The grumpy thread

[Floatylight]

Weekly checks anyone?

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/police-stunned-state-cars-tyres-18160974

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[paulplom]

Fucking wankers. Deserved it. ^^^

Our cars are shite but they're looked after and there'll be none with baldy tires.

[Jim Bell]

6 hours ago, Floatylight said:

Weekly checks anyone?

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/police-stunned-state-cars-tyres-18160974

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"Buy" the most expensive car you can. Spend as little as possible on maintaining. 

It's the modern world. 

[paulplom]

Zoe ball on radio6 and she's playing coldplay fffs.

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[Split_Pin]

TUI have now bumped me for £900. We cancelled our holiday to Crete on 17th March due to the impending Covid crisis. We were told that we would get £900 of the £1500 I had paid so far, which was fair enough. 

My wife booked it so she chased this 2 weeks later online and was told the refund would arrive soon.

Fast forward to last Wednesday, my wife managed to get through to them on the phone. The girl was very helpful and although she admitted my refund hadn't been processed, she confirmed she was processing this now and would be with us in a few days.

As of today, still nothing.

If she had said that TUI are struggling financially and we might not get our money back, I would be frustrated but would understand. But to tell a barefaced, slimy little lie just to get my wife off the phone has put me out my fucking bin, to the point where I am up in the night fuming about it.

ATOL won't help as we initiated the cancellation.

Being bumped for money is one thing but I can't tolerate being lied to. 

Unfortunately I'm just going to have to suck it up.

[Tickman]

Did you pay on a credit card at all?

If so I think you can claim against the credit card company.

[Split_Pin]

I paid it from my savings using my debit card.

[Mally]

You can sometimes claim on a debit card, chargeback or something it's called. Ask your bank, but they will probably fob you off

 Once you have  paid the last large balance it's best not to cancel, wait for them to do it.

When you cancel you fall into the terms and conditions regarding you cancelling, which close to the holiday have high charges.

Many people are having problems with holiday/wedding etc cancellations.

EDIT

My DiL is often on the end of the phone.

They give the information out that they have to hand, or have been told to say. It's the big companies at fault, not the girl on the phone.

[Kiltox]

28 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

I paid it from my savings using my debit card.

Visa Debit? 

[Mally]

You may struggle with chargeback.

The fact that you cancelled, means they are entitled to whatever it says in the t and c under cancellation charges.

You need to prove they said you could have a refund, which they may have a recording of, but are not likely to disclose.

[Split_Pin]

My wife has a message on her account confirming the refund is on its way.

I paid with Visa Debit.

[Mally]

Ah!  Message confirming refund may help. Have no knowledge of how to proceed though.

 Small claims court?

Try chargeback first. f you can prove they owe you a sympathetic bank should do it.

[Volksy]

4 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

TUI have now bumped me for £900. We cancelled our holiday to Crete on 17th March due to the impending Covid crisis. We were told that we would get £900 of the £1500 I had paid so far, which was fair enough. 

My wife booked it so she chased this 2 weeks later online and was told the refund would arrive soon.

Fast forward to last Wednesday, my wife managed to get through to them on the phone. The girl was very helpful and although she admitted my refund hadn't been processed, she confirmed she was processing this now and would be with us in a few days.

As of today, still nothing.

If she had said that TUI are struggling financially and we might not get our money back, I would be frustrated but would understand. But to tell a barefaced, slimy little lie just to get my wife off the phone has put me out my fucking bin, to the point where I am up in the night fuming about it.

ATOL won't help as we initiated the cancellation.

Being bumped for money is one thing but I can't tolerate being lied to. 

Unfortunately I'm just going to have to suck it up.

I've some experience of these types of things. I'm currently in dispute with Air France/KLM regarding some flights over to Canada for next Tuesday. 

They are point blank refusing to refund, technically EU 261/2004 deems that if the airline or tour operator cancels the flight/holiday then they are duty bound - in my case even by their own T&Cs to refund within seven days.  For package holidays it is within fourteen days. The EU reiterated this at the start of the crisis.

