The Official Shit That No One Cares About, Thread

[68style]

Originally Posted by Badhobz

https://www.jalopnik.com/these-are-t...ad-1851713665/

Look at this shit… how can my precious ratrolla hybrid be so deadly ?!? Although less deadly than a stupid beetle. Blows my mind….

donk's Vette got bested by a lowly Hyundai Venue

[spoon.ek9]

What's a good aftermarket brand for wiper blades these days? I need to replace the 16" on the rear windshield of the EF. Gonna also have to bend the arm and perhaps lube up the spring to get better contact too.

Edit:

quick search on crappy tire and they only have two choices

1. Reflex 16" $14.99
2. RainX 16" $24.99

[bcrdukes]

I managed to pick up some Bosch winter wipers for our Corolla last winter and they performed quite well. It's warming up now so the rubber material isn't as happy compared to when it's in the single digits.

For summer/fall, I've always stuck with factory. I can't speak for Honda, but you can just buy the rubber insert/refill from Toyota. It's not the cheapest but they are better than the aftermarket options out there. They seem to last the longest and have the cleanest wipe compared to other ones I've tried like Michelin and whatnot.

A number of people here on the forums are adamant about getting the Michelin wipers from Costco when on sale because they are cheap and disposable, but I don't find they are very effective and don't last very long. And like Badhobz mentioned in an earlier post, they look awful. All the time, effort, and heartaches of dealing with them aren't worth it to me but I know some of you are die-hard Costco fans. I can't bring myself to return them after 5 years of use.

[spoon.ek9]

I found some Bosch on scamazon for a pretty good price, might just give that a go. TBH, the rear wiper on my EF rarely ever gets used lol. I just want it to function properly for once.

[Badhobz]

Spy Balloon's RX is the only lexus in the fleet that doesnt use J hooks (another made in canada travisty) so i was forced to either buy toyota inserts or bosch icons. Ever since using bosch icons, i havent switched back to inserts. Her car is 2018 and ive only gone through 2 sets so far.

They hold up during the heat, and the cold of winter. No scraping, and a nice clean swipe with no noise. That why i went with these for the hitlerbox.

All the other cars i usually just throw on Costco Michelin wipers, although recently they have been getting worse and worse every year.
The best set was the Michelin Stealth wipers they had a few years ago. Back then, even the packaging was more substantial and came with all the adapters.

[68style]

I put Bosch on my IS300 once when down in Portland like 6 years ago in a torrential rainstorm and they were frickin amazing… and they’re still on the car today, drove to Vancouver and ran into tonnes of rain they still worked great.

[spoon.ek9]

Bosch 16CA $21.64
Bosch ICON 16A $33.19

should I bother splurging for the more expensive one? lol

[Manic!]

Originally Posted by whitev70r

2 weeks and 9 pages later, I'm kinda surprised that Manic! isn't more active on this thread. I thought he'd be the star!

Since you missed me.


Last week Telus called me saying they had some offers that might be beneficial (increase my bill) to me. I asked how much am I paying for internet. They said $135 x2 for the 2 places because my discounts just expired. I said I wanted to cancel. She sent me to another department the price was brought down to $86 for each place. Took 26 min. Now here is where it gets more fucked up. I check online and they where not just going to charge me $135 but they where going to charge me $135 plus $20 for unlimited internet.
I bet there are some old people or people who don't check there bill that are paying $155 for 1 gig internet.

A few days ago I see that Telus has charged for $300 for something. I check the bill online. It's the cellphone bill and more than 50% of the bill is taxes. WTF? I call them. They say it's for taxes on a phone I bought. I bought the phone outright 2 months ago. I tell them you can't charge me for taxes 2 months after I bought the phone. I said i want to return the phone. Over an hour later they transfer me to another person. In 15 min he reversed the charges. To a total of 1 hour and 46 min.

Fck this company.

[Badhobz]

Originally Posted by spoon.ek9

Bosch 16CA $21.64
Bosch ICON 16A $33.19

should I bother splurging for the more expensive one? lol

do the icons. thank me later

[spoon.ek9]

1.5x more expensive.. this better be worth it hobz!

