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02-03-2016, 02:01 PM | #2311 | ||
Where to next??
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People who buy from my site and write in the comments stuff like "Need it urgently" or "Post ASAP" or better still "Only send if it will arrive by XXXday" and XXXday is 3 days from the date they ordered.
Yet all choose to not pay for express post as a delivery option.....
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02-03-2016, 02:30 PM | #2312 | ||||
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Customs did a number on the packaging of one of my Beatles boxes. Because the lid does not simply slide off (there is a magnet and hinge) its not initially obvious how to get inside. (unless you are customs of course, then you just tear into it and rip the lower side off for a peek) |
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02-03-2016, 02:33 PM | #2313 | ||
Isn't it obvious?
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He just offered a full refund
I wont bother taking it but ill let him know to protect stuff when he posts it
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02-03-2016, 04:26 PM | #2314 | |||
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02-03-2016, 05:43 PM | #2315 | ||
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I just wish I could get my son to eat the fruit.
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02-03-2016, 08:42 PM | #2316 | ||
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Tried to do something nice for myself today by driving to the country for a nice lunch
Truck kicked a rock through the windscreen Can't afford replacement at the moment Only had this car 6 months Ecoboost cars require special soundproofed windscreen so it will probably be extra $$$ Bought an ecoboost to try to save money but it has done nothing but cost extra for things that would've worked out cheaper for a 4.0 I can't think of a reason why I should get out of bed anymore |
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02-03-2016, 08:58 PM | #2317 | |||
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02-03-2016, 09:01 PM | #2318 | ||
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I didn't know I needed the soundproofed screen until it broke unfortunately
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03-03-2016, 06:36 PM | #2319 | ||
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This might sound like a weird one but it's still relevant...
Geez, I hate drivers that accelerate (thereby closing the "gap" between their car and the queue of traffic in front) when they see someone waiting to cross a road. Felt like I waited an entire lifetime to cross a street today. |
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03-03-2016, 06:56 PM | #2320 | ||
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Geez I hate it when you record V8's on foxtel and your watching it thinking 'bloody ads' then you realise / remember you can fast forward
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03-03-2016, 11:06 PM | #2321 | ||
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Geez I hate when you go into Safeway and they ask if you are collecting the movie cards... And you say no... But the person at the checkout next to you says they are are but the cheap buggas argue with you when you say...just give my cards to them. What difference does it make? Just give my cards to the next person who wants them!! Grrrr... Frustrates me no end!!
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04-03-2016, 09:57 AM | #2322 | |||
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04-03-2016, 01:02 PM | #2323 | ||
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Excuse my ignorance, but what on earth is a "soundproofed" windscreen? Is it just a sales gimmick, or does it work? And if so, how exactly. Can you replace it with a less expensive, ordinary "noise transmitting" windscreen?
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04-03-2016, 01:42 PM | #2324 | ||
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Geez, I hate when someone's mobile rings doing an eulogy at a funeral. Happened on Wednesday!
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04-03-2016, 02:39 PM | #2325 | ||
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And why do you need it on a wheezy little ecoboost?
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04-03-2016, 04:57 PM | #2326 | ||
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...Rewards cards! ENOUGH ALREADY
There are just TOO MANY, & I'm sick to death of being asked if I have one, & when I say "No" I have to tell them AGAIN that "NO" I do not want one either. I just don't care! Just got my new RACT members card, which entitles me to a fuel discount "sigh" I DON'T CARE...I mean, saving 40c on a $20 or $30 top up, please, what's the point. So, RACT card, meet scissors, meet rubbish bin! I refuse to use them ALL on principal, I firmly believe if a retailer can afford to discount a product, them maybe they should stop harassing us with stupid rewards cards & just give us a discount on the damned product! Here's food for thought...my mum got a Russel Hobbs kettle ($100 value) via her flybys card redemption. 6 months on & the kettle sprung a leak. She contacted flybys to see how she goes about getting a repair, replacement or refund, only to be told that she had to send the kettle back to the manufacturer AT HER OWN EXPENSE! ...& people think I'm weird for declining a rewards card! |
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06-03-2016, 07:50 AM | #2327 | ||
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I'm sorry but DRLs' suck. most are so bright as to be at best distracting, and at worst dazzling, and they insist on using 20 when 5 or 6 would be more than enough to be seen. On top of that, most just look wrong for the most part and what's with the
jeep and Chrysler ones going out every time they use an indicator. If you're going to have the bloody things why not use them as the indicators. White when DRL and go flashing orange when indicating. In fact, that would work better than most of the indicators on cars these days that are troublesome to spot on a sunny day or once the car is old enough for the plastics to start to fade and milk over.
