"Manufacturer Refurbished"? My Arse!!!

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It looks like it's similar in design to the XL-21, gold and pilot, how do you like it? Other than it's condition being worse than expected.
 
 


 


Alex, I hope you get a resolution that works for you.  One thing I hope is for sure, you'll know better next time.  


 


I bought a yellow Dyson off Ebay , about 10 years ago and it was literally filthy and stuffed in a box with no packing materials.  I ended up getting my money back and learning a lesson.


 


Stock photos are a warning sign.  Don't be afraid to ask questions ahead of time.  If they avoid answering, and they rarely do, that's a warning sing.  Also, always follow the warning signs.  There will be another offering coming along next week, next month, etc.   
 
I never normally buy any item off ebay thay has a stock photo, but I took my chances on this based on positive feedback on the same item from this seller that other buyers have bought. I see I was bitten! Never again.

Alex.
 
Eye roll!!

They are both correct and it is a word. Ass is a donkey and also describes someone who is being very annoying, it also means anus. Arse means the same thing as ass, but it is not used to describe a donkey.

In the UK we would normally just describe the animal as a donkey and for the description of an annoying someone or something, it is arse, maybe our accent, but that is how we say and spell it.

Why Americans continue to spell Aluminium, colour, grey and many others wrong I don't know ;) lol!

Messing with our language...One doesn't simply take letters out of words or replace S's with Z's :P hahahaha.
 
Being an ass

I am saying nothing about that, even for those who obviously haven't read what is written further up.

An "ass" in the UK was always a name for a donkey. As to who used the term, that would all depend on who they were, what part of the UK they were from, quite possibly their age, and how often they needed to refer to that type of animal. Neither "ass" or "donkey" are words I use on a daily basis.

"Arse" on the other hand is the back-side of a person. To call in an "ass" in the UK is to adopt the American term which we hear so often in films and TV shows. It's use by UK natives now seems to be greater than in previous decades. If you said ass or arse here, you could be comfortable in thinking the listening party would know what you refereed to and in what context.

For instance, if someone let a door slam shut in someone else's face and the slammed party calls the slammer an "asshole", I would be greatly troubled if any bystanders actually pictured a donkey with bit missing from the middle of his body.
 
Erik, Alex,

While it is true to some degree that the English language has been altered, there are many accents, and dialects, as with any other language.
Here in the USA, we even have one called eubonics.
Words like Aks for ask, and "I know thats right" for I agree. Other phrase, such as "where you stay at?" for where do you reside.
I may not like them, but they are part of the fabric of our former isolated, under educated and oppressed African American culture.
I did very well in English, and I know that in Britain, color is spelled colour, aluminum is aluminium, and arse is ass. It's fine with me, and I even use them at times. Windshield is windscreen, and a trunk is a boot, a station wagon is a break, and a hood is a bonnet.
Do you say shut the light out, or turn out the light?
Ever heard the words thingy, or dohickey?
 
If you're from the south of England you would pronounce it as "Arse". If you're from up north you would pronounce it as "ass" Unless you're a chav and from the south you would say it like that aswell.
 
re; chav's

That term is still used? Were their no chav's in the north?
Hardly anyone says
"preppy" here anymore. It's so 80's. Preppy's wore Ralph Lauren polo, not Berburies, and tied their sweaters around their up turned collars.
I suppose some drove Chevy Cavaliers, as the Vauxhall "Cahvalier" was the car to be painted plaid.
 
Well you often find chavs anywhere even up north in the streets etc
I never use that word except for in here to describe the situation

Birmingham, London, Leeds, Manchester, Bradford, blackburn and Rochdale have the most chavs from personal experience ;D
 
D,

I read that chavs are mainly slackers, and also lower middle class brats.
I also read that most live on council estates. So, I am confused.
A preppy was at least middle class, as most were college students or recent graduates.
 
Yep and have street slang like lets say 'Yo bruv pass the fags here init or im gonna cane/ shank you fam' cos a lot of them are smokers
 
*Sigh*

Oh for Pete's sake. Why does a VACUUM thread always have to end up either people bickering or ending up people wittering on about something completely irrelevant?

No, I am not looking to start an argument. I just had to get it off my chest.

This is why I stopped using VL. I knew it was a bad idea coming back again.

Now, can we get back onto what the thread was originally about?

*Rant over*
 
Emma,

because it is how we learn about one another. You should read other forums, such as on Yahoo, etc. Someone has a different experience or opinion, and they express it.
Maybe the thread gest high jacked, but it's all free expression and speech, and we all are all about that yes?
Peace, and good tidings!
Imagine waving to the crowd with hand extended to the sky, elbow at 90 degrees, and only slightly moving.
 

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