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#3440496 5-Dec-2025 17:02

Despite an amazing turnaround by Number1/Hannahs, I was able to pick up the heavily discounted Docs within an hour of ordering them.
Unfortunately, their policy is that Click and Collect orders are bagged up as if being shipped, so I got all the way home, opened them and discovered they'd given me the wrong size (ordered a US9, given a UK 9).
Had to go all the way back in Friday rush hour traffic and swap them out...which was a bit of an ordeal as they were sure I had ordered the wrong size and not the other way around (despite clearly having the right size on the online order receipt).

Anyway - got them, looked at them and asked abut the second pair of laces that come with them as standard. "Sorry - we don't give away a second pair of laces". Um...globally, that's how they're packaged, advertised and sold.

Oh well. 1-star review for the store, 5 star review for the shoes.

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#3440513 5-Dec-2025 17:37

Click and collect anywhere check the order before leaving.

Click and collect is usually processed by busy retail staff from retail on the shelf not a warehouse with organized stock bins. Any retail shelf stock confusion or labeling error can and does translate into your order from time to time.

This one looks like an average retail picking error. It happens.

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#3440516 5-Dec-2025 17:48

gzt: Click and collect anywhere check the order before leaving.

Click and collect is usually processed by busy retail staff from retail on the shelf not a warehouse with organized stock bins. Any retail shelf stock confusion or labeling error can and does translate into your order from time to time.

This one looks like an average retail picking error. It happens.

whilst I technically agree, they weren’t even slightly busy and made the mistake on their part feel like some kind of nefarious plot by me to fool them.

an error and apology I can and will live with. A runaround and poor service I won’t.

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#3440538 5-Dec-2025 20:49

Having to buy 20m of compressed air hose when I only need 30cm. I now have 19.7m of hose which I will now hold onto for at least 8 years before throwing it away. I will then immediately need 30cm of compressed air hose.

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#3440564 5-Dec-2025 22:48

Our last little Teflon-coated pan, which lasted unexpectedly long, died because I forgot it (empty) on the hot hob during a long phone call – damn it.

The good thing is that now I have a reason to buy a new, uncoated stainless steel pan to replace it, as coated pans never achieve the same roasting flavours.

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#3440577 6-Dec-2025 09:13

What percentage of total cost could a manufacturer save on one time savings on a mass produced product by using AI slop instead of a human?

Even in the 1500's "starving artists" was a thing. Mozart and van Gogh struggled financially. AI's not helping.

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#3440578 6-Dec-2025 09:17

Chubb monitoring.

I'm a contact for the mother's house alarm, as her cellphone is often off.

I took her out for the day yesterday, and forgot to disarm the house on our return at 5pm.

Mother duly walked in and set off the kitchen sensor.

We waited for the call from Chubb but it didnt come. 🙄

Well it did, at 1am this morning!!!! 8 hours later. 😡

Turns out I know more swear words than I thought I did. 🤬

And I'm prepared to use them when provoked.

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#3440579 6-Dec-2025 09:26

Just wondering if Chubb didn't respond immediately to the alarm as you presumably turned it off straight away?

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#3440581 6-Dec-2025 09:37

k1w1k1d:

Just wondering if Chubb didn't respond immediately to the alarm as you presumably turned it off straight away?

It was a good couple of minutes for mother to rummage through her handbag and find the remote to disarm.

But still no excuse to call at 1am, for an incident 8 hours earlier.

You ring my phone at 1am, someone had better have died!

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#3440586 6-Dec-2025 10:18

kiwifidget: Chubb monitoring.

Note I have no association with companies below. I prefer self-monitoring, silent alarms so I don't annoy the neighbors, and it gives the police a chance to surprise burglars.

You may want to look at a 4g sms modem. It can send a text to your phone when there's an alarm.

Just make sure the SMS modem says "4g"

A New Zealand company called Pacific GSM sells these.

It can send out six kinds of alert messages. Like it could send "Fire alarm" when a wired smoke detector goes off, "high temperature in zone 1", "front door doorbell", ...

If you're so inclined, it can also receive a text message, to turn something on/off, like turning on/off an outside siren, or turning on a sump pump for flooding.

Telsim has Low Data Prepaid SIM Card that are down to $8/month. (You need no Internet data on sms modem; it sends txt messages)

Amazon Ring spotlight camera still have limited functionality without a subscription. (but doesn't save recordings). The ones that replace the outside lights use you're existing power connection, and using your existing Wifi, connect without Ethernet wiring.

Without a subscription, you can still use the core functionalities of your Ring camera:

You can open the Ring phone app to view a real-time video feed from your camera at any time.
You can see, hear, and speak to visitors using the Ring app's talk feature.
Instant Notifications: You will receive motion-triggered alerts or doorbell presses on your smartphone.
The device can still detect motion and send an alert to your phone.
turn on/off its siren

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#3440860 7-Dec-2025 09:25

As an old person, I have a growing dislike of supermarkets. I find them overwhelming and exhausting. I hate the long treks through alleys filled with endless competing brands of the same thing. I hate new! and improved! I hate having to sort through ingredient lists to figure out what I am actually buying. I hate the muzak. I hate having to use my calculator to determine what hidden price rise packaging actually costs per kilo. I pretty much hate everything about them.

Because of this, I do a lot of my shopping at 4 Square mini-markets dotted around my town. They generally have my basic shopping needs without all the mega-market crap. In and out is quick and easy. There is one in particular that has become a favourite on my way home.

Except now it has changed. There must be new management. They have turned what was a great little food shop into a glorified off license dairy. Half of it has been turned into a chilly bin room for beer and whatever. The other half mainly sells rotten fruit. Yes, I am annoyed!

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#3440876 7-Dec-2025 09:34

I've seen one or two subdivide into vape shops. I have no idea who needs a 24 hour vape shop.

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#3440877 7-Dec-2025 09:37

Handle9:

Having to buy 20m of compressed air hose when I only need 30cm. I now have 19.7m of hose which I will now hold onto for at least 8 years before throwing it away. I will then immediately need 30cm of compressed air hose.

Could you have gone to a tech or service place where they use that hose and asked them to sell you a short length?

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#3440878 7-Dec-2025 09:46

" I have no idea who needs a ~~24 hour~~ vape shop."

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#3440879 7-Dec-2025 09:46

Rikkitic:

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I hate having to use my calculator to determine what hidden price rise packaging actually costs per kilo.

Under regulations that form part of the Fair Trading Act, since August 2024 supermarkets in NZ are required to show unit pricing (like $/100g or kg or $/item). If yours aren't doing that, hit them up about it.

When I'm buying stuff and that info is missing, it really grinds my gears and I complain loudly.

Sometimes I just sit and think. Other times I just sit.

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