Druidic Dabblings and General Twaddle !!

[sfrs4]

I deal with this incompetence daily, my job is selling you guys parts to keep you all moving, we use DHL, FedEx, APC and various pallet companies, not one of them is more than 70% competent at doing their job's and the customer services are all horrendous, nearly every time you call them you get someone who speaks pigeon English at best and doesn't care, customer services are the business equivalent of infantry troops sat on the front line as cannon fodder, they are sat at home not an office anymore, saying "sorry for the problem" while yawning and watching some daytime drivel on TV, when you ask to be passed on to someone that can actually help they can't do that either, because there isn't anyone else in their front room with them. " someone will call you back in 4 hrs"...... 4 flipping hours, it NEVER happens.
FedEx are one of the worst, now they absorbed TNT they use the American way of F everyone else we'll do as we please and hide behind the self satisfaction that you can't afford to pursue this through any form of legal challenge against a multi million pound multinational company.
There is no wonder I am bald and have high blood pressure, I have incompetence to the left of me, upset customers to the right and the road ahead is blocked by depot management that fudge delivery details so it looks like there are no problems to regional management and customers, some of what we see happen is tantamount to criminal fraud, they will say deliveries have been made on time, or business closed on delivery attempt, or even get drivers to sign for the consignment saying delivered and then deliver it either later if it was time sensitive or next day, for 2 reasons, 1 is they haven't failed a delivery which will effect depot productivity figures and thus the depot managers bonus and 2 the worse reason, they wouldn't have to refund the customer for their failed delivery if the customer doesn't know, which I believe that could be classed as Fraud by false representation or Fraud by failure to disclose information.

 

[V8Druid]

I deal with this incompetence daily, my job is selling you guys parts to keep you all moving, we use DHL, FedEx, APC and various pallet companies, not one of them is more than 70% competent at doing their job's and the customer services are all horrendous, nearly every time you call them you get someone who speaks pigeon English at best and doesn't care, customer services are the business equivalent of infantry troops sat on the front line as cannon fodder, they are sat at home not an office anymore, saying "sorry for the problem" while yawning and watching some daytime drivel on TV, when you ask to be passed on to someone that can actually help they can't do that either, because there isn't anyone else in their front room with them. " someone will call you back in 4 hrs"...... 4 flipping hours, it NEVER happens.
FedEx are one of the worst, now they absorbed TNT they use the American way of F everyone else we'll do as we please and hide behind the self satisfaction that you can't afford to pursue this through any form of legal challenge against a multi million pound multinational company.
There is no wonder I am bald and have high blood pressure, I have incompetence to the left of me, upset customers to the right and the road ahead is blocked by depot management that fudge delivery details so it looks like there are no problems to regional management and customers, some of what we see happen is tantamount to criminal fraud, they will say deliveries have been made on time, or business closed on delivery attempt, or even get drivers to sign for the consignment saying delivered and then deliver it either later if it was time sensitive or next day, for 2 reasons, 1 is they haven't failed a delivery which will effect depot productivity figures and thus the depot managers bonus and 2 the worse reason, they wouldn't have to refund the customer for their failed delivery if the customer doesn't know, which I believe that could be classed as Fraud by false representation or Fraud by failure to disclose information.

aside from breach of contract on a next day/24hr/48hr that takes a week ws

 

[CPS]

So its not just me that get this then honestly I could write a book.

FedEx are abysmal..

Booked them to take a parcel to France... simply never turned up at all to collect it..

