THE DYING CALL OF THE DINGOS

Well I suppose really that I knew that many companies were... helped from going under with some inventive...no, no I am not going to give anyone credit. Just because a bunch of morons go unnoticed by another bunch of morons does not make them clever.

Very, very far from it.

Oddly Tesco is not even one of the names I thought would go down the tubes but stayed around. That would be Argos. Well one of them. Maybe the only one? Lol, I don't recall what I thought back then.

So it was reasonable to assume that at some point there might be another set of names in trouble. Maybe a whole group that were a bit fast and loose with the money and maybe even tax payments too?

Another example of how the punishments for lesser crimes for those most desperate is far greater than those with far more cash but stole or defrauded more money than those poorer and desperate people. Well unless of course their crimes are against other rich, powerful or famous people. Unless it is against Randy Quaid, probably.

As they are not getting us out of the trouble they got us into it is safe to assume there will be more names coming out in situations like this?

There are... a few retail names that have been up to this that strongly suggest they themselves are... teetering. On the edge. So to speak. In fact one of them did not even start this trickery recently and someone after I found out they were doing it, I later found out that a famous national tabloid did an article way back in 2002, give or take a year or two.

Yet for the next dozen years they carry on doing it without being challenged by anyone? Any guesses as to how? Lol.

Another interesting question is that if they were up to this underhanded practice way back then, then how on the world have they survived during these last years? Oh well their only High Street rival of Comet did go out of business a few years ago, leaving only Maplin.

Tesco in criminal fraud probe http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29821061

THE SUPERMARKET SWEEP

EDIT: This did not upload when I wrote it! Trouble with Internet connection as I walked along and the app strangely did not bother uploading it when the connection came back?! Oh well.

This is annoying!

I am walking about on a haze but without some usual pains but with oddly adding muscles I have had for forty eight hours and do not know why.

I have just left a 24 hour Tesco having been turned away at the door for being closed?! First off this is the first time ever this has happened at that Tesco store including on Sundays!

Now what is annoying is that there is one in Enfield Town, last one was in the great beauty spot that is Ponders End, which is not 24 hour but which closes at 6pm on Sundays?!

Yeah you figure out the common sense in that one!

I only want diced frozen chicken for a Thai Red Curry! Started fancying that after figuring out that it contains Coconut, Chilli and I always as Cayenne in it too which are all good and recommended fur Fibromyalgia sufferers.

More annoying is that I also for turned away from my local Sainsburys which I thought I had plenty of time to get to?

Last night I had no more 100mg of Gabapentin so I took a 300mg's pill instead and have a lot more of them then the 100mg's. This was because they made me I'll at 900mg. I find the best thing to do is hold of on the pills until a day toy want to do things ... most of the time?! Lol!

Today might not be a great example?!

Did not get to Sainsburys because the combination of the Gabapentin and Amitriptyline forced me to sleep in ... late!

Got a real shock when I realised it was gone 2pm and a friend I saw recently had text me at 11.30 asking what I was up to, Lol.

I am slow today, slower than normal ... and slower than I thought by getting to Sainsburys at 4pm when I actually thought I would get there at 3.30pm! I had to look at my watch where I then just uttered 'oh shit!' out loud while listening to Pillow Talk by umm ... that bond and cute actress oooh God cannot remember her name?! Loved that movie and I can remember Carry Grant's name! DORIS DAY!!

Sorry I cheated as it just stated playing so I checked the Walkmans screen! Lol!

Yes my love of music is quite varied to say the least. Rock, Pop, Soul, Old Classics from 60's and even Classical Music of Mozart and Beethoven.

Wow my muscles are unusually sore and I have now realised that this feeling is quite rare. Despite all that I do I don't get this much and it had made me wonder something that has indeed occurred to me previously?!

Does Fibromyalgia hide things that are wrong?! Busy firing off these non existent pains it's plausible to think they may mask real problems?!

I have never had proper muscle pains down as a symptom and certainly not in my legs! Mine have ask been around the areas of tendons. Anything l like muscles is normally a pain that is like an electrical surge that has me involuntarily shake, sometimes violently.

Well every few years Fibromyalgia appears to give me something new, maybe this is just the latest?!

I cannot see how there is now anything left on the list to affect?!

Yoinks!! Sharp pain in my back!

Yes so likely another Fibromyalgia report up and coming?  Now I have managed to stab this out I am hobbling the last few hundred yards to Tesco and just wanted to jot out a few notes I thought about and it takes my mind of the, albeit new, pains.

I thought I could certainly bite off more than I could chew today, this is another aspect I find with Fibromyalgia and me?

I am so hard wired in the head to be active. When I was told of one sufferer I used to know but unaware she had it I could not believe she would remain in her house for days and do very little! That would drive me insane and I have skirted to the edge of insanity enough to know that I do not want to go there ever again!

Ahh now finally I am at Tesco and let me pray it's still bloody open?!

Lol?

THE TESCO TROUBLES

It would appear that sashes at Tescos is way down ... and someone states they are going to turn it around.

And when you pull my other leg you get jingle jangles because it had bells on!

I have had a number of issues with Tesco it had to be said and I have spoken about them in here. One issue I had with them had them argue with me by lying about their mobile network, again on here, in front of quite a few customers and never one to give in it walk away looking wetting when I am right I persisted. It was not even my mobile phone I was returning!

Cutting it short I returning it and said that we had thought you could just put on O2 din in it because it uses the O2 network.

"No sir we have our own network!" Said the sales woman in front of dozens if people.

"Err no you don't!" I said back and she insisted twice more before I pointed out that it was bit a good idea to disagree with me because I know my gadgets, have a degree and do not like someone trying to make a fool of me by lying over a cheap crap mobile phone.

