Pet Peeves

[Necro Red]

The only alternative on the An Post siye is to refuse to pay it, and they return to sender. Absolute cunts.

some joke so it is. You've already paid for postage,excessively I imagine? And are then expected to pay some lad to hand it to you.

[hellfire]

I believe the cost of postage is added to the items value.

[mickO)))]

Yes if you buy for example a cd that costs 10euro and the postage is 5euro the customs is charged on 15euro. Luckily most people I buy from outside the EU mark stuff down so I haven't had too many issues other then having about 10 packages sent back to the sender for no valid reason in late 2021 that caused me major headache and the issues I had with UPS before Christmas charging me double what I should of paid for customs but I am definitely paying more customs charges now than I ever have before.

Most of Australia won't even post to Ireland anymore due the major fuck up of thousands of packages coming from outside of the EU to Ireland being sent back to sender instead of the person they are destined for here. As far as I know this issue is still going on. An Post keep blaming the new EU regulations that came into place 2 years ago which is funny considering no other EU country is having this issue only Ireland seems to have the problem.

Even the cost of shipping things outside the country has gone crazy and they still won't insure anything going outside the EU for more than €35 no matter what the cost. Right now to send a 12" record registered to the US or Australia it costs €28 and €32 and the maximum insurance you can get on that is €35.

[Carnage]

CD was £9.99
T-shirt £15.99
Postage £10.50
VAT £5.98
Total £42.46 which worked out at €51.67.

Customs charge yesterday was €8.51 (€3.50 of which is An Post's admin fee), the parcel was marked at a value of €21.84.

All in all, that's over €60 for a CD & T-shirt which is a killer, and would make me think long and hard about buying direct from UK bands again.

Compare that with last week's parcel from Subhumans (3 CDs and a beanie) which totalled just over €21 - CDs were on sale and the beanie was cheap enough, but it would have weighed more and the postage was less.

[astfgyl]

Nearly got done with a scam purporting to be an post looking for 3.50

[Bürggermeister]

Those indicator lights which swoosh outwards instead of the simple and classic on/off. It's hard to rationally explain why but they just annoy me.

[Caomhaoin]

Any kind of pointless 'update' like that is annoying, like brake lights being a solid line instead of twin rear lights.

[Carnage]

While we're on the subject: LED headlights. Might be grand to drive with but when they're coming toward you, they're blinding.

[Caomhaoin]

If you're being blinded by someone with their full beams on, or just wonky headlights.
Close your right eye. Or, for those of us out in the continent, close your left eye.
Trust me, this works.

[astfgyl]

The whole new lights thing like the indicators and brakes is fried but driving with the led is far better

[ochoill]

Drove from Limerick to Thurles a few weeks back, got stuck behind a crash near Birdhill.  Aside from everybody seemingly losing the ability to drive once the traffic got moving - indecisive undertaking to get nowhere being their favourite game - my favourite was the drive on the old road after Nenagh, where only one car bothered to dip their headlights coming at me and when I got close enough, I realised they only had one headlight anyway.

[astfgyl]

Drove from Limerick to Thurles a few weeks back, got stuck behind a crash near Birdhill.  Aside from everybody seemingly losing the ability to drive once the traffic got moving - indecisive undertaking to get nowhere being their favourite game - my favourite was the drive on the old road after Nenagh, where only one car bothered to dip their headlights coming at me and when I got close enough, I realised they only had one headlight anyway.

That old road from Limerick to Nenagh is a real reminder of how things have turned out.

It's a bit like rocket town or that shithole on the way to the gold saucer

[Mower Liberation Front]

I'm pretty sure Audi and BMW drivers have been mentioned before, but I'd like to add SEAT drivers to the list of cunts who need to be blown off the road with an RPG Death Race style.
For some reason they can only do 65kmph, whether the speed limit is 30, 40, 80 or 100. The only time this changes is when there's a section of road coming up where they could be passed, so they floor it, and keep the speed up until they're sure they won't get passed, then it's hit the brakes, and back down to cruising speed.

[astfgyl]

I'm pretty sure Audi and BMW drivers have been mentioned before, but I'd like to add SEAT drivers to the list of cunts who need to be blown off the road with an RPG Death Race style.
For some reason they can only do 65kmph, whether the speed limit is 30, 40, 80 or 100. The only time this changes is when there's a section of road coming up where they could be passed, so they floor it, and keep the speed up until they're sure they won't get passed, then it's hit the brakes, and back down to cruising speed.

That's every type of car but it's one annoying fuck

[Eoin McLove]

As a former Seat driver myself I can confirm that that is all completely true. When you buy a Seat you have to sign a contract saying that you will conform to this peculiar driving style and if you fail to do so they will take the car off you. At first it is stressful to know that you are being a complete cunt on the road and ruining everyone else's day but with time, persistence and dedication you gradually begin to enjoy being a thorn in society's side. I no longer drive a Seat but I remain true to their ideals and those of the Carphone Warehouse.