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I'll start with two recent ones...
1:
I had a Three SIM contract for mobile broadband. The speeds were terrible, and the tower kept going down.
I cancelled it (on the grounds of poor service) with 6 months to go and was told there's no cancellation fee to pay.
I got a letter the other week (wrongly) showing the cancellation charge..which is the fee for the remaining 6 month's line rental!. If that's the case, why would ANYONE cancel a contract, if you simply end up paying the rest of the line rental, but have NO SIM??!!
2:
I booked a holiday months ago for 4 of us... Now there's only 3 of us going on it. First choice will refund me something like 30% of the ticket, but there's a cancellation fee.
The outcome.... if i want to cancel that person's ticket, it'll cost me ANOTHER £140!!
I laughed and said to the woman on the phone that that really isn't an appealing offer! I'll just leave the ticket as it is and insist on a spare seat or something!!!
DrP
Giving people antibiotics that won't help them in the slightest just because they expect it?
DHL - today gave me the update that said they'd be delivering between 14:37-15:37. I popped out to the Italian deli at 12:07-12:33 and returned to find a card through my letter box saying my delivery been taken to the nearest warehouse because I wasn't in.
Furthermore, the tracking thing on their website still says its coming at 14:37-15:37.
...also, PSA for the hot single ladies of STW...
Free holiday up for grabs. Applicants must like children, diesel Skodas, beards and waistcoats.
Giving people antibiotics that won’t help them in the slightest just because they expect it?
Agreed... hence why Antibiotic champions and a sea change in prescribing practice is happening...
DrP
…also, PSA for the hot ladies of STW…
Both of them?
BT
…also, PSA for the hot ladies of STW…
Free holiday up for grabs. Must like beards and waistcoats.
Proper LOL!!
Also, I guess.... the 'BEARS' of STW too...
DrP
Also, I guess…. the ‘BEARS’ of STW too…
Reported.
Pantherist.
I hesitate to ask what BEARS are but I really need a holiday
My Wife and I popped into a GAP store recently; huge sign in the windows advising 50% off absolutely everything. The only item my Wife took an interest in had a label on it stating "Excluded from whole of store sale" 🙄
1.There is no cancellation fee. A cancellation fee is separate from and over and above any remaining line rental which as part of your contract will need to be repaid.
2.In many instances esp flight/holiday offers you are only allowed to board with the number of people you booked on originally unless you specifically cancel them off (incurring a fee obvs).
Next?
I hesitate to ask what BEARS are
Blokes excited about reading singletrack
I hesitate to ask what BEARS are but I really need a holiday
Beard Enthusiasts Admiring Retro Skodas
When forestry commission decided that the years of effort, good will and publicity from Sian and Dafydd Roberts in Coed-y-Brenin and Emma Guy and Tracey Brunger in Glentress were worth nowt.
...I’ll just leave the ticket as it is and insist on a spare seat or something!!!
I'd check the terms and conditions carefully apparently you are supposed to have a contracts/commercial lawyer sat next to you for every transaction you do...suspect there is the possibility of a no show surcharge and if not why not? laziness on their part an easy milking
think only time I really lost it was missed a flight so missed a meeting so rescheduled to another city with another airline with intention of driving to planned destination ...asked the original airline to confirm my return seat would be available...no of course not because hadn't done outward leg and one way was a few body parts x original fare and knew could book for way less....asked for taxes back...fee to process tax back more than the tax
you are only allowed to board with the number of people you booked on originally unless you specifically cancel them off
What tosh.
My holiday daftness is James Villas. I booked a 4 bed villa last year. Two weeks ago they drop me mail saying due to resort issues, the villa I booked now only has 3 beds. What happened? An earthquake?
But I'm not entitled to a refund...
I bet you section 75 that I am
I would have thought anyone choosing the username 'rubber buccaneer' would know exactly what a bear is.
RE the holiday..the lady at First Choice laughed with me, and suggested that i leave it and either
a-change the name to that of a sexy single singletracker (AKA DezB)...
b-jsut turn up and say there's a 'no show', they'll give me a no-show letter, and i can try to claim back via my insurance...
DrP
EDIT..
From TUI website..
4.3 Cancellation by the traveller - Cancellation of flight(s)
If the traveller cancels their booking or fails to show for the booked flight, no refund will be paid, with the exception of any passenger-related taxes imposed by airports and governments charged at the time of the booking. These are reimbursed at the traveller’s written request at the latest three months after the date of cancellation or no-show, after deduction of a fixed administrative cost of €35 (+/- 377 MAD) per request. The traveller should inform TUI Airlines Belgium NV in writing of the cancellation before the date of the flight, with indication of the reference number of the booking(s). Cancellations are only possible on workdays during business hours (from Monday through Saturday from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm). Cancellations outside this period will be processed on the next working day.