[Badhobz]

IT IS! IT IS !!!!! thats 1 less burger you can eat, but your eyes will thank me as soon as rain starts.

[spoon.ek9]

why'd you have to say that? now I know I could have a wiper AND a burger/fries

[!Kodamu]

Lordco Trico Exactfit

Originally Posted by spoon.ek9

What's a good aftermarket brand for wiper blades these days? I need to replace the 16" on the rear windshield of the EF. Gonna also have to bend the arm and perhaps lube up the spring to get better contact too.

Edit:

quick search on crappy tire and they only have two choices

1. Reflex 16" $14.99
2. RainX 16" $24.99

[Jason00S2000]

Originally Posted by Manic!

A few days ago I see that Telus has charged for $300 for something. I check the bill online. It's the cellphone bill and more than 50% of the bill is taxes. WTF? I call them.

Car dealerships, phone companies... you name it these days, if you are not extremely vigilant, they ARE going to rip you off.

[Badhobz]

https://vancouver.craigslist.org/nvn...854593834.html

this guy's ad is killing me. the first picture is excellent too.

[unit]

Originally Posted by Manic!

Since you missed me.


Last week Telus called me saying they had some offers that might be beneficial (increase my bill) to me. I asked how much am I paying for internet. They said $135 x2 for the 2 places because my discounts just expired. I said I wanted to cancel. She sent me to another department the price was brought down to $86 for each place. Took 26 min. Now here is where it gets more fucked up. I check online and they where not just going to charge me $135 but they where going to charge me $135 plus $20 for unlimited internet.
I bet there are some old people or people who don't check there bill that are paying $155 for 1 gig internet.

A few days ago I see that Telus has charged for $300 for something. I check the bill online. It's the cellphone bill and more than 50% of the bill is taxes. WTF? I call them. They say it's for taxes on a phone I bought. I bought the phone outright 2 months ago. I tell them you can't charge me for taxes 2 months after I bought the phone. I said i want to return the phone. Over an hour later they transfer me to another person. In 15 min he reversed the charges. To a total of 1 hour and 46 min.

Fck this company.

between my personal line and the business line i get calls like this especially from telus all the time.
as soon as they say they have some offers for me, i just stop them right there and say how about i just tell you what i have and what im getting and you can tell me if you can beat it or not?
i dont want more services for a higher price, so unless you can bring my bill down then im not interested.
90% of the reps just listen to me tell them about my plan then say ok thanks have a nice day. lol
i have 20gb of data and i almost never exceed 5gb in a month, why do i need 60gb even if it's just $10 more?

[bcrdukes]

Originally Posted by Badhobz

https://vancouver.craigslist.org/nvn...854593834.html

this guy's ad is killing me. the first picture is excellent too.

So, who wants a rim job?

[donk.]

Originally Posted by unit

between my personal line and the business line i get calls like this especially from telus all the time.
as soon as they say they have some offers for me, i just stop them right there and say how about i just tell you what i have and what im getting and you can tell me if you can beat it or not?
i dont want more services for a higher price, so unless you can bring my bill down then im not interested.
90% of the reps just listen to me tell them about my plan then say ok thanks have a nice day. lol
i have 20gb of data and i almost never exceed 5gb in a month, why do i need 60gb even if it's just $10 more?

Easy to sell first world people things they dont need

There was these telus people in my old condo lobby selling faster internet, real pushy

Dude goes "hey we are with telus promoting this great new plan!
Me "not interested"
Dude "what plan are you on now?"
Me "75mbps 40$"
Dude "oh this plan is WAY faster, and only 85$/mo"
Me "not interested" as i walk towards the elevator area out of earshot

Out of the corner of my eye: the guy looks to his coworker, snarls and says "pffghhsh, haha, who has 75mbps internet haha"

I think i lost brain cells when he said that, no wonder he works as an in person cold caller, probably complains that he cant afford to buy house because all his money goes to his 800mbps internet plan



Should have went back and chris browned him out of the lobby

[Jason00S2000]

[68style]

Originally Posted by Badhobz

https://vancouver.craigslist.org/nvn...854593834.html

this guy's ad is killing me. the first picture is excellent too.

