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Christy358
Member
07-10-2007
| Sunday, November 07, 2010 - 8:01 pm
I have a similar complaint. My car repair shop has a soda machine in the lobby. NOTHING diet. Not brown, not clear, not orange. All sugar.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Sunday, November 07, 2010 - 11:31 pm
Don't get mad at coke, they pay my mortgage! Coke zero is nasty. though!
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-16-2003
| Monday, November 08, 2010 - 12:30 am
nope, Coke has Changed the Recipe here in Canada. As of over a year ago there is No Coca Cola Classic. Classic is GONE> now there is just coke. And it tastes similar to Coke one. Remember that stuff from about a decade ago? big disaster. Anyways, I was a Coke addict, it woke me up like a coffee cant. One coke in the morning and I was fine. This NEW coke makes me physically sick. I had some old stuff still when the NEW cases were out and I did a comparison taste test. The NEW coke is not sharp Caramel type taste anymore. It tastes like there is some Citric acid/ citruis in there. Like coke with a twist of lemon. and SICKENINGLY sweet. The taste was so different I quit coke and now Choke down Pepsi. But they changed their recipe a few months ago. I gotta find some tea or something now
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, November 08, 2010 - 6:42 am
Have you guys tried SWEET LEAF mint & honey green tea?? OH MY GOSH!!! It has even surpassed diet dr. pepper in my book. It is also organic. They seem to be selling it at more and more places. I usually can find it at Target and Jewel and Dominicks. Try a bottle! I promise you will like it!!

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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 6:11 pm
I just want to gripe about what happened today. We had to have new garage doors put in today, because yesterday DH backed into one of them and totaled it. They are steel and insulated. They don't make the same doors anymore so we had to have both replaced in order to have them match. (there goes the money I was hoping to have to avoid having another Grinch Christmas) Anyway, the guys put in the doors today while DH watched. I stayed out of the way. The doors got put in, and I heard them leave. So I went down to the garage to check things out, and I couldn't believe my eyes. Both doors have big gaps between each panel where I could actually see outside, the one door only closed 3/4ths the way down and would go back up. It took about 6 tries to close it. And when it is closed, there is a big gap between the top panel and the second panel, so from the street it looks like there a big black line across the door from the gap (the doors are white), and both doors sound like they are rolling through gravel when you open and close them. I said to DH "You payed them and let them leave with things left like this?!?!" Yep, he sure did. He said he didn't notice the things I pointed out. So he called them back and the owner and his 20 something son came out. (they weren't the ones who put in the door, someone on their staff did). DH showed them everything that was wrong and the kid says "Just because you can see light through them doesn't mean they will let in air". Even the kid's dad looked at him like he had just said the most idiotic thing. Anyway, I am ticked that DH payed them already. They said they'll be back tomorrow to fix it. Not much incentive there when they are already payed. Me? I would have called and canceled the check until the work was done right, but DH just won't do it.
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Jmm
Moderator
08-15-2002
| Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 6:23 pm
You mean his dad didn't bop the kid on the back of the head for that stupidity? I hope that they get things straightened out for you, Naja. And you might think about one of those smacks for the back of dh head too. 
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 6:25 pm
Well hopefully they will get it all fixed tomorrow. Are they are reputable company? If so, customer satisfaction should be incentive enough to do a good job.
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 6:26 pm
Hopefully the owner will realize that it's his reputation on the line and your check will not be able to sustain him if he loses business for doing such shoddy work. (If he doesn't fix it, maybe you could put a big sign on it pointing to the problems and 'advertising' his business!)
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Jmm
Moderator
08-15-2002
| Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 6:49 pm
Oh, I like that idea, Merry. Nothing like word of mouth to make or break a business.