A supplier sent over a part with FedEx on 24hr service.. wasn't a huge rush on my part for it, but everyday the tracker said "out for delivery " was meant to be there on the the Monday. But Friday i was needing it so I thought, il call the local depot. Got a local lady answered straight ... I was expecting to be put throw the usual switch board s**t... I actually had a mouth full of crisps when she answered
Told her the crack and she was like.. ok let me see who does your run, then she actually said... "a s**t, that prick"

Eventually he turned up on the Monday stinking of booze

 

[V8Druid]

been out lunchtime to meet an old school friend who's selling her barn conversion locally -- lives in Bath and has had it let for decades - current tenant has died and she's gonna sell with all the new tenancy shite in mind
not seen it since it was a barn on her dad's farm so went to have a shufty, 'fore it's gone.
bloody lovely job on it and it should walk away .. 10 acre paddock and 10 acres of woodland with it - totally private, but 10 min.s from town - stunning

got back about four to find this on the door step

 

[Lancs Lad]

Carriers ...
Like every other penny profit industry it's pretty much propped up by retards or the boat people now.
Also compounded by DX/FedEx got the monopoly of stuff no one else will take.

A mass exodus of the boat people would finish this industry overnight...along with deliveruber etc. reckoning isn't far away

We get a daily collection from the big 2 every day ....spend x£k a month and still get the "oh we forgot to collect today" so heaven help you if you are a simple peasant awaiting a delivery

 

[V8Druid]

been a 'bitty' couple of days in Druidville .... getting odds an' sods done ...

spent some time Friday tracking down an Evri delivery that'd been delivered - just not here - usual bloke must be on holiday ... eventually found it - case of carb cleaner

down to me last can and can't not have it in the arsenal

Saturday spent a few hours up the top of a 4m double extender re-positioning and re-fixing some slates on our tall pine end edge, that the southerlys give a caning to.
Pam footing the ladders, wimping - gets a nose bleed on a chair - not happy with me scampering up and down 7m with tools in me hands. Ladders/heights have never bothered me .. didn't get any pix - should've - great views

my pressurised hose supply has been weeping through a tee-ed tap for a week or five - alright as long as the hose has a stop end on it, other wise the pump keeps pressurising the line every half our or so ... so bit of a plumbing task -- got a load of bits out and got creative

second ball valve cured the leaky tee-ed valve - didn't have a tee to chuck in its place
cuminfas triumph again

got a tree that's had the ground let go around its roots and is one we planted in 2010 which we'd transplanted from Pam's old house as a little un so had to give it a fighting chance -- gets watered alternate days but the ground is sooooo dry
scabby sling round the tree so's it doesn't bite and 'lorry driver'shitch' to haul it back into place

wrestled the cover back onto lil' Jakie after getting him back in hos parking spot -- forecast was rain -- never happened

I know I've asked the Q a few times - " why do folk park their tiltys for sale at odd angles? " ... been watching my VA-r get a slant on for the last couple of weeks - no leaks anywhere - assume the heat is pushing the oil around in the tilt rams? alternate tops/bottoms are interconnected with tees (with valves between supply lines) but this was upright when parked

Sunday started on the countax - after I'd had me 'Hamster juice' stuffed into me left arm ... so many leaves on the lawn it looked like autumn, so put the sweeper round it - no blades required - hasn't grown since it's last encounter with the Countax ... still had a sweeper full of leaves and detritus off it though

then ran it down the side of the drive for its usual 5 or 6 passes and lost the results down the bottom of the bank

then had a crack at summat I've been trying to get round to for months
cut a piece of flat for these when I had the 'stock' uncovered, for some angle, etc. to make the manhole surround, so got it set out, drilled, chopped to length and introduced to the bender

and I'm out of pix/on the limit

 

[V8Druid]

two perfect 90s for ...

and this'll give it away

as said ... been trying to get this installed for months

needed to keep it 'off the wall' to be able to get the bends in the exhaust/inlet lines ... very restricted above and below for position
attached the power supply to the back end

so's it's not 'floating' about on the bench
got the external bits attached ... found a suitable 'cover' for the air intake filter, which has a cap to fit ,when not in use in the inevitable lousy winter weather

only thing left to do is extend the exhaust outlet down a few feet .. have found a suitable length of thin wall chromed tube sat about (old hanger rail from an old wardrobe i demolished, some time ago - 'nother cuminfa ) - just need to swage the end out half a mil for a nice slip over fit ...... and it was time for a trial

