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Everyone must go through that point in a project VA but I think you'd regret parting with the Polo. Get him back on the road and see how you feel then.

If it comes to it a roadworthy car is easier to shift.

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Philibusmo..direct action...gather up all the local dogshit [espesh dangerous potent Alsatian type] and lob it in the back of the cement mixers..its high nitrate content means cement wont set..and they have to dig it all out..plus cheaper than sugar!

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'discover' some rare newts, cheaper than sugar and less smelly than dogshit

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New phone arrived. All in one piece. Touchscreen doesn't work. Arse. :evil:

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Reason the power steering belt is missing on the Merc..the pump is seized..exhaust mechanic pointed this out..illegal in Victoria..more reason to keep it on the Outback rego!..but i suppose ill have to get a new one anyway..arseache...

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  sporty-shite said:

 

 

In other grumps, I'm getting a bit fed up with the fact that I can't seem to shift any of my cars,

 

REALLY don't want to have to go to ebay or gumtree.

 

Mind you, atleast with Gumtree you can specify emails only which is good for screening I find i.e. "what's the lowest price you'll take mate?" Right you can fuck off for starters, delete.

 

Been a bit disappointed with the quality of 'buyer' carandclassic has given me this time around.

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  RobT said:
  sporty-shite said:

 

 

In other grumps, I'm getting a bit fed up with the fact that I can't seem to shift any of my cars,

 

REALLY don't want to have to go to ebay or gumtree.

 

Mind you, atleast with Gumtree you can specify emails only which is good for screening I find i.e. "what's the lowest price you'll take mate?" Right you can fuck off for starters, delete.

 

Been a bit disappointed with the quality of 'buyer' carandclassic has given me this time around.

 

it does seem to be a very hard market to shift shite at present

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Gumtree is just weird. You advertise with out a 'phone number and people mail you asking for it and if you advertise with a 'phone number and people only want to e-mail you.

 

I've had a pretty good success rate on adverts the last few months by stating I'm happy to listen to offers but will only take people seriously if they're stood in front of me. Obv. you still get the odd lobotomised chimp trying it on but they're mostly few and far between.

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I have to say I have had pretty good luck with ebay for the last 6 or so cars. Never been messed about, picked up quickly with no hassles. I think that if you do a good write and good photos it goes a long way.

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I seem to have fallen foul of the gas-safe regulations.

 

I had read them, and knew that I wasn't allowed to connect the gas, all the rules about siting and flue size etc don't apply because it is a direct replacement for the old heater, so while I was waiting for the fitter to get back to me I bolted it to the flue (4 bolts) and ran the pipework myself. Fitter phoned today, I explained what was what, he told me he wanted nothing more* to do with it, wasn't prepared to have anything to do with a heater he didn't fit and hung up. Wouldn't even come and have a look/advise what to do next.

 

This means I've taken it down and will be calling another gas man tomorrow. It also means I STILL can't have a bath.

 

*all he's actually done is check the old one was faulty and then cap the gas off at the meter again. It is still capped.

 

 

Is anyone here a gas fitter? What the actual F??? That's like me refusing to test a car because I didn't get the job fixing it....

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  scaryoldcortina said:
Fitter phoned today, he told me he wanted nothing more to do with it, wasn't prepared to have anything to do with a heater he didn't fit and hung up.

What the actual F??? That's like me refusing to test a car because I didn't get the job fixing it....

 

I suspect it has a lot to do with this:http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/apr/17/gas-fitter-jailed-carbon-monoxide

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I'd agree if the flue was in any way obscured by the heater, but you can remove the hood inside (3 screws) and see straight out through the flue otherwise I wouldn't have put it up. It hasn't been modified from the last heater, which is listed as compatable in the manual for the new one. I also told him I was quite happy for him to take it back down if needed. Either way though, it's back on the bloody floor. :(

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Some gas fitters seem to think they're Stephen Hawking or Alan Turing just because they have a certificate.

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  ashmicro said:
Some gas fitters seem to think they're Stephen Hawking or Alan Turing just because they have a certificate.

 

 

But we are!

 

Sincerely,

 

J Burgess ESQ (BSC, SSC, Clarty Combi [incorporating PU51 DRY Moccasins] Ltd.)

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He's in for a shock if I ever have to MoT his shitty fuggin combo van :mrgreen:

 

 

Ash - as a slight aside, I once left a college course (network technician) after I corrected a lecturer who was spelling "Turing Machine" like it was from an italian city....

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Gas drama? You need some Flanders and Swann.

 

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If that's "The gas man cometh" I've been singing it all week already. I even worked out the chords.

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....on the telly friday evening!

 

Might as well add this one myself.

 

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  Craig the Princess said:
Or Richard Richard and Edward Elisabeth Hitler

 

 

 

Now that is awesome

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It seems I'll have to cave.

