What cheeses me off

[MEL_Traveller]

No out of pocket costs but inconvenience of having to stop on side of road then coni. Back later with borrowed car trailer to pick it up

Time, petrol, cost of getting from roadside to wherever son was going, and home again.

 

[Quickstatus]

Time, petrol, cost of getting from roadside to wherever son was going, and home again.

Diesel 20km/100 km at 40km and $1.8/L = $15 plus electric car for similar km - say all up $17. I don't think it's worth the hassle

Cost of time ??$/hr.

In any case the date used for calculations of unused rego was the date of accident date which was 1 month prior to insurer taking possession of it so we had 1 month free rego

 

[anat0l]

Why is it a secret why we were unsuccessful? Not good enough? Owner chose someone else? This Real Estate is very popular around here but they are truly awful.

Why is this industry so arrogant? Absolutely zero humanity.

Like job applications, they're not obliged to tell you why, but it would be nice if they did. At least you got told you were unsuccessful rather than being left high and dry.

Probably reason is they went with someone else, whatever that reason was (they were family, they have a higher income, the people vibe with us better, etc. etc.)

WCMO are hotels that have installed washing machines that dispense their own washing powder. A new trend in some hotels I have stayed recently. I like to use my own as their powders are too strongly perfumed.

I actually like this feature (now commonly present in hotels and standalone laundromats), as it saves me having to source laundry supplies. Useful when in a non-English speaking nation.

At the point that I've decided to go with a laundromat or the like, I've conceded that I'll accept whatever product they use or whatever machine program will run, because if I wanted a "better" job then I'd pay more for it or do it myself in the hotel sink. So far, my clothes don't smell considerably more fragrant, they come out well-rinsed and they haven't been destroyed, even with a completely mixed up load.

 

[ellen10]

Well usually, I just let things go. But this did CMO and I stewed over it last night.

So I need to get it off my chest. Warning it is a long story.
Let’s start at the beginning. Went for a swim in the resort pool. A lady floats by and started chatting to us. She was a good talker and we heard a lot of her history, she was friendly enough. Was here with her son, still sleeping at midday, he had a big night! (Maybe should have been a red flag to us).
We started talking local things to do here. Long story short she said they were going to a beach bar and fire show that night. Would we like to come with them. So we thought ok.
Met at the dock, she said too far to walk let’s share a taxi. Her son negotiated a price, get in local old van and took off, pool lady’s 15 minute journey was actually took 45 minutes along some rough roads.

Get to venue, taxi driver says don’t pay me now I will pick you up when the show is finished. The venue is packed, waitress says all tables booked, but we can sit at the lounge. Ok order food and first drinks shout. Son, (who is a very BIG boy) says he’ll have two beers and mum two wines, they need a drink! My husband goes to buy drinks his shout ( we just get a beer each)
The place is busy, son does next shout with mums wise card, again they get double drinks. Mum tells me more life history, ripped off in divorce etc. She says she is a savvy traveler, has a wise card, cash and credit card
Pizzas and burgers come my husband does another shout, same again 2 x drinks for them.
Son wants more drinks, I pass, mums wise card is maxed out so uses mums cash.
The attraction of this place is the free fire show( mum tells us that it is free and they pass the bucket around at the end. Seats are filling up down by the water, mum says I can’t stand, so I will need a seat. They have another couple of drinks at the bar, Husband and I go down and find seats among some nice German kids who move along to fit us in. Husband shouts young boy a beer.

The mum and son finally come down just before the show starts more drinks in hand. Son says he needs to sit closer to the middle as he needs to video it on his go pro, we move so he can have the best seat.
Just before the show starts, the mum asks my husband do I have enough money to pay the taxi back as they have used their cash. I say yes I have enough.
Show is fantastic, very clever performers. Bucket is passed around, I put money in, guess who don’t.
Time to go although son said he would like another drink, but we have to be back to catch last ferry back before closing.
Of forgot to mention on the way son says to taxi driver, get me some kava to drink , so we have to wait while he drinks Kava with the locals!
I won’t bore you with the journey home . Other than we had to stop for the son to buy cigarettes, whilst he drinks kava out of and empty plastic coke bottle. And son says he has the best YouTube video of the fire show and will get a lot of likes.

Get out of taxi I pay the equivalent of $84 taxi fare.
It pours down rain we run for the ferry drenched.
I say to the mum on the ferry, just as well I had the taxi fare as it was the last of my cash.
No mention of reimbursement. Get off ferry, walk drenched back up past the bar. They say I think we need a couple of drinks, mum says I guess I will have to use my credit card. No offer to shout us a drink as we paid the taxi fare.
We just said we will head on back as we were soaking wet. Again no mention of paying us back.

We don’t mind shouting for drinks etc, but if I ran out of cash to pay my share of the local taxi, I would be falling over myself to organise paying the person back. And again if I knew I was using up my last cash( which was needed) I would stop drinking.
They did not surface at breakfast, but they told me last night, that today they were shopping and booking massages.

