My propensity for buying faulty goods continues.

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Originally Posted by p38arover

Oddly enough, when I was a trainee tech back in the Sixties, I was called Stud - I ....ed everything I touched. :(

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I had several colleagues throughout my working life who were known as 'The Passionate ......Mechanic-Fitter-Welder-Painter-whatever" for the same reason

i reckon you could even buy an unreliable toyota ron :D

Flamin' heck!

I bought a GMC battery powered multi-saw. The battery is faulty and it will only run the saw for a few minutes. I've tried cycling the battery. I guess it's a call to GMC on Monday.

Have you ever considered employing a personal shopper?:p

Cheers
Simon

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Originally Posted by abaddonxi

Have you ever considered employing a personal shopper?:p

Cheers
Simon

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I'd save money! :D

but your post count would drop off:p

Jeez, I hope the rear callipers I just fitted to the daughter's Disco are OK.

Gaaahhhh!

We ordered new vertical drapes from Kresta for the newly painted lounge room. I went with my wife and touched the stuff on display.

Big mistake. :(

I put them up yesterday.

The slats are too short on all windows.

One blind is too narrow for the window opening.

One is supposed to be centre bunching with a LH pull cord. It has a RH pull cord and the slats all move to the RH end.

Thank goodness the windows were measured up by a Kresta rep and not me otherwise Kresta probably wouldn't replace them!

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Originally Posted by p38arover

We ordered new vertical drapes from Kresta for the newly painted lounge room. I went with my wife and touched the stuff on display.

Big mistake. :(

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Thank goodness the windows were measured up by a Kresta rep and not me otherwise Kresta probably wouldn't replace them!

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Kresta came out, looked - and took 'em away to be replaced. It seems the bloke who measured them up has, umm, left the company - we weren't the only ones.

I saw a mob called A Man's Toyshop on the 'net and they had some good deals on clearance tools.

In particular, they had some really good prices on large Morse Taper drills, e.g., 1-1/8" drill reduced from $89 to $25. Excellent - my drill press and my lathe are both MT2.

So, after calling them and checking the drills were MT2, I ordered (on 8th April) a 12-drill set 17/32" - 1" MT2 plus the 1-1/8" MT2 drill.

They arrived from Rocky today (28th April).

The 1-1/8" drill is MT3 and half the 12-drill set is MT2, the other half MT3.

Gaahhhhhhhhh!

Surely, Shirley, I must be able to win one day. :(