The grumpy thread

[Richard]

IIRC the issue wasn't the price it went for, it was that the winning bidder wanted it sent when the listing said collection only.

[dollywobbler]

Bought 4 builders bags of logs for £120 delivered. Bloke turns up and dumps full to overflowing bags on the pavement, and doesn't even want his bags back. Win!

 

Or that's what I thought at first. 2 hours of dragging the heavy bastards round the house n stacking them later it feels like I've fucked every muscle possible. I hope it's going to be a warm winter cos i'm not doing that again.

When it's really cold, we've had to do that every fortnight. Certainly keeps us fit.

[Station]

Why didn't you put a reserve price on it?

I put on the auction I wasn't posting. I told this piece of shit I'm not going to post. Then he buys and asks me to parcel it up and then wait in for a courier.

[Richard]

My work has put me in Aberdeen's fourth worst hotel. Aberdeen hotels are mostly shit so you can imagine how crap this one is. No breakfast either, probably just as well.

[garbaldy]

Hey ho, my cat has his toilet, no harm done, Dogs may be clever at certain things, but cats know how to be decent, and clean - well most of em

Yes cats are clean as in they dont do it in there own garden,

[fairkens]

or someone elses

[nebuchenezer]

I promised nothing!!!! The stinking miserly twat wanted it delivering even though it said COLLECTION ONLY.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CUNT

Years ago I sold an E30 boot carpet set for 99p - collection only. The thumping twat of a buyer wanted it wrapped and collected by courier - I told him he would have to pay an extra £50 for that service as it was not included in the auction. I never heard from him again.

 

Did said cunt above pay?

[EssDeeWon]

Bought 4 builders bags of logs for £120 delivered. Bloke turns up and dumps full to overflowing bags on the pavement, and doesn't even want his bags back. Win!

 

Or that's what I thought at first. 2 hours of dragging the heavy bastards round the house n stacking them later it feels like I've fucked every muscle possible. I hope it's going to be a warm winter cos i'm not doing that again.

 

I'd rather do that than get royally done by EON every bleedin winter when I so much as walk past my heating boiler!!

[danthecapriman]

Bought 4 builders bags of logs for £120 delivered. Bloke turns up and dumps full to overflowing bags on the pavement, and doesn't even want his bags back. Win!

 

Or that's what I thought at first. 2 hours of dragging the heavy bastards round the house n stacking them later it feels like I've fucked every muscle possible. I hope it's going to be a warm winter cos i'm not doing that again.

I got these earlier in the year. Was a nice big oak tree that had come down. The little wood store is full of it too that's already been split.

These were heavy! Carrying them from where they came from to the van, then from the van through the front garden to the back. Destroyed me!

 

 

Will be good in winter though. Keeps the heating bills down.

[purplebargeken]

Wood burning stuff is great. Miss the one we had in France. 

[Cheggers]

I put on the auction I wasn't posting. I told this piece of shit I'm not going to post. Then he buys and asks me to parcel it up and then wait in for a courier.

Not being argumentative, but in what way is waiting for a courier to turn up different from waiting for a buyer to turn up? - If I saw an ad that said "No postage, collection only", I would assume a courier collection (arranged by me) was OK.

[mk1_4dr]

Not being argumentative, but in what way is waiting for a courier to turn up different from waiting for a buyer to turn up? - If I saw an ad that said "No postage, collection only", I would assume a courier collection (arranged by me) was OK.

 

I reckon, generally speaking, a buyer collecting a purchase will come outside of office hours and within a reasonable timeframe.

A courier will be between 8am and 4pm which means taking a day off work.

[nebuchenezer]

Not being argumentative, but in what way is waiting for a courier to turn up different from waiting for a buyer to turn up? - If I saw an ad that said "No postage, collection only", I would assume a courier collection (arranged by me) was OK.

Item sells for £1.20 collection only

 

Not (and this is important) £1.20 and I'll spend a couple of hours securely wrapping (in packing material that the buyer has not paid for) it for collection by fuck it n drop it couriers inc to come by at some random time.

[cobblers]

Couriers can turn up anytime from 8am-8pm, plus there's the obvious faff of having to find some cardboard, get some parcel tape and spend an hour packing a £1 bumper. So you've wasted a few hours and a fiver just packing it, plus potentially sitting in the house all day for it to be collected by a scrote in a zafira doing the Yodel run.

