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I bought some wall & ceiling lights from Argos - spent whole morning, fitted them all - beautiful - they came with 6 glass globes which i fitted last of all and noticed one was cracked in the box - i'd wired in all the lights by now so i popped the one glass back for a replacement - getting no sense out of the till wallers i ended up having to speak to the manageress
Argos: Sorry - you got to bring all the lights back for a refund Me: But i don't want a refund & I am not taking all the lights down again - i just want you to replace the glass which is faulty Argos: Anyway we don't have the glasses seperate Me: No - swap it with one in a box and send 'that' one back Argos: Can't do that!
This was a simply a knee-jerk response as she was now into terratory that she didn't understand (common-sense) and was clearly switched into auto-dogma mode
Me: Let me have a look at another set of lights Argos: Why Me: I might buy another set to get the glass Argos: Here you are Me: What would you do if I opened this box and we found one glass was broke? Argos: I'd send it back Me: Soooooooooo???? - I'm an adult - you're an adult - you give me a glass - i give you the broken one - you send it back - you dont fill out forms - i dont take have to take the lights down - company gets goods back in pristine condition (apart from the broken glass they sent you) - ta daaaaaah Argos: It's not policy - You'll have to bring the whole set back in Me: I am NOT taking the lights back down and 'you' are going to replace the glass - you can either do it the easy way i suggested or you can fill out more forms Argos: You have to bring the whole set in Me: No! I'm going to buy another lamp set Argos: What for? Me: I am going to take it home - swap the faulty glass and bring it back for a refund Argos: You can't Me: I can and I am - The glass is faulty and 'you' will give me a refund and fill out all the forms for it
As the manageress is processing my debit card and 'wrapping up my purchase' she is almost beside herself with anger - i thought she was going to 'go off' at any moment :o)
Argos: "You had better make sure you don't bring it back to me!" she spat - thrusting the bag over to me Me: I only live down the road - I will be back in 10 minutes and I am specifically going to ask for 'you' - and because you don't have the common sense to do it the easy way - 'you' will refund me for the faulty product - and 'you' will fill out all the forms
10 minutes later i walked in - asked for the manageress -by which time she was on fire with anger, as i claimed - "i just bought this lamp set 'not a few minutes ago' and one of the glasses is faulty" - i was pissing myself as she completed the credit slipAnd for the old school: "he aint dead - he's resting - Norwegian blues like kipping on their back!" - haven't laughed so much in years