The original guy doing this rim jobs shtick was a brown dude in Surrey, he painted my Celica GT rims cheap and it definitely was cheap… this guy stole and amped up his gimmick

[EvoFire]

Originally Posted by unit

between my personal line and the business line i get calls like this especially from telus all the time.
as soon as they say they have some offers for me, i just stop them right there and say how about i just tell you what i have and what im getting and you can tell me if you can beat it or not?
i dont want more services for a higher price, so unless you can bring my bill down then im not interested.
90% of the reps just listen to me tell them about my plan then say ok thanks have a nice day. lol
i have 20gb of data and i almost never exceed 5gb in a month, why do i need 60gb even if it's just $10 more?

I do a similar schtick. I tell him I'm paying $30 after tax a month and I don't need anymore services, if you can't beat it I don't want to hear about it.

[Badhobz]

^fuck i thought you did a similar schtick for rim jobs....

[Manic!]

Fun fact Telus workers are not allowed to hang up on you. If you got time to waste ask for a discount because they wasted your time by calling you. Just keep asking.

[Hondaracer]

Reading more recent posts online about Telus it seems like they’ve shifted into full scam mode. A lot of comments basically saying they’ve added tiers of customer support who have almost zero control on accounts or billing. People claim to have spent 5-8 hours simply to cancel accounts etc. hiring people who are knowingly bad at the English language into their customer support etc.

Also the tiers of contracts in terms of security and TV/Internet services handcuff most ignorant people into either renewing with Telus or paying huge fees to get out of contracts (almost all security contracts are 3 years, which basixally require wifi to work with almost all products) while TV and internet services are 2 year contracts which add to the “bundled” savings.

Also increasingly more and more horror stories about contractor technicians. Saw one recently the guy spent 7 hours at the home, drilled a single hole, covered the exterior and interior penetrations with painters tape, then walked away from the job saying he couldn’t do it

Shit company all around. If your services are working and you don’t need to call anyone for support, be thankful lol.. my home services come up for renewal in sept and im going to grind them endlessly until i get what i want.

To Donks comment above regarding the internet speeds, 90% of residential customers could live with 75mb/s on fiber. Fiber has almost no bottle neck with their bandwidth so as long as you’re not consistently pulling 75mb/s on some device, you’ll be perfectly fine.

That’s obviously why Telus has created these tiers with 300mb/s being the slowest. Until recently I was on 150mb/s and never once experienced a single issue. Then the agent tried to tell me I’m on 75 and I “need” more, was ready to say bitch, every single customer has a minimum of 150 on fiber as they wanted to eliminate the background programming, I’m running speed tests getting 180mb/s on a “75” profile so why do I need 300?

“Sir.. you do not understand you are not on 150”

Honestly among the shit companies I’ve ever had to deal with, they hover around the top with the likes of HP, Kal Tire, etc. lol

[GS8]

I almost got smooth talked into signing a new contract (had been month to month for like 4 years now). It wasn't the cheapest but I knew I'd be cancelling soon anyway.

Usual Telus hacks in my condo lobby, cornering me in the mailbox area (I should have skipped mail check that day). Basically laughs at what I'm paying monthly, said he could get me a bunch of extra features added to my plan and my price would still be lower. At no point did he mention signing a contract. All he did was prop up what he was 'giving to me' and 'lowering my bill' while talking fast in a rural ass Indian accent.

He was going to give me a security camera FOR MY FUCKING 500SQ FT CONDO THAT I LIVE IN ON MY OWN. And I'm barely home. Oh nooooo, someone gonna steal my baking soda and flip flops?!?!

I had to ask if it's a brand new contract and he danced around it a bit before saying yes 'but but but savings!'

I said 'no, I'm moving out soon'.

Then when it came to finally cancel, I knew I would have to free my day completely up. Luckily, it only took 1.5 hours and that was it. I had to keep myself calm because I knew the guy was probably chained to a desk with someone behind him, screaming at him to keep my account active.

This company needs ass cancer at the bottom and a brain aneurysm at the top. Fuck em all and their shady ass 3rd party TFW wrangling scumbag contractors too.