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Bloody bloody bloody annoyed

I can understand how you're annoyed, I sent a late 40's Norton single cylinder engine to be re-built by the the UK's No1 Norton single cylinder specialist, when returned I discovered he had stamped his first name and first three letters of his surname into the left hand side case, just below the bottom of the pushrods, in plain sight for all too see, I was really surprised and shocked that someone would deface a motor like this, especially someone who should know better that knows the value of these engines, it seems there's no accounting for what someone's ego will justify. Luckily the case is quite thick, the stamping not too deep and I was able to polish it out.
The lack of label recess is pretty crap for a platter that's 'designed' to be used without a mat.
Fwiw it's a cheap, tacky looking platter anyway, the weights look crap, I'd much prefer a plain and simple black 26mm Delrin platter or perhaps one of Regas own 'upgrade' platters.

Btw, if you're not happy with a purchase and the seller is not answering emails or being awkward, etc, the best move is to post on their public profile in the social media platforms, FB or Instagram, this tends to get matters sorted out quickly.

If I was fortunate enough to own a Norton engine, I would be incandescent. As it is, I've had my money back. I like the dangly weights, so I've ordered a similar product from Cherry Audio. It has a label recess this time, and is a one piece platter. It only has 6 weights, as opposed to 22, but still looks nice to me. Next up will be an off-board motor mount, and a thrust bearing motor upgrade possibly.
 
Thank you for this, but the link just takes me to a page of products, none of which appears to relate to Rega Planar 2

http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-5...0001&campid=5338728743&icep_item=233435952106

Does that meet with approval? Very similar, and has confirmed they don't engrave anything on it.


Just email them, tizo acrylic will build anything you like at off the shelf prices and they speak good English. They only use top notch cast acrylic, not the rolled stuff.
 
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Just email them, tizo acrylic will build anything you like at off the shelf prices and they speak good English. They only use top notch cast acrylic, not the rolled stuff.

I have a platter design in mind for my next turntable build, I'll keep their details handy.
 
have you ever pondered therapy for anger management?

I ate my therapist.

As time goes on, I find myself less willing to compromise.

If someone puts a photo of a product up for sale, in this example a platter, I expect it to look just like that. Particularly new. And if it doesn't, I get significantly narked, especially when said seller says that an unengraved platter - what was pictured - is a "special order." I regard this sort of thing as f***ery of the first order, and not to be tolerated.
 
I ate my therapist.

As time goes on, I find myself less willing to compromise.

If someone puts a photo of a product up for sale, in this example a platter, I expect it to look just like that. Particularly new. And if it doesn't, I get significantly narked, especially when said seller says that an unengraved platter - what was pictured - is a "special order." I regard this sort of thing as f***ery of the first order, and not to be tolerated.
Oh, it should definitely not be tolerated. What you should do is remain calm while you plot and execute the revenge they deserve. That's much more satisfying than anything you could accomplish in a fit of rage.
 
Oh, it should definitely not be tolerated. What you should do is remain calm while you plot and execute the revenge they deserve. That's much more satisfying than anything you could accomplish in a fit of rage.

For this? Eh. I already made him pay for return postage at his cost, if karma chooses to have him cross my path in the future I shall consider myself blessed.
 
Maybe the bloke is a fan of that Far Side comic where the guy labels everything.

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I would have kept this between me and the supplier . No need for the public hanging

Agreed, people are way too quick to rush to some online platform to shout look what’s been done to me by this (insert pish here).

We’ve a local Italian restaurant who has been doing takeaways since the start of lockdown, we use them frequently and by and large they’re okay but we’ve had two really terrible meals, last one being a Father’s Day meal for six (mine).

Anyway on both occasions my wife called to complain and the owner put his hands up and admitted the meals were indeed terrible, on the first occasion he sent a free meal, at the next order and at the last occasion he refunded the cost of the meal and sent us free vouchers towards the cost of another meal or takeaway.

We were happy with this although I don’t know if we will order again cause you can’t trust them.

Anyway I was talking to a friend and told her the above, turns out she’s had poor takeaways from then too and apparently her last meal was particularly bad with a wait of over three hours (she couldn’t cancel cause they stopped answering the phone) but her first reaction was to go on Facebook and leave a particularly nasty review (according to her) so she got a bad meal and nothing else except the satisfaction of shouting look at me on Facebook and now can’t order anything from the restaurant because of her review.
 


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