Into
another year already, where did 2013 go to?
Now then, what has happened since my last episode?
Christmas
has come and gone and passed off well, fairly quiet on the actual day itself,
but we managed to avoid snow, ice, four day old sausages (regular readers will
remember the events of two years ago) and overeating. The television choice as usual was pretty bad
and we spent some time watching ancient episodes of The Walton’s and Little House
on The Prairie for some proper, wholesome, non-offensive family viewing. Santa found his way to the tree and left some
goodies. He appreciated the carrots for
his hoofed helpers but was less than impressed with the glass of water which I
was instructed to leave him. Apparently that
was what he wanted, according to my parents as they filled a couple of sherry
glasses to the brim and tucked in. They were
wrong; Santa wanted something a little more potent.
The
television presenters and so-called experts are banging on about climate change
being the reason we are experiencing flooding around the country. I am sure that it has more to do with barmy
council officials granting planning for houses and retail parks on flood
plains, thereby taking away drainage that has been in place for many years and
not creating sufficient new ditches, drains and soakaways. Fortunately I have not been affected by
flooding in this house.......just as well really as if I flood then the rest of
the town will be like Atlantis seeing as how I live at the top of a hill. More houses are about to be built near me so
this non-flooding situation might change over the next year or two.
Before
Christmas I purchased a new vacuum cleaner.
I looked online at a large retailer’s website, reserved it and collected
it a few hours later. On checking my receipt
when I got home, I realised they had overcharged me by £80 so contacted the
store and agreed to return later in the week to speak to the manager and get a
refund. Simple enough.......oh no. I duly turned up with my receipt and a
screenshot of the item with the price advertised only to be told that was
incorrect and it had never been offered at that price, therefore a refund was
out of the question. Once I was fed up
arguing the point with him, I guess he thought that was the end of the matter. Silly man, he should have thought this one
through. I wrote and complained to his
head office who replied stating that just because an item is reserved and
collected the same day does not mean the price is the same. They further listed all the price changes on
this item over a short period of time. Thanks
very much for that, just what I needed for Trading Standards! To cut a long story short, I had a refund for
more than the difference between price advertised and price paid and Trading
Standards are investigating the pricing anomalies on the company. I also have a great vacuum cleaner. Result!
My
next mission is to have a proper sort out of every room in the house and see
what I can unearth. Rumour has it that a
reward is still being offered for the capture of Lord Lucan. I just may be able to claim this money by the
end of this project..........
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