RichR
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did a load of work, it missed the deadline by 30minutes because of the courier - all that work wasted 
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Russ
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Not getting paid?
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RichR
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I get paid, it just means the company has been thrown out of a £600k minimum contract which we were 90% going to get on a technicality!!! We know we meet the spec 100%, we know they like our products, we knew it was almost in the bag but the Courier screwed up this morning and dispatched it on the wrong truck so it went to the wrong destination and missed the deadline
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Conway563
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Will you be seeing them in court?
J
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Russ
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might still get contact
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Russ
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quote:
Originally posted by Conway563
Will you be seeing them in court?
J
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RichR
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Don't know, trying to find loopholes in the tender document that will let us in even though we were late. Seems a bit unfair to be thrown out given the volume of work considering its been sat at a depot less than 7miles away from its destination for over 48hours!!! It should have been on a before 9 delivery but ended up there after 12.30. Its not my call on where we proceed from here but the client is a government body so is sticking to the letter of the law as far as the tender goes - as far as they're concerned, its missed the deadline so its thrown out - no arguments!!
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Russ
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Hi
You currently have 3 items for sale at the price of £195, would you accept £130?
er no?
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sc0ott
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what do you call a man in a bush?
russell.
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RichR
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Don't know if they're saying this just to make us feel better but they've just told us they opened it anyway to have a look and the whole return, drawings, presentation and package is fantastic and the best presented return of any which have been received. Nearly a month of work, over 300 man hours all down the swanny because the courier screwed up 
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Conway563
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If you've paid for before 9am delivery I'd definitely be taking the couriers to court for loss of future earnings TBH
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Daveskater
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Originally posted by Russ
I'd love my car to be clean again, I'm too lazy
Only yourself to blame then 
Did mum's too whilst I was at it  Put more water in the soapy bucket than I do normally because when it was at the normal level I realised it was about 500 degrees so chucked a load of cold in Concequently I had loads left over 
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
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Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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Daveskater
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Originally posted by Piér
Car washing sounds like a good idea 
Ive got to do the in laws car in a little while whilst the weather is nice
Just after I filled the buckets up it started doing that annoying misty rain again but then stopped Not that I was going to let that put my off anyway 
People don't even stare as they drive past any more, I think everyone's seen me out there with the mitt on a million times now so it's not weird any more
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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Daveskater
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Originally posted by Russ
People who signs their emails with just the first letter of their name
twats
RAGE. People do this at work all the time, it's stupidly annoying and utterly pointless. Even when they're sending the first email (if you know what I mean - not a reply) so it has their name at the bottom and everything  Some people even put their full name at the end, even though their signature is right after it so it says their name twice. I just put "Regards," and let the sig do the rest
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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Daveskater
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Originally posted by LiVe LeE
did a load of work, it missed the deadline by 30minutes because of the courier - all that work wasted
This is the worst. We've been on the client side of this before, tenders have come back just after 12 so we look but can't accept it or whatever. Why do they put a time deadline on it anyway? So that there's time to look at it I assume?
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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Daveskater
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quote:
Originally posted by Russ
Hi
You currently have 3 items for sale at the price of £195, would you accept £130?
er no?
Don't ask, don't get
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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Daveskater
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Originally posted by Conway563
If you've paid for before 9am delivery I'd definitely be taking the couriers to court for loss of future earnings TBH
+1 on this imo. Doesn't hurt to try.
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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RichR
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not my call; that's up to the directors to be honest - I'd pursue it but at the same time we would have to prove loss of revenue and prove we would have won the tender. I don't think it'll be possible to do.
Contract is for 5 boats over 5 years, with an option to order a further 12 more within that time scale - min. price per boat is £128k, maximum is £200k, so between £640k and £3.4million contract up the swanny.
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Daveskater
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Yeah fair point. Unless your client say that they would definitely have given you it if it got there in time, then I suppose there's no guarantee that you would have gotten the work
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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Budgie
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thats some good quoting dave
nearly hometime
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RichR
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quote:
Originally posted by Daveskater
quote:
Originally posted by LiVe LeE
did a load of work, it missed the deadline by 30minutes because of the courier - all that work wasted
This is the worst. We've been on the client side of this before, tenders have come back just after 12 so we look but can't accept it or whatever. Why do they put a time deadline on it anyway? So that there's time to look at it I assume?
The worst thing is, they're not awarding the contract for 6months so what does 30minutes actually achieve
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Daveskater
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quote:
Originally posted by Budgie
thats some good quoting dave
nearly hometime
Thanks, just trying to help the cause
Gotta go out in a few mins and get sibling from college
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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Daveskater
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quote:
Originally posted by LiVe LeE
quote:
Originally posted by Daveskater
quote:
Originally posted by LiVe LeE
did a load of work, it missed the deadline by 30minutes because of the courier - all that work wasted
This is the worst. We've been on the client side of this before, tenders have come back just after 12 so we look but can't accept it or whatever. Why do they put a time deadline on it anyway? So that there's time to look at it I assume?
The worst thing is, they're not awarding the contract for 6months so what does 30minutes actually achieve
I know, I don't really see why they have to be so tight to the 12pm deadline. If it arrived at 4pm then ok, that's blatantly not in. But half an hour? I mean come on 
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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Budgie
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quote:
Originally posted by Daveskater
quote:
Originally posted by Budgie
thats some good quoting dave
nearly hometime
Thanks, just trying to help the cause
Gotta go out in a few mins and get sibling from college
aww arent you nice.
you checkin out the other students while you're there
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Budgie
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hometime
ciao 
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