Sheilas' Wheels 24hr Emergency cover - AVOID!!!

ThumbRemote

kermitfrog wrote: »

My contribution was informing the OP that if they want more help they should use fewer words.

Yours was no help at all.

It was a vent. The OP wasn't asking for help. As you didn't read it you clearly wouldn't have know that. Sadly you still felt the world needed to hear your 'wisdom'.

Slowhand

Apples2 wrote: »

I grew up with ice on the inside of my bedroom window, I got up with nipples you could cut glass with but I never once resorted to sleeping on the kitchen floor.

Glad its sorted for you, wouldn't have a vent board if you couldn't have a good 'ole rant.

Not that I disbelieve you...but a pic. would supply more proof??

purple.sarah

ThumbRemote wrote: »

It was a vent. The OP wasn't asking for help. As you didn't read it you clearly wouldn't have know that. Sadly you still felt the world needed to hear your 'wisdom'.

Really? They seemed quite annoyed here that they had not received help:

Whibblywoman wrote: »

Well thanks a lot for all the help, I really appreciate it. I thought this would be a novel and different way to raise a number of points but obviously i was mistaken, point raised.
Go home, turn your heating off and see if you'd appreciate a incompetent engineer making you wait unreasonably for heat for non specialist parts, (I'm able to source myself), then refuse to fulfil the contract which clearly states I'm entitled to hotel accommodation. I thought I would be able to get some assistance here as everybody I know raves about this site but do you know what I won't bother anymore.
I work 17hrs a day when I'm working overtime and I have a 2hr commute so please don't knock the fact that I have so little to live on I really don't welcome that. Thanks again, you've been really helpful.

pmduk

You'll always get more help if you stick to the plain facts. Constructing an ac!!!! the length of war and peace will stop people reading and helping. Not just here, but at Sheila's Wheels as well.

paddedjohn

Apples2 wrote: »

I grew up with ice on the inside of my bedroom window, I got up with nipples you could cut glass with but I never once resorted to sleeping on the kitchen floor.

Glad its sorted for you, wouldn't have a vent board if you couldn't have a good 'ole rant.

And the first one up in the morning had the honour of twisting old newspapers to start the fire off.......memories eh, coats and blankets on the beds and the blankets allways seemed to have either Butlins printed on them or the name of the local hospital.

thedelboy

I thought it was a joy to read! even through the Ladys discomfort and anger at being ripped off(24 hr service means just that 24 hr service!) SWS are in the wrong and yes a broken down boiler , with the other facts she had mentioned (If folk had read properly ? "No plaster on walls bare floor boards!") would make it uninhabitable (From an insurance assesors Point of view!) although the plaster and floor were not what she was trying to get sorted (perhaps work in progress) wooden or concrete floors are cold !! perhaps the heating was necessary due to damp etc etc ! I have had many letters in a worse manner from aggrieved clients of different insurers and this one made my day! the Lady kept her "HUMOUR"! seems there are some here that have had a "HUMOUR" bypass!!

chunkychocky

I'm glad you finally got BG to sort it out. A similar thing happened to us 6 years ago when our boiler broke down, but we didn't have an insurance policy so just arranged an engineer at random from the phone book. He was next to useless but insisted we pay for his time there and then (£160) and then when it was proven that he hadn't actually fixed it we paid for someone else to come who a friend recommended. He was also useless and over the course of 2 visits we also paid him £150. Then we gave up and contacted British Gas who we were able to pay for a 1-year policy including the fix, so worked out cheaper and meant we were covered for another year. They diagnosed the problem within 5 minutes, ordered the part and came back and fitted it the next day. No idea why the other 2 muppets had spent so long fiddling about and getting nowhere. I'd just go straight back to British Gas in future.

I also understand the pain of not having adequate heating. I grew up in a house with no central heating and was constantly cold as a child despite having a fire in the living room and a hot water bottle in bed. When our boiler broke down it coincided with the coldest weather we'd had around here for a long time and I couldn't open the front door due to the ice on the inside having sealed it shut. My 6 month old baby was desperately cold despite me sitting him next to an electric oil-filled radiator and making him wear a snowsuit indoors. Its no fun and I'm sure I couldn't have been as witty as you at the time, so well done for not just having a mind-numbing rant!

Itsgottabedone

Am I the only one wondering how the three dogs fare while the OP is working a 17hr day (+ 2hr commute)?

antrobus

ThumbRemote wrote: »

It was a vent. The OP wasn't asking for help....

So you missed this bit?

Whibblywoman wrote: »

Well thanks a lot for all the help, I really appreciate it....

ThumbRemote wrote: »

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As you didn't read it you clearly wouldn't have know that. Sadly you still felt the world needed to hear your 'wisdom'.

Meets the dictionary definition of 'ironic'.

fluffnutter

MamaMoo wrote: »

Possibly not what I should have gathered from this post, but if you're working 5 days a week at up to 17 hours a day, an md you only have 30 a week left over, you may want to post an SOA on here so people can help you lower your outgoings!

Must confess I thought this . Plus I don't understand why someone so skint would waste money on one of these useless service policies anyway.

OP, moral of story - get your broken window fixed.

Great post though - I enjoyed it