She once again insisted before I green set it explaining to her and the manager standing nearby that only five companies own the rights to the mobile networks, Three, T-Mobile & Orange who have now merged into one, O2 and Vodafone. All others rent a slice of these frequencies off this five companies. I then pointed out and emphasizes that

"... You rent frequencies off O2!"

In a desperate blundering attempt to make herself look correct and me look wrong she then blurted out ...

"No, sir! We don't! We use Orange now!"

To which I then smiled and said "Umm yes and you just priced you were lying in front of write a few customers, good luck selling any phones! Now while we are at it I want to point out that on your boxes nowhere dies it state what network you use and nor does it state the phone is locked and cannot be used on other networks. This is a £50 phone and that price is not subsidized in any way. Ergo you have a bit of a cheek blocking phones from don't certain things and then claiming to be providing a good honest service to your customers!"

Now with the two of them completely floored and looking rather stupid and embarrassed they still refused to either change the phone or give a refund. I then pointed out I had a blog and that Tesco have already done something even nitre ridiculous at another store and this won't read well to readers.

The other issues was being set upon nitre or less for using my phone to capture pictures of Orchids?! I got into an argument and told this guy he was talking through his back side when he got sarcastic with me and threatened to get the manager!

I said "OK sunshine, you toddle off and get him and I will wait right here!" The cocky one was surprised to find me waiting ten minutes later when the assistant manager said I can't take photos and I said "Err, yes I can!" Then there was a tit for tat before I pointed out it was not illegal and that they could not do a dam thing to stop someone using the camera on their phones. He tried to say it was when I stopped him and said "Look son, just don't, OK. I am not one you want to argue with over this and for a list of reasons. First of I am not wasting my time standing here arguing as I don't want to take pictures because the Orchids have been dyed in color. I grow a lot of Orchids and the color surprised me and I was going to send it to two members of my family who also keep Orchids. So you are arguing yourself out of several sales for a start. Secondly this is a smartphone and not only is there no law to stop someone taking photos but also the camera in smartphone is used to scan barcodes which when done in your own app you can work out what your spending and added to that order the stuff you scan to be picked up our delivered! Ergo it's not illegal to use the cameras in smart phones and tell your management who did not have the balls that many others would have gone mad over your actions and taken this a lot further.

I won't because I don't really care but next time you might not be so lucky!

He then nodded in agreement and I told him to not out himself in awkward and potentially embarrassing situations for management who do not know their arses from their elbows!

Forgetting for a moment the horse meat fiasco, the two for one prices being dearer that buying two singly there are likely other issues I had with them, oh yeah the other day all cheeses two packs for £5.00 but that the self service machine contradicted their labeling on their shelves. "Oh that ones not invited in the deal sir!" Fifty fecking pence was the saving, lol. "Umm oh yes it is love because the cheeses is labeled on the shelf that it is!" I only wanted one but the offer made me want to try a different cheese, changed my mind now and bit going to stand around in pain for a bit of cheese or fifty bloody pence! Here look, it's not your fault but here, take this cheese back I'll have just one "

On every occasion such as this at a minimum your going to lose sales and at worst a regular customer. Had something in Morrison's too and yet Sainsburys, which I user far more than anything else, I cannot think of any difficulties! Outside of their memory cards being way over priced that is but if it is you just do not but them.

Yeah so if you want to know why your going down Tesco you might want to read this little lot?!

Lmao!

TESCO SCREW HIGH AND LOW

So after my little disagreement with Tesco and then lying to me about their network now it turns Pitt that they screw their suppliers too!

Hmm I think these particular prior that own theses types of stores have become a but too cocky, big headed and comfortable. All this on to of the fact that these so called supermarkets are not super at all, do not seem to stock as much as they used to and are actually greater than the average sure to boot!

I think I have shopped in Tesco for the last time after reading this.

Tesco accused of squeezing suppliers to support its profits - http://pulse.me/s/H1IrA

ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST

Well what do you know?!

Only a few days back I was spieling it all off about how nothing bloody works today and they do not care, I noticed Boris Johnson now having a go at Telecoms companies over rising crime of stolen mobiles, lol.

I mentioned how I have several things that do not work properly and there is one thing in my house that I thought would continue to work for at least 3 years without failure as it costs three to six times as much as most others and yet...today it failed while I was out and it did not even last a year, or maybe just over.

My Bionaire electric fan I use to keep cool and for my Orchids has FAILED!

Leaving myself and my Orchids hot, bothered and bloody cheesed off!!

Now I bought this at my local B&Q Store but god knows where the receipt is?! I know the box is in my loft and maybe the receipt is up there too?! I looked in another set of folders but could not find it and it got a bit hot in their so I will leave it until one evening.

Jesus Christ this is bloody annoying and at £60 each really, REALLY DISAPPOINTING?!?!

Looked up on site and one that looks the same but slightly different model number has 3 years warranty?! Odd that as I was expecting it to last at least three years, lol. If I cannot find the receipt I hope I paid by Visa and can find the item on statement?!

SO another failed brand new item to go in the list of others that include

Second Hand Refurbished and FAULTY phone from Very Catalogue?! (started asking for the cash again?!)
Refurbished and faulty Nikon Camera from ARGOS?! Real surprise that one!
Faulty Technika Freeview BOX from Tesco.

Hmm trying to think I am sure there are others, lol. The only things that have worked OK are my Sony Walkman I bought AS USED, in other words did not buy as NEW and receive USED AND REFURBISHED AND FAULTY as listed above, lol. My Samsung Blu-Ray Player and OTHER Samsung items, lol.

Here are some pictures of it, in pieces mind you, lol.