Motors Chat Thread Round 1

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime · 15-09-2012 08:07PM

moral of story: bubble wrap seeks more attention and annoys staff for kicks

BUBBLE WRAP · 15-09-2012 09:03PM

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

moral of story: bubble wrap seeks more attention and annoys staff for kicks

Well, like that just your opinion man....

dar83 · 15-09-2012 09:17PM

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

Well, like that just your opinion man....

Do you look like this by any chance?

BUBBLE WRAP · 15-09-2012 09:19PM

dar83 wrote: »

Do you look like this by any chance?

No. :pac:

CianRyan · 15-09-2012 10:09PM

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

I was in Halfords today, I bought spray paint. I picked up a can that was on the shelf and has empty. So I walked up to but a full can of paint and the one that was half empty. The fella behind the till, Picked up the half empty one and attempts to scan it. He failed to scan it as the bar-code was gone, as it had been used before. He left down the half empty can of paint , he then picked up the full one. Scans it and says. Okay thats 20 euro... I interrupted: AH HA! What says he. I explained how one can was half empty and I done it to see, if he would try to sell me a "used" product. So he went and got another full can.

I watched him as he swapped the used can of with a full one and left the half full can back onto the shelf. Which lefft me with two full cans of spray paint, which is what I wanted. Halford 0 BUBBLE WRAP 1.

So the moral of the story is, watch the cans of paint people. :cool:

€20 for spray paint?!
Sweet Jesus that's expensive. :eek:

Hal1 · 15-09-2012 10:36PM

An exact match can of spray (500ml) in vinny byrnes cost €25. But you get what you pay for with them.

TestTransmission · 15-09-2012 11:10PM

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

I was in Halfords today, I bought spray paint. I picked up a can that was on the shelf and has empty. So I walked up to but a full can of paint and the one that was half empty. The fella behind the till, Picked up the half empty one and attempts to scan it. He failed to scan it as the bar-code was gone, as it had been used before. He left down the half empty can of paint , he then picked up the full one. Scans it and says. Okay thats 20 euro... I interrupted: AH HA! What says he. I explained how one can was half empty and I done it to see, if he would try to sell me a "used" product. So he went and got another full can.

I watched him as he swapped the used can of with a full one and left the half full can back onto the shelf. Which lefft me with two full cans of spray paint, which is what I wanted. Halford 0 BUBBLE WRAP 1.

So the moral of the story is, watch the cans of paint people. :cool:

Why would you do this?

Toyotafanboi · 15-09-2012 11:12PM

TestTransmission wrote: »

Why would you do this?

i dont quite understand how a can was gotten for free...

seems like an awful lot of work for a rattle can.

CianRyan · 15-09-2012 11:23PM

Hmm, when I buy paint I usually bay about €4 for 500m.
Generally this, never tried to use it on a car but it's perfect on everything else, bikes, guitars, etc. You can even get nitro colours which look great on wood.

Hal1 · 15-09-2012 11:24PM

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

i dont quite understand how a can was gotten for free...

BubbleWrap wrote:

So I walked up to but a full can of paint

:eek:

15-09-2012 11:24PM

He didn't get a can for free, he got two new, untampered with ones for €20, presumably a tenner each. He seems to reckon there was also a half used one available that he initially brought to the counter to see would they sell it as a new one.

Savage story in fairness.

BUBBLE WRAP · 15-09-2012 11:30PM

RoverJames wrote: »

He didn't get a can for free, he got two new, untampered with ones for €20, presumably a tenner each. He seems to reckon there was also a half used one available that he initially brought to the counter to see would they sell it as a new one.

Savage story in fairness.

Exactly.

Edit: the small cans are E9.99, But it was an exact match to the broom yellow.

15-09-2012 11:37PM

.... the fooooker didn't give you the 2c change either :mad: :pac:

BUBBLE WRAP · 15-09-2012 11:39PM

RoverJames wrote: »

.... the fooooker didn't give you the 2c change either :mad: :pac:

Oh no, he did. He wasn't that bad.

I just didn't think it was important enough to include in the story.

Toyotafanboi · 15-09-2012 11:42PM

RoverJames wrote: »

He didn't get a can for free, he got two new, untampered with ones for €20, presumably a tenner each. He seems to reckon there was also a half used one available that he initially brought to the counter to see would they sell it as a new one.