The traveller is advised to insure themselves against the financial consequences of a cancellation or no-show.
When forestry commission decided that the years of effort, good will and publicity from Sian and Dafydd Roberts in Coed-y-Brenin and Emma Guy and Tracey Brunger in Glentress were worth nowt.
What has gone on now?
The 24 hour Asda near me that closes from 2am to 5am 4 nights a week.
danposs86
What has gone on now?
All a long time ago, but for some reason it still sticks in my brain when I think of business vs people. Basically, once the trail centres were established, Forestry put the cafes/bike shops out to tender with zero consideration to those mentioned above.
Years back when they opened the 'new' Cafe at Cwmcarn they offered an 'all day breakfast' but only until 11am.
Anyway, because I'm a bit of a dick, I'd order one every time I was there for an uplift day, about 1pm.
On BBC breakfast news this morning they reported that Network Rail executives were being encouraged to fly between meetings as it is cheaper than using the train.
Current customer’s customer has spent millions trying to deliver a project. They have no requirements and no test plan. We could deliver absolutely anything and still get paid. I blame both sides. Who the hell signs up to deliver “stuff” without defining what that is?
^^^
This sort of thing goes on in health all the time.
I used to work at the CCG, but quit as felt guilty being paid to work there (honest!).
I likened it to someone saying "lets build a house..we need a new house", but before plans etc have been finalised, the wife comes in saying "I've ordered all the paint, and bought the curtains (no idea of size needed) as well as got the carpet fitters here and waiting...."
Then a week later the plans for the house are scrapped and we want a boat instead....
DrP
I'm waiting for a small package from an eBay seller. Posted on Friday, estimated delivery Saturday or today (Monday). Nothing has arrived. Royal Mail tracking link says it was posted on Friday - I know that, the seller sent me the tracking number on Friday, and is due for delivery today. So I follow the tracking link, hoping to discover where it is - it says "An update will not be provided until we have attempted to deliver your item" - what use is that, if they've attempted to deliver it they've rung the doorbell so the tracking won't tell me anything!
DHL – today
Delivered it! 2 hours ago while I was sitting indoors, GIS location a street corner 2 miles away....
FFS!
I've just tried to order a pair of flip flops from Amazon (I know, I know). Chose click and collect as I often do, means they'll be delivered even if I'm not in. I'd be OK with a black pair, but the grey ones (same supplier) are too big for the same C&C location. Who knew grey was a bigger colour than black?
Talking of Amazon. Buying with added Prime subscription should not be a big button while buying normally is a little text link (tested to be in a less obvious and less user-friendly) area. I hate them a little bit more every time I checkout.
Euro tunnel - booked our car on for our summer camping trip, we have a roof box and bike rack on the back so always go in the high vehicles section with the coaches etc
A month or two after booking we are lucky enough to be able to take the inlaws campervan instead of our old car so i phone up to change the booking, understanding that i would have to pay extra (didn't realise how much extra!!) but not prepared for the "you can't travel on the same train anymore computer says no" spiel you get despite the fact that the van will take up the same space that we have already booked on the train!
No amount of reasoning would change their minds 🙁
On BBC breakfast news this morning they reported that Network Rail executives were being encouraged to fly between meetings as it is cheaper than using the train.
To be fair (and sorry to spoil your rant), Network Rail is a nationally-owned infrastructure managment company, they don't run the trains - they just make sure all the tracks and signalling etc are working correctly. As a result, they don't get travel discounts as an employee of (say) Virgin or Great Western Railways would.
So by taking the cheapest option, they're saving taxpayer money.
But it's still insane how you can be on a train from Manchester to London and (depending on when the ticket was bought and what type it is) there can be people on board who paid £25 and people who paid £300 for the same journey.
Network Rail executives were being encouraged to fly between meetings as it is cheaper than using the train.
Taking those donkey jackets and woodbines through security is going to be a pain ain’t it 🤯👊
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CRC posting me a mech hanger in a box to big to fit through the letterbox.
Really needed it for a weekend away. Didn’t have time to pick it up from the depot ☹️
IBCG – In before “yes but have you considered Lyme disease….” Cinnamon-girl .
She's been here over ten times longer than you have, and posts some interesting stuff which includes promoting the initially-ignored issue of lyme disease , so I'm not sure you've picked on the right target there.
The 24 hour Asda near me that closes from 2am to 5am 4 nights a week.
I can't think of an asda near you?!
But also... The asda 24 next to manchester velodrome opens like 11am to 5pm on sundays. Which really ****ed up our plans off stocking up before heading home.
But also… The asda 24 next to manchester velodrome opens like 11am to 5pm on sundays. Which really **** up our plans off stocking up before heading home.