 

My phone's up for renewal, and instead of telling Orange to ram it like I have done on the past three occasions, I'll probably take them up on their offer of some kind of jizzrific smart phone. I don't want one, I won't use it but every man, his dog, his dog's penis and family members are telling me that I can't be a journalist without one. I will be a useless, sad and unemployable wretch because I won't be able to communicate with potential employers. Instead they can ring me on the phone. Perhaps. Or perhaps not.

 

Really? I mean, really? Sod any actual ability I have [or otherwise], check my caterwauling COMMS DEVICE out! Or something.

 

Coming to a sock drawer near you. It'll get used once a week and probably bounced down the stairs when it runs out of power in 6 minutes \ won't fit in my pocket \ crashes \ irradiates my bollocks.

I need a door stop anyway. It'll keep the shutter door in the unit from jamming.

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As someone who ended up with an eyefone all I can say is that they're not 'all that', but it is handy for e-mithers, eBay and random posts to AS when boredom strikes. If you treat it as a slightly retarded landline (they need to be plugged into power more often than you'd believe) they're not utterly shit.

 

I find that the best thing about having an eyefone is the look of confuddlement on the faces of the "JOBS IZ GOD" brigade when I happily point out that Android is much much better and that the only reason I've got an eyefone is that I it was given to me by an eyephone apologist who still can't fathom why after 12 months of owning the bloody thing I still use my trusty K750i as my phone and the eyefone as a toy.

 

If you get the choice, go for a Sony or HTC, but keep your 990? as your actual phone.

 

Blackberry things tend to have completely stupid user interfaces and can't do simple things without making you jump through a billion hoops.

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iphones suck arse. Get a Samsung Galaxy S2 or even better S3 and laugh at iphone users faces.

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  Pete-M said:
As someone who ended up with an eyefone all I can say is that they're not 'all that', but it is handy for e-mithers, eBay and random posts to AS when boredom strikes. If you treat it as a slightly retarded landline (they need to be plugged into power more often than you'd believe) they're not utterly shit.

 

I find that the best thing about having an eyefone is the look of confuddlement on the faces of the "JOBS IZ GOD" brigade when I happily point out that Android is much much better and that the only reason I've got an eyefone is that I it was given to me by an eyephone apologist who still can't fathom why after 12 months of owning the bloody thing I still use my trusty K750i as my phone and the eyefone as a toy.

 

If you get the choice, go for a Sony or HTC, but keep your 990? as your actual phone.

 

Blackberry things tend to have completely stupid user interfaces and can't do simple things without making you jump through a billion hoops.

 

There's no chance of a Blackberry or piefone finding their way into my pocket. It'll probably one of those shit-on-unborn-children Spamsungs that everyone's getting priapic over. The idea of having dual phones y0 like some kind of shite pimp appeals slightly.

 

I still don't get why I can't just phone people on a phone in a FUCK YEAH MEDIA job context.

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I got one after my old (normal) moby finally gave up the ghost. While I've nothing against it, I know that if I'd traded a functioning old-style phone for it, I'd be mightily cheesed off. As said, if you don't mind recharging every other day, and don't expect it to do anything quickly, it can be quite useful/fun.

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I have this issue that my aging Nokia is needing to be replaced. I only have a mobile for use in the car if I get stranded, or if people need to call me, that's it. So I want a phone that does phone calls and text messages at the most and my current Nokia does more than that what with having a colour screen and games and an alarm so is already surplus to what I want. I spend maybe £5 a month on a mobile phone so a contract isn't worth having.

 

So how do you go about getting hold of a 'granny phone'? Whenever I've gone into one of those hideous mobile phone shops they are adamant I need a contract and gizmos and satnav and all manner of other trash that I know I shan't ever use and that I need to pay them a lot of money for all this stuff I don't need. Once they realise that I actually just want a phone with buttons and the functionality to make phone calls, they stop trying to help and pretty much shoo me out of the shop.

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VA: sounds like you're making the mistake of asking the staff for advice. Check out stuff online first, then simply walk in the shop and demand whatever you've already chosen. If they try and suggest something else, glare threateningly at them and refuse through clenched teeth.

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VA: UR DOIN IT RONG.

 

What you need to do is go in and say you know nothing about phones. Then get a member of staff to launch into some epic spiel about how the Cunty Clart Mega Jizz 8000 is the best thing ever and exactly what you need, and then suggest another model that you actually want that's the complete opposite to what they're suggesting. Mainly because that's what you actually want.

 

They've still got commission to earn and if they turn you away kick off to fuck and demand to speak to the manager because they're not meeting your expectations.

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Go to Tesco and buy what you want, a big chunky granny phone, sim-free for about £20.

 

I sometimes keep the Tesco SIM (it's an o2 one after all), whack £20 on it and Tesco give you £20 extra credit and/or unlock the phone for any network. Handy for eBay ads or whatever, then bin the sim when you've used the credit up and stick your proper SIM in.

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