A quiet day, mostly

After the excitements of yesterday, we made a leisurely start this morning, lying in for a bit as we didn't have to be up and about by eight in case the chairs came. The morning was spent doing bits and bobs online, like closing a bank account (we've finally got clear of the toils of Santander), and I rang BW Leeds to ask if the direct debit mandate we had for paying Sanity's licence could be transferred to Sanity Again.

The short answer was "don't know", which wasn't a great surprise, frankly. The knack to dealing with craft licensing at BW is to expect the worst, so as not to be disappointed. We've cancelled the mandate, and now will have to take out a new one, identical to it in every way, so as to pay this year's licence.

Still, it's not as chaotic as my favourite online trader, Cheap Mobility Online, aka Discount Mobility Direct. Not having seen the promised refund, Sheila went into PayPal and raised a dispute to start getting our money back that way. There was swiftly an email from DMD saying that the chairs had been despatched and would be delivered soon.

Huh?

/XD

They said they weren't available yesterday. Back on the phone I went: "can we call you back?"/ "no, that didn't work last time"/" the directors are in a meeting, I will get one to call you".

Right enough, shortly we had a call to say that they had now sourced the chairs and that they definitely would be delivered on Tuesday.

Time will tell; we've left the dispute running in the PayPal resolution centre, and will close it if the chairs do in fact arrive. It would be Tuesday, of course, the least convenient day, but that's not their fault, I guess.

Meanwhile, having been impressed by the folding sack truck we borrowed from Stephen yesterday, we went into Midland Chandlers and bought one for ourselves. We were served by Graham (at least that what the receipt says) who mentioned as we were chatting that he reads this blog. So, hi, Graham,
/hihi
and I've made a note never to refer to Midland Swindlers here again!

/blush

This afternoon, we managed to get in a walk to Stenson Lock just before the heavens opened with hail, rain, sleet and quite possibly snow. It looks like winter's back.