biggest cons

20 Oct 2004

ok... i am in a bad mood today... but the sentiment stays the same anway.
how come we allow ourselves to be ripped off????
we are constantly paying for gimmicks that fail to deliver.. or services we simply dont require.
the thing that tipped me over the edge today was cat litter bags. mad

:x
i bought a packet of little plastic bags that are lemon scented, you are supposed to put the used cat litter in it... and the smell is neatralised and does not stink your dusbin out.. kind of like nappy bags.
now i was expecting to get what it said on the label...
......wrong!!!
it smelt like cat shit!
:x
........exactly the same as it did when i put it in sainsburys carrier bags that i stole for free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
god i am mad!
the other thing that anoys me is that when i went to the supermarket, the only pre packed potatoes they have are washed whites.... now we pay about an extra 20 per pound for "washed potatoes", we are going to be peeling the skin off ffs! and to add insult to injury... even if you DID want to eat them with the skin on, you would have to re-wash them... so what servise are we paying for???????
WBB is going for a lie down now

20 Oct 2004

Ah bless hun calm down :therethere:
Now i would suggest using nappy sacks,you can get em dirt cheap and they actually do take most of the shitty smell away too.
As for potatoes,damn right mad

20 Oct 2004

Hows this for a right rip off.
I used to buy an angling magazine, they upped the price by twenty pence last month.
They said it was bigger and better.
There was just over 200 pages total, of which about 98 were adverts.
The articles were mediocre, not up to thier usual standard.
Plus the companies advertiseing, are charged to advertise.
Where do they get off by ripping us off like that.
No more will I buy that mag.
mad

:x :x :x

20 Oct 2004

I think mobile phones are the biggest rip off going. Whatever deal you look at, if you read the small print there's always some way they manage to get more money out of you mad

:x :x

20 Oct 2004

Quote by bluexxx
I think mobile phones are the biggest rip off going. Whatever deal you look at, if you read the small print there's always some way they manage to get more money out of you :x :x

too right... the idea of sharging for an itemised bill!!!
ffs.. how do they have the cheek to charge you to tell you what they are charging you for!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

20 Oct 2004

I once paid quite a bit for a bag of pre-peeled potatos 'cos both and I hate peeling them...... maybe we should have bought a cat instead?

20 Oct 2004

Quote by fem_manc-cpl
I once paid quite a bit for a bag of pre-peeled potatos 'cos both and I hate peeling them...... maybe we should have bought a cat instead?

lol i bet you buy that frozen mash too dontcha! bone idle the youth of today!
n x x x :P

20 Oct 2004

Quote by neilinleeds
I once paid quite a bit for a bag of pre-peeled potatos 'cos both and I hate peeling them...... maybe we should have bought a cat instead?

lol i bet you buy that frozen mash too dontcha! bone idle the youth of today!
n x x x :P
I do not! I find it powdery and prefer to make mash with far too much butter and milk to be healthy, so there!
Be nice to me and I won't mention how many workmen you are entertaining at your private party! :twisted:

20 Oct 2004

Quote by fem_manc-cpl
I once paid quite a bit for a bag of pre-peeled potatos 'cos both and I hate peeling them...... maybe we should have bought a cat instead?

lol i bet you buy that frozen mash too dontcha! bone idle the youth of today!
n x x x :P
I do not! I buy it powdered and prefer to make smash with far too much butter and boiling water to be healthy, so there!
Be nice to me and I won't mention how many workmen you are entertaining at your private party! :twisted:
see just like i said! bone idle! :lol2:
and shush about the bloody workmen! i'm getting bleedin' mad now!
neil x x x ;)

20 Oct 2004

Quote by well_busty_babe
ok... i am in a bad mood today... but the sentiment stays the same anway.
how come we allow ourselves to be ripped off????
we are constantly paying for gimmicks that fail to deliver.. or services we simply dont require.

I have AOL dial-up. Say no more ... evil

20 Oct 2004

Quote by Marya
ok... i am in a bad mood today... but the sentiment stays the same anway.
how come we allow ourselves to be ripped off????
we are constantly paying for gimmicks that fail to deliver.. or services we simply dont require.

I have AOL dial-up. Say no more ... evil

i posted a complete feckin rant on their message board the other day whingeing about their piss poor tech support! . most unlike me i know! i've had exactly 0 useful replies! gggggrrrrrrrr!!! :lol2:
n x x x ;)

20 Oct 2004

What drives me mad is that as we have sky then we can get Box office and Pay per view we have to phone up as our phone connection is too far away from the sky charge an extra Fecking pound coz we have to phone up,when theyre charging you for the phone call in the first place mad

:x :x :x FFS :x :x :x :x

20 Oct 2004

It not one product I'm complaining about it the shops,most local shops (corner shops) don't price up there items so when you go to the till i bet most of the items are guessed priced i mean can they remember all the prices in their shops also you never get to see the price come up on the till because it always got racks of chewing gum etc in front of people don't check so how do we know the shop owner isn't adding a couple of pence here and there when he feels like it! Everything should be priced and the till should always be visible!!

20 Oct 2004

And one more thing....when its the only way to book tickets for an event over the phone they charge you a booking fee.