I witnessed a full blooded, shouting rant from a chap in Asda in Harrogate a few years ago about how they had a closing time on a Saturday night. Not really sure what his point/gripe was, but the customer service guy basically said the store is open 24 hours a day, just not every day.
more train ticket oddity; when pricing up a trip from London to Durham one time, there was a promotional cities away days poster nearby including Edinburgh. The ticket for KX-ED was cheaper than KX-DUR.
The daft bit being that the ED train stopped in Durham but the bloke at the ticket window told me I couldn't get off at Durham and that if I bought a ticket to Edinburgh I had to go there.
Visions of a GNER guard frogmarching me back to the train.......
that peloton exercise bike company.
So I follow the tracking link, hoping to discover where it is – it says “An update will not be provided until we have attempted to deliver your item” – what use is that, if they’ve attempted to deliver it they’ve rung the doorbell so the tracking won’t tell me anything
Signed for. It won't get scanned anywhere in the system between him dropping it off at the counter and you getting it. Costs 50p on top of the postage. Actual tracking costs quite a bit more
This forum.
I've got my P and it still doesn't work even as well as the old hamster powered pre-hack one!
Called my mortgage provider to offer them the chance to price match. They were adamant they don't pricematch but agreed to get a guy to give me a call about it.
The guy called later and started the conversation by making it clear they don't pricematch.
However, what they *were* willing to do was to reduce the cost of their product to the point where it was the same as the product I'd been offered.
Obvs, I would have preferred them to price match, but I was happy with that compromise. 🙂
An above mentioned organisation spending BILLIONS on a state of the art new Telecoms network that is so out of date BT stopped using to in the 90's.
The same then spent £3000000 on replacing defective standby batteries because the above project failed to power up the chargers and aircon the rooms they were installed in so the batteries spent 3 yrs baking and freezing in unpowered rooms.
I could go on, but the sums we've squandered are nothing compared to the F-35 and its under defended carriers
Mike Ashley
Keeping Raybanwomble on the forum.
Not business but local govt. I was selling a caravan in Spain,and because it was over 750kg it had its own registration plate.We had a solicitor type of person to handle the sale because its not as straightforward as here. She asked me for proof that i'd paid the road tax to the local council before the sale goes through.I said caravans don't have road tax.which she knew,but insisted i get proof that i hadn't paid anything.
So it was off to the local council offices where a bill was printed out in my name with the amount zero on it.
BT
X one billion.
This forum. I’ve got my P and it still doesn’t work even as well as the old hamster powered pre-hack one!
I'll give the admins a nudge and get you an invite sent to the P-only forum.
the asda 24 next to manchester velodrome opens like 11am to 5pm on sundays
Living in Scotland I get caught out by quaint English Sunday trading when I'm travelling. Working in York I popped into a 24 Hour Tesco on my way into work on a Sunday morning.
Trundled round, filled my basket, headed to the checkout..... 'Sorry sir you can't buy those until 10am' - that was more than an hour away.
Seemingly although they can only sell between fixed hours on a Sunday but the shop was open anyway 'so that people can look around' and what was weird was... loads of people were. There must have been at least 100 people happily milling around a supermarket that wasn't selling anything.
matt_outandabout
beryl....
That is quite astounding.
but the shop was open anyway ‘so that people can look around’ and what was weird was… loads of people were. There must have been at least 100 people happily milling around a supermarket that wasn’t selling anything.
I remember popping into the 24hr Asda in Hulme straight from the maternity ward after our little one was born and we needed some smaller baby clothes. It was about 1am on a mid-week morning and there were loads of groups of lads just wandering around. No shopping, just wandering around chatting in the way you'd go for a sunday afternoon walk in the countryside!
Currently waiting for a DHL delivery. It was meant to be delivered between 8.08am and 9.08am. Got a message at 9.25am saying Your DHL Parcel UK driver is delayed in getting to you, but we do expect to be with you later today.
Let's see how this goes...
Drac
Keeping Raybanwomble on the forum.
and a few others I could mention (but won't)!
Johndoh, i had exactly that yesterday from dhl.
The guy turned up less than half an hour late, but the poor ****er looked like he’d been half drowned.
I’ll emphasise that he did turn up.
Living in Scotland I get caught out by quaint English Sunday trading when I’m travelling.
I get caught out by the quaint Scottish alcohol sales laws. I'll be in a supermarket in the morning stocking up for a camping trip but any alcohol sales can't go through until 10?
Signed for. It won’t get scanned anywhere in the system between him dropping it off at the counter and you getting it. Costs 50p on top of the postage. Actual tracking costs quite a bit more
Thanks. That explains it. But it would be clearer if they didn't allocate a tracking number in that case. Also better if, having said they would deliver on Monday, actually did deliver on Monday.
Privatised utilities.
