What is some of your Pet Peeve's

[Jstpssng]

One thing I really hate is vendors who use a third party tracking program for shipping orders, so that you have to log into your account with them to check on tracking.
There is no reason that they can't give you the tracking #.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

True. But that's still nowhere near as bad as touch screens in vehicles.

 

[Jstpssng]

Prices stay the same, but quantities are being downsized. I just bought a bottle of 15g gorilla glue. It came sealed only half full. Start looking closely at different products that you can see thru, you might be surprised. Even worse for products that you cann,t see into like potato chips.

I bought 2 bags of Lays chips, and didn't realize until I got home that the seam in the back of each bag was unsealed. I wrote the company as I thought it was a pretty serious error which they might want to know about.
They sent me a coupon for one free bag of chips (up to $5.79) and a coupon for a dollar off another.

I call that a net loss.

 

[Jstpssng]

True. But that's still nowhere near as bad as touch screens in vehicles.

You got me on that one.

 

[Jstpssng]

My MIL worked as an ER nurse in the great lakes snow belt. She saw at least one snowmobiler almost fully-decapitated by livestock fencing. I had a buddy hit a deer at high speed on another.

But the total man-hours communally spent on snowmobiles every year is so many orders of magnitude below automobiles, that it's no surprise their total numbers remain low.

While there are sleds that will do 100+, most riding is at a much slower speed. Bikers average speed is likely twice that of a snowsled.

 

[WinterDeere]

While there are sleds that will do 100+, most riding is at a much slower speed. Bikers average speed is likely twice that of a snowsled.

Yeah, I’ve done a bit of sledding myself. Although it was years ago, even back then it was pretty easy to top 70 mph, without even thinking about it. You can do a lot of damage hitting a wire fence at that speed.

My buddy thinks he was doing 50-60 mph when he hit the deer. Knocked him out cold and disabled the sled, when the deer broke the cowling and sheered one or both spark plugs off at the heads. He was fine, just a bit bruised and rattled. I can’t remember what happened to the deer, this was 25 years ago and I wasn’t with him that day.

 

[masseyrider]

I bought 2 bags of Lays chips, and didn't realize until I got home that the seam in the back of each bag was unsealed. I wrote the company as I thought it was a pretty serious error which they might want to know about.
They sent me a coupon for one free bag of chips (up to $5.79) and a coupon for a dollar off another.

I call that a net loss.

I would have called the 800 number they have and complained. Maybe got the same as you, maybe better.
Then I would have returned the ones in hand to the store and also got them replaced.
If the company doesn't care about you why should you care about them?

 

[Jstpssng]

I would have called the 800 number they have and complained. Maybe got the same as you, maybe better.
Then I would have returned the ones in hand to the store and also got them replaced.
If the company doesn't care about you why should you care about them?

You're right. However I don't eat a lot of chips; and Lays even less, because they command a premium price. Now I don't buy them at all.

I did call the grocery store, just to let them know they may want to pull the product off the shelves.

 

[WinterDeere]

No loss, Jstpssng! They're crap, anyway.

The only chips I eat any more are the kettle chips style, thicker than the usual Lays/Herrs crap. Cape Cod makes a decent kettle chip, if you're looking for a national brand, but you can find even better thru local brands.

 

[bcp]

...because every car they pass is a "win."

Bruce