VILLAMARV Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 I feel like shouting out for the Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad for some reason. Dropping in Fat Freddies Drop and also the Easy Star All Stars nonchalantly into the conversation, ending on suggesting checking out Salmonella Dub and then buggering off back to some music thread or other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted November 23, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted November 23, 2015 Can anyone recommend a sofa store in the WMs area? We need two sofas and have a budget of around £1k for both together. Been in DFS and found one we liked but I've heard bad things about them and I got the feeling I was being conned when speaking to them (is £55 delivery + installation a realistic charge?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 23, 2015 Moderator Share Posted November 23, 2015 Dare one mention that Swedish shop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted November 23, 2015 Administrator Share Posted November 23, 2015 10 minutes ago, bickster said: Dare one mention that Swedish shop? That depends how you pronounce it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 When I moved into my first flat 8 years ago, I had zero furniture. I ended up buying a load of stuff from Argos, cheaply, as a short term measure. I still have the 2 sofas (think they were £600 in total - it was buy one 3 seater, get the 2 seater free). They won't win any design awards but they are comfortable, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 23, 2015 Author VT Supporter Share Posted November 23, 2015 1 hour ago, villarule123 said: Can anyone recommend a sofa store in the WMs area? We need two sofas and have a budget of around £1k for both together. Been in DFS and found one we liked but I've heard bad things about them and I got the feeling I was being conned when speaking to them (is £55 delivery + installation a realistic charge?) I've bought twice from DFS and they seem ok as long as you manage to say no to all the extras. I don't remember being charged for delivery though. Can't argue with no interest over 4 years really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meath_Villan Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 We got dfs sofas, nothing wrong with them at all, one of the kids ripped one of the corners, they sent out a repair man who fixed it free of charge and gave us some of those no mark legs (on wooden floors) for our other sofa in the sun room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Davkaus Posted November 23, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted November 23, 2015 How the **** do you 'install' a sofa? Are they putting Linux on it, or do they mean "put it in a room"? You'd think that'd be included in the term "Delivery" unless they're going to try and put it through the **** letterbox. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troon_villan Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 Can anyone recommend a sofa store in the WMs area? We need two sofas and have a budget of around £1k for both together. Been in DFS and found one we liked but I've heard bad things about them and I got the feeling I was being conned when speaking to them (is £55 delivery + installation a realistic charge?) IDK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 for those of you easily pleased or simply looking for a distraction already, go along to google and type in: a long time ago in a galaxy far far away you're welcome. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Stalker has been given an official warning to stay away from me. His first reaction is to make a tweet about a waste of police resources. Unfortunately I fear this will just make him even angrier. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Oh and he is going to sue me. That's a new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 41 minutes ago, DK82 said: Stalker has been given an official warning to stay away from me. His first reaction is to make a tweet about a waste of police resources. Unfortunately I fear this will just make him even angrier. Its a bizarre situation. Did you say he is in his 40's? Mental behaviour! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Yep in his 40s. He's just tweeted that he plans to come into my work more often. Nutter... I also discovered four others have complained to his previous employer about harassment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 On a completely different topic, how much do you guys put in to a pension as a percentage of your wages? It's something I've never thought about at all, I have that automatic enrollment one set up, but it's only 1%, which I've been informed will lead to not being able to afford to turn the heating on when I'm retired. I've seen some people recommending putting aside half your age as a percentage of your net wage, but that seems a bit high... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 How much does your employer put as standard? Do they match contributions? My employers puts 10% in as standard and then matches what I put in extra - I put 3% in so they put 3% in. Overall I've 16% going in at present I need to increase my contribution as they will match up to 8% extra but at the moment I'm putting another £400pm into a SAYE scheme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 The ****, they put in 10% without you paying anything? Mine put in precisely 0% as standard, and match up to 3%. My new place match at 1:1.5, up to 6%, so if I put in 6% they put in 9, which seems reasonable, it sounds like I might need to chuck some extra in to make up for lost time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 13 minutes ago, Davkaus said: On a completely different topic, how much do you guys put in to a pension as a percentage of your wages? It's something I've never thought about at all, I have that automatic enrollment one set up, but it's only 1%, which I've been informed will lead to not being able to afford to turn the heating on when I'm retired. I've seen some people recommending putting aside half your age as a percentage of your net wage, but that seems a bit high... 3% which they match, they will match anything up to 5% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Die young, and don't worry about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 6% of my salary saved each year could fund one hell of an overdose in my 40s, you might be on to something. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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