Shopping rant

[Don Mega]

hahaha all that over 17b.

 

Thats lower than cheap charlie level.. fitting for someone from the UK or USA.

[bluesofa]

47 minutes ago, malt25 said:

Couldn't agree more. If I couldn't find the appropriate bulb, especially in HomePro or Global House, I'd be too embarrassed to ask. I can't recall ever having seen a bulb, tube package, without English writing. I'm wondering how the OP found his way to & from the shop.

My guide dog knows the way.

[ChipButty]

4 minutes ago, GBW said:

and 3 Homepro apprentices to hold the ladder....................????

I wouldn't trust them to do that

[tonray]

13 minutes ago, mr mr said:

that's chump change to all the thai visa millionaires. 

or at least it is to their agents....

[bluesofa]

1 hour ago, colinneil said:

Hells teeth Bluesofa, you need to get yourself a hobby, as it appears you have have too much time on your hands.????

How much fuel did you waste going back?

If you are that short of a few baht, let me know so i can set up a go fund me for you.????

Ha ha! Please get on it right away.

 

I went back to exchange it for the right item, as I was mis-sold the wrong one.

Perhaps I should have thrown it in the bin and then gone to buy another one at a different shop?

[Blue Muton]

8 hours ago, DaftToPutRealName said:

Well, the worst of the cheap charlie farang and old Thai-Chinese customer mentality certainly seems to have rubbed off on you.

PM me your bank account number, I'll send you enough to get your light tubes for the next year. If you could also give me the name of the customer service member who attended you I'll be sure to send him a big lunch as a thank you for being the bigger man in a country where shooting someone for embarrassing them is the norm.

Protip: although it's too late for you to avoid being ridiculously abrasive; you should google what "bulb temperature" is, and then, armed with the technical knowledge of how to buy a basic light-bulb (including, hopefully, the idea that "Daylight" and "Warm" are a range of frequencies and will be different for each brand and bulb series depending on the exact K specification), you'll hopefully avoid taking 17 THB out of the pocket of a chap that probably couldn't afford to pay his lunch that day.

And there was me thinking it was up to the stores to give their staff product knowledge training so they could actualy serve the customer with the correct products first time every time. Silly me.

[bluesofa]

2 hours ago, rumak said:

 

As i get older,  and taking inflation into account.........  i have now raised my amount from 17 baht to

26 baht before i cause a big scene   ????????

Ah yes, but I don't get the cost of living increase.

[Hayduke]

 

When this sort of thing happens to me….

 

I usually throw sound financial management to the wind and divide the 17 (or even 20 or 25) Baht equally among all the staff. That way everyone can enjoy a generous cash bonus in recognition of a job well done. Sure, it's a shocking extravagance...but every once in a while it's good to 'live large'.

 

It's worth it knowing they will forever remember you as a truly jai dee farang....and you'll never have to worry about getting the wrong light bulb....ever again.

 

 

 

Edited August 2, 2020 by Hayduke

[thequietman]

Please tell me that someone hacked your TVF account and posted this - not you.

 

This is your way out of this mess. I actually like your posts, but this brings you right down there unfortunately.

 

You've been hacked, haven't you?  Say, yes. ???? Please say, yes.

 

Say it with me ........... "Yes."

[mr mr]

4 minutes ago, Blue Muton said:

And there was me thinking it was up to the stores to give their staff product knowledge training so they could actualy serve the customer with the correct products first time every time. Silly me.

dude you expect homepro to train and educate 437,000 employees at every store ? 

[mr mr]

5 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

as I was mis-sold the wrong one.

was there no english writing at all on the package indicating what kind of light it was ? can you take a pic of the light box and post it on the thread here maybe ?

[Don Mega]

4 minutes ago, mr mr said:

dude you expect homepro to train and educate 437,000 employees at every store ? 

I doubt each store has that many employee's.

[Thaiwrath]

I would have tendered another 25 baht (added to the 17 baht = 42 baht), and taken 2 tubes home, leaving one as a spare. Hardly going to take up any valuable storage space, and saves any hassle next time !

[johng]

10 minutes ago, Don Mega said:

I doubt each store has that many employee's.

It sometimes seems the do  following you around the store.

[bluesofa]

1 minute ago, mr mr said:

was there no english writing at all on the package indicating what kind of light it was ? can you take a pic of the light box and post it on the thread here maybe ?

