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| From | "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-10 |
| Subject | Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' |
| Date | 2025-02-27 13:51 -0500 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <vpqc6p$37k43$2@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <vpqbjd$37oo3$1@dont-email.me> |
On 2/27/25 01:38 PM, 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
You paid 15 for delivery, and they delivered, why do you think you get it back?
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Alan K.
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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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