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Lord TSC · 21-11-2012 08:28AM

****ing customs. Just got hit with a 28€ charge on some t-shirts I ordered from Rooster Teeth in America. 22% added on the value.

jaykhunter · 21-11-2012 12:08PM

Damn, that's quite a sting. Scumbag customs tax. How much was your order? IIRC it's quite a low threshold to be stung by it. As if P&P and wait times aren't bad enough!

Stepped out for an hour, wouldn't you know my amazon package arrived while I was out. Now I gotta go through dodgy-ville to the post office a bit later.

gnfnrhead · 21-11-2012 02:18PM

I won't order something online unless it says free P&P or at least has a very low one. Don't mind waiting longer if it saves money.

Lord TSC · 21-11-2012 02:20PM

In fairness, the nature of the shirts was I couldn't get them anywhere else. The Rooster Teeth site has become mine and my brother's favorite site, and I know the stuff I got him for Xmas from it will go down amazingly well. I don't mind paying for them, I just wish you got more notice than a postman arriving on your doorstep holding your items to ransom as you stand there freezing in your pants :P

GTR63 · 21-11-2012 02:48PM

So DiMatteo got the bullet. But the real question must be how Mark Hughes hasn't.

gnfnrhead · 21-11-2012 02:48PM

The Chelsea job would be the best job in the world to get. Just go through the motions and you'll get a massive pay off regardless of what happens. AVB did rubbish and got sacked, RDM won the double and got sacked about six months later! Get a nice contract at the start and you'll be sorted.

Charisteas · 21-11-2012 02:54PM

Teamshadowclan wrote: »

I just wish you got more notice than a postman arriving on your doorstep holding your items to ransom as you stand there freezing in your pants :P

What happens if you refuse to pay the postman? Do the products get returned to sender, or just destroyed?

Charisteas · 21-11-2012 02:56PM

jaykhunter wrote: »

Stepped out for an hour, wouldn't you know my amazon package arrived while I was out. Now I gotta go through dodgy-ville to the post office a bit later.

Let me guess, Rutland Place? Mind the Dutch Gold cans, vomit, and urine as you go :pac:

Angron · 21-11-2012 02:57PM

Maybe Chelsea could take a lesson from these guys

CMpunked · 21-11-2012 03:00PM

Teamshadowclan wrote: »

****ing customs. Just got hit with a 28€ charge on some t-shirts I ordered from Rooster Teeth in America.

QUALITY!

I love their lets plays.

cena · 21-11-2012 03:02PM

I have no problem paying customs if it comes from the states. Its mainly nhl jerseys I buy.

gnfnrhead · 21-11-2012 03:40PM

Denny M wrote: »

Maybe Chelsea could take a lesson from these guys

Bloody hell. I just won the Premier League with QPR after three seasons. Maybe I should start applying for these jobs.

Did it once for the Sunderland job when Keane left but never got an answer :pac:

Lord TSC · 21-11-2012 04:47PM

Telly Monster wrote: »

QUALITY!

I love their lets plays.

Shout out to lets plays

Lord TSC · 21-11-2012 04:57PM

Word of warning to PC gamers; apparently a Steam sale starts tonight and runs for the week.

If you've got 15€ to spare, I'll recommend this again; GET THE WALKING DEAD GAME! Last part came out this morning, and from a story point of view, it's easily my game of the year right now....

CMpunked · 21-11-2012 05:15PM

Teamshadowclan wrote: »

Shout out to lets plays

I was watching them for a good while before I ever seen their faces. I think it was as far back as it was just jack and geoff doing them but I found it very strange when I seen what they looked like. Twas weird!

Lord TSC · 21-11-2012 05:34PM

I was watching Red vs Blue for years before I actually realised they had their own site. A friend threw the first few seasons on a disc and told me to watch it.

Now, I've got the Rooster Teeth videos, the Acheivement Hunter videos, AND I'm trying to get through 150+ Podcasts :P

I want to work for them

CMpunked · 21-11-2012 05:39PM

Teamshadowclan wrote: »

I want to work for them

Me too. And if that little shít, gavin, can then anyone can. :pac:

Tinie · 21-11-2012 07:40PM

Rafa is back for round two with fergie.

