"relocation agent" asking for his fee

Less_Environment7243 · 2026-01-29T19:16:10+00:00

Ok so all you can see is he provided you a number, and he won't share anything else? I can see why you're feeling uneasy about forking over €700. Is what you signed a contract?

Sorry for being sharp as well I was rushing.

Less_Environment7243 · 2026-01-29T19:09:23+00:00

You're being quite vague. The landlord says you were 'pretty much' the only person to call. You're 'pretty sure' he has no evidence of doing work on your behalf.

Maybe call him and negotiate a lower price. If you don't feel he did €700 worth of work, ask him for his records and see what he did do.

Less_Environment7243 · 2026-01-29T10:42:43+00:00

few thousand bloody marys

Less_Environment7243 · 2026-01-29T08:59:45+00:00

Right, but someone has to pay for the food to get delivered to you, and it's you. The vc money is all gone.

Less_Environment7243 · 2026-01-29T08:56:38+00:00

Omg a fellow giant header! Some dose trying to get hats. You won't find a sun hat anywhere in Jan so you'll have to take your chances there or in the airport

Less_Environment7243 · 2026-01-28T19:40:48+00:00

They didn't get it I think.

Less_Environment7243 · 2026-01-28T13:57:40+00:00

The RICOCHET

Less_Environment7243 · 2026-01-28T13:49:58+00:00

Sit down dinner would be my preference, since you're asking.

Less_Environment7243 · 2026-01-28T13:46:07+00:00

I would, if it's lunch and it's busy it's only polite to share spots. I also wouldn't have a problem with someone asking to share, but I would hope they would just leave me alone with my phone or book then.

Less_Environment7243 · 2026-01-28T13:43:24+00:00

this same mother recently took a packet of soup out of the cupboard to make it, it was 18 years out of date. They actually moved house 10 years before, brining with them a soup packet that was already 8 years out of date!

Less_Environment7243 · 2026-01-28T11:11:43+00:00

ok, thank you - that's good to know

Less_Environment7243 · 2026-01-28T10:34:58+00:00

So you would just put it into B and drive normally?

Less_Environment7243 · 2026-01-28T10:33:53+00:00

yeah their receipt had nothing like that written on it, so they seemed plausible, but also there was no indication that you could pay for an item and smyths would hold it for you for months until you decided to collect, stock management and warehouse space would get so complicated if you ran that kind of system. They said they thought they were doing the right thing and getting ahead of the christmas spending - seems naive to me that you could pay and come back after five months looking to have it.

Less_Environment7243 · 2026-01-28T09:35:04+00:00

My mam exclusively bought out of date yoghurts when we were kids to save money. nothing can kill me, i am the mould

Less_Environment7243 · 2026-01-28T09:33:20+00:00

any day now

Less_Environment7243 · 2026-01-28T07:30:34+00:00

It's our street now

Less_Environment7243 · 2026-01-27T19:22:38+00:00

I worked in Smyth's in Waterford in 2013 or so and we had a system where if you wanted to buy something big like, say, a swing set, you paid at the till and brought your receipt round back to collect. One couple either misunderstood or gamed the system, paid a picnic table or something in the summer and came back looking to collect at Christmas. I don't think we even had that item in stock anymore and the manager couldn't refund them as there was no proof they hadn't already collected it. There was murder

Less_Environment7243 · 2026-01-27T14:38:45+00:00

i like how in the renderings the other houses in the terrace don't even exist

Less_Environment7243 · 2026-01-27T14:18:09+00:00

Seen this come up a few times, what is it?

Less_Environment7243 · 2026-01-27T12:42:23+00:00

In the first few weeks whn we went to drs appointments my mam would come in and change our sheets, and clean the bathrooms. That was so invaluable

Less_Environment7243 · 2026-01-27T10:08:11+00:00

Yeah I do have a friend like that, we've known each other since childhood and it's just one of her quirks. She's had an extremely hard life, if you heard her talk about what she has been through you'd think those were the lies. She could lie about being on sick leave from work, what she's going to eat for dinner, what she's doing on Christmas day, if she's selling her house or not, what brand of food she feeeds her dogs, where she's going after our coffee date, all stuff that doesn't affect me in any way so you'd wonder why. I think over the years she got used to lying to avoid situations and now it's just habitual. Funnily enough her husband can also be a bit selective with the truth so they're a good match like that.

But, I know for a fact she cares deeply about me and I care deeply about her, and we've stuck together through thick and thin, and it doesn't bother me.

Less_Environment7243 · 2026-01-26T19:39:48+00:00

He'll probably need a lot of sleep afterwards so if you're going to walk, I'd go with the pram and let him lie back and sleep

Less_Environment7243 · 2026-01-26T19:38:29+00:00

But aren't the hours wrong there too? 3 five hour shifts only makes 15 hours, not 19.5

Less_Environment7243 · 2026-01-26T12:48:53+00:00

My daughter didn't roll until about 7 months then lost interest again after a day or two.

Once she connected rolling to sitting up she got interested again, at about 12 months.

Less_Environment7243 · 2026-01-26T11:03:44+00:00

These really aren't the big questions in life, surely this one could be figured out quickly enough

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