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Curmudgeons' Corner -blame it on the PITAs

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  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Hostafan1 said:
    I'm grumpy because I've just been to Waitrose with a gift card which had £25 on it only to find I've had it for over 2 years so it's been cancelled. My own silly fault, but grumpy nonetheless
    If you believe the hype then you could keep it till after Brexit and then feel better because it won't buy a pint of naffall.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • GWRSGWRS Posts: 8,478
    Liri , nice picture of white vans 
    Don’t forget to keep notes for compensation , looking forward to updates 
  • Quite right Bernard Cribbins & the hole in the ground- for anyone who does not remember it the punchline about the hole was:
    "Its not there now, the grounds all flat, and beneath it is the bloke in the bowler hat., and that's that!" :)
    AB Still learning

  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    Providing fun for meter readers is a laudable achievement  👏 ... their job must be very boring 😉 
    Maybe one of those would help? https://help.ekmmetering.com/support/solutions/articles/6000067389-can-i-read-my-gas-meter-remotely-
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Hosta - if someone has paid £25 to give you a gift voucher then Waitrose should honour it.   They've had the money so you should get the goods.  Amazon do this too with gift vouchers for books - for some reason they cancel them after a fixed period.  Something we learned the hard way when Possum was given book vouchers as a child.  Made me very cross.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    I think that is legalised robbery.
    I stopped buying gift vouchers, when the firm I bought them from went into liquidation two weeks later. Even though they were still trading, they wouldn't accept them.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    That's the one thing I miss cheques for. They're handy for birthday presents. I suppose you can still get them.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    TBH, it's written perfectly clearly on the card to which it was attached " valid for 24 months"  hey ho. I have 3 others worth £35 in total which are valid until the end of next month so at least I know to use them .
    Devon.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Maybe so Hosta but it's still a form of money and should have no well-by date.

    No cheques for 20 years or so in Belgium but the French still use them.   Good job I use a handbag and not just pockets.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    I assume it's to do with the way business accounts work or maybe to protect themselves against losses through inflation. I think big companies show gift cards as debt on their accounts until they're used so they have to write them off eventually as bad debt or similar even though they technically already have the money. Accounting makes my head hurt. :#
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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