Were we taken advantage off, I guess so. But I feel sad and cheesed off

Rant over! Sorry!

 

[Happy Dude]

@Quickstatus at what point in your case did the insurance company own the car? As soon as they wrote it off or when they took it from where you moved it to? If the former, shouldn't they have been responsible for moving it from the freeway?

 

[MARTINE]

Well usually, I just let things go. But this did CMO and I stewed over it last night.

So I need to get it off my chest. Warning it is a long story.
Let’s start at the beginning. Went for a swim in the resort pool. A lady floats by and started chatting to us. She was a good talker and we heard a lot of her history, she was friendly enough. Was here with her son, still sleeping at midday, he had a big night! (Maybe should have been a red flag to us).
We started talking local things to do here. Long story short she said they were going to a beach bar and fire show that night. Would we like to come with them. So we thought ok.
Met at the dock, she said too far to walk let’s share a taxi. Her son negotiated a price, get in local old van and took off, pool lady’s 15 minute journey was actually took 45 minutes along some rough roads.

Get to venue, taxi driver says don’t pay me now I will pick you up when the show is finished. The venue is packed, waitress says all tables booked, but we can sit at the lounge. Ok order food and first drinks shout. Son, (who is a very BIG boy) says he’ll have two beers and mum two wines, they need a drink! My husband goes to buy drinks his shout ( we just get a beer each)
The place is busy, son does next shout with mums wise card, again they get double drinks. Mum tells me more life history, ripped off in divorce etc. She says she is a savvy traveler, has a wise card, cash and credit card
Pizzas and burgers come my husband does another shout, same again 2 x drinks for them.
Son wants more drinks, I pass, mums wise card is maxed out so uses mums cash.
The attraction of this place is the free fire show( mum tells us that it is free and they pass the bucket around at the end. Seats are filling up down by the water, mum says I can’t stand, so I will need a seat. They have another couple of drinks at the bar, Husband and I go down and find seats among some nice German kids who move along to fit us in. Husband shouts young boy a beer.

The mum and son finally come down just before the show starts more drinks in hand. Son says he needs to sit closer to the middle as he needs to video it on his go pro, we move so he can have the best seat.
Just before the show starts, the mum asks my husband do I have enough money to pay the taxi back as they have used their cash. I say yes I have enough.
Show is fantastic, very clever performers. Bucket is passed around, I put money in, guess who don’t.
Time to go although son said he would like another drink, but we have to be back to catch last ferry back before closing.
Of forgot to mention on the way son says to taxi driver, get me some kava to drink , so we have to wait while he drinks Kava with the locals!
I won’t bore you with the journey home . Other than we had to stop for the son to buy cigarettes, whilst he drinks kava out of and empty plastic coke bottle. And son says he has the best YouTube video of the fire show and will get a lot of likes.

Get out of taxi I pay the equivalent of $84 taxi fare.
It pours down rain we run for the ferry drenched.
I say to the mum on the ferry, just as well I had the taxi fare as it was the last of my cash.
No mention of reimbursement. Get off ferry, walk drenched back up past the bar. They say I think we need a couple of drinks, mum says I guess I will have to use my credit card. No offer to shout us a drink as we paid the taxi fare.
We just said we will head on back as we were soaking wet. Again no mention of paying us back.

We don’t mind shouting for drinks etc, but if I ran out of cash to pay my share of the local taxi, I would be falling over myself to organise paying the person back. And again if I knew I was using up my last cash( which was needed) I would stop drinking.
They did not surface at breakfast, but they told me last night, that today they were shopping and booking massages.

Were we taken advantage off, I guess so. But I feel sad and cheesed off

Rant over! Sorry!

Grifters - plain and simple. I am furious just reading it. Sending virtual hugs

 

[Quickstatus]

at what point in your case did the insurance company own the car?

I presume when they took possession of it 3 days after telling me they have written off the car. A few days later I got the settlement letter in the email.

 

[MARTINE]

Grifters - plain and simple. I am furious just reading it. Sending virtual hugs

Maybe you can go to dinner and quote their room number when the bill arrives — if they are actual guests of the hotel

 

[VPS]

Well usually, I just let things go. But this did CMO and I stewed over it last night.

So I need to get it off my chest. Warning it is a long story.
Let’s start at the beginning. Went for a swim in the resort pool. A lady floats by and started chatting to us. She was a good talker and we heard a lot of her history, she was friendly enough. Was here with her son, still sleeping at midday, he had a big night! (Maybe should have been a red flag to us).
We started talking local things to do here. Long story short she said they were going to a beach bar and fire show that night. Would we like to come with them. So we thought ok.
Met at the dock, she said too far to walk let’s share a taxi. Her son negotiated a price, get in local old van and took off, pool lady’s 15 minute journey was actually took 45 minutes along some rough roads.

