The grumpy thread

[gordonbennet]

Nursing crushed knackers now, The Stomach otherwise known as Ruby the bloody nut case (aptly named) Cocker overgrown pup happy sitting on my lap having a cuddle, suddenly heard SWMBO move towards the kitchen, hence perma starving bloody thing used my bollocks as a springboard for a full power leap, ow.

[OwdChina]

Spoke to Mum on te Skype thingy today. Royal Mail cannot deliver her chrissy pressy until she's paid the TAX on it.

WHAT THE FUCK. A fuckin handbag an a blouse an a couple of other things that comes to less than $200 an some shitstain

wants a tax payment.??????????

Good mind to get on a plane right now to come home to punch some government leach's fucking teeth out.

[Parky]

Bit annoyed about this XBox hack. Son has taken it well but still Find it ridiculous that some kid in his bedroom can disrupt so many people worldwide. I know how a Ddos works but how can Microsoft and Sony leave themselves so vulnerable?

 

Best bit is another Hacker group have published the personal details of the hackers involved, one of whom lives very near. Might drive by later to see if an angry mob has gathered!

[RedSparrow]

Spoke to Mum on te Skype thingy today. Royal Mail cannot deliver her chrissy pressy until she's paid the TAX on it.

WHAT THE FUCK. A fuckin handbag an a blouse an a couple of other things that comes to less than $200 an some shitstain

wants a tax payment.??????????

Good mind to get on a plane right now to come home to punch some government leach's fucking teeth out.

 

It's been privitised so it's a corporate leech that you'll be looking for!

[panhard65]

Just had some parts from the states and royal fail charged £8 admin fee to collect the tax £16 on a $50 gasket set bloody rip off

[gordonbennet]

Long before it was privatised the PO did the gubbermints tax collecting remit on some US imports, got caught out to the tune of about £40 on a bleedin titfer i seem to recall.

 

Bought several things from Oz and never a moments problem, often enough delivered faster than from the next town.

[Angrydicky]

'Worst Christmas ever'

Ros Bruce, from Essex, said her 10-year-old son got an Xbox One for Christmas, and he and a friend had spent weeks planning what games they would play together online.

She said they had been downloading a game since 09:00 GMT - and by 23:40 it was still not ready.

"He has spent most of the day in tears," she said.

"He says it's been his worst Christmas ever.

"I think Xbox should compensate us all."

 

There are thousands of people dying in Iraq, Syria, Israel and Palestine, and this idiot is whinging about her spoilt son not being able to play games on Xbox Live? Bloody hell.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30602609

[Fat_Pirate]

The Xbox thing is because the games they ship with need to download big updates, often 15Gb or more. If dad or the kids had done a little research, they could have completed that before Xmas day.

/smug mode off

[RedSparrow]

There are thousands of people dying in Iraq, Syria, Israel and Palestine, and this idiot is whinging about her spoilt son not being able to play games on Xbox Live? Bloody hell.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30602609

 

I fucking loathe these sort of people. MUH MUH I'VE BEEN MILDLY INCONVENIENCED BUT NOTHING IS EVER MY RESPONSIBILITY ITS THE TEACHERS FAULT MY KIDS ARE UNCONTROLLABLE I WANT SOME FREE MONEY FROM SOMEONE.

[cort16]

C'mon it's pretty shit that some spotty oinks decide to take down the games networks on fucking Christmas day. You're a kid, you get an xbox or playstation and you can't use it all because someones trying to make a point. Sounds pretty shitty to me. It's like you getting scalectrix and some activist group has raided the factory and removed all the cars from the boxes the day before dispatch.

[steve_earwig]

They can't create so they just destroy...

 

I was at a church service yesterday, the Croats are quite keen on their god bothering so the church was packed. About half way through a little kid at the end of the pew climbed down off his mum's lap and started to attempt to wrench off the hook on the back of the pew in front - clack! clack! clack! so loud it was echoing around the church. He managed to get one of the screws out of it and it looked like he'd have it off but the old dear sitting next to me reached over and stopped him, bribing him with a sweet. During all this time his mum did precisely bugger all to stop him and I was thinking "Oh dear, I thought I'd escaped this sort of thing when I left England but it's happening here too":

[messerschmitt owner]

C'mon it's pretty shit that some spotty oinks decide to take down the games networks on fucking Christmas day. You're a kid, you get an xbox or playstation and you can't use it all because someones trying to make a point. Sounds pretty shitty to me. It's like you getting scalectrix and some activist group has raided the factory and removed all the cars from the boxes the day before dispatch.

back in the day, your game came on a tape and it just worked - none of this crap we have nowadays. Just in case you haven't noticed, many companies are heading for a world where we no longer own the things we've paid for, we just hire them ... computer games, cars, software, music ...

[Station]

There are thousands of people dying in Iraq, Syria, Israel and Palestine, and this idiot is whinging about her spoilt son not being able to play games on Xbox Live? Bloody hell.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30602609

It's all relative though, he doesn't live in Syria. If I was 10 and I couldn't use my Xbox for the day I'd be whinging, esp if it was down to a group of nerds performing a DDOS attack which anyone can set up (it basically bombards the servers with requests and overloads it). It has achieved nothing.

