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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Wed Jul 07, 2021 1:03 pm Manufacturers take the piss sometimes.

- We've sold you a bike
- That bike doens't work
- You have to pay to fix it maybe
- We won't let you use your bike
- We're still gonna take finance payments from you
- We're gonna try and charge you for a replacement bike.

My first reaction would be to tell them to go whistle if they think you're giving the courtesy bike or paying for it.

Well no, my first reaction would be to check the wording of my warranty and then tell 'em to go whistle

weeksy wrote: Wed Jul 07, 2021 1:07 pm

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Wed Jul 07, 2021 1:03 pm Manufacturers take the piss sometimes.

- We've sold you a bike
- That bike doens't work
- You have to pay to fix it maybe
- We won't let you use your bike
- We're still gonna take finance payments from you
- We're gonna try and charge you for a replacement bike.

My first reaction would be to tell them to go whistle if they think you're giving the courtesy bike or paying for it.

Well no, my first reaction would be to check the wording of my warranty and then tell 'em to go whistle

But the bike is out of warranty anyway ?

Trinity765 wrote: Wed Jul 07, 2021 1:00 pm I have no words.

Trinity765 wrote: Wed Jul 07, 2021 12:24 pm Triumph do not cover the cost of courtesy bikes under warranty, not that your bike is officially under the 2 year manufacture warranty anymore.

weeksy wrote: Wed Jul 07, 2021 1:26 pm

Trinity765 wrote: Wed Jul 07, 2021 12:24 pm Triumph do not cover the cost of courtesy bikes under warranty, not that your bike is officially under the 2 year manufacture warranty anymore.

But it says that too.

Skub wrote: Wed Jul 07, 2021 4:34 pm Well,that's a bummer.

Yorick wrote: Wed Jul 07, 2021 4:34 pm

Skub wrote: Wed Jul 07, 2021 4:34 pm Well,that's a bummer.

Need the hat?

Skub wrote: Wed Jul 07, 2021 4:50 pm KFB and Potter are fighting over it. I'll wait until they're both dead,then steal it.

Yambo wrote: Thu Jul 08, 2021 2:13 pm Royal mail tracking - a complete and utter waste of a website.

I have some stuff coming from UK via Royal Mail and PTT. I have a tracking number which I put into the system. It tells me "We're expecting it. The sender has let us know this item will be with us soon."

That of course is a bare faced lie, the sender has given it to RM and been given a tracking number ffs.

Rockburner wrote: Thu Jul 08, 2021 2:34 pm

Yambo wrote: Thu Jul 08, 2021 2:13 pm Royal mail tracking - a complete and utter waste of a website.

I have some stuff coming from UK via Royal Mail and PTT. I have a tracking number which I put into the system. It tells me "We're expecting it. The sender has let us know this item will be with us soon."

That of course is a bare faced lie, the sender has given it to RM and been given a tracking number ffs.

Actually - with some delivery systems, the sender will buy the 'journey', and receive a tracking number, well before actually handing over the parcel to the bloke in the van/post-office, so, that message makes total sense if you consider that the sender might buy the 'journey' via a web-portal, at the point of receiving your order, print off the label (with tracking number), then pick it from stock, check it (if you're lucky), wrap it, stick the label on, then put it on the shelf for pick up by the courier at a later time (whenever the courier next visits/the sender heads out to the post-office), at which point the courier scans the label (reading the tracking number) and updates the status of the delivery to 'collected'.

Yambo wrote: Thu Jul 08, 2021 2:45 pm
That's all well and good, apart from my being told by the sender that RM have indeed got the package.

It would appear from the FAQ that the package will only be scanned on pick-up and on delivery. That isn't tracking, that is simply scanning on pick-up and delivery. I will of course know when it has been delivered as I'll have to sign for it (and no doubt have to pay some tax) although in my case it won't be delivered, I have to collect from the post office in the village. It would be nice to know that it is a) in the country and b) in the local area. Tracking can do that but it seems that they'll only track items that they want to track. For whatever reason.

DefTrap wrote: Thu Jul 08, 2021 3:47 pm
You do know that your package isn't constantly broadcasting its location?

Yambo wrote: Thu Jul 08, 2021 2:13 pm Royal mail tracking - a complete and utter waste of a website.

I have some stuff coming from UK via Royal Mail and PTT. I have a tracking number which I put into the system. It tells me "We're expecting it. The sender has let us know this item will be with us soon."

That of course is a bare faced lie, the sender has given it to RM and been given a tracking number ffs.

I scrolled down to the 'Need help?' section and expanded 'My tracking message looks wrong'. One of the presumably FAQs is "Why hasn’t my tracking status updated for a day or two?" and the answer: "For some services – including Signed for® 1st Class and Signed for® 2nd Class – we scan items twice. We’ll update the status when we receive the item at the start of its journey and when it’s delivered."

Tracking in the 21st century. I hope RM had nothing to do with track and trace.

millemille wrote: Fri Jul 09, 2021 12:11 pm Mouth breathing idiots on fb market place (and on ebay, but that's another story...)

Buyer: "Will you take 575 for the Trek if I collect it today?"
Me: "What time do you want to come and collect it?"
Buyer: "Whatever time you're free"
Me: "Ok, bike is in Chesterfield at my work and I'm here until 3"
Buyer: "Ok, can you mark it as sold?"
Me "Are you definitely coming today?"
Buyer: "Yes, can you mark it as sold?"
Me: "Ok, but what time are you coming?"
Buyer: "I'll be there about 7.30 if the traffic is good"
Me: "What part of "here until 3" don't you get?"
Buyer: "I can collect it tomorrow"
Me: " So you can't collect it today at "whatever time I'm free"?"
Buyer: .........

But that's not what boils my piss. It's the fact that as soon as I see buyers called "Rayhaan" or "Hamzah" or "Asif" I know it is going to be a proper ball ache and that makes me a racist and I hate that...