The grumpy thread

[AnthonyG]

Return/Cancel the watch purchase?

[Timewaster]

Return/Cancel the watch purchase?

Then set to selling some of the other watches that by your own admission you never wear?

 

I know a man needs his gadgets and toys, but he needs a fridge too.

[alcyonecorporation]

"Well, I'm sorry you feel that way."

 

'No you're not.'

[Angrydicky]

"Well, I'm sorry you feel that way."

 

'No you're not.'

Translation: I think your complaint is completely unreasonable, and you're starting to piss me off.

May have been used once or twice with particularly unreasonable customers I've spoken to at work, usually after they threaten to sue/try to put a claim in for labour etc.

[plasticvandan]

It's wet,cold and windy,another trip to work on the 30 yr old 2 stroke MZ awaits.Been looking at getting a small van or something,sour love an old A35 to bomb around in but ££££ but I did some maths last night and worked out that including fuel,tax and insurance,doing around 8-9000 miles a year,it costs me £900 a year to run.I'm not rich by any means,but have to think why bother running anything else!

[beko1987]

 

Lol you're right, £79.50 with 100GB which I can get down to £61 but no lower, and that's with free Netflix rather than free Spotify. Unless you went longer than 24 months on the contract.

 

In fact you're only paying £1160 over a 24 month deal, the offline RRP of that handset is £1100 or so so Vodafone are bordering on mental doing that deal!

Ee did this on my p20 Pro. We worked out in the office that I'm financing the cost of the handset over 24 months with no extra interest and stuff with the Ee part (30gb data unltd mins and texts) coming in at £2.20 a month...

[Kiltox]

Translation: I think your complaint is completely unreasonable, and you're starting to piss me off.

May have been used once or twice with particularly unreasonable customers I've spoken to at work, usually after they threaten to sue/try to put a claim in for labour etc.

“I’d love to tell you to fucking fuck the fuck off you fucking fuck, but I also need to pay my rent”

 

- ex call centre monkey

[BavarianRetro]

But that's the retail price you're using in your calculations, not the wholesale price?

[somewhatfoolish]

Pray for me lads/ladies 'cos if anything else goes wrong in the next week or so, I shall be canvassing around you all for a place to spend Christmas.

You could live in your lock-up if the cuckoo wasn't in it.

[The Moog]

Woken up full of cold. Ache all over and visiting down south. Nothing quite like having a full weekend planned and being sick in someone else's house.

[bramz7]

Apple are notorious tight wads with Telcos and the subsidy they offer is no doubt about as minimal as possible...

Huawei are probably far more generous, given their aim is complete market saturation.

 

Wouldn't surprise me if Vodafone was losing money on them. When I worked there that was par for the course

[Bren]

Been prescribed doxycycline as amoxycillin did not dent the infection I have. The joy of having an immune system that does'nt function very well.

[xtriple]

Then set to selling some of the other watches that by your own admission you never wear?

 

I know a man needs his gadgets and toys, but he needs a fridge too.

I would sell a few but am hopeless at pricing them. I don't want to rip anyone off but equally, I don't want to rip myself off either! I sold a watch on here (to a very nice chap    ) for a reasonable price then saw the same watch on eBay at nearly three times the amount... and it was sold! So, friend got a bargain (so I'm not bothered/upset by this new knowledge, just glad someone decent got a bargain) but I sort of shafted myself. It doesn't come easily any more to sell stuff, I am overly honest and under-sell stuff, pointing out faults that no one else would see.

 

My own worst enemy

 

Though there are a few out there with a better claim to this!

[AMC Rebel]

Woken up full of cold. Ache all over and visiting down south. Nothing quite like having a full weekend planned and being sick in someone else's house.

 

I read that as "full of chod"

[The Moog]

Woken up full of cold. Ache all over and visiting down south. Nothing quite like having a full weekend planned and being sick in someone else's house.

Added to this bathroom sink in my house is leaking and now dog been rushed to vet with blood dripping from his back leg.

[Captain Furious]

Looking at that link to the Octavia for £42.70 a month wondering why

 

A) I am not driving one

2) Every other car on the road isn't one

 

That really is outstanding value, the missus had one on loan from work the other week and they really are quite nice

[dozeydustman]

FUCKING CATS.

 

That is all.

[mrbenn]

"Well, I'm sorry you feel that way."

 

'No you're not.'

 

 

Translation: I think your complaint is completely unreasonable, and you're starting to piss me off.

May have been used once or twice with particularly unreasonable customers I've spoken to at work, usually after they threaten to sue/try to put a claim in for labour etc.

 

Quite often the case, I'm sure.

 

However, alternative translation:

 

We've fucked something up but we're not going to accept responsibility on any level. Instead, we're going to make you feel like you're being unreasonable in some way.

