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Re: Premier Electrics?
And a discount for pensioners. You know what’s going to be said on that Martin I’m sure.
I digress……..
As the prospective customer would be unlikely to get a straight answer regards the fees they apply, how do they know whether the discount has been applied? They can work out by the voice if it is an older customer, so whack it up a bit before the so-called discount kicks in.
Robbing bastards.
Alex
Re: Smeg and the notification charge
On the same subject re Servevast.
They only pay us the measly sum of £36 on non-gas calls & £38 on gas. Revue on gas seriously in need of adressing, especially where the notification is concerned.
MFI pay us £41 and if we get an MFI call through the Servevast route, we have to invoice Servevast.
You can bet your sweet bippy I’m invoicing Servevast @ £41 for these & getting it. If they, (Servevast) come the old acid and insist on £36 or whatever, I will tell them what I get from MFI and they are to pay me the same or find a new agent.
I had this with AIS where we were getting less for MFI calls via their system. AIS refused to up the sum to MFI levels, so I told them to get stuffed. To be honest I blame MFI as they insist we bill who-so-ever passed us the call. Crazy really as they then pay Servevast £54 for the job done. BTW, I didn’t say that figure you must have dreamt it.
As regards L.G.H. for MFI, I send the invoice straight to LGH to cut out the middle man & speed up my payment received. Saves at least 3 weeks in getting paid.
In essence someone is taking the piss.
Alex
Re: another joke.
A professor of mathematics sent a fax to his wife. It read:
“Dear Wife: You must realize that you are 54 years old, and
I have certain needs which you are no longer able to satisfy.
I am otherwise happy with you as wife, and I sincerely hope
you will not be hurt or offended to learn that by the time
you receive this letter, I will be at the Grand Hotel with
my 18-year-old teaching assistant. I’ll be home before
midnight. -Your Husband”When he arrived at the hotel, there was a faxed letter
waiting for him that read as follows:“Dear Husband: You, too, are 54 years old, and by the time
you receive this letter, I will be at the Breakwater Hotel
with the 18-year-old pool boy.Being the brilliant mathematician that you are, you can
easily appreciate the fact that 18 goes into 54 a lot
more times than 54 goes into 18. Don’t wait up!”Re: women
15 PIECES OF ADVICE TO BE PASSED ON TO YOUR MUM, YOUR DAUGHTERS OR GRANDDAUGHTERS, NIECES, AUNTS, GIRLFRIENDS, ETC.
1. Don’t imagine you can change a man – unless he’s in nappies.
2. What do you do if your boyfriend walks out? You shut the door.
3. If they put a man on the moon – they should be able to put them all up there.
4. Never let your man’s mind wander – it’s too little to be out alone.
5. Go for the younger man. You might as well, they never mature anyway.
6. Men are all the same – they just have different faces, so that you can tell them apart.
7. Definition of a bachelor: a man who has missed the opportunity to make some woman miserable.
8. Women don’t make fools of men – most of them are the do-it-yourself types.
9. Best way to get a man to do something is to suggest he is too old for it.
10. Love is blind, but marriage is a real eye-opener.
11. If you want a committed man, look in a mental hospital.
12. The children of Israel wandered around the desert for 40 years. Even in Biblical times, men wouldn’t ask for directions.
13. If he asks what sort of books you’re interested in, tell him cheque books.
14. Remember a sense of humour does not mean that you tell him jokes, it means that you laugh at his.
15. Sadly, all men are created equal.
Not all the above are accurate statements, for example paragraph 3.Alex
Re: Countdown
I had 2 lots. One was addressed to Merloni at this address, stems from the days where we had a phone line installed courtesy of their head office.
Alex
Re: Brandt Review
Rudolph_Hucker wrote:
The point is; I would be disappointed if the directors of C.D.S.L. missed this bit of news. If I was running a service operation that meant I had to pay agents to work on Brandt products, and I was anticipating payment from Brandt in return, I would be a trifle worried.
Rudi.I have to say I’m a bit relieved I’m not a direct agent. Maybe they done us direct agents a favour (albeit by default), when they booted us out overnight.
No doubt there are people in SW19 who are relieved as well, provided they have been paid up to date of course. I’m saying no more on this for today, but watching with interest.
Alex
Re: Most ridiculous part price
r600a wrote:indesit bog standard double inlet for :Indesit • WDG1095WG • WDG1195WG • WDG1295WG • WDG985BG • WDG985WG • WDN1079WG • WDN2196WG • WDN966BG • WDN966WG
£36.50 plus vat trade
bryan 🙄More than what the machine’s worth. Oh!! Hush my mouth.
