I have lodged a complaint on Hellopeter.com, and now I also submitted a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa.
Let's see how this goes.
Vodacom's standard cut and paste reply appeared on my Hellopeter.com complaint, something about "We are sorry for the inconvenience and it's been passed on to one of our (more than incompetent / not delegated to make decisions / useless / sorry I can't help you) staff to look into."
Salagatle!
LIU - Look It Up!
Friday, May 25, 2007
The service cost
Major service, including:-
Oil filter
Fuel filter
Air filter
Spark plugs
Engine flush (to remove the goo)
5 Lt engine oil
Oil treatment for high mileage driving
New Water pump and Seal
New Cam Belt
New Cam belt tensioner
New alternator belt
Gearbox check and top up
Overall status check (good)
Handbrake set
Total, parts, labour and VAT - ZAR1850.00!!!
Thanx my mechanic, u r a star!
Salagtle!
Oil filter
Fuel filter
Air filter
Spark plugs
Engine flush (to remove the goo)
5 Lt engine oil
Oil treatment for high mileage driving
New Water pump and Seal
New Cam Belt
New Cam belt tensioner
New alternator belt
Gearbox check and top up
Overall status check (good)
Handbrake set
Total, parts, labour and VAT - ZAR1850.00!!!
Thanx my mechanic, u r a star!
Salagtle!
So Vodacom have done it again
I have a long standing battle with my cellphone service provider, Vodacom, in fact I have a blog dedicated to it, even though I don't update it too often, I use it to vent on.
http://vodacom-sucks.blogspot.com/
They are running a birthday special right now, for 3 days only. it's for the Nokia N95, a business phone which I really would like to have. My current contract expired on the 17th May, so I can now move to a different contract.
This morning I made my way to Vodaworld, got there early as the flyer says "While stocks last", and tried to get one of these specials. I was turned away. I have to terminate my current contract, no problem there, but I will lose my number? What about number portability? Oh, no sir, you can't port "in house!". Needless to say I told him to get fucked, at which point he said he couldn't deal with my bad language, and I left.
Now, nowhere on the flyer does it say not for upgrades. It does not say for new contracts only. It does say subject to terms and conditions available on their website, but they cannot assume I have internet access. Anyway, I looked on their website, found the special, and it says nothing about new contracts. So I again posting a complaint on my Vodacom sucks blog, and will be posting a complaint on HelloPeter.com.
Don't expect them to do anything about it, as they haven't in the past, but I get to expose them anyway!!
Salagatle!
http://vodacom-sucks.blogspot.com/
They are running a birthday special right now, for 3 days only. it's for the Nokia N95, a business phone which I really would like to have. My current contract expired on the 17th May, so I can now move to a different contract.
This morning I made my way to Vodaworld, got there early as the flyer says "While stocks last", and tried to get one of these specials. I was turned away. I have to terminate my current contract, no problem there, but I will lose my number? What about number portability? Oh, no sir, you can't port "in house!". Needless to say I told him to get fucked, at which point he said he couldn't deal with my bad language, and I left.
Now, nowhere on the flyer does it say not for upgrades. It does not say for new contracts only. It does say subject to terms and conditions available on their website, but they cannot assume I have internet access. Anyway, I looked on their website, found the special, and it says nothing about new contracts. So I again posting a complaint on my Vodacom sucks blog, and will be posting a complaint on HelloPeter.com.
Don't expect them to do anything about it, as they haven't in the past, but I get to expose them anyway!!
Salagatle!
Thursday, May 24, 2007
UEFA cup - cont.
So I send the exec.in EMEA this email:-
"You will, no doubt, by now be aware of the result of last nights match between Liverpool ("you will never win again") and Milan. I trust that all concerned are willing to accept the final result, and that no appeals are outstanding. In any event, a 20 pound note, signed by the supporter of the losing team will find it's way to the hands of the supporter of the winning team, who will frame it and hang it in his bar, just to remember this special occasion.
I trust this note finds you all in good health, and that our paths will one day cross again..
Greetings from a victorious Milan supporter. Ciao,"
And I get this reply:-
Enjoy your moment my friend.............................without a doubt the better team lost but that is the way football goes. A lucky goal off the arm of a big girl was an unfortunate turning point in the match. No appeals planned but in mitigation your team is full of old women who moan and complain and playact worse than a pack of girl guides. My signed and authentic £20 note will be in the hands of Nxxxx Wxxxx or Axxx Mxxxx who are both due to be in your area in the near future on the XXX deal. Spend it wisely !!!
Nxx/Axx - please advise when you are next in XX. Thanks.
