Pet Peeves

[astfgyl]

Somebody was uncomfortably close to me yesterday at work so I asked had they ever listened to The Police? No, they said, so I said they were worth checking out and one of the best tunes to start with was Don't Stand So Close To Me

[Circlepit]

A Post you glorious bunch.
A parcel arrived as part of my daughter's Christmas thing on Monday from Amazon.de
I opened the packaging to check all ok. The item packaging was in German, from the name of the things to the instructions.
She would know something was up as Mr Clais wasn't part of the Reich.

Contacted them and they said no bother just return it , print the label and follow the instructions. All Ok so far.
Printed the label packed it up all safe and sound. €30 for postage. " How delightful " I said.

Heres the issue. This morning a knock on the door and lo and  behold it's the postman with a parcel for me.
They scanned the senders address ie me and not the recipients address.
Now it's off in the ether or the back of a van somewhere.
Tra la la that tin man on the ad  is laughing at me.

[Carnage]

Are Amazon returns not prepaid once you have the returns label? I've had to return a few things and never had to pay for them.

[Circlepit]

I thought so as well.
Having said that there was nothing wrong with the item at all, just the wrong language.

[Giggles]

Somebody was uncomfortably close to me yesterday at work so I asked had they ever listened to The Police? No, they said, so I said they were worth checking out and one of the best tunes to start with was Don't Stand So Close To Me

 

[Sworntothecans]

Are Amazon returns not prepaid once you have the returns label? I've had to return a few things and never had to pay for them.

Depends on which warehouse/country/marketplace it came through. They refund postage up to 15 quid and go for the standard as An Post prioritize Amazon stuff as they're the biggest retail client.

[Carnage]

Ah right. Now that I think of it, I se t something back through the last place I was working but I think they refunded me for that, so I came out on top overall.

[Bürggermeister]

Rural light pollution. It seems to be trendy to light up the outside of your house like a runway, down in the sticks at the moment. It's a cunt move. One of the joys of living away from cunts is you can see the night sky and the stars. I've heard the thinking is it's to deter burglars but surely you're just ensuring the cunt doesn't need to bring a torch? Protect darkness, nobody needs to see your fucking house from space at 4am.

[Giggles]

Got a last minute free ticket to the Testament gig tonight (woohoo!).

Have to leave ASAP to get there from Donegal on time. Tried to buy a return bus ticket online, but it seems that you can't buy one within the hour of the bus departure time.

No worries, I'm sure it's not full, or at least I hope not because if I miss this bus, I'll miss Testament, and they're the main reason I want to go.

Bus arrives, I jump on-board and ask for a return ticket. The driver says no, they don't sell return tickets on busses anymore (what!?), you can only buy them online, which I had already tried!

Ended up paying 25 fucking 50 for a single trip, and will have to fork out the same again later, €51 in total.

A return ticket online only costs €38.30

Since when did they stop selling return bus tickets on the fucking bus!??

[The Heretic]

Got a last minute free ticket to the Testament gig tonight (woohoo!).

Have to leave ASAP to get there from Donegal on time. Tried to buy a return bus ticket online, but it seems that you can't buy one within the hour of the bus departure time.

No worries, I'm sure it's not full, or at least I hope not because if I miss this bus, I'll miss Testament, and they're the main reason I want to go.

Bus arrives, I jump on-board and ask for a return ticket. The driver says no, they don't sell return tickets on busses anymore (what!?), you can only buy them online, which I had already tried!

Ended up paying 25 fucking 50 for a single trip, and will have to fork out the same again later, €51 in total.

A return ticket online only costs €38.30

Since when did they stop selling return bus tickets on the fucking bus!??

Its bollocks of the highest order, they should bend over backwards to get/encourage you to use public transport but they don't give a fuck, enjoy the gig!!

[astfgyl]

At least the ticket was free...

[Thorn]

I got the same shock trying to buy a return from Ballyshannon a few months back. The driver was actually embarrassed telling me they can't sell return tickets anymore. What a country.

[astfgyl]

That stuff is silly really. How many more gigs I'd go to in Dublin or limerick or Cork if there was a way to go home without driving or staying the night. We are encouraged to use public transport with shit infrastructure. I'm not even against it. Last few gigs I was at in dolans I drove and yeah it's only a short hop but it's a cunt as well I'd rather spend the same money as I would on diesel and let the bus driver do that

[Carnage]

Train to Galway on Saturday for the Coroza gig is €6.50 one way, the bus back is €12. Robbing bastards but it's the only way home for me. The ticket for the gig cost me all of €5.90!

[Giggles]

At least the ticket was free...

Oh yeah no complaints about the free ticket, that part went without a hitch 

But the dumbfuckery of not being able  to buy the ticket online 55 mins before departure, only to be told on the bus that I can only buy a return ticket online... I took the same bus at the same time and paid an extra 33% for it. There were 4 other people on the bus. Who fucking made this utter shite up and why do we accept this?