Alex
Re: UK Whitegoods Meeting 5
Dave_Conway wrote:I may pop up there in the next couple of weeks and see how the refurbishment is going 😉
Dave.Pity I didn’t think of it, passed the A5 turning twice over the weekend.
Not that way now for a couple of months, but for research purposes, I could see what the score is when back up there.
I do know of one of their regulars that use if for a Family Sunday Lunch quite often, I may give him a call in the week if I remember.
Alex
Re: UK Whitegoods Meeting 5
Naturally I need to have a room. Suspect it will be a single this time. Can you include my name please.
Do we know where yet? There was talk of the dining room at Sibson.
Alex
Re: Premier Electrics?
Completely double Dutch then.
This lot are famous for ripping people off, trouble is the poor old customer cannot see it. They get bamboozled by the free/no call out spiel, and fall for it. You read that lot and you can see they haven’t answered your query at all.
The fact they are from Swathlyng Southampton doesn’t deter people as they use “Ghost Numbers” for all the major towns in this area. They sub-contract the calls in this area to a local engineer, all he does is write it off, and sell them a new one with an insurance at a “good price”. Usually it is a Spanish import, or graded. He carries 2 machines in the back of the van, the pretence is; “It is for another customer, but If you care to have this one Madam, I will pick another one up later on for the customer this machine is earmarked for”. That way there is no time for second thoughts, and the deal is done before the other half gets home.
They tell customers they are the recognised repairers for this area, and our charges are out of this world. We cannot get it across to Joe public, that at least we are honest, and you get what you see.
I hope Premier don’t join us, they are a shower, and have poached a lot of our old customers. They had the DASA logo on their Y.Pages advert up to last year, but hadn’t been a member for a long time. I reported that to Chris Hayter, and he asked me to report them to Trading Standards, I didn’t bother.
The boss of Premier even phoned me up and asked if I’d like to get rid of one of my engineers as they were very busy, and they were aware we may in fact be overstaffed engineer wise. Cheeky Bastards!!!
I’m going now, youv’e got me all passionate.
No engineers were hurt or distressed in the making of this statement.
Alex
Re: faulty zanussi dws939
IWMS, known as the water inlet management system.
Not for the faint hearted so it may pay to call in Service Force 08705-929929. They are no dearer than the independents, but they could well have a service delay, as they tend to be busy. Quote your p.n.c. number, and ask them how much to fit an IWMS all in.
We would oblige, but youm just that little too far up the motorway me luvver.
Alex
Re: Recommended Listening
This week I am mostly listening to Christine Collister.
It goes in phases with me. But if I have to fall back on anything; then Chicago blues, being the genre of Jimmy Rogers (allstars). Nina Simone. Any Blues compilations that feature female singers.
Anything by peter Green. I have a lot of his from John Mayall days as well as his Fleetwood Mac era, including some live stuff from an American tour in 1970. Now a few from the Peter Green Splinter Group.
Any Jools Holland with Sam Brown, in fact any Sam Brown. May be a session singer, but moves the earth for me.
Pink Floyd, always has been a favourite, along with the Stones.
Best Album for me, very difficult. ELO, Time; from 1981. Beatles, Abbey Road. Stones, Let it Bleed. Wishbone Ash, debut album 1970. Hendrix, Electric Ladyland. James, Laid 1991. Coldplay, Parachute. Led Zep IV. Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon & Division Bell. These are the ones I rarely play, because I like them and dont want to get over familiar.
Like ken, I have loads of CD’s and even more on Vinyl stacked in the attic. Missus can’t get her head round most of it, but it keeps me insane at times.
A good day out for me is browsing any specialist record store. Selecta-Disk in Nottingham was one of the best I ever used.
All the above is just a taster I can assure you.
Alex
Re: Countdown
Alex wrote:I’m watching the daily numbers of new applicants, so far no noticeable increase, but may change over the course of a week.
AlexMaybe not close enough.
12 Yesterday, 14 up to 1300 hrs today, that is an increase.
Out of that probably 20{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} will be serious and use some of the potential, and 80{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} will hope they get something for nothing without doing bugger all.
Same in all walks of life.
Alex
Re: Routeplanner/measuring tool
Take a look at this one. Best I’ve found, will save all your searches, reverse facility, and you can highlight maps for each step of the journey if you wish.
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/main.adp?country=GB
Alex
