Gripe of the day - What is yours?

[embee]

Originally Posted by Bibio

Putin is only taking back stolen property. its only been 7 years? and a war was fought to gain control of land. Putin is only retaliating as he wants his land back. Gaza Strip springs to mind and thats been going on for 100 years in different guises.

I don't know where to even start.

Is this a serious comment or just trolling?

Maybe start with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union

[svenrico]

Originally Posted by embee

I don't know where to even start.

Is this a serious comment or just trolling?

Maybe start with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union

That is what I thought.

[svenrico]

Originally Posted by Bibio

Putin is only taking back stolen property. its only been 7 years? and a war was fought to gain control of land. Putin is only retaliating as he wants his land back. Gaza Strip springs to mind and thats been going on for 100 years in different guises.

Are you trying to justify Putin's invasion and war against Ukraine ?

[Seeker]

Another "no show" from a tradesman. Is it so hard to let me know you're not coming? Thanks for demonstrating your reliability, though.

[Luckypants]

Council Tax bill just arrived.

[Sir Trev]

Next door but one neighbour has lit a bonfire. Goodness only knows what's been put on it but the smoke is unbelievable. Hopefully it's just damp and nothing toxic...

[Bri w]

Originally Posted by Luckypants

Council Tax bill just arrived.

I feel your pain. We paid ours last month, €248 for the year. Water is €7 a month, and rubbish collection is €8 a month. All in, just over €400 a year

[Luckypants]

GOTD - the price of heating oil. More than double the highest price I'd ever paid before and treble what I paid around this time last year.

It is a first world problem really, one of the causes is the war in Ukraine and their problems certainly put my little issue into perspective.

[svenrico]

Over £19 to fill up the Suzuki tank yesterday and that was with E10 not E5 petrol. Doesn't seem that long ago that I could fill a bike tank up for about £12 !

[DJ123]

eBay - I had someone try and pull a fast one on some Motorcycle panniers i sold in February. They entered a claim with ebay last week claiming not to recognise the transaction (submitted through their payment provider).
Bear in mind they bought this a month previous, and cost was £310 - not something you'd forget or easily miss.

Luckily for me, i always send anything valuable on an insured & fully tracked service with DHL (who also take a photo of the delivery location, even if not delivered). I also take a photo of the goods, in the box, and packaged and the label attached to it.
As the dispute asked for the tracking number (even though i already did on the order tracking) they denied my claim and sided with the buyer!

Unfortunately online you cannot submit evidence/a story with ebay, but thankfully you can call them! and their operatives are very responsive to a call back request.
i managed to speak to someone who was very helpful and helped to object to the decision, using all the information from the tracking page show when & where it was delivered. This was successful and they won't be charging me the refund with no goods to show for it . . . .

Tip of the day - cover your ass and track everything you sell online!