we have to do a special order....

[jphanna]

whinge alert....

over the decades, i had the term.....'we have to do a special order for that' explained to me from retailers for various items i had bought.

i will give you a scenario that was the most ridiculous i ever come accross. what is the worlds most popular car?

a corrolla. when i had one in the 90's i went into a major tyre retailer, with a bog standard corrolla asking for tyres.

'those tyres are a special size and we dont stock them. we can order but we want payment now and they just happen to cost about 30% more than other common tyres. common!!! what is more common that a bog standard corrolla?????

so we fast forward to this week. i try to do an oil change on the new cruze. buy the oil, but the filter, get all my tools ready, jack up the car....no sump plug bolt! there is a flat star shaped screw type bolt. cant get it off. go to holden. you need a T45 tool. can i buy one at holden? no we dont stock them..... we can do a special order for you!!!

so we move to last night. by some miracle a huge allan key was lying on teh road and punctured my brand new tyre in 2 spots!!!

i go to a goodyear dealer.....guess what, that EXACT ***** tyre, is not available out of all the gazzilion tyres they sell...THAT ONE is not available in SA. they have to do a special order!!!!

so i wait.....

whinge alert over. back to normal.....