Random Irritations

[GreiginFife]

Ordered French doors for my new garden room/workshop. Ordered 1790 wide and confirmed 1790 wide on invoice and delivery note. Delivered today... 1800 wide...

And on top of that they took 7 weeks to arrive so sending back and re-ordering is a bit of a non starter seeing as the building is 75% complete. So looks like I need to amend the door frame to increase the opening by 10mm. 10mm FFS.

 

[PJ87]

Ordered French doors for my new garden room/workshop. Ordered 1790 wide and confirmed 1790 wide on invoice and delivery note. Delivered today... 1800 wide...

And on top of that they took 7 weeks to arrive so sending back and re-ordering is a bit of a non starter seeing as the building is 75% complete. So looks like I need to amend the door frame to increase the opening by 10mm. 10mm FFS.

Can you claim from the supplier for cost of resizing?

 

[drdel]

My phone contract is at an end, but the phone is still good so just going to a 12-month Sim only. The options were 20gb for £18 a month, or 100gb for £20. How silly. I previously had 30gb and never used more than 6, but now I have 100 because, sod it, it's only £2 more than 20gb so why wouldn't you??

You're a salesman's delight: why pay anything for something you don't need !!

 

[Orikoru]

You're a salesman's delight: why pay anything for something you don't need !!

It was only two quid. Would be like saying do you want one pair of shoes for £18 or five pairs for £20. I'll probably take the five.

 

[SteveW86]

It was only two quid. Would be like saying do you want one pair of shoes for £18 or five pairs for £20. I'll probably take the five.

Well technically its £24 as its a 12 month contract

 

[Orikoru]

Well technically its £24 as its a 12 month contract

On that basis 1200gb instead of 240gb then. Looks even better deal when you put it like that.

 

[Neilds]

It was only two quid. Would be like saying do you want one pair of shoes for £18 or five pairs for £20. I'll probably take the five.

Absolutely nothing like your example. You need shoes, you use shoes so it would be a bargain. You only use 6GB a month so why buy 100 when 20 is on offer.
Are you sure you aren't my wife as she doesn't know what a bargain is either!

 

[Bazz]

First time I've been in the office since October 2020...1hr 40mins. Can't believe this used to be normal.

 

[Orikoru]

Absolutely nothing like your example. You need shoes, you use shoes so it would be a bargain. You only use 6GB a month so why buy 100 when 20 is on offer.
Are you sure you aren't my wife as she doesn't know what a bargain is either!

Because more/bigger is always better! What if our internet goes down for a weekend and we want to watch a movie?? We're on Plusnet, it could happen.

In fairness, you have summed up my exact irritation. I know I'll never use it but it was only 2 quid difference so I couldn't resist. I'm not going to notice the difference between £18 and £20 on my monthly bill.

 

[GreiginFife]

Can you claim from the supplier for cost of resizing?

I’m doing the work myself so have no invoicing costs to charge back against.

 

[Springveldt]

My phone contract is at an end, but the phone is still good so just going to a 12-month Sim only. The options were 20gb for £18 a month, or 100gb for £20. How silly. I previously had 30gb and never used more than 6, but now I have 100 because, sod it, it's only £2 more than 20gb so why wouldn't you??

Contract is complete, you own the phone and are free to go where ever you want. I'm paying £10 a month for 30GB with unlimited mins/text from 3, wife is on the same deal and daughter is £17 a month for unlimited everything.

 

[Orikoru]

Contract is complete, you own the phone and are free to go where ever you want. I'm paying £10 a month for 30GB with unlimited mins/text from 3, wife is on the same deal and daughter is £17 a month for unlimited everything.

Don't rate 3 though. Don't they have the worst coverage? I didn't want the faff of changing sim cards and retaining phone number either.

 

[Bazz]

Don't rate 3 though. Don't they have the worst coverage? I didn't want the faff of changing sim cards and retaining phone number either.

3 have been superb for me, been with them years now. Aren't you in London? Surely reception is amazing for all of them down there. Free roaming too.

 

[Springveldt]

Don't rate 3 though. Don't they have the worst coverage? I didn't want the faff of changing sim cards and retaining phone number either.

I'm about 20 miles north of Newcastle, it's not exactly densely populated and the coverage if fine. Even travelling back up to Scotland there is only 1 or 2 places that the kids lose data and it's usually not for long.

Also retaining your phone number is simple. Just ask for your PAC code and then you fill in a web form on the new provider. Worth it for the savings you can make, I change my sim most years as I typically buy the phone I want, keep it for years then just get sim deals every year. Currently still using my iPhone X and no intentions of changing it.

 

[Orikoru]

3 have been superb for me, been with them years now. Aren't you in London? Surely reception is amazing for all of them down there. Free roaming too.

https://usave.co.uk/mobile/best-and-worst-mobile-networks/ 3 ranks poorly on this. And the top two both use O2 network as well. ??‍ I just went for the easy solution, and I've already done it now anyway.

 

[Orikoru]

I'm about 20 miles north of Newcastle, it's not exactly densely populated and the coverage if fine. Even travelling back up to Scotland there is only 1 or 2 places that the kids lose data and it's usually not for long.

Also retaining your phone number is simple. Just ask for your PAC code and then you fill in a web form on the new provider. Worth it for the savings you can make, I change my sim most years as I typically buy the phone I want, keep it for years then just get sim deals every year. Currently still using my iPhone X and no intentions of changing it.

When I actually get a new phone I go to one of the third party websites to get a far better deal (e.g. mobilephonesdirect), and if the best deal is a different network I'll switch then. But this is the first time that I can remember my phone actually outlasting the contract. Usually it's at death's door after two years but this one is absolutely fine (Galaxy A71). So just extended with O2 for one more year. May need a new phone in a year's time so back to the usual method then.

 

[Pin-seeker]

Ordered French doors for my new garden room/workshop. Ordered 1790 wide and confirmed 1790 wide on invoice and delivery note. Delivered today... 1800 wide...

And on top of that they took 7 weeks to arrive so sending back and re-ordering is a bit of a non starter seeing as the building is 75% complete. So looks like I need to amend the door frame to increase the opening by 10mm. 10mm FFS.

You might be able to take the ribs off the outer frame to lose a few mm.
Electric plane does the job.

 

[Springveldt]

When I actually get a new phone I go to one of the third party websites to get a far better deal (e.g. mobilephonesdirect), and if the best deal is a different network I'll switch then. But this is the first time that I can remember my phone actually outlasting the contract. Usually it's at death's door after two years but this one is absolutely fine (Galaxy A71). So just extended with O2 for one more year. May need a new phone in a year's time so back to the usual method then.

Yeah, I used to do that as well. Go online, shop for the best new phone deal and get a new phone when the contract was up. Then I realised all I do on my phone is basic stuff I don't actually play any games. So it made sense to buy a phone outright and then just go for sim only deals as this was usually cheaper than the phone/sim contract options. Done that with my last couple of phones, before this iPhone X I had an iPhone 6 that I only got rid of as my son "made it all clean" by washing it in the toilet.

 

[Crazyface]

The price of second hand cars. Where have the ones around £4k with 60Kmiles gone?

 

[Foxholer]

https://usave.co.uk/mobile/best-and-worst-mobile-networks/ 3 ranks poorly on this. And the top two both use O2 network as well. ??‍ I just went for the easy solution, and I've already done it now anyway.

I've never had problem with 3. Probably kiss of death now
FWIW, I've went the 'vastly extra for little cost' route too - again...just in case. There's plenty of equivalent examples in homes/cars/home appliances etc.