The grumpy thread

[somewhatfoolish]

Why would you? It's like 2% for the security of paying normally and being able to whinge at PP if it's rubbish or the vendor turns out to be a prick.

[ruffgeezer]

The washing machine started being incontinent,  so much so that it fused the electrics.

On a strip down, it looked like the heating element seal had failed, so a 2 day waited for new element and thermostat and yep it still leaks.

Strip it down again and remove the concrete ring to find the plastic outer drum housing has cracked.  Bastard.

That's the machine scrap then, just in time for Christmas. 

[New POD]

8 hours ago, High Jetter said:

How were you compromised? 

I reckon mine was cloned whilst paying for a phone repair in a dodgy back street near spaghetti junction. Can't prove it. But got my money back. 

[Remspoor]

Total madness.

Ford Escort Mk1 returns with a high asking price.

Link to get around paywall.

https://archive.ph/PA2Wp#selection-3073.4-3073.27

[chaseracer]

33 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

Total madness.

Ford Escort Mk1 returns with a high asking price.

Link to get around paywall.

https://archive.ph/PA2Wp#selection-3073.4-3073.27

Look on the bright side!  This means new Escort shells are available to recreate the iconic* 1100DL... 😉

[comfortablynumb]

38 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

Total madness.

Ford Escort Mk1 returns with a high asking price.

Link to get around paywall.

https://archive.ph/PA2Wp#selection-3073.4-3073.27

So they're talking about the MK1, and then there's a random pic of Diana in a MK3/4?

 

[comfortablynumb]

2 minutes ago, chaseracer said:

Look on the bright side!  This means new Escort shells are available to recreate the iconic* 1100DL... 😉

Don't know about mk1's, but the Chinese made a batch of MK2 shells at the request of the Irish rally boys ( I think) and apparently they are rather good!

[chaseracer]

1 minute ago, comfortablynumb said:

Don't know about mk1's, but the Chinese made a batch of MK2 shells at the request of the Irish rally boys ( I think) and apparently they are rather good!

Escort Popular reboot!

[artdjones]

Will you be able to drive the Escorts on the road?

[hairnet]

So planned on train

Cancelled the one i was gonna but saw the one after was cancelled 

No train till 1424 ffs

Lift to tram and waiting for that now

[sheffcortinacentre]

Yes if reselling. Mk1-2 shells have been around for a while.

[24vdiamond]

8 hours ago, ruffgeezer said:

The washing machine started being incontinent,  so much so that it fused the electrics.

On a strip down, it looked like the heating element seal had failed, so a 2 day waited for new element and thermostat and yep it still leaks.

Strip it down again and remove the concrete ring to find the plastic outer drum housing has cracked.  Bastard.

That's the machine scrap then, just in time for Christmas. 

Which bit of lincs are you, ive a nearly new Bosch machine that came out of me late dads place so not done much work, can do you a deal on that!

[Sir Chocolate Teapot]

I am never going to view a car at the cheaper end car dealer again,£1400. What a waste of  2 hours of my life . what a mis described pile of steaming shit, and it had just passed an mot !. Oh really. Christ knows how.

I NEED CHOCOLATE NOW.

[Jazoli]

1 hour ago, Sir Chocolate Teapot said:

I am never going to view a car at the cheaper end car dealer again,£1400. What a waste of  2 hours of my life . what a mis described pile of steaming shit, and it had just passed an mot !. Oh really. Christ knows how.

I NEED CHOCOLATE NOW.

Either buy off here or privately if you have to, I didn’t think a dealer supplied £1400 car existed any longer.

there’s an XC90, a Corsa, a Blingo, an X Type, a Polo, a Panda, an SX4 etc, I’d take a chance on any of them rather than a 1500 bombsite banger.

[ruffgeezer]

7 hours ago, 24vdiamond said:

Which bit of lincs are you, ive a nearly new Bosch machine that came out of me late dads place so not done much work, can do you a deal on that!

Annoyingly,  I've only just seen this - I splurged on a new one this morning.  Thanks for the kind offer though!

[Minimad5]

On 12/12/2024 at 22:54, High Jetter said:

How were you compromised? 

