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I've just walked 3 miles to my daughter's and back again. I am now dripping wet! T'is hot out there. Why did it seem a good idea to put a casserole in the slow cooker this morning? Salad would've been better lol.
 
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Just thought I'd share this.

I bought an artists brush on ebay this week. Just went for the cheapest one, £1.25, free P&P.
After ordering I got a message from the seller. "Please order a second brush, as detailed in the item description you need to order at least 2 to get free P&P"

I checked through their description, and it said no such thing. So as I felt like being an arse I emailed bak to say there was so mention of a minimum order in the description and even if there was it is against ebay's T&Cs to list an item as free postage and then impose additional conditions within the description to qualify for it. So please send me my brush, as I only need one.

No response for a few hours followed by the normal your item has been despatched email.

Next day the brush arrived. I opened the package and the brush had been snapped in three pieces!
Surely the seller wasn't so upset with me that they risked their feedback by breaking up the brush in a rage and sending me the broken pieces? Then again I can't see how a paintbrush can get broken in the post.

The stupid thing is he sent it first class! Why not send it second class if he wanted to save some money. I wouldn't have minded waiting one or two extra days.

Anyway, I can actually glue the bits together and it will be fine. so decided not to make any complaint as I'm not really in the mood for an argument. I just find it a bit weird.
 

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Anyway, I can actually glue the bits together and it will be fine. so decided not to make any complaint as I'm not really in the mood for an argument. I just find it a bit weird.

Your life will be better taking this course of action.

Add them to your blocked bidder list, I'm not sure if you can blacklist a seller.

And, seeing as you are on ebay anyway, report his messages to customer services to say he is going against the principles of eBay by adding additional conditions to items after you've purchased.

Then make a cup of tea and get on with your day.

:)
 
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Airlines, or more so Virgin Atlantic

We've had to move out Nov 2019 flights to Orlando from Manchester to Sept 2020

Holiday insurance won't payout for this move so it's got to come out of cash

If I cancel the flights I will just get back taxes etc. so naff all really

If I move the flights to Sept I have got to pay £150 per person + price difference

The September flights aren't on there yet for our new dates and won't be until late October which means I will just have days to move these flights which means I can't hang around and wait for a sale or for prices to stabilise

I'm totally snookered in every direction on this one!!
 

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Well, what a turn up for the books from above

This morning I got an email from Virgin Atlantic saying my return flight had been moved by an hour and a half which takes the total time changes from when I booked it to 3+ hours and because of this I have now been able to cancel the flights and get a full refund!

Which means I can book again for Sept2020 without a £150 charge per person to move the seats and I can wait for a seat sale to come before I buy them!!
 
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Well, what a turn up for the books from above

This morning I got an email from Virgin Atlantic saying my return flight had been moved by an hour and a half which takes the total time changes from when I booked it to 3+ hours and because of this I have now been able to cancel the flights and get a full refund!

Which means I can book again for Sept2020 without a £150 charge per person to move the seats and I can wait for a seat sale to come before I buy them!!

Excellent news.
 

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Excellent news.
I won't be playing chicken with Virgin Atlantic again lol

If I had rung up this weekend and the flights hadn't been delayed I would have been paying all the above

Those 'fees and charges' in airlines are nuts. I know with Ryanair and the like you expect it but when you drop £1000 on larger airlines it's a shame all that has to exist as well!
 
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I emailed a marina (I found their contact details on their website) to ask if I could view boats they had on sale (I had seen them through the fence). Two days later... I received an out of the office message... saying 'I will be back on July the xth'. Really? I think I will have to drop in just to view the boats (there's no way I am viewing a boat in a rush, even if I am not qualified as a surveyor!)
 

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My cold which has not developed into blocking up my Sinuses so I have constant earache on one side!

Have stared the 'ol hot bowl of water with olbas oil to try and loosen the mucus

It's just like someone is pounding the right side of my face all the time! Bloody nightmare this!
 

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Have you tried Sterimar products @Jon? Get good reviews on Amazon. Just bought the Congestion Relief one but not used it yet, to say for sure:


Notice that they also have one for cold and sinus relief:

 
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Bemyeye! They took 2 weeks to review one of my tasks and they said it needed to be done again so they gave me a couple of hours! A couple of hours when it tokk them 2 weeks to review it!! I hate BeMyEye.
 

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Amazon! Ordered a toy from their Warehouse last Friday (20% off offer) which I had my eye on as an Xmas pressie. I have JUST received an email to say they don't have any left - and now of course they don't have ANY new or used ones on their website. Grrrrrrr!

At the time they had another one, different colour for £5 more (so £4 with the discount). So if they had told me sooner, I could probably have got that one instead :(
 

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Amazon! Ordered a toy from their Warehouse last Friday (20% off offer) which I had my eye on as an Xmas pressie. I have JUST received an email to say they don't have any left - and now of course they don't have ANY new or used ones on their website. Grrrrrrr!

At the time they had another one, different colour for £5 more (so £4 with the discount). So if they had told me sooner, I could probably have got that one instead :(
I've had that happen on Amazon Warehouse before as well, drives me mad!!
 
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Car insurance renewals

They take the piss writing to your with your new price which is always more, you ring up and then they just put it back to what it was the previous year!

They are worse than a 20cogs offer!
 
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I've been matched betting for over 4 years
I have been doing accumulators for over 4 years

SO WHY THE FUCK DID I LAY ARSENAL YESTERDAY INSTEAD OF EVERTON AND THEN CONTINUE LAYING THE NEXT MATCH BECAUSE ARSENAL WON, WHEN MY ACCA WAS ACTUALLY FOR EVERTON ?!???!??

£250 down the drain.

:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
 

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