Thread: My propensity for buying faulty goods continues.

I keep the kiddy lock on, on the RR door, to prevent dozy passengers from opening it into the path of passing vehicles.

Approx. a year ago I bought a pedestal fan from a well known chain of red and yellow shops that I'm sure no customer has been rejected by. This year with the onset of summer I find it is not working properly, so I found the receipt only to discover it is 6 days over the 1 year warranty. I was so enamoured with it as it was a decent brand, designed in Aus but made in China, that I told my brother about and he bought one too, so he found his receipt but it is so faded, it is unreadable. This made us think there should be a law that says "a receipt should remain legible for the length of the warranty period at least"!

I scan receipts.

Originally Posted by p38arover

I scan receipts.

We dropbox them then throw the paper copy away.

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Originally Posted by Saitch

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It's got me whacked why you still deal with those people after so many bad experiences. ie. 3 out of 5 Give 'em the bums rush as they appear to have had so many chances. They are obviously not giving you the stuff @ N/C & no body probably knocks something off your bill for the buggering around & out of pocket costs to go back. As you say it isn't just around the corner.

My experience has been they don't know to open their mouths & issue an apology on behalf of the company, so 'er indoors stands there & says AND?, AND? until they know what she means despite their garbled & incoherent attempts to guess WTF is this "olde" sheila on about? The Penny eventually drops.
She actually heard one young dim counter jumper ask his colleague that question, so she said "I'll tell you shall I?" And did.


Or is the store owned by an old mate or a Relly or you feel sorry for the bloke behind the counter because he has got one good Eye & a speech defect, is Quadriplegic & has a family of 10 kids to support & his missus has run off with the netting Commercial Traveler after cleaning out his bank account? There is something wrong with their Inwards Goods Section that they are not checking stuff into their store.

Maybe it is run by another Jobsworth? Sorry Stephanie it is not my problem, but that sort of **** makes me see red.

Just to clarify.

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Just a head's up that I bought some 2.5mX2.5m (supposedly) yesterday and on opening the packet, it come in at more like 3.0mX1.5m. Totally useless for the small, laden avo tree it is to protect.

This will be the third time in five purchases from this establishment that I have had to go back to get what I thought I had originally purchased! It's not as though it's just around the corner, either!

I'm thinking that opening everything up in the aisle and checking, pre-purchase might have to come into play. Could get a bit messy with certain items.

My dear wife has told me so often that, 'It happens to everyone', it has become my mantra! If it does happen to everyone, it is a sad indictment on the store.

Eating humble pie, Steve?

Originally Posted by V8Ian

Eating humble pie, Steve?

Of course not, Ian!