 

Local collection to me means arranging mutually convenient time for the buyer to come and pick up whatever I've sold.

[nebuchenezer]

Like many people in the South East I commute to my place of work in Londinium via the medium of the train.

 

These trains run at set times and are mostly pretty reliable. For this privilege (and some handy parking at the station) my walled gets bumraped on a weekly basis.

 

The first train departs at 05:18 and normally there are 30 - 40 people get on it of whom 5-10 require to buy a ticket (single or renewing a season).

 

So why, Southeastern, can you not put a fucking ticket machine outside the lobby so that people can purchase to their hearts content at any time of the day or night without having to worry whether one of your fetid, corpulent wankstains of an employee is going to bother to turn up and open up access to the ticket machines before the fucking train comes?

[inconsistant]

Tell him you'll wrap it for a courier if he posts you the packaging materials to wrap it with.

[inconsistant]

 

These trains run at set times and are mostly pretty reliable.

There's the problem. My trains into London are often delayed or cancelled which means everyone has plenty of time to by a ticket.

[nebuchenezer]

There's the problem. My trains into London are often delayed or cancelled which means everyone has plenty of time to by a ticket.

That works if you can get access to a ticket machine which, in the case of Canterbury West, you cannot unless the ticket hall is open

[vulgalour]

£21 to change the photograph on my driving license.

[beko1987]

I use the house phone less than 3 times a month. Amy racks up 850 minutes a month, we get our moneys worth out of the £5er anytime landline addon!

 

But Ive just used it now, and wtf is it with wimmunz and makeup? The heater controls and head unit on the meriva are the same...

 

[gm]

Further to my grump about withheld numbers, I answered one today and went a bit 'shouty crackers' - I couldn't help but admire the girls logic when she asked "how did I know they were all from the same number when it is withheld ?"

 

the call was from some shady accident management outfit - quite odd as I haven't been involved in any accidents for a good few years now

[cort1977]

Decided to cycle to work this morning, a bit grey when I left the house but dry.   'I'm sure it won't come to much' I thought.

 

Within 5 minutes it was a fucking torrential downpour, standing water on the road, lightning overhead, etc.   'no worries, I'll get showered and dry at work' I thought.

 

Get to work and find that my bag has leaked and all my clothes are soaked.   Am now sitting here in wet pants in a proper fucking grump.

[jakebullet]

£21 to change the photograph on my driving license.

 

How much to change your hair to match the old photo?

[dave21478]

^^This. I have had a skinhead since I was about 17. Used the same photo for everything up till a couple of years ago.

 

My photocard expires in a couple of months - will need to look into changing it. Apparently its all linked to your passport now?

[seth]

It upsets me that I no longer really feel any emotion when seeing my daughter go to sleep under a general anaesthetic.  I think today was the eighth time.

[scaryoldcortina]

But isn't feeling upset that you weren't worried still an emotion? It sounds to me like you care as much as any parent, but have become used to hospital. Hope little seth feels better soon!

 

 

Anyway....

 

I have now viewed the photos from my parking ticket. The back seat is clearly down, the door of the shop is open. One of the pics has been taken by standing at the door, and all 6 pics were taken within 30 seconds.

 

Haven't had a reply from them yet, but it had better be "OK, we're dropping it, sorry."

[seth]

But isn't feeling upset that you weren't worried still an emotion? It sounds to me like you care as much as any parent, but have become used to hospital.

 

Yeah, I suppose.  I can still remember the first time so clearly.  Now it's pretty routine. Best hospital though which helps.

[sporty-shite]

It upsets me that I no longer really feel any emotion when seeing my daughter go to sleep under a general anaesthetic. I think today was the eighth time.

Maybe the fact that Miss Seth has come round ok from the anaesthetic in the past takes the worry away. You're quite obviously concerned as you're upset at the whole situation. Don't beat yourself up Seth.

 

And, obviously, I hope all goes well today.

[purplebargeken]

Best wishes for child seth.

 

Me: bored, low, fed up and somewhat agitated.

[The Moog]

Best wishes for child seth.

 

Me: bored, low, fed up and somewhat agitated.

Hopefully you are browsing cars on eBay! The more unsuitable the better, guaranteed to cheer you up