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06-03-2016, 10:34 AM | #2328 | ||
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Trying to pay for gas at the servo - flybuys - NO, 2-for 1 deal on mars bars - NO, discount dockets - NO, $5 for 2 bottles of coke deal - NO, $1 water - FFS NO, Do you want me to pay for the gas or just F&*%ing walk out in disgust?
Sheeesh, is it so hard to just let a customer to pay for gas (or petrol) and get going without all the bull****?? |
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06-03-2016, 10:38 AM | #2329 | |||
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06-03-2016, 10:40 AM | #2330 | ||
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Tend to agree with some of them.
But far worse are the morons who put HIDs into older style headlights, and the absolute total f-wits who put them into driving lights and use them in suburban traffic. Last night it was like a UFO approaching from behind - only with the mirror totally dimmed out (LCD auto-dimming) could I make out it was 4 lights behind me - 2 headlights, and 2 fogs. But it wasn't a UFO - it was only a red P-plater in a mid 90s SSS pulsar doing well over 100km/h in the 70 zone when he flew past me over double lines... You could see the trees 30m above the road being lit up by his neutron beams. I can only imagine how bad it would be for oncoming traffic (luckily there was none, or I might have ended up in a head-on with a blinded driver). |
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06-03-2016, 01:22 PM | #2331 | ||
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[QUOTE=Spurious;5607419]...Rewards cards! ENOUGH ALREADY
There are just TOO MANY, & I'm sick to death of being asked if I have one, & when I say "No" I have to tell them AGAIN that "NO" I do not want one either. I just don't care! Just got my new RACT members card, which entitles me to a fuel discount "sigh" I DON'T CARE...I mean, saving 40c on a $20 or $30 top up, please, what's the point. So, RACT card, meet scissors, meet rubbish bin! I refuse to use them ALL on principal, I firmly believe if a retailer can afford to discount a product, them maybe they should stop harassing us with stupid rewards cards & just give us a discount on the damned product! Well that is your opinion of them.As an RACT member I appreciate that the club has gone out and got a deal to save members money.$150 year off my fuel bill is great.My Bendigo Rewards system gives us about $400 per year in cash,pretty handy Xmas Club. |
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06-03-2016, 08:18 PM | #2332 | |||
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06-03-2016, 10:26 PM | #2333 | ||
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Let's hope you don't try this trick with a cop car. Showing a white light to the rear of a vehicle—other than a reversing light—is illegal according to ADRs.
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07-03-2016, 07:16 AM | #2334 | ||
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But that's exactly what it is, a reversing light. It just happens to be a very bright one.
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07-03-2016, 12:42 PM | #2335 | ||
Isn't it obvious?
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4wd lights on low beam that still shine straight into your windscreen AND have been updated to brighter ones
Im still gonna high beam you when youre 5 meters away from me and i do t give a ****
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07-03-2016, 03:48 PM | #2336 | ||
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Cashiers that ask for ID when it's painfully obvious you're over 18.
I'm 23 and I definitely look like I'm in my twenties - I simply do not look 18 or younger. I get that it's their job to ask for ID if people look under 25 but I also think it's a bit silly to refuse a repeat customer. "Oh, you don't have your ID on you today, no service for you." Ironically the lad that asked for my ID didn't even look 18 himself It wouldn't bother me except the way he treated me like I was trying to pull one over on him. "Yeah, you caught me out champ. This is the big grift - I go around to different bottle shops and spend hundreds of dollars trying to trick the cashiers into serving me." (Don't worry, I'm not drinking on a Monday arvo - it happened Friday.) |
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07-03-2016, 04:02 PM | #2337 | ||
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When you spend 40mins trying to diagnose what an error H20 is on your washing machine only to discover that it means no water is getting to the machine so you turn on another tap to discover that your water company is doing works to the water main in your street and you have no water!! I feel like a right goose. Pulled the cover off the front of the machine and everything!! Lol
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07-03-2016, 04:43 PM | #2338 | |||
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07-03-2016, 05:14 PM | #2339 | ||
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The chicks are just trying to find out your name and address snookums
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07-03-2016, 05:35 PM | #2340 | ||
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Wish I still got asked for my ID........
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