The grumpy thread

[Angrydicky]

Cheers, that is a shame. Would have been nice to 'shop' the tightwad bastard to the Inland Revenue if he was evading tax or something like that.

[dollywobbler]

I can't see how it could be anything but legal. The rule of shop-keeping is to buy stuff, then sell it for more than you paid for it.

[trigger]

I say more fool him then anything, he could buy the stock from a cash and carry for cheaper without having to pay the supermarkets retail prices, Though i expect with SAINSCO's (names change to protect the innocent) they buy the stock in cheaper then a cash and carry could so they can afford to pass the savings on to the customer so maybe they are cheaper?.

 

I sometimes see local foreign shop owners loading up their trolleys with bread and potatoes in my local Sainsburys.

[warren t claim]

Most of my local shops "parallel import" their alcohol stock

[chaseracer]

Completely legal, if - as Trigsbury rightly points out - a bit odd. He's selling convenience to those who are disorganised and/or lacking in personal transport.

 

And single fags to 10-year-olds. Allegedly, m'lud...

 

[sporty-shite]

I sometimes see local foreign shop owners loading up their trolleys with bread and potatoes in my local Sainsburys.

 

I've seen the local retailers turned away from the tills in ASDA for buying too many of the special offers/multibuys, as there is apparently a maximum of four or five per person. According to my mate who works there, one of them accused the checkout girl of racism, as she couldn't get the stuff through the till.

[autofive]

shopkeper may have run up a huge bill at all the local cash & carry outlets that he cant pay, and paid for his supermarket deliveries on a credit card (or someone elses plastic)

[cobblers]

A supermarkets occasionally sell booze at or below cost price, to get people through the door (Loss Leaders). Obviously this makes it a lot cheaper than buying at a cash and carry, which generally aren't that cheap anyway.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Yeah, I say give the guy a break, he's only trying to run a fuggin corner shop, rather him than me

[Timewaster]

Yeah, I say give the guy a break, he's only trying to run a fuggin corner shop, rather him than me

 

Here Here!

Retail absolutely sucks.

Long hours, abuse from customers, shoplifters, having to throw out unsold stock that goes out of date, massive council tax bills , staff theiving from under your nose.. AND Tossco stealing every little scrap of trade from you at every opportunity.

What has it got to do with you where he buys his stock?

Some cash and carrys have minimum purchase and if you are only buying 1's and 2's of things they are probably not much cheaper than Tossco - and Tossco will deliver free.

 

I know of a car spares shop where they used to buy Castrol GTX from Halfords and put on the shelf as it was cheaper than direct from Castrol and he could buy as little or as much as he liked. This was a good few years ago mind.

[Lankytim]

I remember trying to buy rabbit food direct from the rabbit food factory (I was a visiting lorry driver) and was advised that it was cheaper to buy it from pets at home even after the staff discount! Its because the large retailers buy millions of tons of the stuff at a time and can negotiate super discounted rates, they then pass the savings onto the consumer.

[Angrydicky]

What has it got to do with you where he buys his stock?

 

Because I'm the poor bastard who has to deliver it, and the guy is a weapons grade tosser.

[Timewaster]

What has it got to do with you where he buys his stock?

 

Because I'm the poor bastard who has to deliver it, and the guy is a weapons grade tosser.

 

You missed that vital clue out. I just thought you were sticking your nose in out of spite or boredom.

In that case the best thing I can think of is to speed test the van over some kerbs and traffic islands on the way to him. Stir his order up a bit!

[Angrydicky]

Oh that happens already!

[myglaren]

I remember trying to buy rabbit food direct from the rabbit food factory (I was a visiting lorry driver) and was advised that it was cheaper to buy it from pets at home even after the staff discount! Its because the large retailers buy millions of tons of the stuff at a time and can negotiate super discounted rates, they then pass the savings onto the consumer.

 

If any of our staff want any of our products (doors & windows) they buy them from one of our customers as the customers get them cheaper than the staff with supposedly 15% discount

[Pete-M]

Drove a Kia Ce'ed Diesel today.

 

It had lots of toys, cd player with ipod connector, steering wheel buttons, aircon, electric windows, insanely bright orange dash lighting and all that jazz so if you don't know anything about cars they must seem appealing on the quick 10 minute, salesman accompanied, test drive. The warranty etc is all good. They're no doubt cheap to insure and being a diseasel it shouldn't have been hideous on fuel.

