I need to vent!

[kup]

The ahole 'likes' foreigners so much that when I asked politely if there were more economical options to Australia he just replies

NO.

How rude At least he could have said 'I am afraid not.' or something more polite.

How come these people always get the hard to find toys? Naturally it's only $2 shipping to the US.

[DarkHyren]

How come these people always get the hard to find toys? Naturally it's only $2 shipping to the US.

Two words: Mail forwarding.
Most mail forwarders charge a fee, but you can probally save at least US$20 rather then pay the US$43 to ship from him to you directly.
I havn't tried this yet with eBay, just other things, but it seems like a good method to try.
If you think he's being dodgey, beat him at his own game

[d*r*j*]

You could offer to mark the payment as a gift... taking away the sellers liability. I have not tried this method yet, but have considered it once or twice. In the olden days I would send US dollars in an evelope, mainly for records from ebay etc... sometimes you have to be the one to trust.

For sellers it's not about 'liking' foreigners, it's about people using paypal to rip off sellers.

[GoktimusPrime]

I'm currently logged on at Maccas using their Free WiFi service... and it's S L O W! Makes dialup look good. It took me four minutes just to post this! Is Maccas' wifi always this bad?

[kup]

I'm currently logged on at Maccas using their Free WiFi service... and it's S L O W! Makes dialup look good. It took me four minutes just to post this! Is Maccas' wifi always this bad?

Most Sydney Hotspots are.

[5FDP]

Most of you know that I was undertaking extensions at my place putting on a new room. This was supposedly finished last Friday with the builder rushing the job towards the end like he wanted to get out as fast as he could.

Well, as anyone in Sydney would know, we had a but-load of rain all day (I bet you can see where this is going) and the first thing I did this morning was call the wife when I got to work and asked her how the new drainage system was holding up. She said there were a 'few drips' in our enclosed BBQ area but nothing major.

When I got home, I went out the back to check and sure enough there was a pool of water dripping from the side of the house and under the eaves. You could even see the damp spot on the eaves meaning that water was under the roof and near the electrical cabling.

I called the builder as I noticed one gutter was completely blocked off by a metal plate causing it to over-flow into the roof. He said to me that the water should be flowing the other way towards the opposite downpipe even though our roof is tilted in the other direction! I calmly explained this to him and the fact that he chopped off the gutter which now had no where to run and he replied with "what would you like me to do?"

To cut a long story short, I was up on a flat metal roof in the dark and pouring rain all night tonight drilling holes in the gutters and eaves to release the pressure to avoid the internal ceiling from getting water damage and potentially collapsing

[Bartrim]

We have been quiet at work so I gave our 2nd office girl a day off today leaving just one office girl and myself in the office. Last night one of my suppliers shows up late in the afternoon and decides to take me to the club to watch origin. He put an open tab on the bar.

1+1+1 = me working today with a real bad hangover

[1AZRAEL1]

Posting about dodgy builder

I think you can actually get him in alot of trobule for that, I'm sure there is an ombudsman that deals with complaints about shoddy builders. His excuse "what would you like me to do" is a pretty piss poor effort. If they do the work wrong in the first place, I am pretty sure they are supposed to fix it for free.

Can always ask Fair Trading.

[5FDP]

I think you can actually get him in alot of trobule for that, I'm sure there is an ombudsman that deals with complaints about shoddy builders. His excuse "what would you like me to do" is a pretty piss poor effort. If they do the work wrong in the first place, I am pretty sure they are supposed to fix it for free.

Can always ask Fair Trading.

Thanks for the advice 1AZRAEL1. I thought that I had alleviated the problem last night but the wife just called and said that it was raining again this morning and water was flooding in under the eaves. It appears as though it has little to do with the blocked gutter; more likely to be something else with the roof. She called the builder and demanded that he come today to fix it as it's likely to cause an electrical fire.

If not done to my satisfaction, Dept. of Fair Trading will be my next course of action.

[1AZRAEL1]

If not done to my satisfaction, Dept. of Fair Trading will be my next course of action.

If not done right the second time, I would definitely go to fair trading. I hate shoddy builders.