Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little

[MrLongbeard]

Insurance companies, in this case specifically breakdown companies.
Auto renew price offered through email £225
Direct quote price £218
Comparison site price £95

Why the ever living fuck can't they just offer a reasonable, decent price in the first place

[DefTrap]

All supermarkets are on the swizz!! I did a Lidl shop the other day (don't often as the local is tiny and the nearest big one is an hour away!!) - a range of similar products (bacon lardons in particular) and there was one pack 'on offer'. Does no one read the price/kg ?? The offer ones were approx 50% more expensive than the cheapest ones Thieving gits!!

French supermarkets seem to be notorious for promoting multipack 'offers' at more than the per/kg price of the individual items.

I'm not allowed to go shopping on my own because I can't concentrate for long enough to buy the right items. What normally happens is that I choose an item and then pick a different item from the shelf below because they all look the same to me

[Skub]

Insurance companies, in this case specifically breakdown companies.
Auto renew price offered through email £225
Direct quote price £218
Comparison site price £95

Why the ever living fuck can't they just offer a reasonable, decent price in the first place

Because I bet they rake it in from those who just let it auto renew and they deliberately use up chunks of your available remaining lifespan asking questions and quoting schitt at you if you bother to shop around. All that pushes folk toward the 'ah fukkit' auto option.

My da never once changed his insurance company in 70 odd years of driving,he just paid the bill and moved on. There's some hefty financial punishment for that kind of loyalty,but they didn't waste so much of his time either.

[MrLongbeard]

If'n they'd have offered it at last years price of £150 I would have taken it without checking, the greedy bastards

[McNab]

Sainsbury's 'Aldi Price Match' - I'm sure they are increasing the prices of things that are cheaper. This week, 6 round tomatoes for a price matched 95p, last time I bought them they were 79p I think.
I've noticed it on other things too, tinned soup springs to mind, up to 75p and back down to 62p when the price match ends.

All supermarkets are on the swizz!! I did a Lidl shop the other day (don't often as the local is tiny and the nearest big one is an hour away!!) - a range of similar products (bacon lardons in particular) and there was one pack 'on offer'. Does no one read the price/kg ?? The offer ones were approx 50% more expensive than the cheapest ones Thieving gits!!

I shop by price/kg now, well, have done for a while

Yep, back to the tomatoes again, 95p for 400g or loose £1.75 per kg, I'm buying loose from now on.

[Mussels]

Sainsbury's 'Aldi Price Match' - I'm sure they are increasing the prices of things that are cheaper. This week, 6 round tomatoes for a price matched 95p, last time I bought them they were 79p I think.
I've noticed it on other things too, tinned soup springs to mind, up to 75p and back down to 62p when the price match ends.

All supermarkets are on the swizz!! I did a Lidl shop the other day (don't often as the local is tiny and the nearest big one is an hour away!!) - a range of similar products (bacon lardons in particular) and there was one pack 'on offer'. Does no one read the price/kg ?? The offer ones were approx 50% more expensive than the cheapest ones Thieving gits!!

I shop by price/kg now, well, have done for a while

Yep, back to the tomatoes again, 95p for 400g or loose £1.75 per kg, I'm buying loose from now on.

It's always irritating when they price one pack of tomatoes by weight and another by number, I'll go and find scales so they can be compared.

[DefTrap]

It's always irritating when they price one pack of tomatoes by weight and another by number, I'll go and find scales so they can be compared.

A particular bugbear is loose peppers per kg vs bundled peppers per pack, with the latter always promoted. Inevitably the loose ones are better value if you're going on weight alone.

But then the majority of supermarkets should have their garden produce counters bombed from outer space. Don't get me started on so called fresh fruit from these places.

We've gone back to proper markets for our f&v and typically the quality is so much better.

[Count Steer]

It's always irritating when they price one pack of tomatoes by weight and another by number, I'll go and find scales so they can be compared.

A particular bugbear is loose peppers per kg vs bundled peppers per pack, with the latter always promoted. Inevitably the loose ones are better value if you're going on weight alone.

But then the majority of supermarkets should have their garden produce counters bombed from outer space. Don't get me started on so called fresh fruit from these places.

We've gone back to proper markets for our f&v and typically the quality is so much better.

I've started using the fruit and veg stalls at our weekly market again for some things. You have to be a bit picky because what was good one week may not be the next but, you do get chance to select and buy just what you need.

I suspect our market is a bit different from yours - the 2 big veg stalls at ours look like they load up the big wagons once a week and then do a different market every weekday so some stuff can get a little tired. eg I bought a fair bit of fresh ginger one week because it looked Then, on the Thursday 2 weeks later, it looked liked the remnants of the same box.

