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Doctor K May 2017 8:27am, 10 May 2017 3,957 posts	Quote Pin Doctor K I bought the Observer recently and quickly realised why I stopped having it delivered years ago -and the price is in the stratosphere -more expensive than the Sunday Times and crap too.
decorum May 2017 1:24pm, 10 May 2017 1,956 posts	Quote Pin decorum Not so much a useless description, more a useless statement ... 'The anticipated despatch date for your order is the week ending 09/05/17' Given that that is today's date and it's not the end of the week, does that mean they're despatching it today or in two days time? (I'm guessing and expecting, despatch will be on Friday 11 May ).
decorum May 2017 1:27pm, 10 May 2017 1,957 posts	Quote Pin decorum [Okay, yesterday was 09 May oops ]
decorum May 2017 1:44pm, 10 May 2017 1,958 posts	Quote Pin decorum [Well, that was a good result. I phoned the company to clarify whether that means they went out on the ninth or that they are scheduled to go out on the twelfth ~ and they apologise for the confusion, confirm that the dispatch date was set for 12 May ... but that they'll now get them out today as way of an apology for the confusion It's a pair of boots purchased to replace a pair I've worn almost day in, day out for more than four years ~ until I noticed the leather had gone over I was going to pay them the £40 for them to resole the originals]
Carpathius May 2017 2:06am, 11 May 2017 11,773 posts	Quote Pin Carpathius "Fun for kids". On a stair gate.
Fragile Do Not Bend May 2017 12:48pm, 11 May 2017 1,771 posts	Quote Pin Fragile Do Not Bend On a bag of cat food "You could see a visible difference in just three weeks. If you don't see a visible difference in 3 weeks we'll give you your money back" It doesn't specify whether this is a visible difference to the is cat or something else, or indeed if consumption of the product is a prerequisite for a claim. And how does it account for blind people?
Markymarkmark May 2017 3:37pm, 11 May 2017 5,169 posts	Quote Pin Markymarkmark You shouldn't feed blind people cat food. It's a rotten trick.
decorum May 2017 4:16pm, 11 May 2017 1,965 posts	Quote Pin decorum [Then I shall not mention having spotted cat soup ~ well, more correctly, soup intended to be consumed by cats ... not soup made from cats ]
Markymarkmark May 2017 5:06pm, 11 May 2017 5,172 posts	Quote Pin Markymarkmark ["Dog meat" is always a bit of an oddity too! I believe this sort of thing really messes with the translation into Far Eastern languages in particular!]
Maclennane May 2017 10:52am, 12 May 2017 19,429 posts	Quote Pin Maclennane Designed for the neutral runner who's looking to test the very fabric of reality