but first i needed to get some cherry into its tank.
not a lot of room above the filler due to a shelf above, so got inventive
worked a treat ... will create something a little less 'Heath' at a later date

got it up to full level and hit the go button .... made a lot of clicking noises while the pulse pump got the fuel to where it had to go and then this little 'jet engine' sounding beasty crept into life, running up to quite a serious speed .... the heat is impressive
shut the door and left it for ten minutes or so and was 'kin warm in there when I went back in to check and shut it down for tea time
's gonna be a great tool when the weather goes to tish ...
might invest in a.n.other one to go in the box with the lathe in it too ...
where to put it might be an issue to get the exhaust outside ....
on the back of the door'd be my first thought - right by the lathe

 

[V8Druid]

Carriers ...
Like every other penny profit industry it's pretty much propped up by retards or the boat people now.
Also compounded by DX/FedEx got the monopoly of stuff no one else will take.

A mass exodus of the boat people would finish this industry overnight...along with deliveruber etc. reckoning isn't far away

We get a daily collection from the big 2 every day ....spend x£k a month and still get the "oh we forgot to collect today" so heaven help you if you are a simple peasant awaiting a delivery

yeh - used to use TNT regularly when i was 'functioning' ... pay for next day by 9 and'd take a couple of days .... gang of blokes stood about on site waiting for a bolt/fixing kit, the customer's QS had forgotten to include on the order paperwork
the timber frame boys contra invoiced TNT once for the five blokes on site for two days (that it took for an overnight to arrive) - got as far as their solicitor's letter demanding payment 'fore they stumped up on 'breach of contract' grounds, but fair play they got it were lucky they didn't go for consequential losses on site and only the erectors cost ... job couldn't really get going 'til the steel was up

 

[Lancs Lad]

yeh - used to use TNT regularly when i was 'functioning' ... pay for next day by 9 and'd take a couple of days .... gang of blokes stood about on site waiting for a bolt/fixing kit, the customer's QS had forgotten to include on the order paperwork
the timber frame boys contra invoiced TNT once for the five blokes on site for two days (that it took for an overnight to arrive) - got as far as their solicitor's letter demanding payment 'fore they stumped up on 'breach of contract' grounds, but fair play they got it were lucky they didn't go for consequential losses on site and only the erectors cost ... job couldn't really get going 'til the steel was up

I'd be amazed if you got anything for consequential loss. Their paperwork and t&C's are watertight . Only way is if they need your business

 

[V8Druid]

I'd be amazed if you got anything for consequential loss. Their paperwork and t&C's are watertight . Only way is if they need your business

I didn't pursue them, my customer did and that's why they didn't pursue consequentials .. they did get paid for their men stood about for two days though

 

[V8Druid]

and just to conclude the Fedex debacle ..... again bottom up

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From smith_and_allan

Hi Graham.

Excellent news! Pleased we could be helpful and apologies again for the inconvenience caused. We have used various couriers over the years and FedEx are actually one of the better ones overall. Sadly like you say there are incidents with all couriers, just part and parcel of it (pardon the pun!).

It's been a pleasure dealing with you, hope to do so again in the future.

Kind Regards, Danny

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You
Hi there
got home at 16.00 yesterday to find the attached sat on my door step, so fedex can actually find my address when they try

many thanks for all your efforts and great comm.s
restores faith in seller's responsibilities to their customers.

although I have dealt directly with you in the past, I find buying through ebay a quicker solution to my infrequent needs.

