When was the last time you felt you were ripped off?
I bought a box of candy for my husband on Valentines day, so in return, he bought me a box of candy…only it was GINORMOUS! It must have been 2.5 feet long, and really thick, so obviously it had two layers of candy! I took it to work and made my students eat it. Then….my co-worker discovered that there was no second layer….it was an illusion created by putting a length of folded card board under the top layer. I was, actually, relieved! But….that just wasn’t right, man.
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I had a new spa cover custom made a year ago January.
Within the first 3 months it had a couple of small tears and was sagging in the middle.
The company that made it didn’t offer a warranty after the 1st 30 days, sooo, it’s holding it’s own, but…I am not at all impressed with the workmanship.
Live and learn.
I won’t be using that company ever again.
Today my kids, along with most government employees get to stay home for President’s day. While I still have to trudge to work and make a living.
I am, of course, quite happy to be gainfully employed, especially in these economic times. However, it just ain’t right that my kids are free and I don’t get to enjoy the day with them!
Doubly, when I filled up my tank on Saturday. First, there was the all too familiar resentment at the fact that the oil companies can get pretty much any price they like for gas these days.
Worse, the price posted out on the street was $3.23, but at the pump it was $3.34. I confronted the attendant. He said he had just made the change at the pump, but because he was alone at the pumps, he hadn’t been able to get out to the street to change the sign. It was still cheaper than anywhere else around, so I went ahead and filled up.
But it did feel like I’d been reamed out.
I bought a car from a local garage a couple of years ago and it has been the bane of my life ever since. Everything that could go wrong did go wrong. Anyway, I finally got a new (second hand car) and sold my other one to a mechanic that I know. He gave the old car a thorough examination and told me that everythoing the garage I bought it from promised they would do to make the car road worthy, wasn’t done, hence why everything was going wrong. The worst part is, they charged me £1600 for that car only for me to be told it was worth £300 and the most. Of course it was my own fault for not being more savvy but I can’t help but feel really let down by this garage that I have been using for years to service and MOT my cars. They won’t be getting my custom again.
@thorninmud
I hear ya!
Gas prices are out of control again!
Jeez, I have propane heat and I just received a $635 bill for the latest fill. The highest EVER in history for me! Gah!
Let’s just say it involved about two grand and a shady business. I’m too embarrassed to say everything that happened.
@thorninmud @Coloma I am with you, I feel ripped off every time I pump gas! It is ridiculous!
But I really felt ripped off when I bought my new laptop and also purchased a wireless mobile device that had limited internet. I took it back as soon as I realized that I used my 5000gb which I was assured would be plenty limit in one week! I did assume that I would still have to pay for a month of service as if this was not bad enough when I got the bill it was $200. They tried to justify the charges but, I won. So ridiculous!
We got a totally unjustified parking ticket for parking our own car on our own property. It was for $35. To fight it, there was a $30 non-refundable fee to have a hearing. If that isn’t total crap, I don’t know what is.
@cockswain I’d fight it anyway. Some things just aren’t about the money.
It wasn’t worth the time.
Here’s another good one: there is a horrible parking cop in Colorado Springs who tickets people when they pull up to an expired meter. For real. My wife got a ticket while she was looking through her purse. She looked up and the guy was there writing the ticket while she was still in the car. She yelled at him, he threw away the ticket, but then 6 months later she got a notice in the mail saying she owed it.
While she was yelling at him, the owner of a store in front of the meter came out and started yelling at the guy too. Apparently he frequently tickets people who pull up and go into the store to get change…while they are getting change.
Dickishness.
It was during our New Year’s Eve dinner. My bf mother, father and my mother were with us and we order what we thought was an appetizer of east coast blue crab cakes for $17.00. Anyhoo, along came the… crabcake. One. Solo. Crabcake. To boot, it was from canned crabmeat! Thank goodness everything else ordered was top notch and my bf’s proposal gave us a feeling of euphoria and forgiveness. C’mon, $17. 00 for one canned crabmeat cake?!
Ouch @Neizvestnaya! This little old poor Kansas girl ordered a shrimp cocktail when she was visiting in Florida once. $12.00. For 4 shrimps! The waiter saw my dismayed face and…he was just the nicest guy! It turns out he was from Coffeeville, Kansas! The place we were at was in an historic part of an old fishing village. Very uptown. Very old. He gave us a tour of the building and told us all the stories about the place, like it was gutted by fire in 1915, all except the fabulous bar. And there was a ghost….all in all, after all of that, I got my $12.00 worth! I’ll try to remember to find the link to the place. It’s on Amelia Island, in Florida…aka Fernando Beach.
Edit….make that TWO shrimps! Not four. Two, for $12.00!
@Dutchess_III: I would have looked down at my 2 shrimps then up into the server’s face and given big wet puppy eyes. Glad you got your money’s worth in the end. Our place comped us an outstanding appetizer of uni (sea anenome) which was very good quality and made my mother ecstatic since she’s such a sushi snob. It’s funny that we all remember the night different- me talking about my champagne diamond and mom about what a great place we went to eat. Oy.
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