GTR63 · 21-11-2012 09:18PM

Tinie wrote: »

Rafa is back for round two with fergie.

RAFA still Rulz.
Great bicycle from Mexes tonite, it'd be mindblowing if not for Zlatan.

Lord TSC · 21-11-2012 10:42PM

Telly Monster wrote: »

Me too. And if that little shít, gavin, can then anyone can. :pac:

Ah here, why all the Gavin hate. Always makes me laugh, usually because he has a great ability to set up jokes from others. He tends to make the Minecraft LPs for me.

"Hey Gavin, how big of a drop is th....OH GOD!"

CMpunked · 21-11-2012 10:47PM

Teamshadowclan wrote: »

Ah here, why all the Gavin hate. Always makes me laugh, usually because he has a great ability to set up jokes from others. He tends to make the Minecraft LPs for me.

"Hey Gavin, how big of a drop is th....OH GOD!"

Cos i'm a michael lover.

GTR63 · 22-11-2012 01:55AM

Teamshadowclan wrote: »

I'll recommend this again; GET THE WALKING DEAD GAME! Last part came out this morning, and from a story point of view, it's easily my game of the year right now....

Man I must get that game when its out. From a storyline pov ACIII is about as emotionally impactful as a dog licking itself. Picked up Hitman Absolution yesterday and won't have the time to play it until Friday. Anybody here being playing it?

jaykhunter · 22-11-2012 02:47AM

I finished WD : Ep 5 today as well. Really emotional stuff. Definitely required gaming!!

gnfnrhead · 22-11-2012 09:38PM

I hate American TV schedules. So much on during the Winter that I always end up falling behind but so little on during the Summer that I do be bored with nothing to watch. They should change it to suit me :pac:

Lord TSC · 22-11-2012 09:42PM

Telly Monster wrote: »

Cos i'm a michael lover.

One can be a Rage Quit guy AND a Slow Mo guy :P
I do adore the podcasts with Gav, Burnie and Michael though.

And so you know, I'm really hoping at least one person decides to check out their stuff as a result of our public convo and fall in love with them like I have :P

DEFTLEFTHAND · 23-11-2012 05:24PM

GTR63 wrote: »

Man I must get that game when its out. From a storyline pov ACIII is about as emotionally impactful as a dog licking itself. Picked up Hitman Absolution yesterday and won't have the time to play it until Friday. Anybody here being playing it?

Yeah I got it yesterday. To be honest I'm not really enjoying it so far, it's visually spectacular but the gameplay seems a bit foreign to the series. I suppose with a six year gap between releases and a different console there was always going to be change.

GTR63 · 23-11-2012 05:36PM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Yeah I got it yesterday. To be honest I'm not really enjoying it so far, it's visually spectacular but the gameplay seems a bit foreign to the series. I suppose with a six year gap between releases and a different console there was always going to be change.

Been playing it for two hours earlier. I uh enjoyed the tutorial but the next few were a bit What do I do here? for me. The Chinatown level I just shot the King cause it felt easier to do so after following him for 10 minutes. Just stopped playing the level where you evade the cops but I ended up in a shootout just like when I had to get to the hotel room.....

DEFTLEFTHAND · 23-11-2012 05:51PM

GTR63 wrote: »

Been playing it for two hours earlier. I uh enjoyed the tutorial but the next few were a bit What do I do here? for me. The Chinatown level I just shot the King cause it felt easier to do so after following him for 10 minutes. Just stopped playing the level where you evade the cops but I ended up in a shootout just like when I had to get to the hotel room.....

I'm only that far as well, I

've got through the library after a shootout with cops and I'm now on the rooftops trying to evade a helicopter that's firing on me. It's actually quite difficult I gave up with frustration last night.

The whole silent assassin thing seems to be thrown out the window, the game actively encourages you to get into shootouts which I'm not happy about at all.

Stereomaniac · 23-11-2012 07:07PM

If anyone is stuck for something to do in Waterford tomorrow night, Jasper Rua is playing in Sal's and it's free. Should be a pretty good show. Met the guy about a month ago and have arranged for him to open for one of my own shows next year. Worth a listen.

Hashtag_HEEL · 23-11-2012 09:16PM

When is it acceptable to put up the Christmas decorations? I usually hold out until my birthday, which is 17 days before X-mas.

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