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Post by Lobster on Dec 17, 2019 22:53:53 GMT
I'll start - Whirlpool/Hotpoint/Indesit or whatever they want to be called.
Suddenly tell us that washing machines they've been selling over the last five years might be drastically unsafe. So they set up an online "is your washing machine a death trap?" checker, which has been down all day. There's also a phone number, which is "unobtainable" if you call it. Meanwhile, I've no idea whether I can do my washing without setting my house on fire!
What other god-awful companies are out there?
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Post by Firestick Frank on Dec 17, 2019 23:03:51 GMT
Amazon, Starbucks and Google. The rest of us have to pay taxes and we don’t rake in billions a year...
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Post by Lobster on Dec 17, 2019 23:46:54 GMT
Haven't used Amazon for two years. Had a really simple problem that they just wouldn't listen to and refused to sort out. One of those companies everyone uses because they're cheap, but if something goes wrong they don't give a shit. Ryanair are the extreme example of this.
I use Ecosia as my default search engine, but Google is unfortunately the best and there are times when I have to use it. As for Starbucks, I've never really understood why people would want to go for a coffee instead of a pint.
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Post by Deva Chanter on Dec 18, 2019 0:07:45 GMT
The Amazon one is quite interesting because by way of their reputation alone they convince millions of people to use them without a second thought. I haven't bought anything off Amazon for years and whilst I'd like to say that was in conscientious objection to their disgraceful tax avoidance, it is predominantly because almost everything I have ever wanted to buy has been cheaper elsewhere online. You just have to be bothered to do a little bit of research.
They are very, very rarely the cheapest option, but people just assume that they are.
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Post by everhopeful on Dec 19, 2019 4:42:11 GMT
Haven't used Amazon for two years. Had a really simple problem that they just wouldn't listen to and refused to sort out. One of those companies everyone uses because they're cheap, but if something goes wrong they don't give a shit. Ryanair are the extreme example of this. I use Ecosia as my default search engine, but Google is unfortunately the best and there are times when I have to use it. As for Starbucks, I've never really understood why people would want to go for a coffee instead of a pint. For the same reason I use DuckDuckGo. Why do they choose stupid names, though?? |
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Post by eyeswideopen on Dec 20, 2019 7:05:00 GMT
Posters, please be mindful of the potential for libellous remarks regarding companies and individuals that work for those companies.
Opinion is fine, facts are better but lets not use this forum to fall foul of the law please.
And remember, its nearly Christmas, lets be civil to each other.
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Post by Ian H Block on Dec 20, 2019 7:59:29 GMT
Wetherspoons: uniformly awful pubs serving crap beer in grim surroundings and inhabited by price-sensitive dullards with no imagination. I always try to avoid them at all costs.
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Post by Lobster on Dec 20, 2019 8:36:44 GMT
Wetherspoons: uniformly awful pubs serving crap beer in grim surroundings and inhabited by price-sensitive dullards with no imagination. I always try to avoid them at all costs. I believe their shareholders have told him to rein it in with all the Brexit propaganda in his pubs. Understandably so - it is as if he's gone "I don't think our pubs are quite trashy enough, what can we do?" |
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Post by Firestick Frank on Dec 20, 2019 8:58:03 GMT
Ambulance chaser solicitor firms. Making a killing out of other people’s misfortune.
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Post by Si on Dec 20, 2019 9:03:36 GMT
Wetherspoons: uniformly awful pubs serving crap beer in grim surroundings and inhabited by price-sensitive dullards with no imagination. I always try to avoid them at all costs. I actually quite like Wetherspoons! Usually find there is a good range of beers for to cater for most tastes, the food is alright if you just want a cheap bite, there are some genuinely nice buildings (Bull & Stirrup). Also, beer and food is cheap so it's a good place to start the night. And now they've got the app so needn't even get out of your chair. |
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Post by South Wirral Blue on Dec 20, 2019 9:11:52 GMT
Wetherspoons: uniformly awful pubs serving crap beer in grim surroundings and inhabited by price-sensitive dullards with no imagination. I always try to avoid them at all costs. I actually quite like Wetherspoons! Usually find there is a good range of beers for to cater for most tastes, the food is alright if you just want a cheap bite, there are some genuinely nice buildings (Bull & Stirrup). Also, beer and food is cheap so it's a good place to start the night. And now they've got the app so needn't even get out of your chair. Yeah I'd much rather see the likes of the Bull & Stirrup become another Wetherspoons than have them sat there closed as it once was. It's actually breathed fresh new life in to that particular establishment, it's a thriving pub again which can only be a good thing. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2019 9:12:24 GMT
You don't have to go to wetherspoons if you don't want to but it's great for people who don't have loads of cash. Doesn't make them dullards.
