Pet Peeves

[Caomhaoin]

I meant olive oil rather than olives

[Emphyrio]

Surprised it didn't happen sooner but adverts.ie have started charging to bump ads. I've about 10 ads to re-up but don't fancy paying a tenner.

[Carnage]

Another fucking customs charge. I don't mind paying the €2.44 VAT but the additional €3.50 An Post charge every time is a bit much.

Agreed! I got stung there for buying something from the US. Never again will I buy from America. 8t was only a Bluray I got and got that 3.50 to pay. I'll stick to amazon, seems they take care of the vat

Oh it gets better. Still no sign of that parcel to come, and now, a week after I paid the fee, I get another charge for the same fucking one. And their website's not worth a shit, no facility to contest it, or even show proof that I've already paid the charges. No means to contact them, the chat option is a bot sending you to useless links. So now I've got to traipse all the way into town to the post office to try and sort it out. Fucking usless cunts.

[open face surgery]

Had a few shirts sent back to me after this bullshit was implemented. The PO is across the road from me so I know them in there. I had 3 labels to do which took about 10 -15 minutes with all the details etc. She was already dreading xmas and that was back in, I'd say, August.

[Mower Liberation Front]

Another fucking customs charge. I don't mind paying the €2.44 VAT but the additional €3.50 An Post charge every time is a bit much.

Agreed! I got stung there for buying something from the US. Never again will I buy from America. 8t was only a Bluray I got and got that 3.50 to pay. I'll stick to amazon, seems they take care of the vat

Oh it gets better. Still no sign of that parcel to come, and now, a week after I paid the fee, I get another charge for the same fucking one. And their website's not worth a shit, no facility to contest it, or even show proof that I've already paid the charges. No means to contact them, the chat option is a bot sending you to useless links. So now I've got to traipse all the way into town to the post office to try and sort it out. Fucking usless cunts.

Same happened to me, I was asking their chat what the story was with the VAT, got an apology saying I should have been contacted with the required link to pay the VAT, he gave it to me over the chat, of course, i clicked on the link, paid the costs, and as I said earlier in the thread, the cunts sent it back to China while pretending for a few weeks it had just been delayed.
Back to An Post, looking for my money, "Oh, you'll have to send an email with your tracking number and the code for revenue and apply for a refund".
Oh wait, I don't actually have the code because I just clicked on the link, and it's now basically "Tough shit"

Then my mother gets a card from An Post, with a Revenue code on it - she bought 25 dollars of sheets when she was in Florida, and shipped it over. For some reason, An Post /Revenue have decided they're worth 103 euro, and are looking for almost 30 euro.

Meanwhile you've got the head of An Post crying because "The new EU VAT regulastions are anti-postal". Nope, you and your fucking employees are anti-postal.

[Caomhaoin]

I bought a few pairs of runners and soccer jerseys for my nieces and nephews there for the Christmas (Irish company, sent to me Mammys house, Spanish credit card) and I got charged 14 quid by the bank for 'card payment for distance purchases'.

What the fuck is that? It's the same currency, no Brexit and a pathetic 'explanation' from the bank. I owe them 280,000 so there's not much hope of me doing the 'ill close my account if you don't refund me' spiel.

[nukeabuse]

More lads should leave the butter out of the fridge of an evening. Got into the habit of putting olive olive and a pinch of salt on the toast in the mornings so I don't have much butter, but think of the unbridled joy when your at a hotel or whatever and the knife just goes solid through the butter. Happiness!

Posh cunt with your olives. Far from that you were reared.

One saving grace of France compared to Spain is that, thanks to our Breton cousins in the North, you  can get daycent butter here. The stuff that passes for a bit of im in Spain, it'd be more the sacrilege to let it pass your lips!

On that, I once saw blocks of Monaghan creamery butter on sale in a supermarket while on holidays in the south of France. Blew my mind as a kid.

[Kurt Cocaine]

KC wouldn't exist without a catalyst......

[Trev]

Didn't realise all this postal was going on, just ordered a rake of cds and vinyl from the States. Shite.

[The Butcher]

I meant olive oil rather than olives

For what it's worth, ten years ago my friend was doing a PhD in genetics, they found a protein in extra virgin olive oil that can kill breast cancer cells that they grew on top of mice, ever since he's been putting olive oil on his bread/pasta and getting olive oil spread etc. Chap was obsessed, probably sponsored by Don Carlos now

[Kurt Cocaine]

More lads should leave the butter out of the fridge of an evening. Got into the habit of putting olive olive and a pinch of salt on the toast in the mornings so I don't have much butter, but think of the unbridled joy when your at a hotel or whatever and the knife just goes solid through the butter. Happiness!

Posh cunt with your olives. Far from that you were reared.

One saving grace of France compared to Spain is that, thanks to our Breton cousins in the North, you  can get daycent butter here. The stuff that passes for a bit of im in Spain, it'd be more the sacrilege to let it pass your lips!

On that, I once saw blocks of Monaghan creamery butter on sale in a supermarket while on holidays in the south of France. Blew my mind as a kid.

Irish butter is sold all around Europe. My missus in Stockholm, it's all she uses and it's usually cheaper than the local butter.
I must ask her which one it is....

[Caomhaoin]

Got an email from a crowd I ordered something online from (not the 'thank you for your order' yin) a few days ago saying : Your order should be with you soon.

Great, that's very clear, cheers for the info.

[hellfire]

FedEx are a bloody joke. Was supposed to get an LP on Wednesday. It didn't arrive so I rang customer service. They said it was in Belgium. The tracking said Dortmund.   

[Caomhaoin]

I think it was mentioned before, but shops which are too cool and 'exclusive' to put prices on their products. The Atletico Madrid store charge 120 quid for a jersey  (it's not even for me) but you have to sheepishly ask at the counter and then look like an absolute lemon doing the walk of shame if you don't cough up. Cunts.

I was in Paris a few years ago with the bird and this 'boutique' we went into...Christ Almighty. All the husbands etc corralled into a glorified children's area where a waiter brings you complimentary coffee (eyebrow raising) and there seems to be only one or two of each item (alarm bells) and not a price tag or a 'sales associate' in sight (CODE RED CODE RED ABORT ABORT).

I just went out to the rugby shop and didn't check the credit statement that month or ask any questions , easier that way.

[Caomhaoin]

I meant olive oil rather than olives

For what it's worth, ten years ago my friend was doing a PhD in genetics, they found a protein in extra virgin olive oil that can kill breast cancer cells that they grew on top of mice, ever since he's been putting olive oil on his bread/pasta and getting olive oil spread etc. Chap was obsessed, probably sponsored by Don Carlos now

Don Carlos 😂

The school I teach at is quite traditional and the lads have to refer to me as 'Don Kevin' which sounds fucking ludicrous.