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Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry'

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On Sun, 2 Mar 2025 11:51:26 +0000, Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk>
wrote:

>John wrote:
>> On Sat, 1 Mar 2025 12:30:15 +0000, Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> John wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 28 Feb 2025 16:19:45 +0000, Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Ed Cryer wrote:
>>>>>> This is written in homage to Jonathan Swift; USA people might think of
>>>>>> Mark Twain. Note, however, that every word is true.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've bought lots of computer gear from Curry's, so I have previous
>>>>>> experience with them, and have often wished to publish an account.
>>>>>> This time I bought a fridge; but ended up entangled in the usual
>>>>>> bureaucratic mess. So here's my story of a should-be-simple procedure
>>>>>> that got mangled in the wheels.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I bought a fridge; paid full cash, including £15 to have it delivered on
>>>>>> a nominated date between 1 pm and 4-59pm (! yes, I know!). The
>>>>>> deliverers turned up at 11-30 am. Luckily I was in. They installed it
>>>>>> and took the old one away.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I went online to get my £15 back. I talked first of all to a Chat Bot;
>>>>>> purely automated, no human there at all; and the damn thing kept
>>>>>> referring me to lots of lists to choose from, but none of them covered
>>>>>> the situation I had encountered. Eventually the discussion rolled back
>>>>>> to the door I came in.
>>>>>> So then I phoned the number on their website, not the store itself (no
>>>>>> number shown for that), a call-centre; that too bounced me around the
>>>>>> houses, but eventually I got a human with a very heavily eastern-
>>>>>> accented tongue; and he said I had to go to the store.
>>>>>> I went to the store, explained the simple tale to the reception girl,
>>>>>> and she buried herself in her computer for almost a quarter of an hour,
>>>>>> after I'd handed her the purchase papers. Eventually she gave me the
>>>>>> following story.
>>>>>> She needed her boss' authorisation for the refund, and he wasn't around,
>>>>>> so she'd have to email him. Only then could I be refunded. In the
>>>>>> meantime I had to go away, await a phone call saying it was ok, come
>>>>>> back again. I asked for something in writing (or an email at least) that
>>>>>> I could show when I came back. She said "No need. All the managers would
>>>>>> be aware of it". I asked who the managers were, and they're the
>>>>>> assistants who wander around the shelves.
>>>>>> So then, I'll have to go back, pick an assistant, and see what happens.
>>>>>> Here's hoping! But I'm not too confident that I'll be £15 better off
>>>>>> after one more visit.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> To be continued.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ed
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, I'll be blowed, I got the refund.
>>>>> I didn't get a phone call, but I called in the store this next day and
>>>>> after a brief talk with an assistant I came out a winner.
>>>>
>>>>    Good.
>>>>
>>>>> End of tale.
>>>>
>>>>    I am happy for you. Tales of the littley guy winning over Big
>>>> Galactic Corporation are exceedingly rare.
>>>>
>>>>    Well done!
>>>>
>>>>                                                     J.
>>>
>>> Thanks for that. It took a lot of time and persevering effort. And for
>>> just £15, I wonder whether the trouble I took was worth the win.
>>>
>>> I'll avoid Curry's from now on.
>>> Where do other people in the UK get their tech and electrical stuff?
>> 
>>   I got a large thingy from Curry's a few days ago because they have a
>> store nearby, I could wheedle an employee into circumventing the
>> corporate policy that every customer must give a mobile telephone
>> number, they had what I wanted, it was at a price I could afford, they
>> offered relatively cheap next-morning delivery, I have a bookmark for
>> their website so I could read reviews without too much clickery and
>> the process was relatively painless.
>> 
>>   Usually, if I need a wire or connector or a new computer, I just
>> wander around the Town until I see what I want and buy it. I have no
>> store loyalty and only have Operating System loyalty if that forces my
>> choice of brands or stores.
>> 
>>   I do have an Apple laptoppy thing, wires for it and a Win-7 box and
>> lots of peripherals for her.
>> 
>>   Where I live, there are several small shops, millions of pop-up
>> booths and an Apple store so I'm well-served for bits. If I need
>> something rare and unobtainable locally, there is always the online
>> places.
>> 
>>   Does that help?
>> 
>>                                                            J.
>> 
>>>
>>> Ed
>
>It doesn't sound like my town.
>Do you live in the USA? 

 Oh, Hell, *no*!

 Not only don't I live in USAlia, I will never *visit* the place. From
what I can tell, the masses of gung-ho cops with guns don't much like
mouthy, little, hairy, opinionated gremlins who don't much respect
ignorant thugs with poor educations and bad attitudes. I'd be lucky to
get past the landing zone at an airport. 

 Do you remember that sequence in "Rambo: First Blood", where the
Sheriff in Bumfuck, Nazi-state keeps pushing until little Johnny
decides he's not going to take it any more? Well ... I'm no Rambo. I'd
survive about three insults and one "Fuck, you, Jimmy." 

 The MAGgots and other salted earth types would love me almost as much
as their cops. :)  

 USAliens have scared me off since about 1972. It's only become
steadily worse each and every week since. 


>I live in the UK.

 I live in UKland, too. The One True Country Of The Elder Gods. I just
live in a smallish City. 

                                                J. 

>
>Ed

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OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2025-02-27 18:38 +0000
  Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2025-02-27 18:50 +0000
    Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2025-02-28 23:50 +0000
  Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-02-27 13:51 -0500
    Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Jack <noreply@mandrill.com> - 2025-02-27 18:54 +0000
      Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2025-02-27 19:04 +0000
        Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Jim H <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-02-28 18:22 +0000
          Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2025-02-28 20:04 +0000
            Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2025-02-28 23:58 +0000
              Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2025-03-01 08:40 +0000
                Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2025-03-02 11:15 +0000
              Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-03-01 16:53 +0000
                Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2025-03-01 18:21 +0000
                Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-03-01 18:58 +0000
                Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2025-03-02 11:49 +0000
                Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-03-02 13:33 +0000
                Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2025-03-02 20:51 +0000
            Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Jim H <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-03-01 17:28 +0000
  Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' wasbit <wasbit@nowhere.com> - 2025-02-28 09:29 +0000
  Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2025-02-28 16:19 +0000
    Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2025-03-01 00:00 +0000
      Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2025-03-01 12:30 +0000
        Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2025-03-02 11:24 +0000
          Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2025-03-02 11:51 +0000
            Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2025-03-02 20:32 +0000

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