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#2894467 31-Mar-2022 08:02

I take my dog to the local park every evening for his walk (he is getting on, so the walks are getting smaller).

About a year ago, several sections of the car park were ripped up and poorly replaced. Over the last few months, more and more markings were appearing indicating that something was changing.

Last night I saw the change - tar and a handful of large stones thrown over the entire car park.

I now have a couple of small stone chips, tar over my tyres and shoes, a stone stuck somewhere around my wheels and what made me really angry was that I noticed the dog was limping; turned out he had three stones stuck to his foot.

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#2894553 31-Mar-2022 09:15

nzkiwiman:

I take my dog to the local park every evening for his walk (he is getting on, so the walks are getting smaller).

About a year ago, several sections of the car park were ripped up and poorly replaced. Over the last few months, more and more markings were appearing indicating that something was changing.

Last night I saw the change - tar and a handful of large stones thrown over the entire car park.

I now have a couple of small stone chips, tar over my tyres and shoes, a stone stuck somewhere around my wheels and what made me really angry was that I noticed the dog was limping; turned out he had three stones stuck to his foot.

That really grinds my gears.

Poor road resurfacing work seems to be the norm these days and is such a short-sighted way of saving a few bucks - because ultimately it becomes a bigger problem to fix and re-fix in the future. Do it well, do it once.

Also the use of cheap, poorly-laid chipseal is particularly galling.

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#2894595 31-Mar-2022 11:11

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#2894618 31-Mar-2022 11:54

When a client says they have bought a new laptop and can you set it up only to find it's sporting an A4-9125 and 4Gb RAM. *sigh*

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#2894634 31-Mar-2022 12:12

The idiotic size of car wheels/tyres nowadays.

New Lotus SUV (I know, a Lotus SUV, ye gods) - 23 inches...

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#2894835 31-Mar-2022 15:46

Amazon's useless emails. They tell me that they've dispatched my order, but don't bother to tell me which products. For bonus points, they can't even bother coding up an if statement: "Your item(s) is (are) being sent by NZ POST."

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#2894841 31-Mar-2022 16:09

martyyn:

When a client says they have bought a new laptop and can you set it up only to find it's sporting an A4-9125 and 4Gb RAM. *sigh*

Will probably go nicely with the 1366 x 768 screen

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#2894910 31-Mar-2022 17:59

Continuing the rubbish road surface theme, this spot in Palmy highlights this resurfacing rubbish perfectly:

30 Taonui St - Google Maps

You're not on Atlantis anymore, Duncan Idaho.

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#2894911 31-Mar-2022 18:04

... and this location:

You're not on Atlantis anymore, Duncan Idaho.

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#2894914 31-Mar-2022 18:12

The bottom photo looks like the corner of my street, a week after it was resealed.

Downer came out and looked at it and said they recommended it to be asphalt due to the tight corner and heavy vehicle use but the council chose chip seal. Its been sealed 3 times in 10 years. the asphalt on the next corner down looks like new 4 years from when it was done.

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#2895150 1-Apr-2022 10:20

Ads (e.g. Extrendaladder) for "50% off" that don't specify what the original price was.

I'm sure that it's some fantasy figure that the product was never sold for, and this is a way of evading the misleading advertising standard. But surely it's equally misleading even if the original price is not actually stated, and the Commerce Commission or MBIE or Broadcasting Standards or someone should be knocking this on the head?

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#2895157 1-Apr-2022 10:26

frankv:

Ads (e.g. Extrendaladder) for "50% off" that don't specify what the original price was.

I'm sure that it's some fantasy figure that the product was never sold for, and this is a way of evading the misleading advertising standard. But surely it's equally misleading even if the original price is not actually stated, and the Commerce Commission or MBIE or Broadcasting Standards or someone should be knocking this on the head?

I'm amazed that the "as seen on TV" ads do not have to give any indication of price - you have to call to be badgered into a sale in order to find out the price.

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#2895207 1-Apr-2022 10:34

Bought a couple of watches on TM this week. Nothing expensive, just a couple of Seiko's and Mondaine's. Just watches I like the look of really.

The first one arrives in it's original box, properly wrapped and in an amazing folding box. No issues there.

The next two (from different sellers) arrive in old bubble wrap and a zip lock bag. One had been wrapped in a piece of folded cardboard, sellotaped because the card didn't reach around the watch. It's just beyond words really.

I had a laptop delivered in a plastic supermarket bag once, so I'm thankful for the bubble wrap even if most of the bubbles have been popped, but how hard is it to do this properly ?

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#2895242 1-Apr-2022 11:36

Handsomedan:

frankv:

Ads (e.g. Extrendaladder) for "50% off" that don't specify what the original price was.

I'm sure that it's some fantasy figure that the product was never sold for, and this is a way of evading the misleading advertising standard. But surely it's equally misleading even if the original price is not actually stated, and the Commerce Commission or MBIE or Broadcasting Standards or someone should be knocking this on the head?

I'm amazed that the "as seen on TV" ads do not have to give any indication of price - you have to call to be badgered into a sale in order to find out the price.

If you're a masochist try calling them and ask that simple question. If you hang up out of exasperation they'll kindly call back.

You're not on Atlantis anymore, Duncan Idaho.

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#2895290 1-Apr-2022 12:30

Picked up new glasses and sunnies yesterday and asking about the cleaner, if it’s just ISO

No, it’s not iso, and showed me a refill bottle that uses butyl cellosolve. If I use iso I’ll void my warranty, apparently.

Purchased a cleaning kit and what’s the ingredient? ISO.

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