Idle Banter For non SV and non bike related chat (and the odd bit of humour - but if any post isn't suitable it'll get deleted real quick). There's also a "U" rating so please respect this. Newbies can also say "hello" here too. |
|
Thread Tools |
17-12-18, 07:04 PM | #6751 |
Member
Mega Poster
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 9,096
|
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Streaming nose and eyes, fast running out of snot rags
__________________
We're riding out tonight to case the promised land Make everyday count RIP Reeder - Jolly Green Giant and comedy genius |
17-12-18, 07:32 PM | #6752 |
Member
Mega Poster
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: here as devil's advocate
Posts: 11,546
|
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
|
17-12-18, 08:20 PM | #6753 |
Member
Mega Poster
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Mid Wales
Posts: 2,549
|
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
That's really crap, hope it clears up quickly and you don't end up with the cough I had!
|
17-12-18, 10:42 PM | #6754 | |
Member
Mega Poster
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Hertfordshire
Posts: 2,797
|
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Quote:
stop buying stuff online and go to your local shops? I know it's often more convenient, but this is why big companies keep getting bigger and taking over the small shops and eventually closing them.....
__________________
AR08 to AR13-QUALITY! 650s: '52 curvy in yellow, was my baby cbr600rr: Mivv exhaust and a bagster tank cover. Now gone to a new home. Daytona 675: Arrow can (with a baffle that's gone missing in action....), quickshifter, shorty levers, custom paintjob |
|
18-12-18, 07:56 AM | #6755 | |
Member
Mega Poster
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: The Saaarrrfff
Posts: 2,908
|
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Quote:
If I go into town it costs £3.30 bus fare or £4 parking, can take 40 minutes each way to do the 3 mile journey, and there's no guarantee the store will have what I want, and if they do it'll be way more expensive than online. I try to skip local but this is why small shops and high streets are dying. Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk
__________________
Tender is the day, The demons go away, Lord I need to find, Someone who can heal my mind... |
|
18-12-18, 08:17 AM | #6756 | |
Member
Mega Poster
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: The Saaarrrfff
Posts: 2,908
|
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Quote:
Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk
__________________
Tender is the day, The demons go away, Lord I need to find, Someone who can heal my mind... |
|
18-12-18, 08:24 AM | #6757 | |
Member
Mega Poster
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Bristol
Posts: 1,200
|
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Quote:
Living in the countryside... no one on my High St stocks SV K8 fork bushings, throttle cables etc .. and one purchase was through a works distribution co who I have to use. There's no shortage of butchers, pubs and bakerys in our area, but anything beyond that or house clutter shops for the elderly and it's a 2 hour round trip to not find what you need. I do buy as much locally as possible (always have), having felt the pain of a business (mine) going down the pan recently due to online companies selling below prices I get trade. |
|
18-12-18, 10:00 AM | #6758 |
Member
Mega Poster
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Cramlington Northumberland where we are truely blessed
Posts: 1,388
|
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Massive problem when you can buy goods posted from China for less than the cost of postage within the UK.
__________________
used to be littleoldman but forgot password due to failing memory |
18-12-18, 10:25 AM | #6759 | |
Member
Mega Poster
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Bristol
Posts: 1,200
|
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Quote:
Most of what I'm undercut on comes from the same (cycling) UK distributors that I get it from. Only the big online companies can buy larger quantities enabling them to cut deals, store in remote warehouses, not paying High St costs and then also avoid a lot of tax and VAT, which no one seems to mind even though they get riled about Amazon, Google, Starbucks etc. |
|
18-12-18, 01:29 PM | #6760 | |
Member
Mega Poster
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 9,096
|
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Quote:
With all these companies it's not going back into our economy, but vast US run giants.
__________________
We're riding out tonight to case the promised land Make everyday count RIP Reeder - Jolly Green Giant and comedy genius |
|
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
whats ur biggest gripe about the uk? | kwak zzr | Idle Banter | 101 | 15-11-16 06:33 PM |
heated grips gripe | adw | Bikes - Talk & Issues | 8 | 12-05-10 02:48 PM |