And my response to this was:-
I accept the fees humbly (but with big grin displayed). I will not be spending it though, but will frame and display as per my note. Will send photos. Oh, and thanx. See u soon?
Now, why is it that some people are such bad losers. I know what he had to say was tongue in cheek, but some other Liver supporters were more severe in their criticism, and some are not taking calls. One supporter I just spoke to said he thought it was a good game, he was sorry his team didn't win, but that's the game. Someone wins, someone loses. And I think that is the right attitude.
Yes, you can be upset that your team didn't win, but it's not always because the ref was biased / blind / bought, sometimes it's just not your night.
Well, that's my opinion anyway.
Salagatle!
"You will, no doubt, by now be aware of the result of last nights match between Liverpool ("you will never win again") and Milan. I trust that all concerned are willing to accept the final result, and that no appeals are outstanding. In any event, a 20 pound note, signed by the supporter of the losing team will find it's way to the hands of the supporter of the winning team, who will frame it and hang it in his bar, just to remember this special occasion.
I trust this note finds you all in good health, and that our paths will one day cross again..
Greetings from a victorious Milan supporter. Ciao,"
And I get this reply:-
Enjoy your moment my friend.............................without a doubt the better team lost but that is the way football goes. A lucky goal off the arm of a big girl was an unfortunate turning point in the match. No appeals planned but in mitigation your team is full of old women who moan and complain and playact worse than a pack of girl guides. My signed and authentic £20 note will be in the hands of Nxxxx Wxxxx or Axxx Mxxxx who are both due to be in your area in the near future on the XXX deal. Spend it wisely !!!
Nxx/Axx - please advise when you are next in XX. Thanks.
And my response to this was:-
I accept the fees humbly (but with big grin displayed). I will not be spending it though, but will frame and display as per my note. Will send photos. Oh, and thanx. See u soon?
Now, why is it that some people are such bad losers. I know what he had to say was tongue in cheek, but some other Liver supporters were more severe in their criticism, and some are not taking calls. One supporter I just spoke to said he thought it was a good game, he was sorry his team didn't win, but that's the game. Someone wins, someone loses. And I think that is the right attitude.
Yes, you can be upset that your team didn't win, but it's not always because the ref was biased / blind / bought, sometimes it's just not your night.
Well, that's my opinion anyway.
Salagatle!
To bar, or not to bar....
I really need to get moving on this bar counter. If I get a gap this weekend I think I'll mosey down to Builders Warehouse and do some costing. Still not sure about one or two details, and don't really want to spend good money on a mistake.
So, I'll get the numbers, re look, and then decide. I know already that glass is about ZAR1k/meter square, so it's almost ZAR5k just for the front of the counter, but I still have to finalise the top (Wood or granite) and then the uprights (machined, or rough)... so, I'm having fun with it. But I'm also keen to get going with it.
More later.
Salagatle!
So, I'll get the numbers, re look, and then decide. I know already that glass is about ZAR1k/meter square, so it's almost ZAR5k just for the front of the counter, but I still have to finalise the top (Wood or granite) and then the uprights (machined, or rough)... so, I'm having fun with it. But I'm also keen to get going with it.
More later.
Salagatle!
UEFA Cup
Forza Milan!!!
Contrary to popular belief, Milan are the champions.
In an excellent performance last night they reduced millions of unbelieving Liverpool fans to tears by beating them 2-1 in the final.
Most Livy supporters believed there would be a repeat of the 2005 fiasco where Milan managed to grab defeat from the jaws of victory.... but not so. Man U made the same mistake, and got trashed 3-0.
A friend of mine, I'll call him Harry Bilton, bet me ZAR100, he's an ardent Liverpool fan - he's not taking my calls. AlanD, another friend, told me he does not want to discuss it, (didn't take a bet with him, pity), and one of our Vice Presidents from EMEA took me on for UK20 pounds, well, he's out of pocket. Easy money he said to me yesterday when I took the bet with him. HAHA.
Anyway, well done to Milan.
Italy - World Champions
Italian Club Milan - UEFA Champions
There's a message there somewhere.....
Salagatle!
Contrary to popular belief, Milan are the champions.
In an excellent performance last night they reduced millions of unbelieving Liverpool fans to tears by beating them 2-1 in the final.
Most Livy supporters believed there would be a repeat of the 2005 fiasco where Milan managed to grab defeat from the jaws of victory.... but not so. Man U made the same mistake, and got trashed 3-0.
A friend of mine, I'll call him Harry Bilton, bet me ZAR100, he's an ardent Liverpool fan - he's not taking my calls. AlanD, another friend, told me he does not want to discuss it, (didn't take a bet with him, pity), and one of our Vice Presidents from EMEA took me on for UK20 pounds, well, he's out of pocket. Easy money he said to me yesterday when I took the bet with him. HAHA.
