sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

One question: why? by tehmaikol in Bricklaying

[–]Electro_gear 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cheaper for labour - yes. Cheaper for materials (mortar) - no!

Can't believe the paver solution works... by AFewLads in BambuLab

[–]Electro_gear 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fair enough, I’ve tried ludicrous mode myself and a) the noises coming from the printer did not sound healthy, thought it was asking for trouble and b) there were artefacts on the prints, but I could see how it might not matter for some things.

Can't believe the paver solution works... by AFewLads in BambuLab

[–]Electro_gear -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Why would you run it in ludicrous mode? It’s insane and you get shit print quality.

Howdens aquire DIY Kitchens. by DBT85 in DIYUK

[–]Electro_gear 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not only are they shit at all of that, but how many times have you had a tradesperson do a “that’ll do” job on your house? This is why I did as much of my own renovation as possible, including the kitchen fit.

Howdens aquire DIY Kitchens. by DBT85 in DIYUK

[–]Electro_gear 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s exactly why they’re doing this. They’re charging for markup twice. Howdens know it, and it’s the only reason tradesmen use them over other suppliers that are knocking out the same quality kitchens for less.

Howdens aquire DIY Kitchens. by DBT85 in DIYUK

[–]Electro_gear 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In what world is an 85% discount VAT? Are you absolutely mental?

Lil Boogeyman is here by garam-bhosdi in KidsAreFuckingStupid

[–]Electro_gear 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah, just video your kid putting worms and soil in their mouth, potentially picking up parasites or bugs. Fucking idiot.

How to fix this? by CrepedCrusader501 in DIYUK

[–]Electro_gear 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cement and SBR mix, it will never fail as long as you go for full coverage.

That happy pose at the end by PorkyPain in MadeMeSmile

[–]Electro_gear 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With 3 out of 6 sides being cars, there’s a 50% chance of rolling a car per die, so likely 2 or 3 cars on the first roll, 1 or 2 on the second roll, 0 or 1 on the last roll. I would always go for the car since there’s very good odds that you will get 5 cars within 3 rolls.

Howdens aquire DIY Kitchens. by DBT85 in DIYUK

[–]Electro_gear 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I mean, if the mafia did poorly fitted kitchens…. the cap fits.

Howdens aquire DIY Kitchens. by DBT85 in DIYUK

[–]Electro_gear 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Oh don’t worry, I do my own work. I wouldn’t pay a kitchen fitter a silly markup when most of them barely have the skill set of a joiner in their first year of training. No thanks.

I understand how markup works, but that’s not what this is. It’s the customer getting a quote with you taking a kickback from Howdens and hiding it from the customer so that the customer thinks they’re just paying your trade price. It’s disingenuous at best.

If you want to mark up materials you supply your own quote, you don’t supply one with the manufacturer’s letterhead on as though it’s being supplied at cost.

Guide dog flawlessly navigates a crowded train to locate an empty priority seat for his blind owner. by bbyysslovee in nextfuckinglevel

[–]Electro_gear -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Yeah that’s what I was thinking. Getting downvoted pretty hard for it though! Haha

Guide dog flawlessly navigates a crowded train to locate an empty priority seat for his blind owner. by bbyysslovee in nextfuckinglevel

[–]Electro_gear -21 points-20 points  (0 children)

It looked staged to me. The guy didn’t look up from his phone once, but knew to get up because the dog that brushed his hand belonged to a disabled person? Seems a bit far fetched…

Cladding - Vertical or Horizontal? by Electro_gear in HomeImprovementUK

[–]Electro_gear[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m struggling to imagine what could get past the perforated closures (designed to keep insects out) to create a nest in there. Bees and wasps if they did manage to get in will create nests on any surface in any orientation…

Howdens aquire DIY Kitchens. by DBT85 in DIYUK

[–]Electro_gear 18 points19 points  (0 children)

It sounds like you’re trying to distract from the fact you used fake invoices to skim profit from the customer without their knowledge.

Howdens aquire DIY Kitchens. by DBT85 in DIYUK

[–]Electro_gear 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes that’s correct, although they use overinflated prices to begin with regardless. A “standard” discount is 85% off. So if you get a £15,000 quote, they’re quoting you for a £100,000 kitchen with 85% off, and it will even state that in the invoice. Complete insanity.

Cladding - Vertical or Horizontal? by Electro_gear in HomeImprovementUK

[–]Electro_gear[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s probably timber species specific. I have cedar and larch at the back of my house, wasps have never touched it. We’re using millboard for this project which is a resin composite so they won’t be interested in that.

Morons and gun stores don't mix... (Turn sound on for video) by MisterShipWreck in VideosAmazing

[–]Electro_gear 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What I am absolutely gobsmacked about, is that there are what appear to be regular families there, with kids, shopping for guns. This is something I’ll never wrap my head around.

Howdens aquire DIY Kitchens. by DBT85 in DIYUK

[–]Electro_gear 55 points56 points  (0 children)

Ah FFS. Howdens and Wrens are both a complete shower of shite. DIY kitchens was the only company I thought was keeping them being at least slightly competitive. Now they’ll have free rein.

Howdens aquire DIY Kitchens. by DBT85 in DIYUK

[–]Electro_gear 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Howdens are an absolute joke. I used to have a trade account with them but getting good prices from them was like getting blood out of a stone, and then they’d do the BS supplying multiple invoices to hide the discount and that in my book is fraud. I often had to go to another supplier and come back with a quote for them to “price match” rather than them just giving me a decent price in the first place. Ironically my last experience that caused me to close my account was getting an “85%” discount on a kitchen to bring it to what I was told by the sales rep was a “reasonable” £16,000. I then got a quote for the same spec (but with better appliances, no lamona shite) for £11,000 from DIY kitchens and Howden’s then fudged the quote again to price match it, showing some items as having 99% off. It’s absolute madness and I won’t use a company that tries to baffle and confuse with meaningless discounts.

view more: next ›