bllody insurance and halfords!!

[Casper]

after waiting 4 (!!!!) months for my replacement bike (my cannondale f500 was nicked, they caught
the bloke and he admitted to nicking loads of bikes to fund his drug habit......he got 12 month
community rehabilitation order....what a waste as hes prob out nicking more bikes) my GT Avalanche
.5 arrived....7 weeks after being promised .... only to have 3 massive scratches on it....course i
wasnt going to accept it and now i have to wait another 3 weeks for a new one.....is this the record
wait from an insurance comany?!!!!!

[Thomas]

"Casper" <heavenatsevennospam@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:bp30hn$1k7jce$1@ID-206896.news.uni-berlin.de...
> after waiting 4 (!!!!) months for my replacement bike (my cannondale f500 was nicked, they caught
> the bloke and he admitted to nicking loads of
bikes
> to fund his drug habit......he got 12 month community rehabilitation order....what a waste as hes
> prob out nicking more bikes)

<snip>

Possibly, but I think you'd agree that's better than being locked up in jail with other inmates
offering tips on burglary, fraud, drug dealing etc. and how to get away with it. At least he now has
the ready help to get off drugs and into a worthwhile life.

Thomas.

[Just Zis Guy]

"Thomas" <tom [at] greysheep [dot] co [dot] uk> wrote:

>> to fund his drug habit......he got 12 month community rehabilitation order....what a waste as hes
>> prob out nicking more bikes)
>
> <snip>
>
> Possibly, but I think you'd agree that's better than being locked up in jail with other inmates
> offering tips on burglary, fraud, drug dealing etc. and how to get away with it. At least he now
> has the ready help to get off drugs and into a worthwhile life.

Well /I/ think they should cut off his goolies.

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[Mark Thompson]

> after waiting 4 (!!!!) months for my replacement bike (my cannondale f500 was nicked, they caught
> the bloke and he admitted to nicking loads of
bikes
> to fund his drug habit......he got 12 month community rehabilitation order....what a waste as hes
> prob out nicking more bikes) my GT Avalanche .5 arrived....7 weeks after being promised .... only
> to have 3 massive scratches on it....course i wasnt going to accept it and now i have to
wait
> another 3 weeks for a new one.....is this the record wait from an
insurance
> comany?!!!!!

Write and complain. If they are any good, when they offer you apology/token whatever, and ask if you
are happy with that, say no. They will immediately offer you something better. Works 9 times out of
10 in firms that have customer service training.

[Taywood]

> "Casper" <heavenatsevennospam@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:bp30hn$1k7jce$1@ID-206896.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > after waiting 4 (!!!!) months for my replacement bike (my cannondale
f500
> > was nicked, they caught the bloke and he admitted to nicking loads of
> bikes
> > to fund his drug habit......he got 12 month community rehabilitation order....what a waste as
> > hes prob out nicking more bikes)
> <snip>

> Possibly, but I think you'd agree that's better than being locked up in
jail
> with other inmates offering tips on burglary, fraud, drug dealing etc. and how to get away with
> it. At least he now has the ready help to get off
drugs
> and into a worthwhile life.

No I dont agree, and I dont know anyone personally who does. The thief should have been chained to
the wall and fed on gruel. That would have helped him off drugs.

Anybody who's sufferred a theft of personal things will almost certainly vote for a party prepared
to make prison life hard. Mike

BTW whats a gruel?

[Soup]

taywood wrote: <snip>
> BTW whats a gruel?

Not "a" . Just gruel. A sort of watery porridge. Cheap as chips hence used for bulk feeding but it
is virtually tasteless and grotty to eat .

http://www.mrbreakfast.com/ask.asp?askid=10 << recipe, e.t.c. .

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[Just Zis Guy]

Soup wrote:

> Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant!

Quidquid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur, eh?

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[Thomas]

"taywood" <taywood@deadspam.com> wrote in message
news:bp3o10$1jdb6m$1@ID-131715.news.uni-berlin.de...
>
> > "Casper" <heavenatsevennospam@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:bp30hn$1k7jce$1@ID-206896.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > > after waiting 4 (!!!!) months for my replacement bike (my cannondale
> f500
> > > was nicked, they caught the bloke and he admitted to nicking loads of
> > bikes
> > > to fund his drug habit......he got 12 month community rehabilitation order....what a waste as
> > > hes prob out nicking more bikes)
> > <snip>
>
> > Possibly, but I think you'd agree that's better than being locked up in
> jail
> > with other inmates offering tips on burglary, fraud, drug dealing etc.
and
> > how to get away with it. At least he now has the ready help to get off
> drugs
> > and into a worthwhile life.
>
> No I dont agree, and I dont know anyone personally who does. The thief should have been chained to
> the wall and fed on gruel.

Fair enough, everyone's entitled to their opinion.

> That would have helped him off drugs.

And been thoroughly inhumane.

> Anybody who's sufferred a theft of personal things will almost certainly vote for a party prepared
> to make prison life hard. Mike

I've always loved being the "almost." I've both suffered personal theft and been found in a pool of
my own blood before. Sure, it'd be nice to kick the crap out of the bastards that did it, but, as
time has shown, that's not going to stop the problem.

/runs away with his hangover

[Chris Bardell]

"taywood" <taywood@deadspam.com> wrote in message
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> No I dont agree, and I dont know anyone personally who does. The thief should have been chained to
> the wall and fed on gruel. That would have helped him off drugs.
>
> Anybody who's sufferred a theft of personal things will almost certainly vote for a party prepared
> to make prison life hard. Mike

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