20 Oct 2004

What drives me mad,
A stroppy XX-XX-yorkie-slut (add the missing letters in yourself hunnybunch!) making it seem that I make smash! Mr. Neilnoshow, you were warned! lol

"They make it with their metal spoons! hahahahaha" I loved that old smash advert! The one with the tin aliens laughing! Oh how I begged my mum to buy some smash and it was terrible!
I don't like that really stupid feeling after you've been conned. I have a moment from a holiday con a few years back that will haunt me for a long time. It was only the equivalent of Â£16 , so it could have been a lot worse.

20 Oct 2004

And how come mortgage companies think they can charge an arrangemnet fee when they're ripping you off with the interest anyway evil

:evil: :evil: :evil:

20 Oct 2004

As for potatoes,damn right mad

Clare, it's heartwarming to see someone from Lincolnshire (home of the potato. Apart from Ormskirk) joining the provisional wing of the Anti Ripoff Spud Ensemble. Our day will come!!!
* Don't get me started on artichokes. (...grumble...grrr etc)
smile

20 Oct 2004

Quote by bluexxx
And how come mortgage companies think they can charge an arrangemnet fee when they're ripping you off with the interest anyway :evil: :evil: :evil:

Exactly!! I mean you go to them to for a mortgage where they will make lots of money from you then they charge for it!!

20 Oct 2004

See what I mean... grrrr.... I've just pretended to be interested in getting a mortage for a 60 grand house (yeah right, like they actually sell houses for 60 grand these days.... rolleyes

....) and borrow 55 grand to buy it from a popular high street lender.....
This is what they charge for their cheapest interest rate product........
__________________________
Monthly payments:
Repayment mortgage Interest only mortgage
Product fee Â£399
Valuation fee Â£235
Higher lending charge Â£725
___________________________
FFS....... they even charge a "higher lending charge" just cos I said I wanted to borrow more money from them
mad

:x :x :x :x

20 Oct 2004

Hi Blue..... a product fee?? is that like charging for the mortgage i mean you can't exactly call a mortgage a product can you?

20 Oct 2004

Yes, a mortgage package is called a product.... the product fee is what they charge to set the damn thing up.... i.e. them telling you yes you can be ripped off by them for the next 20 years rolleyes

:roll: :roll: :roll:
I DO NOT work for a mortgage company btw... I just know about them cos I keep buying houses :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:
Mind you, some companies do not charge the arrangement fee, they just get you in another way mad

20 Oct 2004

Ripped off? We do not know the meaning of the word! Try watching BBC2 at 9 o' clock tonight...the goverment can do it on a scale we can not even begin to imagine

20 Oct 2004

I hear that travel agents may start charging a seperate arrangment fee for finding you holidays!!

20 Oct 2004

THank God I've already booked mine!! confused

20 Oct 2004

grrrr

now we're talking............. holiday sales people, travel agents and holiday reps grrrrrrrr :x
I asked for a nice coupl orentated holiday on mainland Spain a couple of summers ao.
We asked for traditional Spanish village with narrow streets and very little tourist industry.
Guess where we got?
go have a stab

20 Oct 2004

Quote by bluexxx
I DO NOT work for a mortgage company btw... I just know about them cos I keep buying houses

You keep buying house's..????
Is it a hobby?
How many do you have?
I've heard of girls that cant stop buying shoes, but houses are definitely a new one on me.... wink

Dxxx

20 Oct 2004

Quote by fem_manc-cpl
grrrr now we're talking............. holiday sales people, travel agents and holiday reps grrrrrrrr :x
I asked for a nice coupl orentated holiday on mainland Spain a couple of summers ao.
We asked for traditional Spanish village with narrow streets and very little tourist industry.
Guess where we got?
go have a stab

Oooppss! Perhaps i shouldn't have mentioned travel agents!

20 Oct 2004

Quote by fem_manc-cpl
"They make it with their metal spoons! hahahahaha" I loved that old smash advert! The one with the tin aliens laughing! Oh how I begged my mum to buy some smash and it was terrible!

Don't be daft, you're not old enough to remember 'and then they smash them all to bits!'

20 Oct 2004

Quote by fem_manc-cpl
grrrr now we're talking............. holiday sales people, travel agents and holiday reps grrrrrrrr :x
I asked for a nice coupl orentated holiday on mainland Spain a couple of summers ao.
We asked for traditional Spanish village with narrow streets and very little tourist industry.
Guess where we got?
go have a stab

Go on then I'll bite....
Two weeks on an 18-30 in Benidorm?

20 Oct 2004

Bingo! Easy! well done!
In the Travel agent's eyes a quiet, non-touristy, typical Spanish village is BENIDORM! mad

FFS, Benidorm! :x :x :x
More touristy than blackpool. Not my thing for a relaxing romantic week away thanks very much mrs travel agent. grrrr :x
Complained to the rep about the state of the hotel and the building site behind us. Which,
as it happened didn't disturb us too much, we were more concerned about all the health and saftey issues in our supposedly 4star hotel that was actually a 2 star with wires hanging from great big holes in ceilings. :shock:
Was anything done? Apparently it's my fault for wanting to go on holiday. :x
I wouldn't mind but I should know better with being of Spanish decent. It's the last time I book through "My Travel". How can you leave 100 people in a layby at the back of the city with a rep who speaks no Spanish and an awkward bus driver tho "speaks no English" cos it suits him. We were there for about 6 hours and didnt get to our hotel until 5am. grrrr :x I could go on, but I won't.
Alex, I'm 23 tomorrow....... maybe I shouldn't remember them, but I do very vividly. I used to do a good impression too!
It has me in howls of laughter everytime! lol