Posted by krw on February 25, 2010, 10:24 am
On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:19:38 +1100, "Rod Speed"
>krw wrote:
>> On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:54:32 +1100, "Rod Speed"
>>
>>> Ste wrote
>>>
>>>>>>>> re: "The packaging being complained of is intended for
>>>>>>>> opening by professional tradesmen. Not unskilled amateurs."
>>>>>>>> Again, I beg to differ. Packaging isn't "intended" to be opened
>>>>>>>> by people of a certain occupation. It's intended to protect an
>>>>>>>> item during shipping/storage.
>>>>>>>> If the item in question should never have been (to use your
>>>>>>>> word) "handled" by the consumer, then it should have been a
>>>>>>>> "controlled substance" and he shouldn't have been able to buy
>>>>>>>> it without a license or proof of training.
>>>
>>>>>>> Thats wrong too, most obviously with yorkshire fittings.
>>>
>>>>>>> They arent legal to use by ordinary consumers who arent legally
>>>>>>> allowed to do their own plumbing but are sold freely anyway.
>>>
>>>>>> Are you joking sarcastically, or are you just talking completely
>>>>>> out of your arse?
>>>
>>>>> The fuckwit lives in australia where they are considered
>>>>> too stupid to do their own plumbing or electrics
>>>
>>>> Ah, my apologies to him then. Here in the UK, there are
>>>> no restrictions on gas fitting in one's own home, except
>>>> that the work must be performed "competently".
>>> We arent even allowed to change the tap washer in some
>>> states, let alone install the plumbing or do the electrical wiring.
>> Bullshit.
>Fact.
Cite.
>>> Corse everyone ignores the ban on changing the tap washer.
Ronny Reaugh is as full of shit as he normally is.
Posted by sf on March 4, 2010, 8:38 pm
On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:29:26 -0000, "john hamilton"
> Last friday I took delivery at home of pressed steel kitchen gas hob from a
> well known national department store.
>
> After taking the top of the packaging off it, it then had to be lifted out.
> There was nothing to get hold of apart from the gas tap knobs, but I did not
> want to pull it out using these.
>
> So I put my fingers underneath and lifted, but then received three deep cuts
> along the back of three fingers.
>
> Being pressed steel the edges were razor sharp because thats how metal is if
> its been stamped and not finished off along the sheared edge with a file.
>
> This is annoying because this situation is likely to happen time and time
> again to other people. Because how I lifted it out is probably the way
> everybody else would try to lift it out.
>
> How can I be sure of getting the manufacturers to act to stop this happening
> again. The company is an Italian one, but I purchased it from a U.K. store.
>
We pay extra to have it carried into the house and unpacked. Now you
know why.
> My collegue suggests I should request £100 to be sent to a charity, since
> having to pay money might make them actually make them take notice and then
> carry out the extra work on these units to stop this repeatedly happening.
>
> Thanks for any advice on how best to get them to make a charitable
> contribution.
That's too silly to take seriously.
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>> On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:54:32 +1100, "Rod Speed"
>>
>>> Ste wrote
>>>
>>>>>>>> re: "The packaging being complained of is intended for
>>>>>>>> opening by professional tradesmen. Not unskilled amateurs."
>>>>>>>> Again, I beg to differ. Packaging isn't "intended" to be opened
>>>>>>>> by people of a certain occupation. It's intended to protect an
>>>>>>>> item during shipping/storage.
>>>>>>>> If the item in question should never have been (to use your
>>>>>>>> word) "handled" by the consumer, then it should have been a
>>>>>>>> "controlled substance" and he shouldn't have been able to buy
>>>>>>>> it without a license or proof of training.
>>>
>>>>>>> Thats wrong too, most obviously with yorkshire fittings.
>>>
>>>>>>> They arent legal to use by ordinary consumers who arent legally
>>>>>>> allowed to do their own plumbing but are sold freely anyway.
>>>
>>>>>> Are you joking sarcastically, or are you just talking completely
>>>>>> out of your arse?
>>>
>>>>> The fuckwit lives in australia where they are considered
>>>>> too stupid to do their own plumbing or electrics
>>>
>>>> Ah, my apologies to him then. Here in the UK, there are
>>>> no restrictions on gas fitting in one's own home, except
>>>> that the work must be performed "competently".
>>> We arent even allowed to change the tap washer in some
>>> states, let alone install the plumbing or do the electrical wiring.
>> Bullshit.
>Fact.
Cite.
>>> Corse everyone ignores the ban on changing the tap washer.