Rant Thread

[Oneball]

It’s probably coming direct from Apple and there’s nowt Vodafone can do about it.

 

[MarkMas]

It’s probably coming direct from Apple and there’s nowt Vodafone can do about it.

....nowt Vodafone can do about it except BS their customers with lies and nonsense after keeping them on hold for 20 minutes....

All companies can have supply problems or make mistakes, it is the terrible customer service that I can't stand.

 

[midlifecrisis]

....nowt Vodafone can do about it except BS their customers with lies and nonsense after keeping them on hold for 20 minutes....

All companies can have supply problems or make mistakes, it is the terrible customer service that I can't stand.

Agreed, if they said to me, we're having difficulties in delivery, we'll give you refund of £x per day and say we will deliver it by a certain date, here's a reference number, if it goes beyond this date , use this number and it'll save you the rigamarole of explaining everything again.

Anyway complaint files with VF.

 

[rockits]

BT are just as bad if not worse. Upside is that I have had so much compensation and credits that my first years 330/50 FTTP and BT TV is not far off being free.

 

[rockits]

Just caught glance of council tax bill for next year.......shame I wasn't sitting down!

 

[lozcb]

Just caught glance of council tax bill for next year.......shame I wasn't sitting down!

And breath out , another intake and breath out ..................now thats feels better doesnt it

 

[rockits]

Nope!

 

[midlifecrisis]

There's clearly a lot of crime in Hertfordshire... Mainly by the council

 

[midlifecrisis]

Agreed, if they said to me, we're having difficulties in delivery, we'll give you refund of £x per day and say we will deliver it by a certain date, here's a reference number, if it goes beyond this date , use this number and it'll save you the rigamarole of explaining everything again.

Anyway complaint files with VF.

Vodafone said they would call me in 48 hours, its now Saturday... 72 hours later

 

[rockits]

Your not wrong!

Must mean I need to work about 2 hours a week just to pay them to exist after taxes along the way. Bargain

 

[Scaf]

Just caught glance of council tax bill for next year.......shame I wasn't sitting down!

I am with the same council and same band, paid £1900 odd last year, don’t think we have had a bill for 2020 yet, but it won’t be going down, that’s for sure.

 

[D Walker]

Just caught glance of council tax bill for next year.......shame I wasn't sitting down!

Yikes, that’s nearly double ours, but then you do have a couple of football pitches for a back garden.

 

[rockits]

Not sure how the garden uses more council resources but I still think over £250 per month is a little steep.

Stealth tax really as can't see we use anything more than any other 2 adult, 2 child household regardless of value.

 

[Swedish Paul]

Not sure how the garden uses more council resources but I still think over £250 per month is a little steep.

Stealth tax really as can't see we use anything more than any other 2 adult, 2 child household regardless of value.

It’s a load of cr@p. We don’t have a council tax here in Sweden, you just pay your income tax. And get tax relief on your mortgage and other loans. Stealth tax is definitely what is.

 

[D Walker]

Totally agree Dean,
We pay out council tax.......
And then w3 have to pay an extra £40 to empty our green bin..
That’s our grass cuttings etc etc

 

[MarkMas]

It’s a load of cr@p. We don’t have a council tax here in Sweden, you just pay your income tax. And get tax relief on your mortgage and other loans. Stealth tax is definitely what is.

Interesting. The interweb says that local taxes in Sweden range from around 29% to 35% (I think this local income tax, rather than local property tax). Not sure what is more stealthy - having a (not very good) local property tax, or having a national income tax top rate of 25% but then loading another 30% for local tax.

https://sweden.se/society/why-swedes-are-okay-with-paying-taxes/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_in_Sweden#Income_tax

 

[Swedish Paul]

Interesting. The interweb says that local taxes in Sweden range from around 29% to 35% (I think this local income tax, rather than local property tax). Not sure what is more stealthy - having a (not very good) local property tax, or having a national income tax top rate of 25% but then loading another 30% for local tax.

https://sweden.se/society/why-swedes-are-okay-with-paying-taxes/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_in_Sweden#Income_tax

We pay 31% income tax and that’s it. Then you pay 50% on everything over 35k ish. Simple. No surprises, and then I get back 1-2k. Each year in tax relief for mortgage and car loan. If I have one. Food and beer costs the same (unless you go out), car insurance is cheaper I think.

 

[Felonious Crud]

We pay 31% income tax and that’s it. Then you pay 50% on everything over 35k ish. Simple. No surprises, and then I get back 1-2k. Each year in tax relief for mortgage and car loan. If I have one. Food and beer costs the same (unless you go out), car insurance is cheaper I think.

And there are excellent tax breaks for foreign people moving to Sweden if they are fairly highly paid.

Honestly, that country has a lot going for it. Big fan. Not so much the weather for many months of then year, though.

 

[Swedish Paul]

And there are excellent tax breaks for foreign people moving to Sweden if they are fairly highly paid.

Honestly, that country has a lot going for it. Big fan. Not so much the weather for many months of then year, though.

That’s why they invented whisky for. Though to be fair, Stockholm and further south get pretty good weather. Apart from Gothenburg

 

[Felonious Crud]

That’s why they invented whisky for. Though to be fair, Stockholm and further south get pretty good weather. Apart from Gothenburg

Yeah, Stockholm weather mostly seems ok. It always feels to me that the short days there aren't massively different from short days here, yet the long days are just endless.

Oh, and taking 6 weeks off every summer to go and hang out in a cabin by the water, sailing, BBQing, buggering about. What's not to like!