believe this if you will.....
saturday I sold a nice silver fusee pocket watch to a guy from cambridge......the price was 185 pounds with a years gaurantee or 150 no gaurantee.....
cheeky git offered me 140 and would I run it for him til 16:00 and make sure it kept good time..... :roll: :roll:
I say ok then for 140 but no gaurantee.....he says yes and pays me....
today he comes back to my shop from cambridge to say that the watch isnt working and he wants his money back..... :roll: with no gaurantee remember.....
I say where is the watch I will have a quick look for you but dont forget you opted for no gaurantee......
This is where it gets unbelievable......
he says I dont have the watch .....where is it then.......I took it to h samuels and they said it needed a full overhaul which would cost 100 pounds.....
well with due respect what do a chainstore jewellers who only replace batteries in cheap wso's know about an early nineteenth century fusee driven pocket watch.....all jewellers will say it needs a full overhaul.....
So where is the watch I ask him again.......he replies with this little snippet.....
" I sold it to a second hand shop in cambridge for 25 quid,but you owe me 115 that I have lost and my train fare back to yarmouth" :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
I start looking for the cameras...must be a wind up surely......
I tell him to "GO AWAY"......in other words.....
He says I am a londoner you will have to watch your back mate......
I tell him I dont care if he is a f*****g martian.......p*** off......
he wont go so I have to eject him from my shop unceremoniously with some advcie to the effect of would you buy shoes from clarkes then throw them away when the soles fall off and then ask for a refund without the offending article....
And I tell him to go to trading standards........tosser....
You couldnt make it up could you
saturday I sold a nice silver fusee pocket watch to a guy from cambridge......the price was 185 pounds with a years gaurantee or 150 no gaurantee.....
cheeky git offered me 140 and would I run it for him til 16:00 and make sure it kept good time..... :roll: :roll:
I say ok then for 140 but no gaurantee.....he says yes and pays me....
today he comes back to my shop from cambridge to say that the watch isnt working and he wants his money back..... :roll: with no gaurantee remember.....
I say where is the watch I will have a quick look for you but dont forget you opted for no gaurantee......
This is where it gets unbelievable......
he says I dont have the watch .....where is it then.......I took it to h samuels and they said it needed a full overhaul which would cost 100 pounds.....
well with due respect what do a chainstore jewellers who only replace batteries in cheap wso's know about an early nineteenth century fusee driven pocket watch.....all jewellers will say it needs a full overhaul.....
So where is the watch I ask him again.......he replies with this little snippet.....
" I sold it to a second hand shop in cambridge for 25 quid,but you owe me 115 that I have lost and my train fare back to yarmouth" :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
I start looking for the cameras...must be a wind up surely......
I tell him to "GO AWAY"......in other words.....
He says I am a londoner you will have to watch your back mate......
I tell him I dont care if he is a f*****g martian.......p*** off......
he wont go so I have to eject him from my shop unceremoniously with some advcie to the effect of would you buy shoes from clarkes then throw them away when the soles fall off and then ask for a refund without the offending article....
And I tell him to go to trading standards........tosser....
You couldnt make it up could you