 

But the interior feels like it came out of a cracker. The gearshift has a nice short throw but it feels like it's attached to a 400,000 mile ex-Beirut Mk2 Cavalier minicab. The engine is loud and rattly and at initial start up made a slightly worrying 'death rattle' which I wouldn't have expected from a three week old car. It was loud enough for the geezer at the top of the street who fixes old FX4 hackney cabs to comment "That sounds rough, is it fucked?" to the Kia's owner. It quietened down quite a bit once it had warmed up, but it still vibrated pretty badly and averaged 34 mpg in town. Which is stunningly bad for a 'modern' diesel car. It wasn't quick, but the handling was a bit better than I expected.

 

People scrapped decent cars in order to buy these things. I'm genuinely appalled.

[Guest]

My uncle has just bought a Kia S[e]oul. It's black, with black wheels, blacked out windows and a white racing stripe. It has black vinyl effect leather seats, a black dashboard and a fucking awful ride.

 

URRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH.

[Craig the Princess]

2 for me.

 

1. We sold our first car to someone we didn't know on Sunday, an extremly rusty Austin A40 Farina that we were never going to repair for £150. We were a bit unsure but thought a fleet reduction was a good thing and the bloke seemed genuinly intersted in taking it on as a project. Then I saw this earlier, (this could also cross into the EBAY bargains thread as the car has not metal in it's bottom six inches)

 

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C266867

 

2. My Dad is having a midlife crisis, he has been made redundant and his fiance split up with him two weeks before the wedding. Now is about to blow 5-6 large on either a BMW Z3 or Audi TT

[scaryoldcortina]

^ I didn't know PandaSelecta moved to norfolk.....

[Craig the Princess]

^ I didn't know PandaSelecta moved to norfolk.....

 

[Craig the Princess]

2. My Dad is having a midlife crisis, he has been made redundant and his fiance split up with him two weeks before the wedding. Now is about to blow 5-6 large on either a BMW Z3 or Audi TT

 

This has sorted itself a bit as he has bought a 1999 316i for £1,250. sounds a bit salty but it could be worse. Does anyone want a cheap Rover 600?

[cobblers]

I spent ages welding up, straightening and prepping the big metal dash off my t25 that some ballbag had drilled a load of holes in and dinted over the years. I got it mint.

 

Put a coat of paint on it, dead pleased with myself - nice and flat, plenty of gloss and no orange peel. Usually I'm over cautious and it ends up a bit dry, but I got it just right (Using 2k paint helps too). Tipped the spare paint out of the gun, came back over to admire my handywork and it had completely gone to bollocks in 30 seconds - covered in fisheyes.

 

 

Someone must had caned the thing in flash dash in the distant past, and it worked its way through me scrubbing it with soap, then thinners, then sanding 99% of the paint off, then 3 coats of primer. Silicon is bad shit!

 

In an ideal world I could have just flatted it, and used some additive in the topcoat and had it back in paint within the day, but I needed to put it back in the van to drive home otherwise the steering wheel isn't really connected to anything much.

[retrogeezer]

I think my dear old cat is about to go to the big cat basket in the sky.

 

Not been eating properly for a couple of weeks, not at all for 2 days and now his back legs seem to have given up. He is 19 so had a good innings but was absolutely fine until a week or so back, it's like someone has flicked a switch.

[maxpower]

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[Craig the Princess]

just found out tonight that my ex-wife passed away last year at 41yrs old

 

That's terrible, sorry to hear that.

 

I was going to moan about still being at work but it doesn't seem to matter compaired to that.

[andrew e]

Lazy people/main dealers:

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DISPLAY-RIMS- ... 3f1035245a

 

GENUINE VAUXHALL

ALLOY WHEELS

EX DISPLAY SOME SCUFF MARKS

 

UNSURE OF FITMENT

 

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[eddyramrod]

Sympathies, maxpower. Did you have children together?

[maxpower]

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[eddyramrod]

In other news: my back. I pulled a muscle in it last weekend and have been in agony since. Currently sitting with a hot-water bottle between me and the chairback.

 

Can you imagine the fun and games involved in finding a hot-water bottle in Cyprus in November?

[TimothyClaypole]

I always forget to take a picture so I'd used someone else's but this always annoys me everytime I'm in Bratislava:

 

 

This is the main pedestrian street in old Bratislava, there are nice buildings like this along it, a nice fountain/water feature along the middle then the US of A turned up and built themselves

a compound bang slap in the middle... wankers.

 

If they are that bothered about being attacked then pack up and go home.

 

In contrast up outside the centre you can find most of the other countries embassies and just about walk up and knock on the door of them, even the parliment has just one guarded gate etc.