The grumpy thread

[Bobthebeard]

Suppose it's not really a grump 'cos I had a nice time, but fun has got expensive. Took a friend to the cinema & Mc. D's. Ended up costing the wrong side of £60.

 

I must be an old fart, cos I can remember going to cinema, pint before hand, fish n chips on way home and having change out of a tenner.

£60? Wow. Just what exactly did your friend order to eat at the cinema/McDonalds? Menu and double fries? Lol..

Can do cinema and McD for two for less than £30 here!

[Inspector Morose]

Trying to sort payment to long suffering car seller. Calls to bank total four hours so far and it's still not sorted. "Sorry , your account doesn't support this action" well tell me, why in gods name did you sanction the exact same action yesterday and didn't complain when you removed a chunk of money from my account then? "Ah, your account had been frozen due to fraudulent activity" Really? You shut me down as I was watching whilst I was on the phone to you explaining what I was doing. Do you think I'm that stupid? "Try again in the next half hour as it should be sorted now"

 

Guess.

 

I not happy.

[HillmanImp]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-32283758

 

This was discussed on the Jeremy Vine show earlier. Apparently he later discovered that they didn't even do the complete service on his car either. Halfords are shit.

 

My old GT6 was in the garage several years ago to get a little patch of welding done. When I went to pick it up the mechanic said 'fast isn't it'. 

[Bobthebeard]

Trying to sort payment to long suffering car seller. Calls to bank total four hours so far and it's still not sorted. "Sorry , your account doesn't support this action" well tell me, why in gods name did you sanction the exact same action yesterday and didn't complain when you removed a chunk of money from my account then? "Ah, your account had been frozen due to fraudulent activity" Really? You shut me down as I was watching whilst I was on the phone to you explaining what I was doing. Do you think I'm that stupid? "Try again in the next half hour as it should be sorted now"

Guess.

I not happy.

Not any help at all, but I closed an account last year that had a balance of £170. The bank sent me a cheque for the £170 made payable to the account they had just closed. Couldn't pay it in of course. The account was closed FFS. Got sorted eventually, but probably took years off my life due to the rage I was in.

Because banks. They can, so they do.

[jakebullet]

£60? Wow. Just what exactly did your friend order to eat at the cinema/McDonalds? Menu and double fries? Lol..

Can do cinema and McD for two for less than £30 here!

 

We did fast & furious 7 on imax so that was a big chunk @ £19.54 despite it being 'bargain' Tuesday. Rest was drinks n sweets, 2 big tasty meals at mc d's.

 

I need to listen to her instead of pretending I'm generous and saying have anything you want. Her plan was more on the lines of visit pound shop n wait for them to dim the lights.

[Jerzy Woking]

Banks!!!! I bought a motorbike and transferred the money from the loan they gave me to the seller. All went through on my Internet banking, and I showed the bikes reg number as the payment reference. Rang the seller the day before I was going to collect it, and he says he hasn't had the money. Rang the bank. "Oh, the transaction looked fruadulant, so we blocked it". They could not understand that I had bought a bike with the loan they given me for that purpose. Anyway, they re submitted the payment and waived the "same day" fee-i should bloody well think so.

 

Six days later I check my account details on line - cheeky fuckers had deducted the payment to the seller's account TWICE. I rang the bank-"Sorry about that - could you go to his house and ask for the money back?"

 

It took THREE MONTHS for them to get the money back into my account. Plus a case of wine and a £255 goodwill payment. As to my goodwill, I closed the account immediately. Fuck you Santander.

[dugong]

MGF has dumped its coolant all over the A1. No hard top collection for me tonight.

[Bobthebeard]

Banks!!!! I bought a motorbike and transferred the money from the loan they gave me to the seller. All went through on my Internet banking, and I showed the bikes reg number as the payment reference. Rang the seller the day before I was going to collect it, and he says he hasn't had the money. Rang the bank. "Oh, the transaction looked fruadulant, so we blocked it". They could not understand that I had bought a bike with the loan they given me for that purpose. Anyway, they re submitted the payment and waived the "same day" fee-i should bloody well think so.