Savage story in fairness.

Ok, so the story is, BW went to halfords and bought two rattle cans for a tenner each.

and avoided buying a half empty one through his own wit.

and BW just brought it to the counter to see would the assistant check was it full or not before scanning it for ****s and giggles.

?

man goes to motor factors to buy paint and returns home with said paint, its the feel good story of the year :pac:

BUBBLE WRAP · 15-09-2012 11:46PM

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Ok, so the story is, BW went to halfords and bought two rattle cans for a tenner each.

and avoided buying a half empty one through his own wit.

and BW just brought it to the counter to see would the assistant check was it full or not before scanning it for ****s and giggles.

?

man goes to motor factors to buy paint and returns home with said paint, its the feel good story of the year :pac:

Well, I wanted to see would they try and sell me a half empty can for 9.99. Which he did try, he know full well that it was have empty when he failed to scan it.

Then he walked down to the paint, put back the half empty can on the shelf. Took a full can up to the counter.

Toyotafanboi · 16-09-2012 12:01AM

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

Well, I wanted to see would they try and sell me a half empty can for 9.99. Which he did try, he know full well that it was have empty when he failed to scan it. Then he walked down to the paint, put back the half empty can on the shelf. Took a full can up to the counter.

ah man i dont think theres actually a conspiracy between the multi nation company halfords and trying to fob off a half emoty rattle can.

the sales assistant probably doesnt give a **** and threw it in the bin because it has no literal or noticable bearing on him if it sells or not.

as you may or may not know i work for the electrical department of a major supermarket and i dont check the contents of every box i sell, quite simply because i dont give a ****. I mean if for some peculiar reason a TV box should appear for sale with only half a telly in it, i will simply record it and bin it. The company will hardly miss the small amount of money that TV would generate to the extent of where they would expect me to replace it on the shelf hoping to pawn it off on somebody else.

Halfords having a conspiracy to sell half empty stuff to maximise profit = no
Halfords staff for the majority appearing to be as thick as pig **** = yes

Tallon · 16-09-2012 12:31AM

TestTransmission wrote: »

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

I was in Halfords today, I bought spray paint. I picked up a can that was on the shelf and has empty. So I walked up to but a full can of paint and the one that was half empty. The fella behind the till, Picked up the half empty one and attempts to scan it. He failed to scan it as the bar-code was gone, as it had been used before. He left down the half empty can of paint , he then picked up the full one. Scans it and says. Okay thats 20 euro... I interrupted: AH HA! What says he. I explained how one can was half empty and I done it to see, if he would try to sell me a "used" product. So he went and got another full can.

I watched him as he swapped the used can of with a full one and left the half full can back onto the shelf. Which lefft me with two full cans of spray paint, which is what I wanted. Halford 0 BUBBLE WRAP 1.

So the moral of the story is, watch the cans of paint people. :cool:

Why would you do this?

Why would he what? Catch an asshole out?

Toyotafanboi · 16-09-2012 12:32AM

Tallon wrote: »

Why would he what? Catch an asshole out?

you seriously think the halfords assistant was conspiring to sell a half empty aerosol can?

Tallon · 16-09-2012 12:37AM

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Tallon wrote: »

Why would he what? Catch an asshole out?

you seriously think the halfords assistant was conspiring to sell a half empty aerosol can?

He picked up a half can, with a used label and continued to follow through with the sale... Knowing it was used / damaged!

Then he put said can back on the shelf!

He sounds like an asshole!

You going to play the 'he's only an assistant and doesn't make the rules' card?

Toyotafanboi · 16-09-2012 12:45AM

Tallon wrote: »

He picked up a half can, with a used label and continued to follow through with the sale... Knowing it was used / damaged!

Then he put said can back on the shelf!

He sounds like an asshole!

You going to play the 'he's only an assistant and doesn't make the rules' card?

what the hell is a used label?

an asshole? seriously?

the only potential asshole in this situation is the one who cant tell that the can of paint they are about to buy is already empty.

he is only an assistant, he doesn't make the rules and the majority of people in bottom of the range, "no skill" positions as shop assistants and store bitches as a general rule seem to be **** at what they do in most multi national outlets, its almost to be expected.