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Landileigh
Member
07-28-2002
| Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 6:49 pm
naja, why are you assuming the worst? the owner said he would be back out tomorrow, and would fix the items you noticed. Why do you assume he won't be? I'm sure that him having his business knows that he relies on "word of mouth" and a shoddy job would mean less customers. considering that your husband backed into the doors yesterday, you had the doors replaced today, and your husband called him today and the owner came out on that same day, I would assume that he would be there tomorrow to fix your items.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 7:02 pm
The thing that scares me is that the owner was blaming the "manufacturer", like it had nothing to do with the quality of the work they did. But to me, doing quality work means when there are bad doors, you don't just leave the customer with them and hope they don't notice. I wish I knew if they are reputable. All I know is they did a few houses in our neighborhood and had a reasonable price. This is the type of thing DH takes of. I have my things I take of. I stay out of his way, he stays out of mine, and things usually work out. But in this case I had to step in. Jmm, Dh smacked himself, I didn't have to do it. He felt so ridiculously stupid for not seeing the shoddy work. You know how I showed him how bad it was? I had him walk into the garage with me from the laundry room with no lights on. The garage was half lit just from the light coming through the new doors, and normally our garage is so sealed that even in the middle day we have to turn the lights on to see anything.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 7:06 pm
Landileigh, their employees left us with horrible and obvious shoddy work in the first place. That's why I am assuming the worst. Wow, you are turning this on me...LOL Like I said above, the fact that the owner is blaming the "Manufacturer" really doesn't set well with me or give me an optimistic outlook about this. Surely he has put in more than one of these doors before and knew if they are defective.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 7:23 pm
I say wait til tomorrow before you get all upset. You may be getting high blood pressure for nothing!
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 7:30 pm
My "upsetness" started when DH backed into the door...LOL Really, my words may sound like I am really upset, but it's more that I am just aggravated that we have to spend so much money on a stupid mistake. Like I said in the RN thread...Just when you think you are getting a little ahead, something always comes along to zap it away.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 8:29 pm
What a pain. It sounds like the owner recognised there was a problem though, rather than just pretending all was fine, so that's a hopeful sign. And he did come quickly. With any luck that means he will make sure it's fixed asap. I think your dh might need supervising tomorrow if he's going to be the one there when they come to fix it!
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 8:58 pm
Oh yeah, Kitt, I will be there every minute tomorrow. I'll report back what happens. Like a soap opera...LOL
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Landileigh
Member
07-28-2002
| Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 9:46 pm
i wasn't turning anything on anyone. but you did explain that you were more aggravated with the husband that it was being done in the first place. i'd have told my husband he'd have to sell the boat to pay for the doors, because he wasn't messing with our christmas money.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 11:10 pm
Landi, if I could like a TVCH post, that last one would be it. I'd tell DH well, sorry you have to sell your boat now. Naja, make him sell some 'toy' to pay for Christmas so YOU don't have to be a grinch.
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Friend
Member
05-21-2008
| Friday, November 12, 2010 - 11:11 am
So sorry, Naja. I hope you're able to get it resolved quickly and to your satisfaction.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Friday, November 12, 2010 - 2:29 pm
Well, I didn't get my garage doors fixed today. The guy called and said that all the doors he has like the ones he put in for us are messed up. He even got another call from someone else complaining about them. He said he called the manufacturer and it ends up that every door the manufacturer made on a certain date is defective. They don't align correctly (or something like that). He said he won't have the new doors until Tuesday or Wednesday, and then he will come out and replace the defective ones.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-24-2003
| Friday, November 12, 2010 - 2:46 pm
Naja, sounds promising. Hopefully. (Or do you sense that you're getting put off?) Let us know. If the guy(s) truly cares about his customers, you'll have satisfactory doors next week.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Friday, November 12, 2010 - 2:49 pm
It does sound promising... do the ones they put in close and lock? As long as your belongings are safe in the meantime hopefully it'll have a happy ending (apart from the expense and hassle aspects, of course).
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Friday, November 12, 2010 - 3:19 pm
He seems sincere and I believe him, and yes, the garage doors close and lock so everything is safe. Thank goodness. I live in the kind of house where the garage is part of the house, it's half of the first floor of the house, so you know how it's so important to seal out the cold air of winter (and hot air of summer), or you may as well just shove cash out through the gaps in the doors. It would be the same thing. Thanks for letting me gripe We'll see what happens next week.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, November 12, 2010 - 3:31 pm
Naja... good luck! Glad you have confidence in this guy. That's important. 
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, November 12, 2010 - 4:10 pm
Good luck, Naja. My feeling is he is going to make it right for you.
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