Surprise Present

I bought a lava lamp for a friends birthday and the postman dropped it over my 6 foot gate as I wasn't in and it survived!

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Permalink Reply by MyFriendGoo on April 27, 2011 at 11:03am

shaken not stirred

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Permalink Reply by Goo Geek on April 27, 2011 at 11:06am

Are you supposed to tip your postman in the UK?

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Permalink Reply by Jim on April 27, 2011 at 1:17pm

Sounds like the USPS. Your postal service isn't run by the government is it?

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Permalink Reply by babynoggin on April 28, 2011 at 12:47am

It was a courier and no we don't tip the postman, well I don't anyway.

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Permalink Reply by Aladdin 2 Lava on April 28, 2011 at 8:07am

That was lucky. A dear friend won a red Jet for me on ebay last Christmas, the postman knocked held the box up and said sorry ! It was dripping, completeley shattered.

Really bad packaging, he got his cash back from the seller with not too much hassle.

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Permalink Reply by Aladdin 2 Lava on April 28, 2011 at 8:42am

...I know what you mean.

Its the three pin plugs we have in the UK that did it.

My last ebay purchase was my yellow/orange Astrolamp, The seller had gone to a lot of trouble to wrap and secure the globe , but left the plug base and cap unprotected. the plug scuffed the base in transit and the cap was a bit squashed, otherwise it would have been mint !

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Permalink Reply by Ford Prefect - NPNG on April 28, 2011 at 8:51am

TBH i think its down to pure stupity as opposed to carelessness. I mean if you know the buyer could claim it back wouldnt you at least TRY to make it good?

when i box lamps I wrap the cap, base, cone, plug & bottle all seperately in bubble wrap then pack them all in tight so no one part is touching another.

Maybe it comes from caring for lamps due to being an enthusiast but theres no excuse for sloppy packing IMO.

grrrr :D

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Permalink Reply by Aladdin 2 Lava on April 28, 2011 at 9:15am

right on Lucy,

Have you ever trod on one of our three pin plugs in bare feet !

f>@%.!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Ford Prefect - NPNG on April 28, 2011 at 9:22am

have I ever!!! yeah, owch doesnt quite cover it does it? usually its followed by a stream of expletives most of them beginning with 'f' and 'c' lol :)

Aladdin 2 Lava said:

right on Lucy,

Have you ever trod on one of our three pin plugs in bare feet !

f>@%.!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Aladdin 2 Lava on April 28, 2011 at 9:31am

LMFAO. :D

Ford "MONSTERJET™" Prefect said:

have I ever!!! yeah, owch doesnt quite cover it does it? usually its followed by a stream of expletives most of them beginning with 'f' and 'c' lol :)

Aladdin 2 Lava said:

right on Lucy,

Have you ever trod on one of our three pin plugs in bare feet !

f>@%.!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Aladdin 2 Lava on April 28, 2011 at 1:45pm

Our UK plugs are a wee bit OTT and leathal if you step on them in bare feet... as above !

Think I will ask the seller to cut it of and keep it on any future purchases :)
Bohdan said:

I have noticed on many of the UK 3 pin plugs they have a protect fuse built into them. They have got to be the largest plugs on products I have seen so far. Most of the time when I had an older Mathmos sent to me from the UK I asked the seller to just cut that 3 prong off since I was going to rewire. I once had a UK plug do a bad dent on a Astro base and it was ruined.Our