunately tomorrow it’ll cause the electrics to trip and I’ll condemn it. robinmasters, Popsicle, Minimad5 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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