Moonshine ([info]queen_moonshine) wrote,
@ 2008-08-20 12:18:00
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Open Letter


Dear Liza,

 

I recently purchased from you an S200 Model Water Transport Device (bucket).

 

There is a hole in my bucket. I have tried to fix it using straw (as per advice recieved from yourselves) but this created more problems than it solved, the straw being too long, my knife too blunt, my inability to sharpen said knife due to the fact that I could not carry water from the well to wet the stone to sharpen the knife due to the original problem of hole in bucket.

 

I found your customer service line most unhelpful. Several times they advised me on the procedure to mend my bucket, but we just went round in circles due to the issues mentioned above.

 

I demand to know what you propose to do about this situation. Clearly I expect better from a bucket dealer of your calibre and I look forward to your service department issuing me with adequately trimmed straw or a replacement bucket.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Henry




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[info]offensive_mango
2008-08-20 11:28 am UTC (link)
Dear Henry,

All I can advise you to do is put your knife, stone, and straw into the bucket, then take the whole lot to your nearest stream. There you can wet your stone, sharpen your knife, and cut your straw, thereby allowing you to fix your bucket.

If this resolution is not satisfactory (for example, if the nearest stream is too far away), why not stop the bucket with straw that is slightly too long as a temporary measure allowing you to draw the first bucket of water from the well, which would at least allow you to wet your stone, etc. (Or even lower the bucket into the well with the stone in it, assuming the hole isn't too large or the stone too small.)

You and I both know that your purchase was not recent enough for the bucket to qualify under warranty. This issue has come up many times over the past few years, and I always wonder why it's my fault, given that you have all the implements to hand if only you would use your common sense.

No love,
Liza

Edited at 2008-08-20 11:29 am UTC

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[info]queen_moonshine
2008-08-20 01:12 pm UTC (link)
Liza,

Your response disappoints me. It is obvious that your quality control leaves a lot to be desired. A bucket is a precious commodity around here, where often we have to go up hills to fetch pails of water, sometimes with disastrous consequences.

The warranty has indeed expired but this does not excuse your shoddy customer service. You leave me with no option but to contact the BBC's Watchdog programme where you will be asked patronising questions by a tartily dressed former newsreader between items about widows who were missold chicken feed.

Yours,

Henry

PS, Up yours.

PPS, Right up.

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Blimey
[info]woodygrimble
2008-08-20 11:29 am UTC (link)
Pea Green Boat really affected you, didn't it?

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Re: Blimey
[info]queen_moonshine
2008-08-20 01:27 pm UTC (link)
Mebbe...

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I'd completely forgotton
[info]dirdysanchez
2008-08-21 01:05 pm UTC (link)
about that thing...

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