It's not cheap either, but people seem to just assume it's cheaper than the supermarkets. M&S is pretty good, Sainsbury OK, Coop limited and a bit meh.

[DefTrap]

I suspect our market is a bit different from yours

They can be a bit variable but some of the stuff is fantastic, very tasty. Local melons are in season at the moment, can't get enough of them.

[Scotsrich]

Getting breakfast at a cafe where they put the toast on the same plate as your meal.

So you end up spreading the butter on the toast when it’s on the table.

Winds me up every time.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Local melons are in season at the moment, can't get enough of them.

Tit monday was ages ago.

[Rockburner]

Getting breakfast at a cafe where they put the toast on the same plate as your meal.

So you end up spreading the butter on the toast when it’s on the table.

Winds me up every time.

Just once I'd like to be served a fry-up with the beans ON the toast/fried slice.

Also hate getting the beans in a little ramekin (especially when the ramekin is ON the plate!)

[gremlin]

hate...the beans

FTFY

[Rockburner]

hate...the beans

FTFY

Everyone is weird to someone.

[MrLongbeard]

Getting breakfast at a cafe where they put the toast on the same plate as your meal.

So you end up spreading the butter on the toast when it’s on the table.

Winds me up every time.

Just once I'd like to be served a fry-up with the beans ON the toast/fried slice.

Also hate getting the beans in a little ramekin (especially when the ramekin is ON the plate!)

Blasphemy you'd end up with soggy toast / fried bread.
Breakfast toast should be cold and rigid enough to hold if it requires butter

[Mr. Dazzle]

I also hate baked beans

The fancy cafe in Porsmouth I go to with my parents sometimes doesn't even include beans with their fry up. Beans come in tins, which means they can't be fresh...

I suppose they could make their own, but they don't.

[DefTrap]

Just once I'd like to be served a fry-up with the beans ON the toast/fried slice.

Probably my fault - everyone who knows me knows I'd have a fit if the beans were on the toast.
Same as 'pie' which is a bowl of pie filling with a pie crust on top. This is not pie! If I ever go out and have pie (which is rare) I always check whether they are serving 'hat pie' rather than the real thing.

[Rockburner]

Getting breakfast at a cafe where they put the toast on the same plate as your meal.

So you end up spreading the butter on the toast when it’s on the table.

Winds me up every time.

Just once I'd like to be served a fry-up with the beans ON the toast/fried slice.

Also hate getting the beans in a little ramekin (especially when the ramekin is ON the plate!)

Blasphemy you'd end up with soggy toast / fried bread.
Breakfast toast should be cold and rigid enough to hold if it requires butter

Just once I'd like to be served a fry-up with the beans ON the toast/fried slice.

Probably my fault - everyone who knows me knows I'd have a fit if the beans were on the toast.

It's the way I like it.... I think it comes from breakfasts at boarding school : especially eggy bread covered in beans. You either learnt to like it, or vomited.

Same as 'pie' which is a bowl of pie filling with a pie crust on top. This is not pie! If I ever go out and have pie (which is rare) I always check whether they are serving 'hat pie' rather than the real thing.

yeah - stew served under a covering of puff pasty is not "pie".

[Noggin]

I 'can' make spring rolls. But it's a serious faf, no deep fat fryer, need more space really, have to plan properly cos if I buy the beansprouts they only last a day or two etc etc

So sometimes I just buy some for the freezer.

A while ago I bought some that were nasty - the filling isn't a filling like a normal one, it's mixed so much it's almost a puree

Forgot where I bought them and went to Lidl the other day - bought some spring rolls cos they were on offer

Yup - the same bloody yucky nasty filling So now I have to eat the ones in the freezer, then shop for some bean sprouts and use up the wraps in the freezer to refill the freezer with 'proper' sort of fresh ones ! I mean it'll be worth it, but first I have to eat the yucky ones

[gremlin]

Have I mentioned the Sonos app redesign from a few months back? Sure I have, or maybe you've heard me scream at my phone and speakers from where you live...

The infuriating app redesign that dropped so many good features, like the sleep function?

The same one that introduced a load of bugs, like the annoying lag on the volume slider?

The same fecking one that now only lets one track play each time when selecting an artist's 'top tracks'. I mean why would I want them to play sequentially when I could stop what I'm doing, tap the next track in the queue (have I mentioned that function now has lag too?!), ad infinitum?

The fortnightly fixes the CEO, Patrick Spence, has pledged to deliver, yet keep being put back. If you think the Politics section here get vitriolic, go read the Sonos user forum



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