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Post by Firestick Frank on Dec 20, 2019 9:29:30 GMT
Their owner is an absolute cock.
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Post by Lobster on Dec 20, 2019 9:38:56 GMT
Their owner is an absolute cock. He is, unfortunately. I'm guilty of going to Wetherspoons as much as anyone, but like a lot of companies who sell things at low prices, they do it by abandoning their moral compass and ripping off suppliers and staff.
Speaking of which, Sports Direct. About as ethical as the Third Reich.
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Post by Ian H Block on Dec 20, 2019 9:57:20 GMT
You don't have to go to wetherspoons if you don't want to but it's great for people who don't have loads of cash. Doesn't make them dullards. There are plenty of pubs around selling beer at similar prices as Wetherspoons, but unfortunately this chain is the default option for too many people. I like to drink in pubs with a bit of character and most Wetherspoons don’t have any. |
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Post by eyeswideopen on Dec 20, 2019 10:06:03 GMT
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Post by keysersoze on Dec 20, 2019 10:09:24 GMT
Dyson (or specifically their owner James Dyson). An outspoken 'champion' of the economical benefits of Brexit for years then chuffed off to Singapore at the earliest opportunity. Judas.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2019 10:14:42 GMT
I also like pubs with character my locals were the kitchen the odd fellows and dixies. They have either gone or are now plastic over priced eating houses.
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Post by chislenko2 on Dec 20, 2019 20:56:15 GMT
Bull And Stirrup refused to make me a Chinese, never went back.
Apparently though you can order a banana via the app.
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Post by Si on Dec 20, 2019 21:59:15 GMT
Their owner is an absolute cock. Honestly couldn't give a shit about who owns them when I'm there for a couple of beers and a burger before going up town. |
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Post by ddod on Dec 21, 2019 1:27:01 GMT
As for companies I don't like. Vodafone, EasyJet, Twitter.
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Post by Al on Dec 21, 2019 9:15:46 GMT
I agree on the Weatherspoons owner being a cock. But he sells cheap ale and cheap grub so 🤷♂️
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Post by Lobster on Dec 21, 2019 10:15:58 GMT
Yodel, Hermes and all them. They're especially useless at this time of year! They pay their staff shit as well, I don't blame them for chucking packages over fences and that.
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Post by chislenko2 on Dec 21, 2019 11:55:05 GMT
Amazon, sick to death of hearing about them and can't believe it seems to be the go to "shop" for many millions of people.
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Post by Lobster on Dec 21, 2019 12:58:50 GMT
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Post by Firestick Frank on Dec 21, 2019 21:35:38 GMT
Matalan.
Who the hell wants to go there at 4am the day after Christmas? Workers will have to be there at 3.30am for the Boxing Day sale which will open at 4am FFS
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Post by archwhopper on Dec 22, 2019 1:06:15 GMT
As an lgv driver, i have worked for hermes, amazon and yodel, in all depots drivers are treated like crap, made to sit in a cage after being scanned in and waiting sometimes for hours in facility's you wouldn't put a dog in, out of the 3 i would say amazon the worst by far
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Post by Lobster on Dec 23, 2019 7:44:38 GMT
As an lgv driver, i have worked for hermes, amazon and yodel, in all depots drivers are treated like crap, made to sit in a cage after being scanned in and waiting sometimes for hours in facility's you wouldn't put a dog in, out of the 3 i would say amazon the worst by far Keep meaning to watch Ken Loach's new film 'Sorry We Missed You' about someone trying to make a living working in the "gig economy" as a courier. |
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Post by ddod on Dec 23, 2019 12:24:11 GMT
The Caspian, it's 2019 and they don't take plastic. Tax dodgers.
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Post by Lobster on Jan 10, 2020 7:07:09 GMT
British Gas again - double bastards! Due to a disagreement between British Gas and PayPoint, you can no longer top up a BG energy key/card at a PayPoint outlet. BG are the only supplier that seems to have any problem with PP, and are already inconveniencing their customers significantly. However, the company is also managing to piss non-customers about. If you're with a different provider and your key breaks or becomes faulty as these things often do, you can go to a PayPoint and get a replacement one. However, these replacement keys are supplied by - that's right, British Gas. Effectively, every PayPoint has this big tub of now useless replacement keys. BG has pulled out of a partnership but continues to monopolise a significant part of it. You can get a replacement key from your provider of course, although many try to charge you for it. You also have to wait for it in the post - not ideal when most of us need to use gas and electricity every day. If you're with British Gas, for God's sake leave them! Outside of their own executives and shareholders there is not one person in this country that benefits from that company being in existence. They thrive entirely from a misguided sense of trust that comes from having 'British' in their name. |
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