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The dreaded EU kipper. Whatever next. Damn you, Johnnie foreigner.

What - the Chinese ignoring the rules?? Surely not.o_O

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The Chinese government subsidises, or pays entirely, for shipping costs of stuff we buy from Banggood, AliExpress et al. Unless we wake up and start to support local manufacturing they will have no competition eventually. Then look out.

In the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king.

Internet myth. They used to say the same thing about Panasonic plasma TVs. I bought one of the earliest 42" Panny plasmas, it's nearly 20 years old now and still doing sterling service up in the bedroom. Not a hint of the dreaded burn. I have an LG OLED computer monitor that often sits with...

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Yeah, that's a really important point to make in the context of what I was trying to say :rolleyes:

With respect, it's a little more complicated than that. Back when I was working, selling control systems to process industries, any process to do with hydrogen production on an industrial scale was flagged up a very scary undertaking. Pure hydrogen is several orders of magnitude more volatile...

That was exactly my reaction. I used a word a bit stronger than 'poo' though.

My problem isn't with the delivery driver. As per the tracking info I posted earlier, my problem occurred when my parcel went off grid for six days between being collected from the Parcel Shop in Nottingham (21st October) and being logged in at the national sorting hub (27th October). That's the...

Yes, but ebay point sellers in the direction of Packlink/Hermes with easy options to print prepaid labels, collect from home etc. I emailed the seller (a private seller, selling on ebay occasionally) and asked him why he used Hermes instead of Royal Mail as he had stated in his listing and he...

I want to complain to ebay because they have made despatch via Hermes/Packlink almost the default choice for private sellers, with cheap rates and collection from sellers' premises. I actually bought the item because the listing said the item would be dispatched via Royal Mail. My heart sank...

Does anyone know a way to complain to ebay? I mean, to an actual person? The 'resolution centre' just takes you round in ever decreasing circles. I don't want to complain about the seller, I don't want to know where my purchase is, I want to complain about the carrier.

I'm just thankful I'm not the poor b*ugger out there in the dark and the cold and the rain at seven in the evening making deliveries for peanuts. What a world.

Well, the package finally arrived last night. It contained a Raspberry Pi single board computer (it's a little credit-card sized device for those who don't know what they are). The plastic case is smashed. The package has been squashed. The Pi itself works fine (it takes a lot to kill those...

I have no problem with the delivery guy. He's always very pleasant and I know it isn't his fault. The fact that he's delivering more than a week later than his company's own esimated delivery date means I'm rather smiling through gritted teeth when the parcel finally arrives though. Nine days...

Here's a pic I found online of a Hermes depot (it's from a Daily Mail article).

Is anyone having problems with Hermes? Or perhaps I should say more than usual problems? They have some kind of a deal with ebay where they appear to be almost the default carrier for private sellers. I have won three auctions recently where they have been selected by the seller and each one...

I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes three years ago after a routine checkup. The first thing my doctor did was book me onto a diabetic education programme. It was a series of meetings at the local leisure centre of a group of newly diagnosed people like me, run by the NHS with a nurse...