I wish I had taken a photo of it.

I was only in the house five minutes fitting the blue-tinted tube, then going back to HomePro to change it. It was exchanged for a Philips tube.

I remember on the carton it had a short name ending I think in 'Pro'? Not Go-Pro, but something along those lines.

The staff member was reading the small stuck-on Thai label on the carton, so I assume it must have been imported and not Thai made. There was was no English on it apart from the name and '10w'. I didn't notice if there was some other language - like perhaps Chinese.

 

I looked at the tube itself and apart from the manufacturer's name and '10w', there was nothing at all about the colour.

[mr mr]

20 minutes ago, Don Mega said:

I doubt each store has that many employee's.

were you also on the spelling bee team at school ? 

[Grumpy one]

Why not just buy 2 tubes, no hassles for you or the staff

[pineapple01]

The first bit of Thai i learned was Dont Follow Me. Caused by the Parrots in Home Pro TV section.

[pineapple01]

3 minutes ago, mr mr said:

were you also on the spelling bee team at school ? 

No, thats why hes got a descent Job. Nit Pickers take note.

[scammed]

a scot, a jew, and bluesofa went out shopping ....

Edited August 2, 2020 by scammed

[bluesofa]

37 minutes ago, thequietman said:

Please tell me that someone hacked your TVF account and posted this - not you.

 

This is your way out of this mess. I actually like your posts, but this brings you right down there unfortunately.

 

You've been hacked, haven't you?  Say, yes. ???? Please say, yes.

 

Say it with me ........... "Yes."

I'm afraid it just proves my superpowers do occasionally fail.

[mr mr]

9 minutes ago, pineapple01 said:

descent Job.

could you use that in a sentence please ? 

[bluesofa]

30 minutes ago, Thaiwrath said:

I would have tendered another 25 baht (added to the 17 baht = 42 baht), and taken 2 tubes home, leaving one as a spare. Hardly going to take up any valuable storage space, and saves any hassle next time !

Good suggestion. Looks like I missed the bleedin' obvious this time.

[colinneil]

Just now, bluesofa said:

I'm afraid it just proves my superpowers do occasionally fail.

Super powers my a++e, you were just being a cheap skate.

[bluesofa]

14 minutes ago, scammed said:

a scot, a jew, and bluesofa went out shopping ....

When they got home, bluesofa just wouldn't shut the flock up about it.

[scammed]

2 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

When they got home, bluesofa just wouldn't shut the flock up about it.

he just couldnt let it go, living in grief and resentment til the end of his days

haunted by the memories of that cashiers obstruction of justice

Edited August 2, 2020 by scammed

[Old Croc]

After 10 years here I've yet to pick up coins given as change. Apart from the two tone one (10 baht) I cant even recognise the denominations of the coins without examination. Never having to carry coins around is, to me, one of the advantages of life in this country. Knowing that those few shekels are meaningful for a waitress or shop assistant is rewarding for me.

 

I would never demean myself to the point of arguing for 17 baht.

 

(disclaimer: the wife will purloin said coins if spotted)

[bluesofa]

10 minutes ago, mr mr said:

20 minutes ago, pineapple01 said:

descent Job.

could you use that in a sentence please ? 

I've a new descent job. I'm a lift operator.

[scammed]

5 minutes ago, Old Croc said:

After 10 years here I've yet to pick up coins given as change. Apart from the two tone one (10 baht) I cant even recognise the denominations of the coins without examination. Never having to carry coins around is, to me, one of the advantages of life in this country. Knowing that those few shekels are meaningful for a waitress or shop assistant is rewarding for me.

 

I would never demean myself to the point of arguing for 17 baht.

 

(disclaimer: the wife will purloin said coins if spotted)

i would based on principal, but bluesofa wasnt aware the shop also has regulations,

a principal they wont override. the bystander find it too awkward to be part of

and found it easier to pay out of her pocket to end the embarrassment.

 

if no  one stand up for principal, the jet ski scams would be higher,

and con artists would be all over the place,

they would never meet resistance if everyone was pacifist like yourself

Edited August 2, 2020 by scammed

[Old Croc]

1 minute ago, scammed said:

4 minutes ago, Old Croc said:

I would never demean myself to the point of arguing for 17 baht.

 

i would based on principal, but bluesofa wasnt aware the shop also has regulations,

a principal they wont override

My principals obviously vary from yours.