Trains - travelling from Glasgow to London a while ago, 1st class was £20 cheaper than 2nd class
Insurance - got a renewal notice for the van which included a £40 "renewal fee". Called to ask why, surely it's less work for them this year as they have the details and nothing's changed. Not prepared to move on it - ok, bye then
more train ticket oddity; when pricing up a trip from London to Durham one time, there was a promotional cities away days poster nearby including Edinburgh. The ticket for KX-ED was cheaper than KX-DUR.
The daft bit being that the ED train stopped in Durham but the bloke at the ticket window told me I couldn’t get off at Durham and that if I bought a ticket to Edinburgh I had to go there.
Visions of a GNER guard frogmarching me back to the train…….
Or an £155 fine.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11420790
The BBC; I have to pay them for the privilege of watching someone else's content.
What was the point of that raybanwomble? If C-G's experiences with Lymes gets one person to take a target bite to their GP then fair play to her.
Rayban has to prove himself superior - and he was actually proved wrong on lyme anyway as NICE has updated its guidence in the light of new data.
joshvegas
Member
I can’t think of an asda near you?!
This is the livingston one, it's just down the road. There's another one nearer in Slateford but it takes longer to get to
It was a few years back now, getting towards 10, but my car broke down. I smartly had no breakdown cover, so I give the AA a call, They wanted some ridiculous amount for the years membership (I know! It's prime supply and demand, so they can charge what they want).
Instead I went on their website on my phone, and purchased membership for almost a third of the price they quoted on the phone, and had a driver with my just as quickly.
I'm sure they've realised this now, unless they still prey on the people that panic and phone.
Rayban has to prove himself superior – and he was actually proved wrong on lyme anyway as NICE has updated its guidence in the light of new data.
They added an extra round of 28 days of antibiotics for people who still showed symptoms.
However, low and behold - there's still loads of people complaining all over the web that they've still got it and want it for even longer.
Besides that - the decision to give the option for four week and second rounds appears to be based on risk management as opposed to clear evidence that it works.
The committee considered evidence from the PLEASE trial to be particularly relevant when
developing clinical recommendations for people with ongoing symptoms related to Lyme
disease. In the study, all participants received open-label intravenous ceftriaxone for 2 weeks
followed by their randomly assigned study drug; 12 weeks of oral doxycycline, 12 weeks of
oral clarithromycin, or 12 weeks of oral placebo. Although the PLEASE trial showed a quality
of life improvement in all treatment arms, there was no difference between treatment arms.
The committee considered that any quality of life improvements could be due to the initial 2-
Lyme disease: management of ongoing symptoms
Management (ongoing symptoms)
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week treatment of intravenous ceftriaxone with no clear additional benefit from long-term
treatment with oral doxycycline or clarithromycin. To determine the effectiveness of long-term
antibiotic treatment, study participants should have also been blinded to the intravenous
ceftriaxone treatment, and a fourth treatment arm consisting of only placebo should have
been introduced. The committee considered that the evidence did not provide support for
long-term antibiotic treatment.
Taxing UK residents to enable one of the richest families in the UK to live in obscene luxury - and then charging the taxpayers money to go and see it for themselves.
then charging the taxpayers (And thousands of tourists from outside the UK) money to go and see it for themselves. (Thus creating a net benefit to the country)
FTFY.
omhoward
Subscriber
then charging the taxpayers (And thousands of tourists from outside the UK) money to go and see it for themselves. (Thus creating a net benefit to the country)FTFY.
So it is estimated by Royalists.
... but of course there is no actual proof that tourists wouldnt come to see Buckingham palace if the royals were there or not.
I don’t particularly care either way for the royals, I also assume that if there were no financial benefit to keeping them around, they’d have been pensioned/sold off years ago.
And then the state would have to pay the entire cost of keeping their estates fit to bring in tourism. Because right now, I believe the royals fund at least some of the upkeep with their own personal wealth do they not?
Have you been near my Hebe?
No mate, I just shit in peoples pools and kitchens.
and forums
raybanwomble
Member
And then the state would have to pay the entire cost of keeping their estates fit to bring in tourism. Because right now, I believe the royals fund at least some of the upkeep with their own personal wealth do they not?
No - not a penny of their own personal wealth ... the Duchy`s are often said to be a private income, but look a bit closer and its clear its just assetts skimmed off a long time ago to secure the royals; Charles has generously volunteered to pay some tax on his earnings and the Queen pays some, but its never audited, so I guess who can really say/know if and what they pay is fair? .. and sovereign grants are pretty much tax money.
Why would the royals be so reluctant to disclose their costs if they had nothing to worry about - especially if they generate so much from tourism? unless tourists would go visits other great buildings with or without a King or Queen ... France, Russia, etc ...
Surely the ultimate lunacy must be big businesses doing voluntary redundancy programmes.
Thus shedding their best and brightest with inevitable results.