Fed up!

Further to my previous entry bemoaning the fact that I lost money on ebay, I am pleased to be able to advise that PayPal have refunded £105.00 under their payment protection policy.  It is safe to shop on ebay after all!

p.s.  My new fridge freezer is so big, they had to take the doors off to get it into the house!

I'm moving soon.  Our current house has an en-suite shower and a shower over the bath in the main bathroom.  Both are incorrectly described as showers because they are actually dribbles.  When I was looking for my new house, I took great pains to test the water pressure on the shower in each house I viewed.  Never again will I live in a house with an en-suite dribble!  So excited am I that my new house has not one but two high pressure showers that I decided we would splash out and treat ourselves to a shower panel with 6 body jets and a huge shower head so that we could all relish the new power shower experience. 

Crystal tips has a part time job in Homebase (diy store).  Even with her 20% discount, the shower panel was going to cost £250.00.  I decided to follow the example of my ebay addicted sister and trawl ebay for a bargain.  This is not my first foray into ebay.  I was in fact an ebayer before my sister but managed to overcome the addiction.  After a few attempts, on the day before Xmas eve, I was finally successful and won a bid for a fandabby glass and chrome shower panel costing £132.00.  The seller had a fantastic ebay profile.  97% satisfaction and 28,132 transactions.   Being an honest sort, I paid for my item straight away.

When my shower panel hadn't arrived by the 14 January and I had received no contact, I e-mailed the seller.  They e-mailed me back and advised that my shower had been damaged in transit and that they would send me another.

Today I got an e-mail to advise me that they have gone bankrupt and that my shower will not be dispatched.   I paid for my item by Paypal so I have registered a claim. I'm hoping I can get my money back.  If I don't I will probably not be able to experience my fandabbydozy showering experience for some time to come what with my new "together but living apart" status with Homer, the costs of moving, sending two children to university and feeding Princess B's addiction to Cadbury Cream Eggs.

Even so, if I ever move (and even that is up in the air at the moment, since some important documents got destroyed by the courier and another set have had to be sent before we can exchange contracts delaying the whole process) at least I will not have a dribble but a shower even if it isn't a shower with six body jets and a huge shower head.

Nevermind.  Worse things happen at sea.  I could have been suffering from a really bad cold and be covered in spots having just started a new job so I can't take any time off. Oh hang on I have, I am and I can't!

7 things to do before I die

Visit Niagra Falls

See the great wall of China

Walk the Inca Trail

Go to Canada

Go to Australia

Visit Pompeii

Go in a helicopter

7 things I cannot do

Eat shellfish

Pick up a spider

Write with my left hand

Ice skate

Ballroom dancing

Ride a unicycle

Draw

7 things that attracted me to blogging 

I'm nosey

Homer and Midwife Muse were both doing it and I felt left out

Making new acquaintances

A way of dumping all the silly thoughts going round in my head

Boredom

So I could live vicariously through other bloggers!

Because I can

7 things I say the most

Oh Bless! (It annoys me that I say that but I can't stop it)

Babiees (to the cats and rabbits)

Alright stinky pinky? 

Oh bugger

Whatever

Where are my glasses?

Good morning/afternoon (Matilda the Skivvy) speaking

7 books I love

The Curious Tale of the Dog in the Nightime

Kes

The Diary of Adrian Mole

Past Mortem

Billy

Topsy and Tim

Head Over Heels

7 Movies I love

Sound of Music

Mary Poppins

Love Actually

Four Weddings and Funeral

Bridget Jones Diary

Grease

Love Story

7 people I want to join in

Balancing Act

DerbyDave

IanB

Beachhutman

Morethanluck

Digital_Femme

Princess Fairytoes

I had the morning off work today.  I enjoyed a lovely lie in before making my way to the Dentist for my annual appointment.  When I got there I was told that Oops, sorry I had been de-registered. This is because I missed my last appointment and failed to make another within the 12 month timescale.  Hang on, I made another appointment immediately after the previous missed one.  Today was the appointment I made.  I had to wait five months for this routine appointment only to be told that I had now been de-registered.  Am I cross, just a little.  Am I upset, very.

I have been registered with this dentist for 20 years.  I registered there when Number One son was a mere twinkle in my tummy.  All of my children are registered at the practice as is my mad Mother.   I also discovered that Number One Son has been de-registered for the same reason.  He had an appointment booked for next week.

Four things:

Why didn't they warn me I was about to be de-registered?

Why was I only told on the day I turned up for my appointment?

What sense is there in having half a family registered and de-registering the other half?

Where is the customer service for a family who have been visiting the same practice for 20 years?

Needless to say, I have sent a letter to the owner of the practice.  It is a nice letter, outlining my plight and pleading to his better nature.  I have mentioned mad Mother, that might do the trick. Quite a few people are scared of her.  I hope this works as I can't find another NHS dentist taking patients in our area.   

hint hint

Last year I was asked to host the Xmas quiz at work.  I must have done a good job because they've asked me to do it again. 

Any ideas for interesting questions/format?