Beer Necessity wrote:Bloody US postal charges!!! It's so frustrating. I've just coughed up 12 quid in import tax for the S3 Boston Legal DVD on top of the 6 quid international postage charge which means I paid around 35 quid for something the retailer only asked £18 for! Grrr.
CatNamedRudy wrote:Sucks to be you guys in the DVD department from every angle!
You have that stupid Regional DVD player thing that screws you over and when you manage to get a multi-region DVD player, you get screwed again by having to pay extra to region 1 DVD's shipped from the US.
Bummer!
CatNamedRudy wrote:My rant of the day has nothing to do with the postal service. (although we had none yesterday as it was National Columbus Came to an Already Inhabited Place and Claimed He Discovered It and Slaughtered All the Native Peoples Day). My rant has to do with STUPID PEOPLE!
Yesterday I talked to one of my stupid offenders and told him his days to report were the FIRST and THIRD Tuesday of the month. I have told him this at least 10 times previously AND I have given him at least 2 Reporting schedules with EVERY DAY HE IS TO REPORT on it! So I told him again that he is to see me next Tuesday.
30 minutes later he leaves me a voice mail message asking if he is supposed to report tomorrow (this was yesterday so he meant today!). I DID NOT call him back because he irritates the snot out of me and I want to harm him in many ways that would probably get me fired. He called me AGAIN this morning to ask when he was supposed to report!
AAARRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!
Moon-Crane wrote:CatNamedRudy wrote:Sucks to be you guys in the DVD department from every angle!
You have that stupid Regional DVD player thing that screws you over and when you manage to get a multi-region DVD player, you get screwed again by having to pay extra to region 1 DVD's shipped from the US.
Bummer!
You have a region as well - Region 1? I assume most players sold in the US are locked to R1 like ours are locked to R2? Its easy enough to buy a multi-region player though, which is probably the same over there.
We're certainly screwed when it comes to the price of many things though.
Paul B wrote:I agree, that's absolutely infuriating. I suggest using AxelMusic.com - it's a great retailer for American DVDs, and there's absolutely no risk of import tax, even for items over £18.
I've only had to pay the tax once, for SpongeBob S1 (:oops:), after that I found out about the stupid rules and became a lot more careful.
I agree, that's absolutely infuriating. I suggest using AxelMusic.com - it's a great retailer for American DVDs, and there's absolutely no risk of import tax, even for items over £18.
Cake for Brains wrote:I agree, that's absolutely infuriating. I suggest using AxelMusic.com - it's a great retailer for American DVDs, and there's absolutely no risk of import tax, even for items over £18.
I used AxelMusic for the first time last week, based on your recommendation. Seemed easy to use, fairly cheao - just hope my DVD arrives safe and sound.
Paul B wrote:Cake for Brains wrote:I agree, that's absolutely infuriating. I suggest using AxelMusic.com - it's a great retailer for American DVDs, and there's absolutely no risk of import tax, even for items over £18.
I used AxelMusic for the first time last week, based on your recommendation. Seemed easy to use, fairly cheao - just hope my DVD arrives safe and sound.
Oh, neat. Just don't kill me if something goes wrong - which I doubt it will. What did you buy?
Moon-Crane wrote:You have a region as well - Region 1? I assume most players sold in the US are locked to R1 like ours are locked to R2? Its easy enough to buy a multi-region player though, which is probably the same over there.
We're certainly screwed when it comes to the price of many things though.
CatNamedRudy wrote:My rant of the day has nothing to do with the postal service. (although we had none yesterday as it was National Columbus Came to an Already Inhabited Place and Claimed He Discovered It and Slaughtered All the Native Peoples Day). My rant has to do with STUPID PEOPLE!
Yesterday I talked to one of my stupid offenders and told him his days to report were the FIRST and THIRD Tuesday of the month. I have told him this at least 10 times previously AND I have given him at least 2 Reporting schedules with EVERY DAY HE IS TO REPORT on it! So I told him again that he is to see me next Tuesday.
30 minutes later he leaves me a voice mail message asking if he is supposed to report tomorrow (this was yesterday so he meant today!). I DID NOT call him back because he irritates the snot out of me and I want to harm him in many ways that would probably get me fired. He called me AGAIN this morning to ask when he was supposed to report!
AAARRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!
Moon-Crane wrote:Reminds me of when they try to teach Homer his new identity in Cape Feare.
Mayday Malone wrote:Do you really, really want me to rant?
I could go for days.
Sideshow Meg wrote:This was actually from yesterday, on my blog but hey, there's a rant thread now! Do I win longest rant?
Moon-Crane wrote:Just heard some dropkick on James Whale's radio show going on about the evil of gay people, after having watched the Stephen Fry documentary - the scale of having missed the point is staggering . Of course Whaley gave him short shrift and vented his spleen on the moron - especially when he started to quote the bible.
Beer Necessity wrote:Sideshow Meg wrote:This was actually from yesterday, on my blog but hey, there's a rant thread now! Do I win longest rant?
Longest, certainly, but it all felt too quaint and nice to be a rant! Where was all the swearing!!
I'm considering a rule whereby every post made in this thread must contain at least one 'fuck'.
Sideshow Meg wrote:Beer Necessity wrote:Sideshow Meg wrote:This was actually from yesterday, on my blog but hey, there's a rant thread now! Do I win longest rant?
Longest, certainly, but it all felt too quaint and nice to be a rant! Where was all the swearing!!
I'm considering a rule whereby every post made in this thread must contain at least one 'fuck'.
It was slightly edited before I posted on my Livejournal. I was going to include a bit about the tutor not bending over to fuck W up the arse just because he made a good point, but decided perhaps not.
Moon-Crane wrote:If i have to see or hear the word 'synergy' one more time today, i'm going to kill the person who uses it. What is it with nonsensical marketing speak It's creeping into every day life - '24/7' and '110%' wind me up, too. Fuckers.
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