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I got this idea off of a band forum I'm part of and it's a good way to vent your frustrations and anxieties!!

I'll kick start it with the fact that BT knocked my ADSL signal out when they were supposed to be confirming circuit connection and it's left me without internet for the last week!! Pah!! But now..... it's working again so touching as much wood as I can lets hope it stays that way!!

This is just what I need right now. Two words:
Royal Mail

I ordered a book about two weeks ago. They despatched it immediately, first class - it never arrived. They refunded me (through Amazon marketplace), and I ordered it from a different Amazon marketplace seller, "Book Barn" - a very big and well established company. They posted it on monday, again, first class - again, it has not arrived (yet - but it's first class - if it's not here within 2 days, what are the chances of it getting here at all?).

Usually I'm pretty relaxed about this sort of thing - it happens, right? But twice in a row, same book, same issue - and most frustratingly it's a crucial book I need to read for a current piece of work - my whole module depends on me receiving that book, and Royal Mail seem hell bent on preventing me from getting it.

MOAN, and indeed GROAN.

Royal Mail suck. I sent money to BT by special delivery and they still lost it!! Fortunately BT believed me when I provided tracking info and switched my line back on!

Royal Mail has cost me/NUMS about £300 in lost orders since September.

The answer when making a claim? "YOU SHOULD HAVE PAID FOR RECORDED". Now, try telling my CUSTOMERS that!

Makes me very angry!

Plus, standard parcel service used to take 24/48 hours. Now it can take up to 2 weeks!

Yeah, I just know there's some bl**dy postie (no offence, any posties out there - but I suspect not, as I expect the classic time to perform magic is in the evening, when they'd be tucked up in bed ready to get up at 4am come rain or shine to deliver my important mail before I go out for the day... oh no... wait... my mail gets to me between 11am and 1pm ) waltzing around, reading about Issues and Perspectives of Mental Handicap and Sexuality, in two books so he can ruin one by underlining bits and making notes with one of the two PK sharpies of mine he has.

Seige, that doesn't seem fair at all - obviously I'm very grateful for your generosity when the 'Mail screwed me out of those Sharpies, so I'm not going to protest too hard, but couldn't you put a note on your website saying you can only replace if they pay for recorded?

Having said that, what you lose in postal aberrations you probably make up for in customers who buy from you because they know what a down right gent you are

Perhaps we could have a section for people who loose their internet connections so they can 'post' (snail mail) their threads into one of the Mods who can load it for them

Argh I lost my BT Internet connection for a day...thankfully it is all fixed now .

still having log in problems most of the time i just wash and go ok read and go, why bother if its just going to forget after a wile anyway.

Moaning, eh? Right then...

For the past month, I've been trying to get payment out of a publisher I did a lot of work for about six months ago. It's 4 figures, so it's not small change. Every Monday morning I've been calling them. The first time they said that they'd do a BACS transfer that day. A week later it hadn't happened. I called again. They couldn't understand how it hadn't happened. Could I give them all my details again (why?). Nothing happened. The next week, they swore that payment happen that day and they'd call me back. Nothing happened. Then this Monday I decided to use a little suggestion to get under the skin of the accounts admin, and lo and behold I got the full story. They hadn't even passed my payment to their finance director for signing off yet!!! It would happen that day, she said, and she'd call me back. This time she actually did! But instead of a BACS transfer, they've sent me a cheque... for half the f***ing amount! ARGH!!!!

You can kind of tell why I use this name because I hate dealing with people especially when you want something from them and they're not co-operating with you it can get pretty frustrating to say the least!!

My moan is about buses. They have had this new one here since May and my problem with it is that they have a seperate compartment for the driver and a machine where you press the button and put your money in and it spits out your ticket. I'm guessing its cause the driver doesn't get hassled and can just drive in peace. Anyway the machine doesn't take 5p's, 2p's or pennies and doesn't give change either.

Alot of people just walk on anyway without buying a ticket cause they can't be bothered fumbling about with the machine (especially when it spits out your money, sometimes while the vehicle is in motion) but they say they fine you £35 if you haven't got a ticket but who's gonna check? theres rarely a conductor on and the driver doesn't care cause he gets paid either way lol.

I'm bad enough with money as it is but I go to the bank and get a load of £1 and 50ps but I wish they would allow it to accept all coins and give change cause it sounds to me they just want you to lose money which is greedy of them. Rant over. Thanks for listening

seige wrote:Royal Mail has cost me/NUMS about £300 in lost orders since September.

The answer when making a claim? "YOU SHOULD HAVE PAID FOR RECORDED". Now, try telling my CUSTOMERS that!

Makes me very angry!

Plus, standard parcel service used to take 24/48 hours. Now it can take up to 2 weeks!

Hi Seige (and anyone else with Royal Mail issues)

I'm a subpostmaster (so I work for the Post Office rather than Royal Mail directly) and can help with a few points:

1) All 1st, 2nd and Recorded mail is covered for £ 32 pounds in case of loss. The fact that it is recorded makes NO difference. Recorded = signature, that's it. As long as you have a receipt, you can claim.

2) It costs nothing to get a proof of posting at the post office. In fact, if you get a stack of cards beforehand you can just write them out (housenumber/postcode) before you go then just get a stamp/signature there. These make it far more likely that your claim will be honoured. and it's free.

3) Standard parcel hasn't taken 24 hours for a very long time. 3-4 days is normal. However it is worth knowing the post rates: for example at 1100g first class is cheaper than standard parcel.

4) Be aware of the current size rules. If your parcel is A4 size but less than 1 inch thick, it is about half the price of something the same size but more than 1 inch thick.

If there's anything I can advise on, please feel free to PM me.

Ian

was a postie last year!

Im up waaaay to early! Just thought id have a little moan about it.

Excellent thread, Jordan C! I can see this developing into TalkMagic's very own community of Grumpy Old Men!

Have you ever felt motivated to berate someone for using 'TXTSPK' instead of English?
Have you ever been exasperated enough to scold someone for not using the search function?
Have you ever growled at unsuspecting newbies for failing to post an introduction?
Do you sometimes just feel like moaning at the world in general, just for the sake of it?

If you can answer YES to any of the above then maybe you too could be a TMGOM (TalkMagic Grumpy Old Man)!

So what are the requirements for membership?
First and foremost you have to be GRUMPY! Not all the time of course but a predisposition to moan about the state of the planet and the people who inhabit it is essenntial.
Secondly, perhaps surprisingly, you don't have to be that old! Just 'old at heart' would be sufficient to qualify for membership. Even grumpy youngsters with a miserable outlook on life in general could be considered for membership!
Finally, I suppose that it would help if you're a man... but I'm sure women can be just as grumpy so we'll not be too picky about that one.

If you feel that you are truly a TMGOM, all you have to do is reply to this post with a suitably grumpy comment (something like 'what a rubbish idea this post is' would be fine) and then you can allocate yourself a TMGOM number (sequentially from the previous reply of course) which you can then use in your signature. Or not, if you don't want to... in the true spirit of TMGOM, I couldn't give a toss either way!

So I'll start the ball rolling and selfishly allocate myself TMGOM-001... and if you don't like it then feel free to have a damn good whine at me!

GRRRRR I HATE TRAINS


phew, i normally hate trains cos they make me late... not today...today i am 30 minutes early for work! waiting around in the office for something to do!


and RE:royal mail, work dont use them any more as they are so unrilable we use DHL or another firm i have forgoten the name of!