Anyway, well done to Milan.
Italy - World Champions
Italian Club Milan - UEFA Champions
There's a message there somewhere.....
Salagatle!
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
My thoughts on this
I think, and it's only my thoughts, that somehow, somewhere, someone is getting shafted. S'true. Think about it. Just received an email on more realignment within our business. And once again, this means some do nothings are moving into cushy positions, other do lessers are getting more coverage, and the rest of us, like me, are getting more shafted. It's a conspiracy I tell you.
I mean, do I really have to leave for 6-12 months, and then come back to be recognised for the value I do / can bring? is there really motivation to re-employ that arsehole just because before he left last time he was doing a fair piece of work? and now in desperation we "buy" him back to run a department which can't even get off the ground, and now we're stuck with his expensive arse, and the tart who's shagging the milk boy gets to run a consolidated sector, including the dept. recently vacated by the arsehole mentioned above?
I think this whole place is starting to fall apart big time. I think the writing is on the wall for some of these so called executives, and if some really good decisions are not made soon, some arses will fry. I think that the corporation has warned that if we do not turn this business around they are going to pull the plug. I think some of these so called previously disadvantaged
people are in for a big klap (LIU), and I'm waiting to see them run like rats.
Just my thoughts....
Salagatle!
I mean, do I really have to leave for 6-12 months, and then come back to be recognised for the value I do / can bring? is there really motivation to re-employ that arsehole just because before he left last time he was doing a fair piece of work? and now in desperation we "buy" him back to run a department which can't even get off the ground, and now we're stuck with his expensive arse, and the tart who's shagging the milk boy gets to run a consolidated sector, including the dept. recently vacated by the arsehole mentioned above?
I think this whole place is starting to fall apart big time. I think the writing is on the wall for some of these so called executives, and if some really good decisions are not made soon, some arses will fry. I think that the corporation has warned that if we do not turn this business around they are going to pull the plug. I think some of these so called previously disadvantaged
people are in for a big klap (LIU), and I'm waiting to see them run like rats.
Just my thoughts....
Salagatle!
Super 14 - it didn't take long
for someone to replay the final minutes, and get this pic.
Here’s the photographic evidence to prove New Zealand referee Steve Walsh incorrectly determined the outcome of the Super 14 final.
This is not a picture to encourage play on. Walsh should have blown for either a knock, or penalised the Bulls player on the ground for scooping the ball back after losing it or any one of three Bulls players for not being on their feet at the ruck.
Whatever the choice play should have been stopped and possession should have been handed to the Sharks. It would have also been the end of the game.
Once again a failure to use technology has determined a championship and where the bloody hell was the touch judge’s vision?
This was a shocker!
Thanx to my brother for the email.....
Salagatle!
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
My car
went in for a service - 130 000 km on the clock. Last Saturday, when I was driving to fetch Witness (the gardener) I saw the oil light flash. So I stopped at the filling station, pulled out the dipstick - AND THE CONTENTS ARE LIKE TAR! I hadn't check the oil for some time, and thus I was lucky the thing didn't croak. Anyway, I added two pints of oil, and now it's the mechanics problem to drain / flush the engine. Although, I don't have a clue how he's going to get that stuff out!!
My Toyota I inherited in 2002. It's a 2000 model and had 18000km on the clock at the time. It's an automatic, which is a pleasure to drive to work and back as I am driving in peak traffic all the time, and so auto is good.
Mine looks like this (pic off Google - no I didn't ask for any permissions either)
Salagatle!
I'm not sure if
I mentioned this in one of my previous posts, but.....
A client was due to sign a significant deal with us at end March. In mid-Feb, my executive, and two other senior managers from my employer met with the executives of the client over lunch. It was to be a friendly / chit chat / thanks for the business type of meeting. The client mentioned how impressed he was with our latest proposal, which would save his company around ZAR 200k per month on the current contract.
The imbecile that is my executive mentioned to the client how much more impressive it would be if he could see how much we could save the client if he outsourced to us!!! FUCK!!!
Rule 1) - Never put a second, conflicting option on the table, if the client is satisfied with the one he has!!!
Rule 2) - Never propose to a client ANYTHING, till you have discussed it with the account manager, etc. who KNOWS the client!!!
So the client pushed our proposal aside and said it's on hold till the executive presents him with the secondary "value proposition"!
