Gripe of the day - What is yours?

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by svenrico

Hope the seller gets some bad feedback.

Me too. It wasn't above board way to act - especially for a fiver his end but it suited me. I should have mentioned I did email him the day he listed it as I 've had an alert on for at least a year in case any were listed saying "I'm watching this with interest and will be bidding", so I don't know why he didn;t approach me when he was given another offer out of the auction room.

Originally Posted by Kenzie

Omg, that show is so funny!

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What show is it?

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by Adam Ef

Bought something from the UK. Or so I thought... .co.uk website. Looks very UK based. 3 weeks later I was still waiting and found out they are based in Germany. When it eventually arrived the box was smashed open, missing major parts and loose metal parts had been packed to rattle around against each other in the box so all very damaged in transit. I raised an issue. Very slow responses. "Waiting for claims team reply" etc. Then eventually got a reply saying they'd send another. Not wanting to wait another month and not trusting it will arrive in one peice and also not being happy it's coming further than I thought I asked to simply be refunded. They ignored me again for ages and have now told me they've sent another. I gave up trying to reason with them and raised a Paypal claim, which seems to be the ony thing that has got a prompt response. They've said I should send it back once I receive it and they will refund me for it. Looks like I have to pay to send it back to Germany though as the second one will be me just refusing it rather than it being damaged etc. It's large and heavy. Not something I would ever have ordered from outside the UK partly for the reasons I'm experiencing now.


It's going to my work so having to get everyone on alert to try to refuse delivery when it arrives.

I had a similar thing the other day with DPD, they said I couldn't reject it and walked off! Think he'd already done my signature before leaving the van. I emailed straight away saying I tried to reject but DPD didn't let me and they did end up taking the hit and having it collected the next day.
I rejected one the week before and they were a bit bemused but did let me reject it.

[Seeker]

I fell on the ice this morning, used my wrist to stop the fall and ended up with a serpentine arm-to-wrist connection. Not good I thought - off to A&E. I had broken my wrist and twisted it out of alignment which probably explained the pain. They injected me with a local anesthetic and had me inhale this wonderful trippy stuff as they reset the wrist prior to plaster - I was aware of blabbing away but couldn't stop talking.

My first broken bone and more damage from a fall than I ever had coming off a bike - although my last bike "off" was when I was 17 and more resilient perhaps

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by Seeker

I fell on the ice this morning, used my wrist to stop the fall and ended up with a serpentine arm-to-wrist connection. Not good I thought - off to A&E. I had broken my wrist and twisted it out of alignment which probably explained the pain. They injected me with a local anesthetic and had me inhale this wonderful trippy stuff as they reset the wrist prior to plaster - I was aware of blabbing away but couldn't stop talking.

My first broken bone and more damage from a fall than I ever had coming off a bike - although my last bike "off" was when I was 17 and more resilient perhaps

Bugger, sorry to hear seeker. Hope it mends well.

I was thinking about bike offs yesterday. I used to plop of bikes fairly regularly as a teenager. Then I put my back out this week by falling asleep on the sofa and now I wonder how much my next crash will mess me up!

[embee]

Originally Posted by Seeker

I fell on the ice this morning, ....

Ooof! Sounds nasty. All the best.

[Kenzie]

Originally Posted by Dave20046

What show is it?

Disenchanted on Netflix, by the people who did Simpsons/Futurama. Its funny because its a Demon and people think its a cat!

[yokohama]

Originally Posted by Adam Ef

Bought something from the UK. Or so I thought... .co.uk website. Looks very UK based. 3 weeks later I was still waiting and found out they are based in Germany. When it eventually arrived the box was smashed open, missing major parts and loose metal parts had been packed to rattle around against each other in the box so all very damaged in transit. I raised an issue. Very slow responses. "Waiting for claims team reply" etc. Then eventually got a reply saying they'd send another. Not wanting to wait another month and not trusting it will arrive in one peice and also not being happy it's coming further than I thought I asked to simply be refunded. They ignored me again for ages and have now told me they've sent another. I gave up trying to reason with them and raised a Paypal claim, which seems to be the ony thing that has got a prompt response. They've said I should send it back once I receive it and they will refund me for it. Looks like I have to pay to send it back to Germany though as the second one will be me just refusing it rather than it being damaged etc. It's large and heavy. Not something I would ever have ordered from outside the UK partly for the reasons I'm experiencing now.


It's going to my work so having to get everyone on alert to try to refuse delivery when it arrives.

You bought it through Paypal. Don't they have a free returns service? I remember signing up to it last year.

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by Kenzie

Disenchanted on Netflix, by the people who did Simpsons/Futurama. Its funny because its a Demon and people think its a cat!

Ah I tried that and admittedly didn't give it a fair chance (watched 15 mins). Might give it another go! Cheers

[Kenzie]

Originally Posted by Dave20046

Ah I tried that and admittedly didn't give it a fair chance (watched 15 mins). Might give it another go! Cheers

It was a bit weird at first but its pretty good.

[Craig380]

Originally Posted by Seeker

I fell on the ice this morning, used my wrist to stop the fall and ended up with a serpentine arm-to-wrist connection. Not good I thought - off to A&E. I had broken my wrist and twisted it out of alignment which probably explained the pain. They injected me with a local anesthetic and had me inhale this wonderful trippy stuff as they reset the wrist prior to plaster - I was aware of blabbing away but couldn't stop talking.

Oooof, sorry to hear that. They probably gave you nitrous oxide, it is fun while it lasts.