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To Complain or not to complain!!!

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  • #32
    Celly Smunt
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭Celly Smunt


    i remember they used to give you a box of crisps,scabby bastards.


  • #33
    Squ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,082 ✭✭✭Squ


    Princess Peach wrote: »
    I don't believe in expiration dates. It's all just a conspiracy by the big food corporations to increase profits.
    I've ham in my fridge that will disagree with you


  • #34
    Light Switch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 262 ✭✭Light Switch


    audi02 wrote: »
    Well ye'll be all glad to know i got a letter back today from company today apologising for it and a wonderful €5 voucher for dunnes!!!!!!


    Hmm new 'scam' idea, write to a load of companies with a complaint..... Most will send you a voucher as goodwill.

    Wonder how much you realistically could get?


  • #35
    audi02
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 416 ✭✭audi02


    Light Switch wrote: »
    Hmm new 'scam' idea, write to a load of companies with a complaint..... Most will send you a voucher as goodwill.

    Wonder how much you realistically could get?

    Good question!!sayin that I did include the bag from the crisps with my letter as proof but ya'd never know???


  • #36
    areyawell
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,435 ✭✭✭areyawell


    I used to work in a small corner shop. When anything went out of date I used to get nail varnish remover and remove the dates off everything. Half the stock in the shop was out of date. No one ever complained. I was against it but was 16 and needed the money


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  • #37
    FanadMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,824 ✭✭✭FanadMan


    Princess Peach wrote: »
    I don't believe in expiration dates. It's all just a conspiracy by the big food corporations to increase profits.

    Have you ever eaten coleslaw that was past its use by date? I have and pity the people that were either in front or behind me when it kicked in! Was not a pretty sight. As I said earlier - Best Before is a guideline - Use By is a deadline!

    Granted, some things can be used after the Use By date - meat (if it's well cooked) but some things are better thrown out! Try sitting on a bus from Sligo to Galway after eating an egg sandwich that was out of date - no word of big food corporations then! Bus had to be stopped 4 times! And one of those was in the middle of nowhere - either stop or mega mess for them to clean up.

    Best before - def only a guideline. Used to work in a wee shop. Some of the kids used to try and take crisps and chocs back that were on the BBF date. Tried to explain what it meant and used to eat the stuff in front of them :D

    In the end, is down to the customer - if they are convinced that something is past its BBF date today and they eat it, they are gonna get sick.....some won't. But when it comes to Use By.....just throw it out.


  • #38
    FanadMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,824 ✭✭✭FanadMan


    Funny story bout the Use By Date thing. Years ago, my mum bought a fresh chicken in Letterkenny in one of the major chain shops.....so major, they have two of them in the town ;) When she opened the pack, the smell was terrible - even the dog ran away! Had a look at the pack and noticed that the label didn't look square so started peeling. There was another label underneath with a Use By stamp dated two weeks earlier!

    My mum got straight on the phone to them - was put through to the Deli manager. Was told that next time she was in to ask for him. So a couple of weeks she did, was offered a large turkey and a joint of ham if she didn't go any further with it. Needless to say, that weekend we ate well :D


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