 

"He has spent most of the day in tears," she said.

 

"He says it's been his worst Christmas ever.

 

"I think Xbox should compensate us all."[\quote]

 

She should have shut up at this point though. Compensation? Lol

[steve_earwig]

On the import duty tack, I ordered some LED bulbs from China (yeah, I know, but it's miles better than the useless over-priced garbage they sell here), with the bulbs, plus some tools and some other trinkets it came to 59 quid.

 

Now, before Croatia joined the European Ponsi Scheme it was up to the luck of the draw whether you got charged customs but now everything coming from outside gets closely scrutinised.

 

So, 3 weeks back I got a letter from Croatian customs demanding proof of purchase. It's not the first time it's happened so I just sent them a print out of the email receipt, together with the form the sent me filled out. A week later I got another letter to tell me this receipt wasn't good enough. Wtf else do they want? So I printed off the receipt on the website, the details of what the items were, everything I could think of that might give anyone with half a brain enough to figure it out for themselves. I'm well aware that I could just make this stuff up and print it off but then I'm stupid enough to be honest.

 

Finally, on the 24th the postman gave me a yellow bit of paper ("while you were out" kind of thing, but to be fair his company vehicle is an old Tomos scooter so I don't expect him to carry stuff about on it). Off to the Post Ofiice and 28 quid customs, most of it handling fees (charging for all these time-wasting letters I guess). I was thinking if it was more than 40 quid I'd tell them where to stick it but 28 quid's not so bad, it's still miles cheaper than the crap they sell here.

 

Get my parcel home, put it on the table and marvel at the way they've slashed it open down the side and taped it back up again. Open it carefully and inside I can see how they've also slashed open the protective packing and just crammed it all back in again without bothering to put the stuff back inside the packing. Nice. So I start pulling it out and this is when broken glass starts to pour out on the table...

 

I'd very much like to complain but I suspect now I've accepted the parcel they'll deny all responsibility. And this is Croatia, a former communist country so there are still hundreds of offices across the country stuffed full of bureaucrats all determined to justify their existence by making life difficult for everyone, so it's likely to take months to get anything out of them- Is it worth it for a few bulbs?

 

Oh, I forgot to mention, on the outside of the parcel is a sticker detailing the contents and price of everything inside, you couldn't make this crap up.

[cobblers]

Re: Citylink stuff. Our driver at least knew there was something very wrong. We send a lot out with them and would usually have had them collect about 4 or 5 parcels, each with about a grand or two worth of expensive, often irreplaceable (coded to the vehicle) refurbished bus electronics.

 

On Xmas eve he came to do the collection and basically said that it was all kicking off bigtime in the warehouses, stuff getting lost, no staff on and people being sent home early when there was a load of work still to do. He more or less refused to take the parcels off us, and said we'd be better off hanging on to them  while after xmas, or sending them UPS or something.

[gordonbennet]

Bloody shame when companies go down, your regular driver sounds a good stick not picking the goods up for them to be stuck in limbo, hope he gets snapped up by another carrier quickly.

 

We've had lots of dels from Citylink, some good people on there, i couldn't do the job and i take me hat off to anyone who does do it, rushing round like a blue arsed fly all bloody day with millions of numpties getting in your way is hell, i only do one drop a trip (bulk tanker) max two loads a day and thats more than enough for me now.

[Station]

City Link, owned by investment firm Better Capital, called in administrators Ernst & Young because no buyer had been found to save the company.

 

Having been made redundant twice by investment firms, they have found the company isn't making enough money for them so have jibbed it off.

 

 

"I am so furious with what has happened, I have no idea what I'll do. I have no money since it's Christmas so I don't know where next month's rent will be coming from, where will I live? How will I eat?"

 

Sell the 50" telly off the wall maybe?

[dave21478]

Ordered another clutch master cylinder before Christmas which arrived today. I opened the box and its completely the wrong part - not even close. Bugger.

 

Well, its not the end of the world or anything. This is their fault - they list the part for my car and its obviously wrong, but I need to pay the return postage? well, that sucks, but whatever. But what has really ticked me off is the returns system the supplier has in place. I have to choose a reason for return from the drop down menu... "I ordered the wrong part", "I dont need it anymore" and a few other options relating to damaged or faulty stuff. The implication being that this is all my fault. There is no option for "You have sold me the wrong part."

 

Meh, thats a pretty minor grump, all things considered.

[M'coli]

We.'ve been away for Christmas in the van, and in trying to get the motorhome on the drive I've just reversed it into the gatepost, breaking the rear light unit on the left, and had an argument with the lad who's shacked up with the daughter of the woman who's shacked up with the bloke across the road, because of his inconsiderate parking which would have made it impossible to get an ambulance down our road.

 

He thinks that it is because I damaged the van, but it's more because he's an inveterate social climber who I really, really, don't like.

