Any question answered...

Can somone recommend me a chain tug that will work with horizontal drop outs (not track-ends).

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An iPad? Why would I want one of them?

So you can use the term FondleSlab again?

It's not Amazon and so far as I can tell distance selling states that return postage is the responsibility of the buyer if you change your mind outside of the cooling off period which is fine. My main question is about the restocking fee (albeit we don't know how much this will be).

sorry I wasn't being all that clear, my vaguely alluded to point was if you could come up with a reason why upon receiving it you found that it was unsuitable for its intended task based on how they'd sold it online then they would be liable for the return postage and any restocking fees not you and i'm sure the cooling off period is longer than 7 days if bought online.

My mate has a font we'd like to use for address stickers. Can i email him the addresses, he can put them in a word doc in the font I want, then he emails it back to me to print onto labels in Word using mail merge? Or will my Word not recognise the font and everything go to pot when i try to open the doc?

If not obvious - i have no design skills.

you'll need to install the font if you do not currently have it in your office package

Ah - damn.. We paid him to buy the font as he was designing some cards for us, but now we want to print the labels. Cheers for info. Hmmmm

Get him to send you the font file he purchased
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314960

or he can convert the addresses Word file to PDF and send it to you and you can print from that

but then you'll need to send him everything you want printed every time. that could get annoying.

Get him to send you the font file he purchased
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314960

Wow, so complicated, such command line.

You can just drag and drop a .ttf file into the fonts directory and it asks whether you want to install the font.

But the NSA then knows everything you type in that font..

OMG! the font sub type SANS is totes an anagram of NSA'S

Just watch the red dot hatbeard. Watch the red dot..........

I "gave" my dad tickets to see Coriolanus for xmas. When I checked before xmas there was loads of availability. Now it's sold out.

I'm trying to find another Shakespeare play to take him to, but I'm not having any luck.

Any suggestions? Any other ways to get tickets - that Monday 10am discount thing has passed I think.

Cheers,

It's not Amazon and so far as I can tell distance selling states that return postage is the responsibility of the buyer if you change your mind outside of the cooling off period which is fine. My main question is about the restocking fee (albeit we don't know how much this will be).

I'm not sure you have any legal rights once the provisions of DSRs are out ie after 7 days, if the goods are fit for purpose.
The situation will be governed by the contract you made w the seller which will essentially equate to the t&cs of their website at the time, assuming they had one of the tick boxes where you agree you've read them.

if <7d return postage is the sellers responsibility regardless of the reason for return but this is often flouted

Wow, so complicated, such command line.

You can just drag and drop a .ttf file into the fonts directory and it asks whether you want to install the font.

You can also just double click it.

I "gave" my dad tickets to see Coriolanus for xmas. When I checked before xmas there was loads of availability. Now it's sold out.

I'm trying to find another Shakespeare play to take him to, but I'm not having any luck.

Any suggestions? Any other ways to get tickets - that Monday 10am discount thing has passed I think.

Cheers,

Does it have to be right now? The Globe is always good, but they only put things on during the (supposedly) warmer bit of the year. If you don't mind standing up and taking a gamble with the weather, you can get tickets for a fiver.
http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/theatre/whats-on
There are things on during the winter at the new indoor bit, which is about to open, but the first show is pretty much already sold out because
A It's a brand new venue
B Gemma Arterton

Cheers.

That was my next thought, but as you said stuff won't be on yet.

Ideally it would have been in late Jan. I'm pretty gutted I didn't just ask him for his availability before xmas. It's also a shit time of year, because so many things seem to be finishing/sold out.

**EDIT: ** gone for one of the live streams to cinemas. Not idea, but it looks like my only option.

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Funnily enough I just found that thread. Any idea if any of these can be purchased?

You can also just double click it.

This is exactly the reason my dad is baffled by modern computers; he was a systems analyst/programmer in the days when you looked after every bit on your own, or it went wrong. Now there are always at least 3 different ways to do anything on a modern desktop OS.

My girlfriend bought some home brewing equipment online for her dad for christmas. Turns out he has it all already so she wants to return it. The shop are stating that she can return at her cost for a refund minus a restocking fee. Do the DST allow for this? She's outside her 7 day cooling off period.

Trading Standards "Your Rights" PDF

The trader is not allowed to
deduct a restocking charge or administration fee
for returned goods. You may be required to pay for
the cost of returning the goods if you are told about
this in the pre-contract information and it is a term
of the contract.

I'm not sure you have any legal rights once the provisions of DSRs are out ie after 7 days, if the goods are fit for purpose.
The situation will be governed by the contract you made w the seller which will essentially equate to the t&cs of their website at the time, assuming they had one of the tick boxes where you agree you've read them.

if <7d return postage is the sellers responsibility regardless of the reason for return but this is often flouted

http://dshub.tradingstandards.gov.uk/explained

Provided you give your customer the required written information no later than the time the goods are delivered, their cancellation rights end seven working days after the day on which they received the goods.

Counting back working days:
7 Monday 6th
6 Friday 3rd
5 Thursday 2nd
4 Tuesday 31st
3 Monday 30th
2 Friday 27th
1 Tuesday 24th
0 Monday 23rd

The date of notice is generally the day you initiated it, i.e. date of postage of written notice, date an email was sent. Notice by phone only valid if permitted by the contract terms.

When did you first contact them notifying them of your intent to return the item?

Return and collection of goods

Under the DSRs, when a customer cancels a contract but has already received the goods, they are under a duty to take reasonable care of the goods and to return them to you. However, this only means that they have to make them available for collection by you from their premises, following a request from you in writing or on a durable medium available and accessible to the customer.

If you want your customers to return the goods to you and to pay for returns when they cancel a contract under the DSRs, you must include this in your terms and conditions. This information must also be given to the customer as written information (see The information you must provide once the customer has decided to buy under the DSRs).

The purpose of the DSRs is to allow customers to examine goods they have ordered as they would in a shop. If that requires opening the packaging and trying out the goods, then they have not breached their duty to take reasonable care of the goods.

In these circumstances, you cannot insist that customers return the goods as new or in their original packaging. You may ask customers to take care when they open the package or return goods with the original packaging, but you cannot insist on this.

The DSRs do not provide for goods to be returned in a fit state for resale.

TL;DR:

Restock fee not allowed
Period for cancelling the contract is 7 working days from delivery, not including weekends or bank holidays.
Notice by email allowed.
Seller is responsible for organisation and cost of retrieval. Cannot insist on undamaged original packaging.
Refund should total 100% of sale price and delivery/packaging fees except giftwrapping, express delivery

Since these items are merely unwanted (unless I'm mistaken) after 7d from receipt they can charge any restocking, postage, etc etc they see fit since they are under no obligation to take the goods at all.

obviously the terms of the actual contract may specify different but we don't know about that

re my comment on postage, I know the law but it's routinely ignored. eBay notoriously makes you send back defective goods at cost let alone dsr cancellations

In The Mighty Ducks why do the Ducks call their star player and former Hawk, Adam Banks, cake-eater?

Explanation 2 - http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cake%20eater&defid=419700

Lovely stuff. Cheers Aroogah.

Google isn't helping me too much this.
I've applied thornproof dressing to my Super C panniers with great success, but will I have similar success applying it to a cotton canvas bag?
It's navy blue, will it stain?