Six days later I check my account details on line - cheeky fuckers had deducted the payment to the seller's account TWICE. I rang the bank-"Sorry about that - could you go to his house and ask for the money back?"

It took THREE MONTHS for them to get the money back into my account. Plus a case of wine and a £255 goodwill payment. As to my goodwill, I closed the account immediately. Fuck you Santander.

Ahh, Santander eh? The self same shower that sent me a cheque made payable to the account that I had just closed.....

[Pillock]

MGF has dumped its coolant all over the A1. No hard top collection for me tonight.

Oh! Because HGF or something less bothersome?

[vulgalour]

That sounds more like Because MGF than Because HGF.

[EssDeeWon]

Girlfriend has just dropped her iPhone 4S on concrete, the screen is cracked to bits. Anyone ever had one of these repaired before? 

[AnthonyG]

All Audi drivers are wankaz.

 

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I read somewhere that Audi are the 5th best selling brand in the UK. Who's fourth? Volkswagen!

 

Thankfully Nissan with all their Mackem Jokes, Notes and Cashcows are keeping the Germans at bay, but all this means there must be many more wankers out there than BMW pilots in the 1990s or Volvo captains in the 1970s.

 

Sooner or later the UK Motoring public must realise that Audis are just VW's with a softer feel, sharper looking profit margin.

 

I have a colleague who won't let anyone eat in her Nazi black 12 plate A3, which I can tell by looking at it is the base model. FFS it's just a Kraut equivalent of an Escort, it's not a coach built 1927 Duesenberg about to be judged at Palm Beach!

[purplebargeken]

Oh no!!!! What happened? 

[saucedoctor]

Girlfriend has just dropped her iPhone 4S on concrete, the screen is cracked to bits. Anyone ever had one of these repaired before? 

 

 

Yep. Ballache. Here is an guide.

 

 

Also: Santander=USELESS. Ever notice how their logo looks like a turd? Apt.

 

 

iphone4s rebuild.pdf

[Timewaster]

Satan Dan Dare?

 

We had a mortgage with them when Mrs and I got married.

We went in to the branch to change her name. They wanted certificates and this proof and that proof so we went home to get it.

2nd visit they wanted mortgage documents. Hadn't mentioned this before.

3rd visit they gave us a lengthy form to fill in. Took copies of certificates etc.

4th visit they told us that we had filled in the wrong form - that they gave us.

5th visit with the right form they told us that they couldn't accept the certificates because they were the copies THAT THEY HAD TAKEN!

 

Every time we went we had to sit and wait a while and without fail there was someone complaining about their utter shit service.

 

Transferred as soon as we could.

[STUNO]

Suppose it's not really a grump 'cos I had a nice time, but fun has got expensive. Took a friend to the cinema & Mc. D's. Ended up costing the wrong side of £60.

 

I must be an old fart, cos I can remember going to cinema, pint before hand, fish n chips on way home and having change out of a tenner.

 

I'm so old that I remember going to the cinema and getting home with lots of change from 10/- , and that included 6d worth of chips because McD's  hadn't been invented   

[HillmanImp]

Satan Dan Dare?

 

We had a mortgage with them when Mrs and I got married.

We went in to the branch to change her name. They wanted certificates and this proof and that proof so we went home to get it.

2nd visit they wanted mortgage documents. Hadn't mentioned this before.

3rd visit they gave us a lengthy form to fill in. Took copies of certificates etc.

4th visit they told us that we had filled in the wrong form - that they gave us.

5th visit with the right form they told us that they couldn't accept the certificates because they were the copies THAT THEY HAD TAKEN!

 

Every time we went we had to sit and wait a while and without fail there was someone complaining about their utter shit service.

 

Transferred as soon as we could.

 

Don't say that, I am just doing a mortgage with them.....and they are looking good for another one too.