Our "esteemed" SO team rejected the opportunity under one of two guises:-
a) It's too small for them, or
b) they have a resource problem, so are unable to pursue (I know they are busy with some big deals)
In a follow up meeting, recently, the client again asked for the value proposition which was promised to him, and for which the proposed deadline had passed. Instead of being humble, and telling the client that we are unable to respond at this time / are under resourced at this time / are not really interested / or that he's a cunt and fucked up, NO WAY, he asks for another 2 months grace to present this value proposition!!!
So my deal is on the back burner again - for another 2 -3 months.
What we will present to the client after this time I have no fucking clue.
What it means to me is a loss of about ZAR 100k in commission for this Quarter!!!! I am on over achievement, which means I'm on a 3-1 accelerator, or, would have been if is wasn't for the illiterate fuck wit who just blew it for us!
So, I've emailed my manager, stating the obvious, as well as saying that I want to meet to discuss this issue, and am expecting compensation.
Now I know I won't get anything, but I sure as hell will make him understand exactly why it is we NEVER want to take any of them fuck wits to meet with any of our clients.
And as far as I am concerned, he never will.
DOOS!!!
Salagatle!
A client was due to sign a significant deal with us at end March. In mid-Feb, my executive, and two other senior managers from my employer met with the executives of the client over lunch. It was to be a friendly / chit chat / thanks for the business type of meeting. The client mentioned how impressed he was with our latest proposal, which would save his company around ZAR 200k per month on the current contract.
The imbecile that is my executive mentioned to the client how much more impressive it would be if he could see how much we could save the client if he outsourced to us!!! FUCK!!!
Rule 1) - Never put a second, conflicting option on the table, if the client is satisfied with the one he has!!!
Rule 2) - Never propose to a client ANYTHING, till you have discussed it with the account manager, etc. who KNOWS the client!!!
So the client pushed our proposal aside and said it's on hold till the executive presents him with the secondary "value proposition"!
Our "esteemed" SO team rejected the opportunity under one of two guises:-
a) It's too small for them, or
b) they have a resource problem, so are unable to pursue (I know they are busy with some big deals)
In a follow up meeting, recently, the client again asked for the value proposition which was promised to him, and for which the proposed deadline had passed. Instead of being humble, and telling the client that we are unable to respond at this time / are under resourced at this time / are not really interested / or that he's a cunt and fucked up, NO WAY, he asks for another 2 months grace to present this value proposition!!!
So my deal is on the back burner again - for another 2 -3 months.
What we will present to the client after this time I have no fucking clue.
What it means to me is a loss of about ZAR 100k in commission for this Quarter!!!! I am on over achievement, which means I'm on a 3-1 accelerator, or, would have been if is wasn't for the illiterate fuck wit who just blew it for us!
So, I've emailed my manager, stating the obvious, as well as saying that I want to meet to discuss this issue, and am expecting compensation.
Now I know I won't get anything, but I sure as hell will make him understand exactly why it is we NEVER want to take any of them fuck wits to meet with any of our clients.
And as far as I am concerned, he never will.
DOOS!!!
Salagatle!
Monday, May 21, 2007
The bar build / design
reaching the final stage. This weekend was spent refining the design for the bar counter, with much rubbing out, redrawing taking place. I think I've got it taped now, so this coming weekend I'll go and get the materials, and see if I can continue withe the work which was started with my brothers last visit to our home.
It's a bit of a wishing list type counter, what with glass front for added display space, and a horseshoe type shape so as to accommodate an insert for those party poker nights. But I'm confident, that without too much waste and retrial I will pull this off. Only challenge I have is ensuring that all the materials are cut right to size first time, no room for error when you are working with wood.
I will be taking before / during / after photo's so you all can see the flow, and final result. If I cock it up, I'll ave to raid the kids piggy banks for extra funds so I can try again.
Salagatle!
It's a bit of a wishing list type counter, what with glass front for added display space, and a horseshoe type shape so as to accommodate an insert for those party poker nights. But I'm confident, that without too much waste and retrial I will pull this off. Only challenge I have is ensuring that all the materials are cut right to size first time, no room for error when you are working with wood.
I will be taking before / during / after photo's so you all can see the flow, and final result. If I cock it up, I'll ave to raid the kids piggy banks for extra funds so I can try again.
Salagatle!
This weekend
the Bulls beat the Sharks, with a dying moment try and conversion, Chelsea beat MU in the FA Cup final (YES), and my nephew, on the Princess's side of the family, proposed to his girlfriend!
So, 1 x good news, and 1 x bad news, and 1 x who cares news...
Overall, a satisfactory weekend.
Salagatle!
So, 1 x good news, and 1 x bad news, and 1 x who cares news...
Overall, a satisfactory weekend.
Salagatle!
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