However, as you decided to cancel the holiday, you only fall under the tour operators T&Cs and EU 261 does not apply. Check these carefully, and see what, if anything you are entitled to.  If you have in writing that they are willing to refund £X and that this is in process, then you should have a case with the Small Claims Court.

Problem is at the moment, Holiday Companies and Airlines are broke, and they are trying to ensure future business, by for example in my case by giving me a 'Voucher' valid for up to a year, which is essentially an interest free loan from their customers, then they claim refundable after that time period. 

In the news today, it appears that the CMA are looking at getting involved to try and force them to pay out, but it will take a very long time. 

Hopefully in your case the agreed refund will come through. All these companies are on skeleton staff, and have found a massive surge in demand. So it would be fair to say, you're probably not going to get a refund in just over a week.

I have lodged a 'Section 75 Chargeback' with my credit card company - this will take up to eight weeks normally, so I'm not expecting it to be done in that timescale.

 

My advice would be to always book holidays or travel with a creditcard, and wait for the airline to cancel (they are leaving flight cancellations to the very last minute at the moment hoping that customers do exactly what you have done, as they are pretty much liable for naff all when the customer cancels)

 

Good Luck!

[Vantman]

18 hours ago, philibusmo said:

I'm not entirely sure why but the title of this thread really winds me up.  It's so irritating it makes my teeth itch.

Anyway, as you were.

Can a moderator just alter that to 'Bus Shite'?

[Bren]

I thought I had a leaky wheel cylinder on the SD1. One was purchased and stripdown commenced. No sign of any leaks.

No spongy pedal. I racked my brains as to what could have caused the "leak" - I then had a eureka moment.

[Zelandeth]

Sodding alternator belt is slipping again.

Yay, I get to eat the splitter and cover myself in used engine oil while dislocating my wrist to get at the adjuster around the oil cooler return line again, I enjoyed it so much last time...

[Split_Pin]

2 hours ago, Volksy said:

I've some experience of these types of things. I'm currently in dispute with Air France/KLM regarding some flights over to Canada for next Tuesday. 

They are point blank refusing to refund, technically EU 261/2004 deems that if the airline or tour operator cancels the flight/holiday then they are duty bound - in my case even by their own T&Cs to refund within seven days.  For package holidays it is within fourteen days. The EU reiterated this at the start of the crisis.

However, as you decided to cancel the holiday, you only fall under the tour operators T&Cs and EU 261 does not apply. Check these carefully, and see what, if anything you are entitled to.  If you have in writing that they are willing to refund £X and that this is in process, then you should have a case with the Small Claims Court.

Problem is at the moment, Holiday Companies and Airlines are broke, and they are trying to ensure future business, by for example in my case by giving me a 'Voucher' valid for up to a year, which is essentially an interest free loan from their customers, then they claim refundable after that time period. 

In the news today, it appears that the CMA are looking at getting involved to try and force them to pay out, but it will take a very long time. 

Hopefully in your case the agreed refund will come through. All these companies are on skeleton staff, and have found a massive surge in demand. So it would be fair to say, you're probably not going to get a refund in just over a week.

I have lodged a 'Section 75 Chargeback' with my credit card company - this will take up to eight weeks normally, so I'm not expecting it to be done in that timescale.

 

My advice would be to always book holidays or travel with a creditcard, and wait for the airline to cancel (they are leaving flight cancellations to the very last minute at the moment hoping that customers do exactly what you have done, as they are pretty much liable for naff all when the customer cancels)

 

Good Luck!

Cheers for that, grand knowledge there. I will hopefully have some luck over the next few days.

[wuvvum]

8 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

Sodding alternator belt is slipping again.

Yay, I get to eat the splitter and cover myself in used engine oil while dislocating my wrist to get at the adjuster around the oil cooler return line again, I enjoyed it so much last time...

