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Skub wrote: Tue Jan 16, 2024 2:43 pm Didja insure it for at least the value of the item?

Horse wrote: Tue Jan 16, 2024 3:12 pm

Greenman wrote: Tue Jan 16, 2024 2:37 pm

McNab wrote: Tue Jan 16, 2024 2:35 pm You need to make an ITV drama about it. That'll get something done.

I'm sending my story through to ITV as i type...

Which actor will play you?

Greenman wrote: Tue Jan 16, 2024 5:23 pm

Count Steer wrote: Tue Jan 16, 2024 3:01 pm

Greenman wrote: Tue Jan 16, 2024 2:15 pm
This has to be the 3'rd time this has happened and am probably near on £600 out of pocket now and i am not just going to sit back and take the hit anymore!

3 times and it's average £200? Are these things all from the same place or random? RM aren't usually that bad...I'd be wondering if I was getting scammed tbh. (Definitely if they're all 3 ordered and paid for up front to the same outfit...but they'd have to be pretty brazen to pull the same stunt regularly on the same punter).



PS I'd have thought it's the job of the supplier to insure/claim/refund you or send again.

I have other people that use the same person and don't really have any issues! But you've put the idea in my head now!

I've done loads of orders from them before with no issues. It's DJ equipment i look forward to then it just goes somewhere else. I have no idea what Louise will do with 2 new Ortofon Styluses unless she just so happens to be a DJ!

I have a mate that has kindly offered to go get it from the address as his parents live in Falmouth but Royal Mail can't even give me that info!

I am going down to RM thurs to see what happens in person. Fingers crossed something positive.

Greenman wrote: Tue Jan 16, 2024 5:23 pm

Count Steer wrote: Tue Jan 16, 2024 3:01 pm

Greenman wrote: Tue Jan 16, 2024 2:15 pm
This has to be the 3'rd time this has happened and am probably near on £600 out of pocket now and i am not just going to sit back and take the hit anymore!

3 times and it's average £200? Are these things all from the same place or random? RM aren't usually that bad...I'd be wondering if I was getting scammed tbh. (Definitely if they're all 3 ordered and paid for up front to the same outfit...but they'd have to be pretty brazen to pull the same stunt regularly on the same punter).



PS I'd have thought it's the job of the supplier to insure/claim/refund you or send again.

I have other people that use the same person and don't really have any issues! But you've put the idea in my head now!

I've done loads of orders from them before with no issues. It's DJ equipment i look forward to then it just goes somewhere else. I have no idea what Louise will do with 2 new Ortofon Styluses unless she just so happens to be a DJ!

I have a mate that has kindly offered to go get it from the address as his parents live in Falmouth but Royal Mail can't even give me that info!

I am going down to RM thurs to see what happens in person. Fingers crossed something positive.

Taipan wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2024 10:31 am Old cars with non LED headlights. FFS they are like candles and I nearly pulled out on one last nght thinking the lights were reflections of street lights! HTF do people drive at night with only with those dim things to light the way??

weeksy wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2024 10:33 am

Taipan wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2024 10:31 am Old cars with non LED headlights. FFS they are like candles and I nearly pulled out on one last nght thinking the lights were reflections of street lights! HTF do people drive at night with only with those dim things to light the way??

On the flip side, driving at night is becoming harder and harder now, i don't think it's just down to age/eyesight, but down to cars lights and being blinded constantly. Whether it's drivers leaving on mains, or badly aligned or even just headlights that are simply ridiculously bright, i'm not sure... but night driving is really bloody horrible

Taipan wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2024 10:31 am Old cars with non LED headlights. FFS they are like candles and I nearly pulled out on one last nght thinking the lights were reflections of street lights! HTF do people drive at night with only with those dim things to light the way??

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2024 11:48 am I drive two cars on a regular basis. One has 'traditional' 55W halogens (2006) and one has the very latest and greatest 2 megapixel 'digital matrix' LED lights (2023).

I know which I prefer Every time I drive the older car in the dark I end up getting out to make sure there's not a bulb blown

weeksy wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2024 11:49 am

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2024 11:48 am I drive two cars on a regular basis. One has 'traditional' 55W halogens (2006) and one has the very latest and greatest 2 megapixel 'digital matrix' LED lights (2023).

I know which I prefer Every time I drive the older car in the dark I end up getting out to make sure there's not a bulb blown

however, no-one else can see a fucking thing when you're coming towards them

MrLongbeard wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2024 11:35 am

Taipan wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2024 10:31 am Old cars with non LED headlights. FFS they are like candles and I nearly pulled out on one last nght thinking the lights were reflections of street lights! HTF do people drive at night with only with those dim things to light the way??

Every winter I think about slapping a light bar on my car, as my commute consists of 45 minutes of unlit country roads, but there really is no need, even with weedy 55 watt old fashioned bulbs I can still see perfectly well.
Maybe its time for you to pop into specsavers or ask for your bus pass to be issued early.

Count Steer wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2024 2:43 pm I'll pay up after 27 if I haven't heard from them. If I stop using the app I'll save 30p each time so it'll only take 167 parkings to claw back the £50. I'll need a large bagful of 20p's though.

Count Steer wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2024 2:43 pm Parking penalty charges and the appeals process. Got back to the 'shopping trolley' to find car park attendant warden standing behind it and a ticket on the windscreen. 'Woah!' says I, 'I paid on the app'. He looks a bit annoyed and says something about their rubbish system and I show him confirmation of booking on my phone.

I'd booked the wrong car in. Doh. He's v nice about it but can't rescind the ticket and tells me to email the council at the address on the back of the ticket. So I get home and do that. Get a confirmation that they try to respond to emails within 14 days....UNLESS it's an appeal against a ticket, in which case it's up to 30 days. The charge goes up from £50 to £75 after 28 days.

I'll pay up after 27 if I haven't heard from them. If I stop using the app I'll save 30p each time so it'll only take 167 parkings to claw back the £50. I'll need a large bagful of 20p's though.

Sod's Law though...never used the wrong car in the app before, was only gone 15 mins - and they must have heard I got £50 on the Premium Bonds this month. *sigh*

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2024 3:25 pm

Count Steer wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2024 2:43 pm I'll pay up after 27 if I haven't heard from them. If I stop using the app I'll save 30p each time so it'll only take 167 parkings to claw back the £50. I'll need a large bagful of 20p's though.

I thought about this, but I don't ever have cash

Horse wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2024 3:49 pm

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2024 3:25 pm

Count Steer wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2024 2:43 pm I'll pay up after 27 if I haven't heard from them. If I stop using the app I'll save 30p each time so it'll only take 167 parkings to claw back the £50. I'll need a large bagful of 20p's though.

I thought about this, but I don't ever have cash

I used a car park in Cornwall.

Two pay machines.

One bagged, out of order.
The other suggests that, due to poor phone reception, users pay by cash.

It also has a stuck-on note saying that the cash bit is broken, so to download an app.

And there was a big sticker over the T&Cs.

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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2024 3:25 pm

Count Steer wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2024 2:43 pm I'll pay up after 27 if I haven't heard from them. If I stop using the app I'll save 30p each time so it'll only take 167 parkings to claw back the £50. I'll need a large bagful of 20p's though.

I thought about this, but I don't ever have cash - so I'd need to go out of my way to obtain coinage, which invariably means withdrawing notes and then buying something, which means I'd probably be nett down

Plus I CBA.