Britpart glass. Customer service.

If the guy at the desk used as you put it a "digital vernier".

then it could be he did not zero it ? if it was digital. Or , he did not know how to read it if it was a vernier scale.....as I have never come across a digital vernier....LOL

Al2O3 said:

But then it's down to him to complain to his suppliers for sending the wrong stuff and for embarrassing him in front of his customers.
bluedog333 must live in a swanky house if it's gardens run down to the banks of the Thames!

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Travel upstream from Marlow until you reach a light oil slick of ATF II and 10w40, then you have reached my humble town.

bluedog333 said:

Common in the Scottish Highlands, possibly?

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Definitely!
Though we refer to them as that up here too. Surely it's the same down South?

neilly said:

If the guy at the desk used as you put it a "digital vernier".

then it could be he did not zero it ? if it was digital. Or , he did not know how to read it if it was a vernier scale.....as I have never come across a digital vernier....LOL

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T'was me with the digital calipers ( called them vernier as that seems quite common now ). He had the verniers, mine were zeroed, plus all my other glass measures 5mm as they should.
I was only planning on telling him to get a new set for Christmas, quite light-heartedly. I don't like being too harsh on others.

Al2O3 said:

Definitely!
Though we refer to them as that up here too. Surely it's the same down South?

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We call them allotments down here! All the rage, don't you know.

bluedog333 said:

T'was me with the digital calipers ( called them vernier as that seems quite common now ). He had the verniers, mine were zeroed, plus all my other glass measures 5mm as they should.
I was only planning on telling him to get a new set for Christmas, quite light-heartedly. I don't like being too harsh on others.

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If he had vernier calipers, and he did not know how to read them it could well be an honest mistake on his part.

Hopefully that is the case.

Cheers

bluedog333 said:

We call them allotments down here! All the rage, don't you know.

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Ha ha, surely not. If I did a survey on the streets of Henley on Thames I reckon nobody would have heard of an allotment. Won't they think it's a share in their next inheritance.

neilly said:

If the guy at the desk used as you put it a "digital vernier".

then it could be he did not zero it ? if it was digital. Or , he did not know how to read it if it was a vernier scale.....as I have never come across a digital vernier....LOL

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They sell them in Lidl now and then !!!

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/digital-vernier-calipers-7-99-lidl-473355

Blimey gov.....

You are obviously not aware of all the Londoners who now live in Henley...........

Dippypud said:

They sell them in Lidl now and then !!!

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/digital-vernier-calipers-7-99-lidl-473355

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Does not matter where it is sold........it is really rare to see a digital vernier....................................

neilly said:

Blimey gov.....

You are obviously not aware of all the Londoners who now live in Henley...........

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Surely they are not common..............are they?

Al2O3 said:

Surely they are not common..............are they?

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SSssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..............................Tis a secret..............

neilly said:

If he had vernier calipers, and he did not know how to read them it could well be an honest mistake on his part.

Hopefully that is the case.

Cheers

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I'm giving him the benefit. I'm not out of pocket and the glass fits ( if I had 4mm fittings and they supplied 5mm glass it might have been different ). They normally provide a good service ( whoever "they" are! ), and usually beat most internet prices, so as long as they give me a decent discount on that water pump I need to buy I won't be that annoyed!

Al2O3 said:

Ha ha, surely not. If I did a survey on the streets of Henley on Thames I reckon nobody would have heard of an allotment. Won't they think it's a share in their next inheritance.

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Now to shoot some pheasant to go with the vegetables that Jeeves has been growing us this year.

Pheasant.......

I will just try the Swan............Jeeves....go swimming.....

neilly said:

Pheasant.......

I will just try the Swan............Jeeves....go swimming.....

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HRH Liz will be most displeased.
Plus, what will all the Poles in Reading catch and eat?

neilly said:

SSssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..............................Tis a secret..............

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WHAAAAAT ! But, I've just been on street view on Google Earth and the car parks are full of BMW's and Range Rover Evokes. You have a different class of commoner down there.

Damn You @bluedog333 ,

You just made me spit out my leg of swan, ..........OOooooohhh ,,, those Reading lot have looked at it....

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WHAAAAAT ! But, I've just been on street view on Google Earth and the car parks are full of BMW's and Range Rover Evokes. You have a different class of commoner down there.

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Oh , that is so last year, This year is Audi's .....cough cough and Tesla's ...

neilly said:

Damn You @bluedog333 ,

You just made me spit out my leg of swan, ..........OOooooohhh ,,, those Reading lot have looked at it....

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The sooner they stop looking at our swans the better. There are plenty of pigeons for those sort of people!