I'd certainly be giving Fedex a lot more grief, re. their appalling performance for their contracted service to deliver to your customers.

sadly though, I don't think there is much to choose from between them all ... they all employ muppets, who often times, can barely read or speak English to ask directions .. or worse still even care they have gotten it right!!

until the next time, have a great day
best regards,
Graham "

 

[V8Druid]

got these out today ....

and stuck the P38's bum in the air .... blocked the axle up (in case) and dropped the neg. off the battery

got some tools together after eyeballing the job and slid my bum under to do battle
disc-ed the nuts off the O/S sensor and wrestled the actuator arm out of its rubber mount on the trailing arm, having given it a good soaking in lube ... came out quite well TBH
then persuaded the new sensor into place in its mount and persuaded the actuator arm onto the trail arm rubber

then turned my attention to the left (N/S) unit

apologies for the poor images, but not an easy thing to get shots of
collect tools together and exit ..

they were just a tad past their use by dates

as were what was keeping them in situ

wound her up to get her down off the ramps and she sat level as ... obviously the sensors are 'communicating' as they should -- saved me the grief of re-setting their calibration with a lap top thank God .. 's a right faff .... put here up/down/back up and all seemed fine

spent a.n. other hour refitting the N/S front spat on the arch .... the wheel took it off some time ago on lock, down on the bump stops

give her a good blow over with the pressure washer next, put a couple of miles on her and get her MOT-ed next week ... me MOT mate, who usually does it, is in the IOM, ATM and ain't back 'til Tuesday ... all seems to be fine though - had a good eyeball underneath and it should be fine for a ticket

 

[V8Druid]

forgot to say ... I have a new pair for the fronts too, but having eyeballed them they look pretty reasonable and the last time I had the lap top hooked up they didn't seem to be giving any faults .. suck it and see ... gonna have to strip the cats off to get at the damned things and not keen on that as you have to drop the g/box cross member to drop them out all one piece in the vee to the manifolds and they appear to be bolted direct to the front chassis rails - with Philips' head M6s

 

[Jimoz]

You gonna flog the rangey then or just getting it back roadworthy? Why no pics of the barn conversion you visited?

 

[V8Druid]

You gonna flog the rangey then or just getting it back roadworthy? Why no pics of the barn conversion you visited?

no way ..
3.5t tug that owes me next to now't -
have had it more than 20 years -
It's got a brand new, (done less than 10k mile since fitted), engine in it, new boots all round and front swivels/track joints/rods all replaced/done -
the air 'spendies' was the only issue with it

not politic --
the barn is about to go on the market ... I'll link the brochure when it goes live

 

[topkit]

The air suspension is a doddle on the P38 when we had our one I changed all 4 airbags in about 3 Hours they cost me £200 for all 4 Dunlop airbags, Worst job was the O ring on the heater pipe behind the dash! I still have Hawkeye diagnostics for the P38 and Freelander

 

[V8Druid]

The air suspension is a doddle on the P38 when we had our one I changed all 4 airbags in about 3 Hours they cost me £200 for all 4 Dunlop airbags, Worst job was the O ring on the heater pipe behind the dash! I still have Hawkeye diagnostics for the P38 and Freelander

Yeh the air bags're not too bad - on a 4 poster
the heater o ring can continue to weep I've heard it's a bitch of a job
have an EAS disc and lead, but it's XP and a serial lead so have to borrow an XP laptop off a mate ... ought to buy a newer version really

 

[topkit]

Take the dash pod out and you can fiddle about and get to the O ring i cant remeber if its 2 nut or 2 screws to split the pipe and swap the ORing over. I did it all then started the car to make sure there were no leaks but stupidly i did not connect the dash back up so the Air bag light came straight on, Hence me buying Hawkeye to clear the fault, I knew what i had done as soon as i went to turn the key doh!!

 

[V8Druid]

Take the dash pod out and you can fiddle about and get to the O ring i cant remeber if its 2 nut or 2 screws to split the pipe and swap the ORing over. I did it all then started the car to make sure there were no leaks but stupidly i did not connect the dash back up so the Air bag light came straight on, Hence me buying Hawkeye to clear the fault, I knew what i had done as soon as i went to turn the key doh!!

you mean the instrument cluster - tacho/speedo/etc.?
have vague memories of buying the 'O' rings .. no idea WTF I'll have put them though ?? green ones aren't they?

 

[topkit]

Yes correct i think there are 4 screws oonce you get the instrument cluster out you can shine a torch down in there, Somwher i have the write up for doing this job, I will hunt it out for you.