Bought new clothing and it was nicked in the carpark

sarahg1969

Takeaway_Addict wrote: »

OMG this is brilliant.

I wonder how they kept a straight face when you asked them for more items that will cost them because of your own stupidity.

I bet they thought it was a mystery shopper.

I once had a call at work from a woman who wanted to make an appointment to discuss a compensation claim for a broken arm when she'd slipped on a wet floor. I ran her through some general questions. Why was the floor wet? It had just been mopped. Was there a wet floor sign? No. Who had mopped the floor? I had. Ah, OK. Where did this incident happen? In my kitchen.

I thought it was either a friend winding me up, or some kind of test from up above. But no, she was just a daft bat.

RosiPossum

fionajbanana wrote: »

I can see why they can't refund me now. Though imho, they should have not replaced the wine as its was the shopper's stupidity. He was one of those customers that shoves £40 of shopping into 2 carrier bags type. Though if I did forget my own bags, then I would pack the same amount of shopping in 5-6 bags.

You think they shouldn't replace wine because the bag broke, but you think they should replace your clothes because you either left them somewhere or someone stole the bag? You can't call it 'stupidity' of the other shopper and not of yourself.

adouglasmhor

wealdroam wrote: »

40yds = 105 metres?

I see you too are not yet up to speed on this metric stuff either.

Oh caught it's ≈ 37m - I don't know what was going through my head there but it wasn't sense.

adouglasmhor

pulliptears wrote: »

Are these proper inches or 'mans inches'?

Do you mean man's waist inches or the other ones because they are very different.

fionajbanana

Sorry about my heat of the moment comments yesterday. I was very angry and its not the best thing to do is to write about it half an hour after it happened.

Every cloud has a silver lining. The item of clothing was a pair of cut down trousers. A friend cleared out her wardrobe and found a pair similar unworn with the tag still on. She had plans to give them to me before the trouser-gate.


I once again want to apologise about my comments. I bet many of us act like this when you have bought something when it has disappeared before you use it.

Money-Saving-King

fionajbanana wrote: »

I bet many of us act like this when you have bought something when it has disappeared before you use it.

I must admit the first thing I'd do if I'd had something stolen isn't go back into the shop wanting them to replace it for free.

artbaron

fionajbanana wrote: »

I once again want to apologise about my comments. I bet many of us act like this when you have bought something when it has disappeared before you use it.

Nah, you just have to suck it up. A few years back I went to a friend's wedding and on the way stopped to buy some cufflinks. Cost me £90 and when I arrived at the hotel I left them on a table by an open window whilst I had a shower. Ten minutes later they'd gone. The wedding was near Burnley so this type of thing was expected. I ended up borrowing a pair that looked like they were bought from a pound shop, and attempting to cover them up as I did my best man's speech.

halibut2209

You got quite a harsh reaction from the crowd here. Good on you for coming back and apologising

dacouch

sarahg1969 wrote: »

I bet they thought it was a mystery shopper.

I once had a call at work from a woman who wanted to make an appointment to discuss a compensation claim for a broken arm when she'd slipped on a wet floor. I ran her through some general questions. Why was the floor wet? It had just been mopped. Was there a wet floor sign? No. Who had mopped the floor? I had. Ah, OK. Where did this incident happen? In my kitchen.

I thought it was either a friend winding me up, or some kind of test from up above. But no, she was just a daft bat.

I remember about ten years ago in the Insurance industry press personal injury solicitors (funnily enough) were mooting the idea that children could sue their parents with the claims being paid by the liability section of the Home Insurance. The parent mopping the floor and the child slipping was the example they gave.

Fortunately this has not taken off, could you imagine how prevalent these types of claim would be if it were possible.

pulliptears

adouglasmhor wrote: »

Do you mean man's waist inches or the other ones because they are very different.

So I believe, complex things mens measurements