Car Carpet Calamity
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Two years ago I bought a hat that was way too big for me despite me having told the supplying company that I am 5' 10" tall.
I tried gluing it to my head but that went horribly wrong and I ended up losing some skin off my scalp.In a rage, I then chucked the hat on a bonfire and watched it go up in flames.
Do you think I have a case for demanding a full refund and some compensation for injuries ?
I tried gluing it to my head but that went horribly wrong and I ended up losing some skin off my scalp.In a rage, I then chucked the hat on a bonfire and watched it go up in flames.
Do you think I have a case for demanding a full refund and some compensation for injuries ?
nosha123 said:
Oh for gods sake people... OK I think some are slightly missing the point here
I begrudge paying £600 for a kit that says it will fit only to find out half way through fitting it - it didn't.
Im asking whether I am able to get a refund or partial refund even if I am unable to return the item.. but can provide documentary evidence I am not ripping them off..
Why are you all so rude.. can't you just be nice in your responses ffs
We are rude because you are rude.I begrudge paying £600 for a kit that says it will fit only to find out half way through fitting it - it didn't.
Im asking whether I am able to get a refund or partial refund even if I am unable to return the item.. but can provide documentary evidence I am not ripping them off..
Why are you all so rude.. can't you just be nice in your responses ffs
You are also stupid
The FIRST RULE when doing anything like this is to look at the item first - poor quality - return it for a refund
The SECOND RULE is to test fit it - DRY - if it's a poor fit - return it for a refund
If you bought a poor quality, badly fitting dress would you wear it, burn it and then ask the shop for a refund ?
swisstoni said:
TooMany2cvs said:
<looks back through OP's profile>
Oh, it's THAT one.
Imported built from Ireland in 2014, swapped from Rover to Chev v8 last year, still registered as a 1970 Rover - so hooky free tax - and toys flew out of pram when DVLA's points scheme was explained.
After reading previous posts I would think that an ill-fitting carpet is the least of the OP's worries if the car is still registered as a 1970 Rover.Oh, it's THAT one.
Imported built from Ireland in 2014, swapped from Rover to Chev v8 last year, still registered as a 1970 Rover - so hooky free tax - and toys flew out of pram when DVLA's points scheme was explained.
Mr2Mike said:
Wiccan of Darkness said:
I had a similar situation last year regarding ostrich eggs, I sold a load to someone and guaranteed them fertile but asked if they wanted the "consultancy service" which they declined. Had they paid me the £500 I'd have happily told them they were wasting their time and to come back 3 months later and buy eggs that would hatch. But as usual, they knew best.
Not sure whether to 
or not, is this a joke or an actual scam?
h about it for 6 months before calling me.It's a prime example of the "I know what I'm doing and don't need your advice" brigade coming unstuck and refusing to fork out what they needed to, doing it on a budget and failing miserably, then trying to blame everyone else but themselves.
Wiccan of Darkness said:
Mr2Mike said:
Wiccan of Darkness said:
I had a similar situation last year regarding ostrich eggs, I sold a load to someone and guaranteed them fertile but asked if they wanted the "consultancy service" which they declined. Had they paid me the £500 I'd have happily told them they were wasting their time and to come back 3 months later and buy eggs that would hatch. But as usual, they knew best.
Not sure whether to or not, is this a joke or an actual scam?h about it for 6 months before calling me.It's a prime example of the "I know what I'm doing and don't need your advice" brigade coming unstuck and refusing to fork out what they needed to, doing it on a budget and failing miserably, then trying to blame everyone else but themselves.
Edited by OddCat on Thursday 25th May 20:16
Wiccan of Darkness said:
Neither, it's genuine. But still amusing, in a way. Basically the clients wanted ostriches on the cheap. I said that as they had minimal experience their best route forward would be for me to sell them younglings for £2000 inclusive. They didn't want to spend that, so they bought fertile eggs to hatch (£200 or thereabouts for the lot). I asked if they wanted to pay for expert advice, and they said no, they knew better....obviously.... The eggs didn't hatch, wifey got her ovaries in a knot and demanded a refund, I said prove it, as she should have called me straight away and not bh about it for 6 months before calling me.
It's a prime example of the "I know what I'm doing and don't need your advice" brigade coming unstuck and refusing to fork out what they needed to, doing it on a budget and failing miserably, then trying to blame everyone else but themselves.
It read like you sold them eggs that you knew wouldn't hatch because they wouldn't pay you an extra £500.h about it for 6 months before calling me.It's a prime example of the "I know what I'm doing and don't need your advice" brigade coming unstuck and refusing to fork out what they needed to, doing it on a budget and failing miserably, then trying to blame everyone else but themselves.
Not quite, they asked for fertile eggs, which I happily sold to them. I guaranteed they were fertile, I don't guarantee they'll hatch. I made that very clear at the time. They didn't want the extra advice (at extra cost) nor did they want to take the more expensive but guaranteed route of buying live ostriches. In context, someone else who also bought fertile eggs had all of his hatch and was the proud owner of a load of baby ostrich chicks, until they all died between 3-5 days of age (another one who didn't want my extra advice, for a fee). But both clients got enough free information, best part of an hours worth of my professional time, for free and free ongoing help if required; clearly one lot listened to the free advice and his eggs hatched, another one didn''t and got nowhere.
My salient point if people think I'm being a dick about it, is over the years I've invested close to £200,000 of time, effort, hard cash and university fees to gain expert knowledge. Either recompense me for my outlay or go and spend £200k finding it out for yourself. I'm not a charity. Otherwise why did the plumber bill me for his time when he came and fixed my leaky taps? Oh yeah, he ain't a charity either.
