The grumpy thread

[Supernaut]

Didn't get the job I interviewed for last Wednesday, but have been put on a 6-month reserve list. Yeah, whatever.

 

Then on the radio earlier they were talking about an 8 year old kid in America who has made over 22 million dollars in the past year in Youtube revenue from videos of him reviewing toys.

FUCK OFF.

 

 

 

[walks into the sea]

[Fumbler]

With a Hilux?

[Kiltox]

  On 04/12/2018 at 18:01, Supernaut said:

Didn't get the job I interviewed for last Wednesday, but have been put on a 6-month reserve list. Yeah, whatever.

 

Then on the radio earlier they were talking about an 8 year old kid in America who has made over 22 million dollars in the past year in Youtube revenue from videos of him reviewing toys.

FUCK OFF.

 

 

 

[walks into the sea]

Don’t worry about it - even if you do end up earning decent coin you’ll just end up driving a fucking brown X5

[beko1987]

Outfox the market and their current issues! I'm one of them!

 

Direct debit cancelled and a crawling back to British gas has occurred!

[Kiltox]

  On 04/12/2018 at 19:13, beko1987 said:

Outfox the market and their current issues! I'm one of them!

Direct debit cancelled and a crawling back to British gas has occurred!

Those the guys from Dragons Den? What’s the problem?

 

E.ON sent me a letter the other day saying they’re being forced by ofgem to charge me LESS - still in shock.

[STUNO]

Bloody couriers. I ordered a suspension strut for the Mazda yesterday at 3.45 pm, from a place 300km away. Fastway delivered it at 7.50am, I made the bastard wait at the door while I got out of bed and signed for it. This had to go in this thread because couriers.

[somewhatfoolish]

  On 04/12/2018 at 14:40, louiepj said:

Someone's really taking the piss out of Christmas making these.

Can we look forward to yule log, bauble, or holly flavour coming soon? WTF?

[chaseracer]

  On 04/12/2018 at 19:17, Kiltox said:

E.ON sent me a letter the other day saying they’re being forced by ofgem to charge me LESS - still in shock.

 

I've had a similar missive from my supplier.  Very close and careful reading suggests that standing charges are not covered and, despite the headline, I will end up paying more!

 

Time to switch.  Again.

[Kiltox]

  On 04/12/2018 at 21:11, chaseracer said:

I've had a similar missive from my supplier. Very close and careful reading suggests that standing charges are not covered and, despite the headline, I will end up paying more!

 

Time to switch. Again.

I have approx 0% doubt I could be paying less but I’m moving soon and my letting agent has a(n illegal) clause telling me not to switch supplier

[Fumbler]

Brother managed to get a nail square in the middle of his new tyre. Changed it out for a spare in the freezing cold.

On a lighter note the new tyre was still inflated, it was an original one with the Camry, all the lifting and bolt tensioning gear was present and the nail hole is repairable. Thank goodness for that.

[beko1987]

  On 04/12/2018 at 19:17, Kiltox said:

Those the guys from Dragons Den? What’s the problem?

 

E.ON sent me a letter the other day saying they’re being forced by ofgem to charge me LESS - still in shock.

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwih-LGkjYffAhVvx4UKHexMDk4QzPwBegQIARAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.moneysavingexpert.com%2Fnews%2F2018%2F11%2Foutfox-the-market-hits-customers-with-fourth-price-hike-in-just-%2F&psig=AOvVaw3QyE7w1fx9XU4ntMLKEtE-&ust=1544044809550329

 

I've had 17 emails in 2 weeks with various stuff, but within those, in the last week, 4 direct debit changes, going from the £30 it originally was to £70, then down to £50 (which the last bill was) and then this morning £115! I cancelled the direct debit earlier and made a switch.

 

The pain in the arse is, when I switched to them they had the kwh to the digit of our use for the 12 preceding months from the csv download from our old smart meter, and gave me the £30 price! Ace! Except our usage from them has been way over that, and when I logged on to have a nosey a month or so ago, we are in debt to £160... None of the meter readings I've provided have been entered into the account either...

 

 

I'm not alone! https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=5924617

 

I'm hoping the 'debt' doesn't stop the switch, if it does I'll have to pay it, if it doesn't then frankly it can sit there and not be fucking paid! Monzo alerts me to new dd setups too so they can be cancelled within seconds.

 

At least British gas fleece me to the same amount every month reliably!

[Aston Martin]

This looks less exciting on dashcam than id hoped.

 

(First 30 secs)

 

https://streamable.com/01wyz

[Crispian_J_Hotson]

  On 04/12/2018 at 18:01, Supernaut said:

Didn't get the job I interviewed for last Wednesday, but have been put on a 6-month reserve list. Yeah, whatever.

 

Then on the radio earlier they were talking about an 8 year old kid in America who has made over 22 million dollars in the past year in Youtube revenue from videos of him reviewing toys.

FUCK OFF.

 

 

 

[walks into the sea]

 

 

Have you thought about reviewing the toys on youtubes that he has reviewed? I'd watch it.

[Crispian_J_Hotson]

  On 04/12/2018 at 22:56, Aston Martin said:

This looks less exciting on dashcam than id hoped.