No idea, I've not used the card much 🤷‍♂️

[Spiny Norman]

UBER. Called a taxi this morning and he must have been just round the corner because almost immediately I got his message saying he was here so I texted him back saying '2  mins' as I hadn't got my shoes on and when I got dpwnstairs the fucker had gone. Had the cheek to charge me £8 for a cancellation fee too, which I subsequently claimed back through Paypal.

I'll stick to the local money launderers in future.

[andy18s]

9 hours ago, Minimad5 said:

No idea, I've not used the card much 🤷‍♂️

Shell petrol stations were a cloning hotspot not too long ago..

[ruffgeezer]

Eddisons- I've not changed my password with them but cannot log in nor receive password reset emails, made a new account and cannot get the email to ore-reg for the auction that finishes Monday.  Bastard.

[New POD]

8 hours ago, Spiny Norman said:

UBER. Called a taxi this morning and he must have been just round the corner because almost immediately I got his message saying he was here so I texted him back saying '2  mins' as I hadn't got my shoes on and when I got dpwnstairs the fucker had gone. Had the cheek to charge me £8 for a cancellation fee too, which I subsequently claimed back through Paypal.

I'll stick to the local money launderers in future.

Last summer, we were waiting for an Ubber to take us about 2 miles from our hotel to the Open Air Theatre to watch Paul Weller.  

The price quoted was about the same as the Bus £4.50.  So we booked about 15 mins before we would need to leave.

When we booked it we had time to walk down to the Promanarde and get a bus, bus 10 mins walk. 

So we are sitting in the hotel bar and the bastards cancelled.  

Then had to run to catch the bus. (which we managed with about a minute to spare) 

Never used Uber since. 

[Marina door handles]

I need a new  mobile phone, my old phone wont hold charge anymore. I hate phone shopping even more than I hate clothes shopping mostly because I find phones tedious... Wish me luck! 

[Westbay]

2 minutes ago, Marina door handles said:

I need a new  mobile phone, my old phone wont hold charge anymore. I hate phone shopping even more than I hate clothes shopping mostly because I find phones tedious... Wish me luck! 

In the true spirit of AS - fit a new battery !

[Split_Pin]

Agreed, my phones have had a few batteries before I finally change the device.

Cheap and very easy to do yourself.

[reb]

2 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

very easy to do yourself

What kind of phones are you buying that changing the battery doesn't involve fucking around with bonded glass?

[Split_Pin]

1 minute ago, reb said:

What kind of phones are you buying that changing the battery doesn't involve fucking around with bonded glass?

Just a basic Samsung thing, I dont know the model number. 

[reb]

Just now, Split_Pin said:

Just a basic Samsung thing, I dont know the model number. 

Must be fairly old then, even the billy basic A series involves removing glass that's not really designed to be removed without specialist equipment these days.

[Marina door handles]

32 minutes ago, Westbay said:

In the true spirit of AS - fit a new battery !

I have done that around 3 years ago, I was tempted to do it again.... But I find myself sat naving a lot with the phone, it struggles to keep a good GPS lock and can be a bit wacky at times.  Also the camera is crap and I use that a lot. So it really is time to man up and get a new one. 

[castros_bro]

33 minutes ago, Marina door handles said:

I need a new  mobile phone, my old phone wont hold charge anymore. I hate phone shopping even more than I hate clothes shopping mostly because I find phones tedious... Wish me luck! 

Hi,

What's the phone ?    Some have battery glued in (warm with hair dryer and prize out with old credit card/guitar pic) and connected by flat cable n plug so worth trying yourself.  Even if you get a new phone it's worth trying on the old one just to learn stuff.  Or sent it to me.

[Marina door handles]

Just now, castros_bro said:

Hi,

What's the phone ?    Some have battery glued in (warm with hair dryer and prize out with old credit card/guitar pic) and connected by flat cable n plug so worth trying yourself.  Even if you get a new phone it's worth trying on the old one just to learn stuff.  Or sent it to me.

Cough! See reply just above yours! 

[castros_bro]

2 minutes ago, Marina door handles said:

Cough! See reply just above yours! 

My excuse is It took me 4.5 mins to write that.