[mrbenn]

Added to this bathroom sink in my house is leaking and now dog been rushed to vet with blood dripping from his back leg.

 

Shit. Hope the dog is ok.

[The Moog]

Dog walker took him to vet and is bandaged up and on antibiotics. Will find out what that actually means

[Aston Martin]

Bastard insurance.

 

The Cacti and the Alessi need doing (before ForFiatsSake stabs me)

 

Churchill was last year and renewel was £505 down from £550 last year. But I rang them up as go compare was cheaper.

 

"Let's see what we can do"

 

More than was £406.... Churchill said £413. Fine, saves messing about.

 

"I have a Panpan and I need multicar"

 

"no problem, the no claims doesn't cover so it'll be £650"

 

...

 

...

...

 

After I breathed again she said "we can sometimes clone the no claims to the other car.... It'll be £515"

 

...

 

I said that Hastings could do me for £301.

 

"Yeah, we can't match that... But you have 30 days for this valid quote"

[Kiltox]

Quite often the case, I'm sure.

 

However, alternative translation:

 

We've fucked something up but we're not going to accept responsibility on any level. Instead, we're going to make you feel like you're being unreasonable in some way.

If we are talking big company with call centre you can almost guarantee that the bloke on the end of the phone hasn’t fucked anything up, is trying to fix the mess and doesn’t need someone getting shitty with him.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

 but this contract is actually an absolute steal.

 

 

But who is the thief?

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Looking at that link to the Octavia for £42.70 a month 

 

 

Where?

[mrbenn]

If we are talking big company with call centre you can almost guarantee that the bloke on the end of the phone hasn’t fucked anything up, is trying to fix the mess and doesn’t need someone getting shitty with him.

 

No argument from me on that score. In most cases they are simply the messenger, and we know how the old saying goes.

 

However, we had an awful time last year with a company employed to fit a new kitchen and downstairs loo to my parents house. Should have cost 20k yet ended up at 30k. Should have taken 5-6 weeks but took over double that. Started late, terrible communication, house left insecure for weeks. Totally unacceptable and not what was agreed. Not the fault of the contractors involved, but the company managing the build.

 

Their response? "I'm sorry you feel that way".

[Captain Furious]

Where?

 

https://www.leasehub.co.uk/content/what-a-deal-skoda-octavia/

 

Granted its £2500 down, but £3500 over the term is a friggin barg.

[SierraMikeHotel]

https://www.leasehub.co.uk/content/what-a-deal-skoda-octavia/

 

Granted its £2500 down, but £3500 over the term is a friggin barg.

Bloody hell. That's phenomenal.

[Kiltox]

VAG do seem to knock out stupid deals like this occasionally, not sure why

[Captain Furious]

If we are talking big company with call centre you can almost guarantee that the bloke on the end of the phone hasn’t fucked anything up, is trying to fix the mess and doesn’t need someone getting shitty with him.

 

I usually try and keep it nice with call centre staff, after all i'm usually expecting them to hook me up with a good price or some kind of discount, so I want them to like me not think i'm a cunt.

 

I tried it on with BT the other day, but its easier to negotiate brexit than negotiate with BT as an existing customer.  The conversation was perfectly civil, I said thanks for your help but you're still not close enough to plusnet's price for me to stay.  He was like, "well I haven't really helped you here have I, i'm just sorry I can't get it any cheaper for you, but since you are out of contract with us and can leave without penalty then you are correct, you're better off going with plusnet"

 

So I did, £23 a month vs BT's 58.99 out of deal price. No brainer really.  Difficult to believe they're owned by the same parent company.  Waiting to see if BT contact me before go-live with their 'real' counter offer.

[alcyonecorporation]

If we are talking big company with call centre you can almost guarantee that the bloke on the end of the phone hasn’t fucked anything up, is trying to fix the mess and doesn’t need someone getting shitty with him.

 

 

I've been on both sides of the phone and spoken both lines of that statement. 

 

In one particular context the person wasn't sorry for what had transpired (hence the feeble 'I'm sorry you feel that way'), was then over-ruled, tried desperately to patch up the situation by way of counter offer far too late and was shot down almost immediately.

 

Me: 'No, you're not'. 

 

Too little too late. Never mind telling me I'm 'extreme' and 'didn't try to resolve it in person'. I fucking tried for hours, and you rejected everything I suggested and offered outright.

 

What the fuck did you think was going to happen, exactly? Angrily grilling me for something YOU COULD HAVE SORTED HAD YOU WANTED TO ain't going to fly with me. You gave it a good go though, eh? 

 

'Well we could have offered [xyz] if you needed [abc]'

 

"You said I couldn't have [abc]"

 

'Who said that? I wouldn't have said that.'

 

"You did, three weeks ago. That's why I went over your head."

 

'Oh.....oh I remember now.' 

 

"Oh, you do, eh? Good. See you around."