The grumpy thread

[jakebullet]

Bit of adjustment and a bit of grease- sounds like a grin to me.

 

Discovery 2, stupid sealed for life crap. So what should be bit of grease is a new hub @ £60

[dave21478]

It'll be at least £500, there I've saved you all that hassle.

Now, phone up an independent local man , who won't take the piss and may even do it without a receipt for cash.

Ask a local trader who they use.

 

Definately.

I was quoted 450 or 500 odd for the cheapest non tinted screen for a '99 Escort.

 

The only way to actually get a quote is to go on a live chat thing on their website. Even then the guy will ask for your insurance details, dong length and favourite flavour of icecream. I ended up being very blunt, telling him to give me a quote or to FRO and I would "go elsewhere".

[Richard]

I phoned Autoglass for a price for a 940 screen a few years ago. It was £550, reduced to about £350 after some spurious discounts that I didn't ask for.

 

I phoned the local independent guy, he quoted £160 fully fitted.

 

Same screen in both cases, apparently there's only one kind available.

[dugong]

Do none of you have windscreen cover on your insurance?

[xtriple]

Ill health. Neck and left shoulder now gone to the great home in the sky. Can barely move and walking and holding a dog on a lead, just no! So sick of this constant degeneration.

 

I'm like a neglected Bentley.... but cheaper

[Richard]

I do now, but only because they have made Third Party insurance more expensive than Comprehensive.

[Kiltox]

Do none of you have windscreen cover on your insurance?

Costs a fortune to add it to my trade policy and the excesses are high too

 

Would never ever have a private policy again without it, though

[bub2006]

Car off road again. And the as aaaa are useless

[cms206]

Back to Admiral for car insurance this year... Tesco quoting £1526 renewal on the 406 estate. Admiral will do the both 406s and the Pride for about £300 less. How do they get away with it?

[dugong]

Back to Admiral for car insurance this year... Tesco quoting £1526 renewal on the 406 estate. Admiral will do the both 406s and the Pride for about £300 less. How do they get away with it?

Because insurance is basically an unregulated scam with a lot of formulae involved.

[fairkens]

They didn't want to cover you anymore, they offered a price you wouldn't accept, you got cheaper cover elsewhere (very easy thanks to meerkats and far opera singers). I don't see anyone getting away with anything, nor anyone being scammed for that matter

[The Moog]

Car off road again. And the as aaaa are useless

Whats happened to it Bub?

[cort1977]

I think students probably have a right to complain now if they think they've been stiffed. I came out of 4 years of education with a 1000 student loan I mostly spent on beer .

 

I got a grant and my fees got covered . If the library closed at 2 or my lecturer was pissed half the time then it's not great but at least I'm not paying for it.

 

Now these poor fuckers are coming out with a mortgage sized fuckload of debt and if they feel they've spent this and been stiffed then too right they should complain.

 

Agree with this but think that The Moog is talking about  different thing with his students.   Poor teaching, cancelling lectures and so on are not uncommon and of course students paying 9000 a year or whatever it is these days should complain.   On the other hand there are far too many of them who do sod all during the year, don't turn up and then try every trick in the book to get a pass and try to justify it by moaning about fees.

 

When I did my group project in my final year (in 2000 which makes me feel a right old git) there was a guy who was on the assigned team and never turned up.   I actually thought he had left until two days before submission the lecturer called us in and said he had complained we had excluded him and were being racist to him as he was Greek.   Luckily we had email trails and two other members of the team were Greek as well so it didn't go anywhere but it shows the mindset of these people.

 

In summary, stick with it The Moog.

[bub2006]

Whats happened to it Bub?

Lost brakes coming to an island,rang aa who came out and looked. One pad had lost material off it. All others where fine so it looks as if the material had come unbounded and pad dropped out leaving jus the metal. Refused to tow me home as I refused to pay 55 quid for a set of pads.

[strangeangel]

What is the point of having a degree if you aren't actually very clever it just dumbs it down and makes it worthless

 

It's just a shame Bliar didn't think this instead of 'I know, why don't we send everything with a pulse to University!'.

 

I did nine years as a lecturer (the first two were brilliant mind) and as long as I have a hole in my arse I will never return to that line of work.

[vulgalour]

Bub:  wtf?  It's a recovery service that you pay for, they should have recovered you not charged you for new brake pads.  Is this the Xantia?  Because if so those pads haven't been on that long, about a year if that?

