just got my van back from the paint shop................

[lame plumber]

So, after a long wait the call came yesterday, your vans ready. Oooooh at last, ok for lunch asks I, we wil try they said, so off to home I wnet at 1230, 1330 no van, so rang and got told the delivery chaps has just gone out to Minehead, so thats me beggered till 5!!, so said to them to deliver at 1300 friday as I had work to do..........

Today the Mrs gets a call at 1100, saying they will be there in 10, so she informs them I wont, not an issue they say "we will leave the keys with the Mrs", as she is trained well, she informs them they wont see u at 1300.

So home at one, van turns up at half past, and I pop out determined to be pleasant until I notice the new repair has no sign writing!!!!!!!!!!, then as I come out of orbit, I see my white van is now a PROPER TWO TONE, one being the original creamy off white and the repair being a stunning glossy brilliant white, not a little out more a full set of pantones off the scale out. So examine the repairs which seem ok, panels match etc no gaps and hen look inside.

Note their brochure quotes how great they are and how they valet the motor before returning it etc etc, and the dust n shyte from the preparation is layered in the back and the front was cleaner when I handed it over.

So on the phone to the manager who informs me that it will settle, how the paint will never match completely etc etc. So I say hang on and look over my shoulder and check if I now have a tail that can be tugged at will by some muppet, but no, I dont, so the muppet gets informed of his rights. I show the delivery guy my discovery and ask him to pick out which panel was repaired 5 months back and he cant tell me, being that the colour match was brilliant!! unlike his companies.

Funnily the 2 delivery guys agree with my opinion of the work, so wave off the van to await the outcome, having called the insurers and bleed all over them, I might get an answer on Monday!!! Looks like more time in the Hertz heap aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh

 

[Chalked]

That's a bit poor!
Some insurance companies ( mine included) don't cover for the cost of replacement signwriting.

 

[Dotty]

Some threads really give you a lovely warm glow....

 

[kris]

Thats no good that lame , colour is colour if it dont match then as we say in scotland

ITS EEESE FOR F"CKALL

 

[rocketmanbkk]

Puss poor. There's no service in the UK

I ordered a phone for my daughter Monday. Said it will be delivered Wed, I take time off jobs, 5pm, nothing, phone voda, no dispatched, said order new one, ok, deliver Friday, she finished primary school today so was to be a surprise, no phone, phone voda, order cancelled, wtf???

Carp service, they don't give a monkeys, no present for daughter, not happy

 

[stevetheplumber]

we had a no fault repair done by the insurers "super repairers" where they had changed a wing they hadnt sprayit in situ and there was a white line along it where the wing was a different size and the door was sprayed on the outside but the inside edge was bare filler, like everyone their on crap money for crap jobs

 

[Phil]

White is probably the easiest colour to match! Its the light metallic colours that are a nightmare.

Chancers!

 

[Ch4 plumbing]

Come on Lame upload a piccy!?

 

[Kev the gas]

Back in the days when gas engineers earn't loads of money and had 2 kids I had a Porsche 968 Lux.(2002) Cracking car that every other t..t on the road hated.

It had to have a new front bumper fitted due a pr.ck, when the car was delivered back from a Porsche body shop I was quick enough to notice the new bumper had the same small annoying ding in the o/s corner.

The excuses were embarrassing, eventually the Porsche was sold when another 2 kids were produced !!

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

wimp,its only a vivaro or some crap,i took mine greenlaning,scratched the hell out of it

 

[lame plumber]

That's a bit poor!
Some insurance companies ( mine included) don't cover for the cost of replacement signwriting.

they better bleedin cover it as it was their driver that hit a parked up van, cockwomble of the year in my mind. re piccies, I didnt really have the right frame of mind to take some photos.

And Mr C, I believe in Karma, an your glow feelin could be coz someone has put a match to your car

 

[Millsy 82]

they better bleedin cover it as it was their driver that hit a parked up van, cockwomble of the year in my mind. re piccies, I didnt really have the right frame of mind to take some photos.

And Mr C, I believe in Karma, an your glow feelin could be coz someone has put a match to your car

If they are at fault then you should be left with your can in exactly the se condition as it was before.