[purplebargeken]

How odd. I feel tired, down and just bleh. Even car browsing on ebay isn't filling me with interest. Not coming down with anything, just feel not bothered by anything and a bit irritable. Hmm. 

[jakebullet]

It's e-commerce knob jockey time.

 

Twat on amazon, it said delivery by 2nd, and it's 26th whatyagoingterdoaboutit?

Twat on ebay, I need this before 1st and will pay for first class.

 

Answer for both: I'm filling my fat face with chocolate. Are you at work? no? Then why do you expect me to be?

[Albert Ross]

Ref: Freddie Starr. He's married to the Step-Daughter of my Wife's Ex-Husband.

[Lacquer Peel]

TENUOUS.

[Lord Sterling]

Ref: Freddie Starr. He's married to the Step-Daughter of my Wife's Ex-Husband.

Yeah, when I was in the carpark, I saw some fresh-faced filly approach the the Silver VW Golf they had. Some time later, I spotted a magazine with some poor sod on the front saying how his wife had run off with Freddie Starr.

 

I mean Freddie Starr ffs, how desperate do you need to be?

[myglaren]

On the import duty tack, I ordered some LED bulbs from China (yeah, I know, but it's miles better than the useless over-priced garbage they sell here), with the bulbs, plus some tools and some other trinkets it came to 59 quid.

 

Now, before Croatia joined the European Ponsi Scheme it was up to the luck of the draw whether you got charged customs but now everything coming from outside gets closely scrutinised.

 

So, 3 weeks back I got a letter from Croatian customs demanding proof of purchase. It's not the first time it's happened so I just sent them a print out of the email receipt, together with the form the sent me filled out. A week later I got another letter to tell me this receipt wasn't good enough. Wtf else do they want? So I printed off the receipt on the website, the details of what the items were, everything I could think of that might give anyone with half a brain enough to figure it out for themselves. I'm well aware that I could just make this stuff up and print it off but then I'm stupid enough to be honest.

 

Finally, on the 24th the postman gave me a yellow bit of paper ("while you were out" kind of thing, but to be fair his company vehicle is an old Tomos scooter so I don't expect him to carry stuff about on it). Off to the Post Ofiice and 28 quid customs, most of it handling fees (charging for all these time-wasting letters I guess). I was thinking if it was more than 40 quid I'd tell them where to stick it but 28 quid's not so bad, it's still miles cheaper than the crap they sell here.

 

Get my parcel home, put it on the table and marvel at the way they've slashed it open down the side and taped it back up again. Open it carefully and inside I can see how they've also slashed open the protective packing and just crammed it all back in again without bothering to put the stuff back inside the packing. Nice. So I start pulling it out and this is when broken glass starts to pour out on the table...

 

I'd very much like to complain but I suspect now I've accepted the parcel they'll deny all responsibility. And this is Croatia, a former communist country so there are still hundreds of offices across the country stuffed full of bureaucrats all determined to justify their existence by making life difficult for everyone, so it's likely to take months to get anything out of them- Is it worth it for a few bulbs?

 

Oh, I forgot to mention, on the outside of the parcel is a sticker detailing the contents and price of everything inside, you couldn't make this crap up.

I have just sent a couple of automotive oriented parcels to Croatia - one cost less to send there than to have delivered to me domestically even after I had increased it's weight tenfold before resending it.

The other was quite expensive (contents) and delicate.  Arrived there in four days - over a weekend - no customs, no hassles whatsoever.

 

I did get stung for £50 for a Chinese CD I ordered from Japan.

First time anyway - second time I told them to stick it and they magnanimously waived the fees.

[steve_earwig]

Maybe they took offence to the Chinese script on the declaration or maybe the size of the package, don't know, sometimes they used to slip through but now it seems like it's every one. I've ordered a few things from the US myself (mostly small stuff, lawnmower parts, seals etc.) without a hitch but most of the time the moment their ordering system sees where I am it whacks an enormous shipping charge on it, I'm talking $100 on top of something costing $5. I'm not sure if postage is really that insanely expensive in some states or it's just their way of saying "we don't want to send it to you there, but if you're stupid enough to pay this price..."

[purplebargeken]

Would it be easier to piggy back it from someone in the UK and then on to you?

[dugong]

I am suffering with the brown rain at the moment. 

Went to the toilet 13 times last night and my arse is like a certain Johnny Cash song. 

[steve_earwig]

No, right thread, just too slow to reply...

 

I had that a few weeks back, that was exactly the song it brought to mind.

 

 

Would it be easier to piggy back it from someone in the UK and then on to you?

Nah, easier to buy it elsewhere.

 

[Lacquer Peel]

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/motoring/ten-%C2%A31500-winter-wonders

 

This article on the Autocar website annoys me. It feeds into the notion that people need a 4x4 for winter, and who the fuck has £1500 to spend on a "disposable" spare car just for winter? I like the inappropriate expensive to maintain/run choices too. GREAT CHURNALISM.