Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 4)

[AJXX1]

Whatever the hell eBay have done in the last few weeks.

I buy a lot of car related stuff on eBay and sometimes there just isn't enough info on the listing and I need to ask the seller to clarify something.

Lately when trying to contact sellers, I seem to be running into "We're sorry we couldn't find an answer for you. Unfortunately, this seller is unable to respond to your question. We suggest reviewing the item again to see if your answer is in the seller's listing."

If it's something I really need or only a few sellers have then I have to spend time going PI and tracking down an email address for the seller. The ones I have found had no idea that people are unable to contact them through eBay!

WTF are you thinking eBay!

Some of these parts are £400+ I'm not going to take a gamble on something where I can't even ask the seller a simple question.

Edited by AJXX1 on Tuesday 28th June 21:54

[anonymous-user]

fking french transverse i4's, no room for anything and all the bolts are hidden under other things. fking hate them

[WD39]

AVV EM said:

fking french transverse i4's, no room for anything and all the bolts are hidden under other things. fking hate them

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[ClockworkCupcake]

WD39 said:

AVV EM said:

fking french transverse i4's, no room for anything and all the bolts are hidden under other things. fking hate them

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"I am most displeased with internal combustion engines having 4 cylinders in a line, that are of a Gallic persuasion, and that are mounted transversely in the engine bay of some automobiles. I find them illogically designed and difficult to work on, particularly the fact that in order to disassemble them you must remove many ancillaries in order to gain access".

Hope that helps.

[WD39]

ClockworkCupcake said:

WD39 said:

AVV EM said:

fking french transverse i4's, no room for anything and all the bolts are hidden under other things. fking hate them

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"I am most displeased with internal combustion engines having 4 cylinders in a line, that are of a Gallic persuasion, and that are mounted transversely in the engine bay of some automobiles. I find them illogically designed and difficult to work on, particularly the fact that in order to disassemble them you must remove many ancillaries in order to gain access".

Hope that helps.

Thank you. I'm not worthy.

[thetapeworm]

40 years into my pitiful life and I still open boxes of tablets at the end where the leaflet inside blocks their removal. What's worse is that despite this irritating me every time I still don't remove the leaflet and bin it so it won't annoy me next time.

So essentially I annoy myself, probably not beyond reason though.

[MartG]

thetapeworm said:

..... and I still open boxes of tablets at the end where the leaflet inside blocks their removal. .

You are not alone

[james_tigerwoods]

MartG said:

thetapeworm said:

..... and I still open boxes of tablets at the end where the leaflet inside blocks their removal. .

You are not alone

Me too.

In fact, I realised that in 40 years of life, I have the innate ability to get EVERY SINGLE ITEM OF SEASONING that exists in a dish. Example: My mum does amazing curries (she's Mauritian so they're brilliant) and she'll use cardamon pods, cinnamon sticks and cloves amongst other things - She cooked some curry (some = Enough to feed several small countries) and I got 5 of the 6 cardamon pods, most of the cloves and some cinnamon sticks. This has plagued me my entire life....

[RobinOakapple]

thetapeworm said:

40 years into my pitiful life and I still open boxes of tablets at the end where the leaflet inside blocks their removal. What's worse is that despite this irritating me every time I still don't remove the leaflet and bin it so it won't annoy me next time.

So essentially I annoy myself, probably not beyond reason though.

I've made a study of this, and have found that at least 80% of the time the leaflet is the same end as the barcode on the box. I had that from a woman whose job is to replace the leaflets in pills packets etc when they need to be updated, subsequent tests have confirmed it.

[Allanv]

RobinOakapple said:

thetapeworm said:

40 years into my pitiful life and I still open boxes of tablets at the end where the leaflet inside blocks their removal. What's worse is that despite this irritating me every time I still don't remove the leaflet and bin it so it won't annoy me next time.

So essentially I annoy myself, probably not beyond reason though.

I've made a study of this, and have found that at least 80% of the time the leaflet is the same end as the barcode on the box. I had that from a woman whose job is to replace the leaflets in pills packets etc when they need to be updated, subsequent tests have confirmed it.

I have just checked 2 boxes of Solpadol and both had the leaflet where the BN and Exp date are printed so the top of the box.

[Halmyre]

james_tigerwoods said:

MartG said:

thetapeworm said:

..... and I still open boxes of tablets at the end where the leaflet inside blocks their removal. .

You are not alone

Me too.

In fact, I realised that in 40 years of life, I have the innate ability to get EVERY SINGLE ITEM OF SEASONING that exists in a dish. Example: My mum does amazing curries (she's Mauritian so they're brilliant) and she'll use cardamon pods, cinnamon sticks and cloves amongst other things - She cooked some curry (some = Enough to feed several small countries) and I got 5 of the 6 cardamon pods, most of the cloves and some cinnamon sticks. This has plagued me my entire life....

I feel your pain. I used to make a curry that required half-a-dozen whole cardamon pods; out of curiosity I made it once with the seeds taken out of the pod and it was noticeably more flavoursome; so why do recipes call for whole pods? As for cloves, I take the heads off the stalks and grind the buggers with a mortar and pestle first.

[Munter]

MartG said:

thetapeworm said:

..... and I still open boxes of tablets at the end where the leaflet inside blocks their removal. .

You are not alone

It's deliberate. Shared a flight with a woman who designs packaging and they put the leaflet in the end that most people open. To force you to interact with the leaflet.

The fact it makes you take the leaflet out, throw it away, and then can't find it if needed, is apparently my fault.

[Cotty]

Why do they need a sodding leaflet, why can they just print the instruction on the box.

[whoami]

Cotty said:

Why do they need a sodding leaflet, why can they just print the instruction on the box.

It's not really the instructions, it's more the umpteen pages of warnings of imminent death if taken.

[Halmyre]

whoami said:

Cotty said:

Why do they need a sodding leaflet, why can they just print the instruction on the box.

It's not really the instructions, it's more the umpteen pages of warnings of imminent death if taken.

And every single side-effect that ever occurred in medical trials.

[epom]

The hoover. It's bloody evil.

[FourWheelDrift]

epom said:

The hoover. It's bloody evil.

Is this you when the hoover comes out?

[RizzoTheRat]

epom said:

The hoover. It's bloody evil.

We bought a Roomba, every bloody time we use it in the spare bedroom it decides to finish its cycle hidden under the bloody wardrobe

[antspants]

I'm sure it's already been said more than once, but is it possible for a thread to exist without some idiot pontificating about their views on the bloody EU and some equally moronic tt responding and derailing the thread I don't care how you voted, or whether you agree or not, there are so many to choose from in NP&E just fk off over there!!!

[Antony Moxey]

Sue Barker on the Wimbledon coverage on the BBC right now. Stop bloody giggling like a 12 year old schoolgirl at EVERYTHING Macenroe and Henman are saying you ridiculous old trout.