So I need new disc brakes on my motorbike. I ordered them 5 months ago and they arrived this week.
This weekend is a 3 day holiday so I unpacked the discs to check them ready to fit this weekend and guess what? The parts supplier has sent the wrong discs!
Boy was I peeved! A frantic 10 minutes on the suppliers website then on the manufacturers website before sense came back. It's 10 at night here, the supplier is 50 miles away and doesn't work nights. What can I do about this today? Bugger all!
So I calmed down, talked to a mechanic friend who was understandign and made good suggestions, like ring them up in the morning, checked the manufacturers website again and saw that the parts supplier had sent out what the manufacturer said ws the right parts, but the manufacturer quotes the wrong part number on his website.
So I'll ring the supplier in the morning, explain what's happened and see what we can do.
Maybe I'll drive down there this saturday and promise the supplier a gold pig if he can fit them (not that he'll be able to). No, that's projecting. I'll ring the supplier tomorrow morning and see what we can do.
A fellow member has just rang me to see why I wasn't at the meeting tonight - becasue my house is a tip, my ironing needs doing and I've got company coming for tea tomorrow - then I told him the tale of the parts - he laughed! Well i suppose there has to be a lighter side. As he said, if that's all i have to worry about I'm not doing too badly, after all i've driven the bike for 3 years with substandard brakes, a few more weeks won't hurt.
I've just realised my default position has become talk to people rather than go get drunk. Bit of progress there maybe?
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I sure hope for you that your discs get replaced in time, for your own peace of mind in the traveling you are planning.
I like that good ole default position. Always there, when frustration hits.
One of the Greatest EVER sayings in this Program has been for me, at times, a real life saving concept.
"There Are No Big Deals...Here (AA)" Little, Big or potentially shattering, can just put in that good ole default position. add a little "ALL My problems are All Gold Plated"
I have a friend that bought new tires, and the Lug Nuts did not fit, she has been looking for the right size ones for over a month now. Misery Loves Company Kidding of course.
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-- Edited by toni baloney on Wednesday 26th of August 2009 07:54:47 PM
Hey Bill, I know that one too only I've got the Pacific and part of the ConUS in between me and the supplier. You're friend is still right though...in time all things work out.
It's High Level Problems - I should remember that I'm fortunate to have a motorbike, not focus on the problem.
anyway, the ironing didn't get done, the clothes got put away un ironed, the house didn't get cleaned up - I've got that on my to do list for today - but at least I made the bolognese sauce for tonights lasagne.
Just rang the parts suppliers - none of my fears materialised. They apologised and have ordered me the OE Brembo discs and ask me to retunr the wrong discs by post for a full refund. Good of them because it wasn't my mistake and it wasn't their mistake, it was the manufacturer's mistake.
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It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you got. BB
