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[Kevin Wood]

Lol, I removed mine and posted it back to the installers when they got shirty about a miantenance contract when we moved in.

I sudgested that maybe a 4 zone setup wasn't ideal for a 4 bed house and so it had been miss supplied and that being the new owner I had no written deal with anyway.......I had of course applied a fully charged 50V 1000uF cap across the 7812 reg first....

I then did a proper job of fitting an 8 zone better alarm for the cost of two years support!

 

Same deal with me.   Tried all sorts of threats to make me sign up to their contract to hoover spiders out of the PIRs every year. Told me the equipment would revert to their ownership and they were coming to collect it.

I took the view that it was attached to a house that I'd bought and there was no contract saying it was other than mine so they can f**k off unless they want to come uninvited and commit theft in which case they would be dealt with accordingly. They could have removed it when the previous residents left. They decided instead to try it on with me and failed.

They seem to have given up now.  

Kevin

[Paulus]

2nd rule of Time Management...learn to say no.

[shyboy]

My wife's late brother was a sparky and spent his life doing favours for others when he could have made a fortune charging just normal rates. No amount of cajoling on my part persuaded him otherwise, and I found my younger son doing the same thing a year or two ago. Fortunately he listened to me and now does nothing now unless for a reasonable return. (Unless it's for his Dad, of course).  
Skill, talent and expertise is not easily acquired, and shouldn't be squandered on the ungrateful.

[Martin_1962]

Its the window sellers I like...

Seller: Hello, we are in your area with a special offer on double glazing

Me: But, I already have double glazing

Seller: But these are wooden windows

Me: Yes

Seller: Well plastic windows are better insulators.

Me: No there not, plastic is a much worse insulator than wood.

Seller: But, you dont have to paint plastic ones.

Me: Correct but, these only get painted every 4 years and when done they are painted well so they last well.

Seller: Well you would save the cost of painting.

Me: At the cost of 5K plus for some plastic windows poorly fitted by you lot that dont look so good in order to replace my windows which have more detailing and currently have no faults on them?

Seller: I take it your not interested.

Me: I take it you dont know anything about windows....


And dont even get me started on energy salesmen..........

Would you like to buy some new windows?

Would you like to buy some flat glass processing software?

[supermop]

My favourite T-shirt...:

I want that t-shirt!

[davlad22]

Seller: I take it your not interested.

Me: I take it you dont know anything about windows....

I particularly like the plastic facsias and soffits that they nail on top of the existing rotting wood to seal in all the damp    

[JamesV6CDX]

I agree the line has to be drawn somewhere, but I always help others for free in the hope that when I may need some help with something, it may be available...

[Debs.]

My favourite T-shirt...:

I want that t-shirt!

.....`been there.....`got one!  

[cem_devecioglu]

My favourite T-shirt...:

I want that t-shirt!

one for me also  

[Kevin Wood]

Don't suppose you've got a "I'll fix your PC / Car if you weed my gardenjungle! " one?

Kevin

[Debs.]

.....this altruism 'thing'; tell-me, what in it for me?  

I`ve had my good-will well drained on may occasions; but I refuse to let the  actions of such people who 'take the p**s' (or "Karma-Comedians" as I call them) ruin my willingness and pleasure to help other 'genuinely' appreciative  people.  

[supermop]

My favourite T-shirt...:

I want that t-shirt!

.....`been there.....`got one!  

IT support is my day job. With this, I can go to work and people just wont ask me for help, thus enabling me to be lazy and do no work.

[shyboy]

Hi Debs and James,
I agree with your sentiments entirely, and I do favours for appropriate people all the time and get help myself occasionally. And that makes you nice people. But you do have to draw the line at times, because far too many people are prepared to take all and give nothing, and I find that hard to come to terms with.
It's sad, but it's a fact of modern life, IMHO.
Bill.

[Martin_1962]

I agree the line has to be drawn somewhere, but I always help others for free in the hope that when I may need some help with something, it may be available...

It depends on the person

[sir moanalot]

i had a persistant "extension" salesman pestering me a few weeks ago, and after telling the berk i was not interested decided to invite him around for a "size up."
did he feel a total tw*t when he turned up at my first floor flat at 7 0'clock one evening!!!