 

(First 30 secs)

 

https://streamable.com/01wyz

 

I think the best bit is the wobble at 0.25/6 when your rear wheels go over the bonnet.

[Kiltox]

  On 04/12/2018 at 21:26, beko1987 said:

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwih-LGkjYffAhVvx4UKHexMDk4QzPwBegQIARAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.moneysavingexpert.com%2Fnews%2F2018%2F11%2Foutfox-the-market-hits-customers-with-fourth-price-hike-in-just-%2F&psig=AOvVaw3QyE7w1fx9XU4ntMLKEtE-&ust=1544044809550329

 

I've had 17 emails in 2 weeks with various stuff, but within those, in the last week, 4 direct debit changes, going from the £30 it originally was to £70, then down to £50 (which the last bill was) and then this morning £115! I cancelled the direct debit earlier and made a switch.

 

The pain in the arse is, when I switched to them they had the kwh to the digit of our use for the 12 preceding months from the csv download from our old smart meter, and gave me the £30 price! Ace! Except our usage from them has been way over that, and when I logged on to have a nosey a month or so ago, we are in debt to £160... None of the meter readings I've provided have been entered into the account either...

 

 

I'm not alone! https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=5924617

 

I'm hoping the 'debt' doesn't stop the switch, if it does I'll have to pay it, if it doesn't then frankly it can sit there and not be fucking paid! Monzo alerts me to new dd setups too so they can be cancelled within seconds.

 

At least British gas fleece me to the same amount every month reliably!

That’s really quite gutting. I thought they would go far.

 

I can tell you a thing or two about bill surprises - didn’t bother reading my meter for a year because it’s in a plant cupboard I need to get permission to go into (block of flats) - currently owe E.ON about four hundred bastarding pounds. My fault rather than theirs. They read the meter about 0.5 times a year though. Endless letters encouraging me to switch to smart meters (it’s not my call, I don’t own the flat and neither do the vast majority of the other 26 in the same plant room) might have been sensible.

 

British Gas I actually quite like even though it’s utterly unfashionable to admit it - they always billed me relatively accurately and were nice to deal with.

[Coprolalia]

I had major issues with British Gas, though they were slightly less inept than Utilities Warehouse. Slow as opposed to incompetent.

 

Now with Bulb. They just work. No fuss.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

  On 04/12/2018 at 22:56, Aston Martin said:

This looks less exciting on dashcam than id hoped.

 

(First 30 secs)

 

https://streamable.com/01wyz

 

 

How the fuck could they have missed you being there?!

[SierraMikeHotel]

I check every year and keep sticking with Ovo. Recommend.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

I think I'd just go with Vauxhall...

[bramz7]

They've changed the Auto Trader app recently so it's become a right pain to list things. It either crashes or is hyper sensitive to numbers and won't let you post anything with the word 'call' 'phone' or 'price' in...

[DVee8]

The postman has just knocked on the door and handed me a wet soggy parcel,with a big sticker saying fragile handle with care.That he just admitted he had dropped..

I took the parcel in thought about it for a moment and went out to challenged him about what my regress was. He get all arsey and demanded to see if the parcel was damaged.I told him no as i hadn't open it and it is a present for MrsV8 who is home.

 

He then told me he had took it out of the barrow that he pushed around,put it on the top where it fell off on the the ground.

His then answer was just ring royal mail tell them the posty  has dropped your parcel they'll deal with it.

 

Grrr..

 

Edit :- no damage..

[GrumpiusMaximus]

  On 05/12/2018 at 11:01, bramz7 said:

They've changed the Auto Trader app recently so it's become a right pain to list things. It either crashes or is hyper sensitive to numbers and won't let you post anything with the word 'call' 'phone' or 'price' in...

Hope it wasn’t my brother that did that...

[Mally]

My wife has been given days to live.

Diagnosed with Lung cancer in August, told there was 93% chance of success.

Operation was a success. They were right.

What they didn't mention and I've only just heard, was that at time of a Lung cancer diagnosis, there is a 40% chance its migrated somewhere else.

Stable door springs to mind.

[Exiled_Tat_Gatherer]

Ah fuck dude….. So sorry. Thoughts and virtual manhugs from Brussels......

[SierraMikeHotel]

  On 05/12/2018 at 15:22, Mally said:

My wife has been given days to live.

Diagnosed with Lung cancer in August, told there was 93% chance of success.

Operation was a success. They were right.

What they didn't mention and I've only just heard, was that at time of a Lung cancer diagnosis, there is a 40% chance its migrated somewhere else.

Stable door springs to mind.

I am so sorry to hear this. Nothing we can say can make this any better. You'll be in my thoughts.

[Stanky]

Sorry to hear that Mally, thoughts are with you

[mrbenn]

That's horrible, so sorry.

[dozeydustman]

Sheez! Mally your news really sucks fella. Thoughts with you & yours.

[myglaren]

Sorry to hear that Mally.  Terrible news when things appeared to be improving.

[Saabnut]

Mally, your news has just made my grump fade away, it is not important. Best wishes in impossible times.