Get to venue, taxi driver says don’t pay me now I will pick you up when the show is finished. The venue is packed, waitress says all tables booked, but we can sit at the lounge. Ok order food and first drinks shout. Son, (who is a very BIG boy) says he’ll have two beers and mum two wines, they need a drink! My husband goes to buy drinks his shout ( we just get a beer each)
The place is busy, son does next shout with mums wise card, again they get double drinks. Mum tells me more life history, ripped off in divorce etc. She says she is a savvy traveler, has a wise card, cash and credit card
Pizzas and burgers come my husband does another shout, same again 2 x drinks for them.
Son wants more drinks, I pass, mums wise card is maxed out so uses mums cash.
The attraction of this place is the free fire show( mum tells us that it is free and they pass the bucket around at the end. Seats are filling up down by the water, mum says I can’t stand, so I will need a seat. They have another couple of drinks at the bar, Husband and I go down and find seats among some nice German kids who move along to fit us in. Husband shouts young boy a beer.

The mum and son finally come down just before the show starts more drinks in hand. Son says he needs to sit closer to the middle as he needs to video it on his go pro, we move so he can have the best seat.
Just before the show starts, the mum asks my husband do I have enough money to pay the taxi back as they have used their cash. I say yes I have enough.
Show is fantastic, very clever performers. Bucket is passed around, I put money in, guess who don’t.
Time to go although son said he would like another drink, but we have to be back to catch last ferry back before closing.
Of forgot to mention on the way son says to taxi driver, get me some kava to drink , so we have to wait while he drinks Kava with the locals!
I won’t bore you with the journey home . Other than we had to stop for the son to buy cigarettes, whilst he drinks kava out of and empty plastic coke bottle. And son says he has the best YouTube video of the fire show and will get a lot of likes.

Get out of taxi I pay the equivalent of $84 taxi fare.
It pours down rain we run for the ferry drenched.
I say to the mum on the ferry, just as well I had the taxi fare as it was the last of my cash.
No mention of reimbursement. Get off ferry, walk drenched back up past the bar. They say I think we need a couple of drinks, mum says I guess I will have to use my credit card. No offer to shout us a drink as we paid the taxi fare.
We just said we will head on back as we were soaking wet. Again no mention of paying us back.

We don’t mind shouting for drinks etc, but if I ran out of cash to pay my share of the local taxi, I would be falling over myself to organise paying the person back. And again if I knew I was using up my last cash( which was needed) I would stop drinking.
They did not surface at breakfast, but they told me last night, that today they were shopping and booking massages.

Were we taken advantage off, I guess so. But I feel sad and cheesed off

Rant over! Sorry!

Where are you and what nationality were they?

 

[VPS]

WCMO are hotels that have installed washing machines that dispense their own washing powder. A new trend in some hotels I have stayed recently. I like to use my own as their powders are too strongly perfumed.

Totally agree. The hotel I’m staying in now is one of the few that I can actually use the hand wash because it isn’t so strongly scented.

 

[JohnK]

Like job applications, they're not obliged to tell you why, but it would be nice if they did. At least you got told you were unsuccessful rather than being left high and dry.

Probably reason is they went with someone else, whatever that reason was (they were family, they have a higher income, the people vibe with us better, etc. etc.)

Totally understand they're not obliged to tell you anything but if real estate agents are in the business of helping owners and tenants then it pays to say something if something is wrong otherwise you will fail over and over. Courtesy right?

Another real estate agent sent email saying they had some very good applications (and ours was one of them) and owner had difficult decision.

Went to an inspection this morning and there were 60 people registered and most attended. I applied straight away but I am just one of many applying and need a lot of luck. We are now seeing the same people at each inspection. Everyone in same boat.

We now have 7 weeks before we have to move out. What am I supposed to do? Pay to move everything to storage and go to a hotel until I find a place and then pay to move everything back from storage?

This is a serious problem that does not have a simple solution but it is getting worse and worse if we just ignore it.

 

[mrsterryn]

A yearly bill coming out of cash account and not the credit card
Updated payment preferences for next year
Grump grump grump

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Totally understand they're not obliged to tell you anything but if real estate agents are in the business of helping owners and tenants then it pays to say something if something is wrong otherwise you will fail over and over. Courtesy right?

Another real estate agent sent email saying they had some very good applications (and ours was one of them) and owner had difficult decision.

Went to an inspection this morning and there were 60 people registered and most attended. I applied straight away but I am just one of many applying and need a lot of luck. We are now seeing the same people at each inspection. Everyone in same boat.

We now have 7 weeks before we have to move out. What am I supposed to do? Pay to move everything to storage and go to a hotel until I find a place and then pay to move everything back from storage?

This is a serious problem that does not have a simple solution but it is getting worse and worse if we just ignore it.

Are real estate agents really out to help tenants?

(Actually, for that matter, are they really out to help owners?)

I think they just want the money, wherever that comes from. And mostly, it comes from the owners.

(apologies to any genuinely good estate agents out there)