Hope so. John I had 3 of them sat there, site manager, 'nother boss at the site and a top HR woman from head office. Why they needed her was beyond me as they all read the questions of photocopied sheets. Oh well, 4 jobs to apply for so I'd better get busy
Rant of the day being, just over 2 months before the guarantee on my computer ran out, the DVD player packed in, after 5 weeks of arguing they finally agreed to replace. Had to turn the house upside down to find puchase receipt they demanded which was, after nearly three years, barely readable, even though they had all my particulars by way of the registered guarantee, which I posted within 24hrs of puchase and confirmed with an email form. 8 phone calls later, I was told it would take up to 10 "working days" to arrive, by which time the motherboard packed in. After all the trauma over a DVD player, I couldn't face the battle it would take to demand a replacement. I find it amazing that the designers can judge the failure rate so closely. It being thwarted by my nearly constant use on WW2, bringing it forward to a point just before end of guarantee. This was my first "tailor made computer" after many years of building my own. So I have now once again built my own. which I know will last me more than the normal expected lifespan of three years, making sure it is easy to upgrade. It sports a high spec. motherboard, Quad Core Intel, 4Gig Memory. GeForce 9500GT Graphics etc. yet it is still marginally slower than an old Win 98, I keep as a standby. :frusty: Such is life Cheers Keith
Bought an item from a well known TV add. The price was $250 with a 5-6 weeks delivery time. They said for an extra $10 it would be delivered 7-10 working days. I said no to the $10 and would you believe the item was delivered 3 days after I placed the order. Makes you wonder about charging an extra $10. :nono:
My rant for today! Why do stores offer a warranty??? I brought a Hair iron,and they offerd a warranty for $20,for 5 years!I accepted it. The hair iron broke down after 5 months! I rang up the warranty place ,they end up asking 1000 questions,since the hair iron broke down after only five months,i was not intiltiled to a replacment hair iron! Why do the SELL WARRANTIES for??? What the !$%# Yes ,i am angry.
Heidi I think you need to talk to Trading Standards in Oz, as if you have a warranty on the item, and it has failed then they have a legal obligation to replace it. Go straight to Trading Standards monday morning with all of your paperwork
!0 Speedy delivery Hi John, If you forked out the extra tenner you wouldn't have got it for at least 10 days because of the big back-log of special delivery items. You opted for normal delivery where there were hardly any orders waiting for delivery. Simple ! :eyebrows: Cheers Keith
Hi Keith, Thanks for your reply. As a retired national distribution manager, my golden rule was first in - first out with customers orders. This was also something the auditors also checked when carrying out the company audit. To me, any company wanting to charge a fee for supplying service to their customers are ripping them off. John lease:
Waiting Lists Hi John, My experience while serving as a Reception Triage Manager with both Field Dressing Stations and Military Hospitals allowed me to have an insight into the possible bogging down of the system if not properly supervised. The three main catergories of wounded being classed as Minor, serious and life threatening. If you allowed the priority of life threatening cases to overshadow the serious cases, the serious cases would soon deteriorate into life threatening and some of the minor casualities escalate into serious, so a moderate flow of treatment had to be portioned out to all cases. The same thing could also happen in a distribution set-up. :bump2: :director: Cheers Keith
newbie question is this site based in uk or oz as there seems to be a huge amount of aussies as members ??????
Hi Tony, This site is based in the UK. We have been going since September 2007. We have specifically concentrated on British and Commonwealth forces in many of those areas that do not receive the "full treatment" on other forums. Many other forums do US, Eastern Front, Tanks, Trucks etc. While not avoiding these areas our concentration is elsewhere. The number of Aussies I assume is due to the Australian content when searching through Google. We also consider ourselves to be a forum for beginners as well.
Newbie question is this site based in uk or oz as there seems to be a huge amount of aussies as members ?????? Hi DFC, We "Down Unders" are trying to improve the tone of this website. And improve the spelling.......Colonials..........Ha!:bump2: GW
Na..The Australians are perfect and so am I. So there's no debate here. Maybe it's on the British side that is letting this forum down. LOL
Antipodean Banter Hi Heidi, I agree with you, Australians are perfect, a perfect choice of pro-noun. The question is, perfect what ? Cheers Keith
Hmm very interesting .I did wonder as at the time i was browsing here did seem to be a considerable amount of great replies and posts by us Colonials hence the question Thanks AJ:laugh:
Perfection QUOTE=DFC;33850]Hmm very interesting .I did wonder as at the time i was browsing here did seem to be a considerable amount of great replies and posts by us Colonials hence the question Thanks AJ:laugh:[/QUOTE] Hi Heidi, Perfection as beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. Since joining the forum I have been introduced to many people, from many countries, and I find that we operate as a loving tolerant family. Willing to listen to all points of view, accepting the hand of friendship when offered, which is nearly in every case. Quick to help, where help is asked for. I feel that we are completely joined, regardless of borders or distance. We accept a little friendly baiting and prodding, but it is all coated with good humour. A rose by any other name! :grouphug: Cheers Keith