What really roasts my pelican in all of that is over the years I've had every enthusiast under the sun who are nothing more than armchair experts, come up to me and basically say 'I know what I'm doing' and then right royally fk up. Like one year, one guy asked if he could incubate 40 eggs for us, free of charge. I asked if he knew what he was doing, he said yes and in my stupidity I believed him. Not a single one hatched. I popped out a dozen the same year, cost me best part of £3,000 that mistake.
Seriously, it's like some arrogant oaf wants to buy a ferrari, when offered the after sales track days and driving tuition replies 'I know how to drive a ferrari, duh!! I've played grand theft auto since I was 12....'
Anyhoo... the point I was trying to make was I didn't want the eggs returned to me. Though I can't for the life of me recall why that's relevant.
My salient point if people think I'm being a dick about it, is over the years I've invested close to £200,000 of time, effort, hard cash and university fees to gain expert knowledge. Either recompense me for my outlay or go and spend £200k finding it out for yourself. I'm not a charity. Otherwise why did the plumber bill me for his time when he came and fixed my leaky taps? Oh yeah, he ain't a charity either.
What really roasts my pelican in all of that is over the years I've had every enthusiast under the sun who are nothing more than armchair experts, come up to me and basically say 'I know what I'm doing' and then right royally f
k up. Like one year, one guy asked if he could incubate 40 eggs for us, free of charge. I asked if he knew what he was doing, he said yes and in my stupidity I believed him. Not a single one hatched. I popped out a dozen the same year, cost me best part of £3,000 that mistake.Seriously, it's like some arrogant oaf wants to buy a ferrari, when offered the after sales track days and driving tuition replies 'I know how to drive a ferrari, duh!! I've played grand theft auto since I was 12....'
Anyhoo... the point I was trying to make was I didn't want the eggs returned to me. Though I can't for the life of me recall why that's relevant.
Wiccan of Darkness said:
Seriously, it's like some arrogant oaf wants to buy a ferrari, when offered the after sales track days and driving tuition replies 'I know how to drive a ferrari, duh!! I've played grand theft auto since I was 12....'
I think the Youtubers thread can probably supply a few examples.Wiccan of Darkness said:
Anyhoo... the point I was trying to make was I didn't want the eggs returned to me. Though I can't for the life of me recall why that's relevant.
To be honest, you don't come out of this too well.You sound like money comes before welfare - and I'd consider it irresponsible selling live animals to people who you know don't have a clue.
Do you really think it's 'proving a point' that a number of animals died within a few days of hatching?
OddCat said:
Someone would spend £200k becoming an ostrich expert ?
Pretty much, yeah. Stuff I've spent money on directly like incubators, heat lamps to their food, bedding, fencing, licenses to unquantifiable expenses like unpaid time and fuel costs driving down to see them every day. Then there's other stuff like a replacement car door that got kicked in by one, and the locksmith to get me back in the house when my keys got eaten. The sum includes 'missing' money, like 2 weeks lost wages when I broke my ribs (first was getting both barrels to the chest, second time involved an ostrich in my kitchen; I was fermenting some bananas in a demijohn and the banana clogged the air trap, ostrich pecked the air trap, the pressure in the demijohn expunged the air trap and banana at considerable velocity, the resulting bang scared the bird, it pooped on the floor, I come racing in to the kitchen to see the fuss, slid on the ostrich poop and crashed on to the back of a chair, hit the deck just as the resulting clods of banana detached from the ceiling). The biggest chunk is uni fees, done 4 thesis on the little sods. University is ruinously expensive. But I don't begrudge a single penny over the years, I adore them. They've all got their own little personalities and they're cute as fluff, apart from when they're trying to kill me.
Wiccan of Darkness said:
...second time involved an ostrich in my kitchen; I was fermenting some bananas in a demijohn and the banana clogged the air trap, ostrich pecked the air trap, the pressure in the demijohn expunged the air trap and banana at considerable velocity, the resulting bang scared the bird, it pooped on the floor, I come racing in to the kitchen to see the fuss, slid on the ostrich poop and crashed on to the back of a chair, hit the deck just as the resulting clods of banana detached from the ceiling).
PLEASE tell us there's video of that? Wiccan of Darkness said:
The biggest chunk is uni fees... University is ruinously expensive.
You're spoiling them. Have any of them passed their finals?No video of that time, but I promise the next time I have exploding bananas I'll stick it on youtube. But there's still bits of banana on the kitchen ceiling now.
Looking back, I realise now that keeping a baby ostrich in a kitchen with exploding bananas wasn't, in all fairness, a good idea.
Probably best to add that the bird was 2 ft high and I had to remove it from the parents as its older brother was trying to kill it. The exploding bananas had nothing to do with the ostrich, they were separate but the two aspects simply met at a single point in time, resulting in my broken ribs.
Looking back, I realise now that keeping a baby ostrich in a kitchen with exploding bananas wasn't, in all fairness, a good idea.
Probably best to add that the bird was 2 ft high and I had to remove it from the parents as its older brother was trying to kill it. The exploding bananas had nothing to do with the ostrich, they were separate but the two aspects simply met at a single point in time, resulting in my broken ribs.
Trabi601 said:
Wiccan of Darkness said:
Anyhoo... the point I was trying to make was I didn't want the eggs returned to me. Though I can't for the life of me recall why that's relevant.
To be honest, you don't come out of this too well.You sound like money comes before welfare - and I'd consider it irresponsible selling live animals to people who you know don't have a clue.
Do you really think it's 'proving a point' that a number of animals died within a few days of hatching?
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