Mind your head on the bonnet.

[Zelandeth]

Just now, wuvvum said:

Mind your head on the bonnet.

Don't...I already managed to nearly knock myself out on it this afternoon once...

At least it stays up rather than randomly dropping on your head unlike the one on certain other vehicles I have owned.  Yes, I'm looking in the general direction of my now departed Lada.  That dropped on me several times in my ownership.

[Split_Pin]

Sorry for droning on but ALSO HOW FUPPING HARD IS IT TO BUY A CAR FOR SALE!11!11!1!1!1!

I'm literally waving e-poundingtons all over the place but nobody will take it.

I get the current circumstances but radio silence is just odd. Way to sell a car like!

[Floatylight]

Decided to fit some speakers this afternoon (not at home but social distancing respected) didn't realise it was engineering brick, mains hammer drill wont even touch it, need to try an SDS or drill new holes in the steel bracket...

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[brownnova]

22 hours ago, philibusmo said:

I'm not entirely sure why but the title of this thread really winds me up.  It's so irritating it makes my teeth itch.

Anyway, as you were.

 

3 hours ago, Vantman said:

Can a moderator just alter that to 'Bus Shite'?

Well.... seeing as the author of the thread hasn’t been seen in these parts for nearly a year I don’t feel too bad changing the title.... 

Happy? ?

[Split_Pin]

And nobody has asked how the thread author is? A year is a long time. For anyone that has thought about that, I'm still in touch with Marty on Facebook, and he's still a very active collector of diecast tat.

[Kiltox]

2 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Sorry for droning on but ALSO HOW FUPPING HARD IS IT TO BUY A CAR FOR SALE!11!11!1!1!1!

I'm literally waving e-poundingtons all over the place but nobody will take it.

I get the current circumstances but radio silence is just odd. Way to sell a car like!

Can I interest Sir in a RAV4 or a 2018 BMW 320d ?

[stephen01]

11 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

ATOL won't help as we initiated the cancellation.

Being bumped for money is one thing but I can't tolerate being lied to. 

Unfortunately I'm just going to have to suck it up.

We have a very expensive holiday for August, at the moment I’m just waiting for it to be cancelled due to Covid-19, 

also have a chuck of dollars that we won’t be able to spend! 

[Split_Pin]

42 minutes ago, Kiltox said:

Can I interest Sir in a RAV4 or a 2018 BMW 320d ?

BMW, do you do finance over 53 years ?

[Vantman]

1 hour ago, brownnova said:

 

Well.... seeing as the author of the thread hasn’t been seen in these parts for nearly a year I don’t feel too bad changing the title.... 

Happy? ?

Thank you very much.

[paulplom]

12 hours ago, Floatylight said:

Decided to fit some speakers this afternoon (not at home but social distancing respected) didn't realise it was engineering brick, mains hammer drill wont even touch it, need to try an SDS or drill new holes in the steel bracket...

 

An sds will piss that. They will put holes in anything.

[Jazoli]

12 hours ago, Floatylight said:

Decided to fit some speakers this afternoon (not at home but social distancing respected) didn't realise it was engineering brick, mains hammer drill wont even touch it, need to try an SDS or drill new holes in the steel bracket...

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Drilling that close to the edge of the brick is asking for trouble as it will break, especially using an SDS

[95 quid Peugeot]

On 4/29/2020 at 10:25 PM, wuvvum said:

Well I went to rescue it with the other Fiat (Scudo) and that was fine.  Although it does have a French engine to be fair.

Tempra battery is reading 11.94 volts with the engine off.  So that might be fucked.  I'm going to stick a gallon of diesel in it tomorrow and take it for a proper drive to see if that brings it back to life, but if not it's going to need a new one.

Is it that poxy immobiliser thing.

I was convinced it was battery as it didnt start a few times but always did with jump leads, without fail,

Was only when i didnt start once at home, i found immobiliser buttons and it did every time