[beko1987]

And now their helping* you by starting to change themselves!

 

I got an email from ecp with a 15% code earlier, parts15 if it helps

[Sheefag]

Back to Admiral for car insurance this year... Tesco quoting £1526 renewal on the 406 estate. Admiral will do the both 406s and the Pride for about £300 less. How do they get away with it?

 

There's a tiny insurance brokers in the village where I've lived for the last 19 years, I got a ridiculous quote online for my company van and decided to give him a go - he got it down from £1200 to £600.

 

Go to a broker and don't bother online.

[xtriple]

When I were a lad, having 'A' levels meant you were a serious 'brain box' and a degree was 'rocket scientist' at the very least. Now, 'A' levels are totally de-valued and every twat's got ten at least and all at Astar ...

 

I worked hard for my 'A' levels (first time for everything!) and harder still for a poxy degree.Back in them there distant times, competition to get into a decent uni was fraught and frantic and if your grades were not that good, you were fooked.

 

Now, it's all rather different, sadly.

[Eddie Honda]

Just had my annual ransom demand (car insurance renewal).

RoI premiums have gone nuts. Totally uncompetitive market with few players and extremely hard to avoid piss-take premiums. Since my last renewal there have been loads of reports of increases with some really feeble and weak-as-piss excuses for them.

Absolutely no change in circumstances, vehicle, any claims, etc. Everything exactly as last year.

Ten year-old Honda Jizz 1.4SE Badermatic, max NCD (50%), TPFT. Gone up from €341.79 to €725.20. 112% increase. No-Nonsense (FBD) you are a bunch of piss-taking cunts.

[rainagain]

Indian fucking call centres/Indian support services. I raised a support ticket saying one of the RAM modules in a server was faulty, the ticket was closed with the report "RAM fine". After many many emails and an hour of arguing I finally managed to get them to agree it was faulty. Then they told me I would need to pay for it, "no I won't" I said, "it's covered under our support contract", cue many more emails amongst themselves before agreeing that yes it is covered but it will take a while to sort out as they will need to generate a PO. It's been over a month now since I raised the initial ticket!

[bub2006]

Bub: wtf? It's a recovery service that you pay for, they should have recovered you not charged you for new brake pads. Is this the Xantia? Because if so those pads haven't been on that long, about a year if that?

They rang and apologised but refused to forward complaint. The reason is they said they are first and for most a breakdown service not a recovery service. Recovery is if it can't be repaired at roadside. Now I have fitted new pads this evening. Easiest car I've changed pads on but they only cost me 16 quid on discount from Sutton auto factors. Not 55 quid for what will be the same shop items probably. The point is they put it down I refused repairs,I didn't I just refused to pay nearly 40 quid over what I'd had a quote at.now fair enough they have to sell things but that's a solid mark up

[rainagain]

Then tonight I picked up my repaired phone, the external speaker was faulty, thanks to another Indian call centre it is now fitted with a brand new microphone, how can they get that mixed up over the phone???? They don't even sound similar. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr

[bub2006]

And now their helping* you by starting to change themselves!

 

I got an email from ecp with a 15% code earlier, parts15 if it helps

Too late but worth knowing!

[chodweaver]

I may be late to the party here, but every time I've bought parts online in the last 2 months, I've googled the retailer plus 'voucher code' or some such. Every time I've found a working code that gets between 5 and 15% off. And this is in addition to getting to the site via quidco, so there's money back through them too. Sometimes I have to try a few codes before finding a current one, though.

 

Just saying like

 

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[jakebullet]

Also had the annual insurance lols. Rac want 550 renewal, underwritten by zenith. compare the eggplants, 350 with..... zenith. so 200 for rac headed paper.

[eddyramrod]

I've just posted in the Grin thread about one of my old cars.... and realised it was 28 years ago!  FFS, there are Shiters who weren't even born when that Marina went to scrap!  I feel so old now...

[beko1987]

I'm 28, now I feel young!

 

If it helps you feel even worse, I've only ever seen a Marina on the telly, and the only BL product I've ever sat in (to my knowledge) is BV's dolly!

[Tamworthbay]

27 years ago I got my first car, a mk1 Astra, it was shit, I swapped it for a 2.0GL Capri, it wasn't.

[STUNO]

Insurance grumps. I have to live with a non-compulsory insurance market. 11 pounds a moñth with windscreen cover and agreed value. It is also a small country with a small market and the ins. cos need my business