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Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry'

From	wasbit <wasbit@nowhere.com>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject	Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry'
Date	2025-02-28 09:29 +0000
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On 27/02/2025 18:38, 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.
> 

Can you continue in another group?
This has nothing to do with Windows 10.



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Regards
wasbit

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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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