Companies you wish went bust

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  1. Dalestykes

    Dalestykes Well-Known Member

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    Northern Powergrid. I know they are 'phoney' private sector but **** me - hopeless.

    In the last 24 hours 3 separate power cuts totalling over 10 hours. And the power always goes off at the most inopportune mome
     
    Dalestykes, Feb 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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    Weirdly, I've had nothing but good experiences with Halfords! I know I'm in a minority there!
     
    Merde Tete, Feb 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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    No longer owned by Nigel and Richard it’s now owned by the members
     
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  4. Dalestykes

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    Mine have all been bad. The worst was when cycling the Trans Pennine Trail. Set off from Southport and got into Altrincham at 4.40pm on a Thursday afternoon with a snapped chain. My mate had been dragging me and the bike for 10 miles. Got to the store (15 mins before closing time).
    Me: "Can you do a repair on the chain? I'm on the first day of the TPT through to Hornsea"
    Them: "Hang on Sir, I'll just check with the mechanic." Goes away. Comes back 15 minutes later.
    Them: " I'm afraid he hasn't got time today but he can fit you in next Tuesday."
    Me: "Thank you kind Sir but that doesn't really help my predicament. I'll just buy a new chain if I can."
    Them: "Certainly Sir, If you just pop in tomorrow when we open because we're closing now."
    Me: "Thanks for less than **** all. Are you Paul Conway?"
     
    Dalestykes, Feb 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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    Bottom line mate is no one really cares these days.
    It’s I’m alright mate fk you,
    And that is a terrible state of affairs.
     
    arabian_ian, Feb 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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    Glad to see my team is not on the list
     
    arabian_ian, Feb 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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    You’re right. It’s now a Ltd Company with two directors. Yusuf and Farage. With a constitution that says the party leader can only be ousted if they have more than 100 MPs in Parliament. A true beacon of democracy.
     
    Marc, Feb 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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    It might not be to your taste, and seemingly others on here too, but Dairy Milk Oreo has become one of their best selling products. It’s a quick win to combine two strong IP’s within the group.

    It’s also become one of their biggest selling Grenade products too!
     
    Freddiel, Feb 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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    Amazon are chuffing ace for me as a customer.
     
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    That is quite an explosive post
     
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    Christ on a (broken) bike!
     
    Merde Tete, Feb 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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    Apparently you can get bumper stickers for your Tesla now that say "I bought this before I knew Elon was a Nazi"
     
    DSLRed, Feb 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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    Tbf he’s been an utter bellend for many years. He’s now just realising his true potential.
     
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    They are when things go right, but one thing goes wrong, and they can't hide quick enough
     
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    I think amazon are great. Energy companies for me robbing ******** although the government should be getting to grips with these companies.
     
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    I ******* knew Jack from the hob-nob line was a wrong un
     
    SuperTyke, Feb 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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    Hermes/Evri..

    They're absolute garbage as a postal delivery company. :mad:
     
    Acido Tyke, Feb 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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    Never had a problem with them. On the few occasions I have had items go missing it's just been a few clicks on my phone and they've sorted it straight away.
     
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    Yep, I'll second that. Appalling.
     
    RichK, Feb 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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