Minor rant thread 2017

[Chris11]

Related experience to what JJ just said.

One of the easiest and most efficient things to recycle is Aluminium. Cans are collected in recycling waste, but the council have replied to confirm that they can't/won't recycle aluminium sources like tomato puree/soft cheese type tubes, or the aluminium capsules from screw top wine bottles.

That's a lot of aluminium going in to landfill, that I think would have commercial value with the right collection/sorting program. Like JJ, I got the impression that our recycling officers weren't really bothered about this

[Lumpy]

Phone and broadband contract is up for renewal soon. As the price keeps going up (I think to offer brilliant deals for new customers) had a mooch and found.......................you guessed it a deal, that included TV that WAS too good to be true.

Nice lady I made the order with said 'stay on the phone to talk to customer services..............20 min wait..............difficult communication, no access to the whole order, and a £7 price hike.

Right I want to cancel........................30 odd mins on phone waiting to speak to joining support team (might get it sorted - who knows).........................person answered then got disconnected.

Phoned free phone number again, exlained again (with much difficulty)...................I'll put you through to the joining support team (Groan).......................15 odd mins on phone a lady answered. The conversation was hampered by a huge time delay.

Cancellation may or may not be happening as I've got to wait for postal confirmation.

If I vanish after the 3rd Jan its either no phone, no broadband or I'm in jail waiting for my trial date for foul language and or assualt!

[Potstubsdustbins]

I am with VM and after advice I phone the retentions dept every year just after my renewal date and get put on the best deal offered to new customers. My lady swears I have a red mark against my name as I get very few questions asked when I phone.

[lottie dolly]

my rant is VM getting too dear,thanks for the heads up,plus department,a little something to kick the new year off with methinks.

[DannyK]

Last Saturday my 2yr 3mth old Canon printer came up with a message saying machine needed a repair and I needed to contact service centre. Had to wait till Monday when they opened. Took ages before I got through to a human.
Always worry when it takes ages because of "high level" of calls. Insufficient staff or unreliable products or both.
Worked my way through various links to find they charge £84ph+parts+carriage and I'd have to pay for carriage there.
Not worth repairing at that price.
Looked in "Which?". Best buys are crap according to members. Who can you rely on? Have you seen how many printers there are? And they are forever changing them.

[JanieB]

I was emailed my current credit score. I really couldn't give a stuff about it as I don't need to borrow any money or open a bank account. My score had gone down quite subsantially from the last one. One reason was that my gas bill was in "serious" arrears. £55 are they taking the wee wee. I've paid it. It was made to sound as if I owed thousands. The other one was a loan. As far as I'm concerned I have no loans. When I looked at it further it is my mobile phone contract. I paid for the phone up front in full. The amount they say is outstanding isn't. It's what I'm contracted to pay for services over the year and is NOT a loan, and isn't much anyway.

[burnie]

We bought a new suite of furniture a couple of years back, got my card in my hand and the man says, would you like to have interest free credit? Why not says I, if it is free. I'll check he says, ah your credit score is awful , turns out because I own my own house, don't have a mortgage or any hire purchase agreements and don't owe any money to a credit card and have a bit of money put aside, I'm not going to get any credit. THANK GOODNESS for that small mercy.

[Potstubsdustbins]

The printer market is a pain, as Danny says their always changing them with new styles of ink cartridge so for a few months you have to buy their ridiculously priced ink.

My HP all in one is five years old and getting to the end of its service life, still for the last 3 years or so I have used generic ink so have saved the price of a new one.

[JanieB]

I've just tried to post an accolade on facebook to a local teenager who saw something strange going on with my car when I was out shopping. His dad is a mechanic and often takes him to work with him. My car keeps running out of battery and he managed to diagnose the problem. Facebook hasn't posted the accolade and sent me a message that they are checking the post. All the absolute cr@p I have gone through over the last few years from a person who had an axe to grind and accused me of taking bribes, and they have decided to block a totally innocent post about a lovely lad.

[Deano's "Diggin It"]

Well a weekend an half coming to an end! Back to the "Grindstone" at some unearthly hour in the morning!

Our lass slipped on the ice early Thursday morning, and the outcome was she split the back of head open and as fractured her spine!

I pay my council tax! So why are we not seeing gritters or grit bins available as we used to do?

I really will be following this up and want answers!

I will really be glad to call it a day today!

[JanieB]

Deano. They say they can't afford it but the same council has to pay for not only the hospital treatment but also any compensation. My rant.

I've posted 2 uncontroversial messages on facebook that have been denied sort of until they might approve them. They are local and not upsetting anyone. It's about parking in our road. How offensive can that be?

[JanieB]

My son was trying to buy a present online and the company wanted a phone number as a security check. They gave the location number and the last three digits of the number they were looking for. Neither my son nor myself can remember the number as neither of us have lived in that area code for nearly 25 years. I've now been given the job of trying to buy this present. Why would any company presume and use a really old number as security?

[Small pumpkin]

Partners that ask for something for Christmas. Then go and buy it for themselves because they are bl@@dy idiots .

[Cadalot]

Partners who will not give you and ideas and then will have the hump because you will give them money for the sales rather than buy tosh that will never be used.

If you don't know what you would like for Christmas, how in the hell am I supposed to know!

[DannyK]

Having to wait in for Royal Mail to deliver my new printer. Their tracking only gives the day--what a crock of cr*p! Other carriers far better, some almost to the minute. Even am/pm would be useful.

It would be so bad if it were raining but it's a brilliant sunny morning.