stingiest people in the world?

Yorkshiremen? I've heard people saying, but hadn't encountered something this bad before:
I just sent my Sugden A48B back to be repaired. When giving the bloke my contact details, I started giving him my mobile number. What does start saying...
"ooh no could you give me some other means of contacting you. I don't like chasing people around on their mobile it's too expensive."

I mean, come on, this is meant to be a high end company is it not?

 

Sounds fair enough really.. I mean he probably has to call people all day. Imaging a phone bill for calling mobiles all day.

 

at least he never offered to send you a text message so that you could call him back...

 

Agreed.



"I mean, come on, this is meant to be a high end company is it not?"



I don't know, maybe a one man/two man band.

As Simon says the last thing they need is a mega telephone bill.

 

Someone often calls me on my mobile and then hangs up before I have time to get my phone out. They hope I will call them back and thus bear the cost of the call! I never do, of course (I'm a Yorkshireman!).

On topic, I have been to the Sugden factory when I had an old A21 which I had picked up off a market stall and took there to be brought up to scratch. and it really was just a few people hand-assembling the amplifiers. Only a small set-up, but incredible pride in their work.
The staff and management were kindness itself.

 

Quite right, too! I never call mobiles, nor 0845, 0870. Far too expensive and I don't like being ripped off.
For those 08xx numbers, use saynoto0870.com to find the normal number.
I'm a Yorkshireman.

 

Never mind stingy, what about moaning?

Just be thankful they've agreed to repair it for you.

Many companies would refuse to even look at such an old piece of equipment, preferring to entice you into 'upgrading' to one of their current offerings.

I hope they're reading this, and decide to charge you an extra 'whinge tax'.

 

I prefer calling mobiles - you're more likely to get a response - Im a yorkshireman (Airedale general hospital to be precise)

 

You can always tell a yorkshireman, but you can't tell him much.

Graham.

 

Given how hard times are in the hifi industry right now, especially for a brand like sugden who don't have an ipod dock or wifi or whatever, it seems a not entirely unreasonable cost saving measure. Would you be prepared to pay £10 more for your repair if they were prepared to call you on your mobile?

 

lol, I almost didn't post cos of that
Also, it's the B model (much more recent than A48).
It's just that I'm a student and don't have a landline, and this made things more complicated. I suppose mobile calls do add up but it's not like they're going to repair it for free. In fact, they could even add the call cost onto the repair bill if the extra quid or two (it would have been a short one) was going to worry them.

 

You're a student with a Sugden amp? Good going!

 

They are never short.

 

Sugden will repair virtually anything they've ever made, no matter how old it is, and don't charge a fortune. Their customer service is fantastic.

-- Ian

 

Yorkshiremen are like Scotsmen, but with all the goodness squeezed out

 

well it was second hand. And it did hurt a lot... But then, some guys spend that on too much booz etc.
OK I'll stop bitching about Sugden, I always hear good things about them so I'll give them a chance

 

stingy git

 

I like having all my goodness squeezed out Of course, I get someone to do it for me when possible.

PS
I like that one Tony (long time no see btw).

 

With the current state of the hifi market, I can't blame them for being a wee bit tight.

It's amazing how much all these apparently minor expenses can hurt the bottom line.

I used to like talking to poeple on mobiles, but in business everyones so distracted that they never seem to be able to concentrate on the consversation. I prefer landlines now ...until their fecking mobiles rings that is .

 

In my experience, Yorkshiremen (and especially Sugden) aren't stingey. This is stingey. What about the Yank who bought an "a NOS Audio-Technica Soundburger portable turntable" from me - I listed it as unopened - Now these "vinyl discman" thingies haven't been made for over 15 years - this one had been stuck on a shelf for all that time - and after paying me and receiving it OK and telling me how it was in perfect nick etc. he froze the Paypal transaction because the foam ear pads on the phones (which are of the type you get on giveaway phones on planes, anyway i.e. a bit of foam and an elastic band) had deteriorated. I then sent him a replacement pair which cost me 10p aand about 4 quid in postage. He accused me of not mentioning this fact in my listing "for obvious reasons" - what a wan*** ! In all my future listings on ebay, I will ship anywhere except the colonies. I can now believe all those exhorbitant lawyer "damage" claim suits that you see on Yank TV programmes.