[fred]

That sounds more like Because MGF than Because HGF.

 

Aye - Think my garage does a  HG once a week on these - although its 1/2 a mile from Paul Deppers - MG sales!

[HH-R]

I'm in the middle of moving current accounts, MOAR interest and a cash lump sum was a sweeter. I've been putting it off for ages because although my current bank give me NOWT, I've been with them for 15 years or so and not had a minute of bother... this could go badly.

[dugong]

Oh no!!!! What happened?

I reckon a connector's gone or the rad's clogged up and pushed the coolant backwards hard enough to pop the hose.

 

It did a full weekend of work perfectly - Rockingham on Saturday, Brooklands on Sunday and a Triumph specialist today with no issues at all. The gauge stayed one notch below half way and I made a point of religiously checking the oil and coolant every run, letting it warm before putting any revs on the engine.

 

I fancied the classic car night at the Ace this evening, so brimmed the tank and went down. As I approached the Buckden roundabout on the A1, the temperature gauge shot up from its normal place one notch below the halfway point. I swore, knocked it into neutral and coasted on to the forecourt.

 

 

This steam wisped out with the engine off and the car stationary. I couldn't really see where it was coming from but when I shoved the car forward to get it out of the entrance there was a large puddle of OAT on the ground.

 

 

Recovery was excellent and came quickly - just as I'd found a lovely pub and begun munching on a conciliatory burger.

 

 

I suspect this could be the culprit - a failed pipe that burst and shocked the engine. Incidentally, the towing eyes at the front are smashed flat - was that something to do with the damage on the front bumper? I'd love to meet the fast fit clown who shat up the outer sill with a trolley jack, too.

[Inspector Morose]

I'm wondering about that cable tie. But I'm half cut so probably way, way out.

[155V6]

Stopped to get some petrol on my way home from work in the Volvo.As I came out of the shop,I could see coolant running out from under the front of the car.I didn't have anything with me,so decided to try & get home(about 3 miles).Got home fine,it didn't get any hotter than normal.I had a look underneath,but it wasn't leaking any more,& had lost hardly any coolant.Not really sure what's going on 

[dugong]

I'm wondering about that cable tie. But I'm half cut so probably way, way out.

It looks like something's given out higher up as well - that secondary pipe is covered in OAT that's run down from somewhere.

[Inspector Morose]

If I were closer, and not in battle with a fucking incompetent banking system........

[dugong]

If I were closer, and not in battle with a fucking incompetent banking system........

Always welcome down here if ye fancy a break.

[Inspector Morose]

Watch this space. (With added P4 60 soon).

Thinking about it, from June, July, August, September or October added MCW Metrobus action. Don't know the schedule yet.

 

#AngliaRuskin uni.

[xtriple]

Been really hot here today and I've been out and about in the sunshine quite a lot today. That should surely be a grin... but it's not. Been drinking loads of water and now feel really sick and I hurt so much I've triple dosed on opiates again!

 

It's not all it's cracked up to be being a cripple!

[Noel Tidybeard]

Stopped to get some petrol on my way home from work in the Volvo.As I came out of the shop,I could see coolant running out from under the front of the car.I didn't have anything with me,so decided to try & get home(about 3 miles).Got home fine,it didn't get any hotter than normal.I had a look underneath,but it wasn't leaking any more,& had lost hardly any coolant.Not really sure what's going on 

water off the a/c condenser- they all(anything with ac) do that sir

[Ghosty]

Girlfriend has just dropped her iPhone 4S on concrete, the screen is cracked to bits. Anyone ever had one of these repaired before? 

 

Yes, Timpson's. £40 and an hour and you're good.

[dave21478]

Without being "that guy" who complains about this sort of thing and ends up making enemies in a tiny wee village where the people are renowned for holding grudges.....how can I get the kid who has decided to spend his days kicking a football against the gable end of my neighbours house to piss off? With a bit of luck he will punt it through my kitchen window and I can justifiably go mental, but until then its doing my nut in.