16-09-2012 12:54AM

..... People have been dashcammed for less :pac:

Toyotafanboi · 16-09-2012 12:58AM

would it be beyond riddiculous that the half used can that was first on the shelf initially, that BW had taken to the counter, that the assistant then replaced first on the shelf was a sample test can?

the sort of can you give a quick dart of onto a sheet of cardboard before you buy it so your satisfied with the quality. As it happens the last halfords i was in i'm confident actually had sheets of paper on the shelf too offering you to sample the colours onto them.

not that that method is 100% accurate but its a very plausable, logical answer.

sean1141 · 16-09-2012 01:03AM

I love xenons!

Toyotafanboi · 16-09-2012 01:09AM

ahem... back on track :pac:

the glanza repairs were finished for me one tuesday evening, very happy with the repair work, only sorry they didn't wash the car before they gave it back, lovely shiney bumper and bonnet and the rest of the car mankey dirty, but the work itself is top notch

coming dangerously close to fitting some sort of blow off valve... fortunately i dont have the disposable income. think i'm doing well keeping it standard.

Tallon · 16-09-2012 03:21AM

Tallon wrote: »

He picked up a half can, with a used label and continued to follow through with the sale... Knowing it was used / damaged!

Then he put said can back on the shelf!

He sounds like an asshole!

You going to play the 'he's only an assistant and doesn't make the rules' card?

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

what the hell is a used label?

an asshole? seriously?

the only potential asshole in this situation is the one who cant tell that the can of paint they are about to buy is already empty.

he is only an assistant, he doesn't make the rules and the majority of people in bottom of the range, "no skill" positions as shop assistants and store bitches as a general rule seem to be **** at what they do in most multi national outlets, its almost to be expected.

Thanks for proving my point!

'he's only an assistant!'

He's not gonna lose his job by raising a concern on the fact that they're selling second hand stuff!

dgt · 16-09-2012 04:09AM

Free food isn't always nice. I fed the car park in Summerhill with half digested crap

Aslo, my part worn nonsense is catching up with me, arrived home to find 10 psi of air in one of the tyres :mad:

Toyotafanboi · 16-09-2012 09:41AM

Tallon wrote: »

Thanks for proving my point!

'he's only an assistant!'

He's not gonna lose his job by raising a concern on the fact that they're selling second hand stuff!

second hand stuff? you really are twisting words here.

in fairness he's also not going to get a promotion if he sells the half empty can.

i'm still going with the theory it was a test can, it makes good sense.

very unfair to call the assistant an asshole. people these days need to grow up and stop expecting other people to do stuff for them. if your so bad that you dont know that the can is empty before you buy it then you deserve that empty can. i dont see the woman in tescos opening my butter/ tinned beans/ cans of beer every week to make sure they are all full.

BUBBLE WRAP · 16-09-2012 11:28AM

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

would it be beyond riddiculous that the half used can that was first on the shelf initially, that BW had taken to the counter, that the assistant then replaced first on the shelf was a sample test can?

the sort of can you give a quick dart of onto a sheet of cardboard before you buy it so your satisfied with the quality. As it happens the last halfords i was in i'm confident actually had sheets of paper on the shelf too offering you to sample the colours onto them.

not that that method is 100% accurate but its a very plausable, logical answer.

Maybe, but in this situation your wrong. In halford in sligo they have a sign up "Do not use the paint, if you spray it you buy it". Or something along those lines. There is no sheets of paper to "Test" the paint either.

EDIT: What it was I presume is, that someone came in to the shop and tested themselves, then put it back. So I basically, done that was to see would he pass of a half empty can of paint as a full one. Which is, what he tried to do.

16-09-2012 11:41AM

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

.............

EDIT: What it was I presume is, that someone came in to the shop and tested themselves, then put it back. So I basically, done that was to see would he pass of a half empty can of paint as a full one. Which is, what he tried to do.

Maybe he didn't actually know it was used but presumed as you were bringing it to the till you were happy with your selection. Generally speaking only a f**ktard would do what you did and reckon it's 1 - 0 to you.

It's looking like BW 0 - Common Sense 2 to me, both OGs too

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