Manawatu Rant n Rave

**ducatilover** · 29th June 2009, 21:38

Time to make turbo headers tomorrow and then the wait for flanges begins

I shall bring out my perfect oxy welding that is really crap

Anybody have any AN4 ish braided steel line for oil feed or know of any? And also a waste gate actuator of any description?

On a less petrol headed note, the weather in eketahuna is very poooooo

**NZsarge** · 30th June 2009, 08:57

Went to Macca's in vegas this morning after work to check out what the fuss was all about, is it just me or is it really stupid for them to not be accepting credit cards? I mean for cryin' out loud, who ever heard of a world wide restaurant chain not accepting Visa etc...

**86GSXR** · 30th June 2009, 09:05

What a bunch of clowns

Hope you had cash?

**yod** · 30th June 2009, 09:09

Originally Posted by NZsarge

Went to Macca's in vegas this morning after work to check out what the fuss was all about, is it just me or is it really stupid for them to not be accepting credit cards? I mean for cryin' out loud, who ever heard of a world wide restaurant chain not accepting Visa etc...

err....what? thats ridiculous....surely they must just be in the process of setting it up, I'm sure you can use it down here...

**dogsnbikes** · 30th June 2009, 09:20

Originally Posted by yod

err....what? thats ridiculous....surely they must just be in the process of setting it up, I'm sure you can use it down here...

Have tried to use creditcards in the past at BK & Maccas and neither of them would take creditcards

guess they too big for them selves or feel stink that you would be paying interest on the shite they serve

**NZsarge** · 30th June 2009, 09:39

Originally Posted by 86GSXR

What a bunch of clowns

Hope you had cash?

I told em to forget it and walked out.

Originally Posted by yod

err....what? thats ridiculous....surely they must just be in the process of setting it up, I'm sure you can use it down here...

You may be correct, tis a brand new (opened saturday) Macca's.
Pretty sure i've used my visa at Macca's in Palmy before.

Originally Posted by dogsnbikes

Have tried to use creditcards in the past at BK & Maccas and neither of them would take creditcards

guess they too big for them selves or feel stink that you would be paying interest on the shite they serve

Interesting, mind you KFC in vegas has no issues with credit cards.

**sinfull** · 30th June 2009, 10:18

Tight cunts !
But the retailer gets charged 2 or 3 % on sales on credit cards and when ya add up what they prolly could pay over a year (if they accepted them) it would be a fair amount so it's one way of keeping the margins up i guess !

**dogsnbikes** · 30th June 2009, 10:28

Originally Posted by sinfull

Tight cunts
!

Yep!! everyone in the Manawatu is a tight cunt didn't you know that

**NZsarge** · 30th June 2009, 10:34

Originally Posted by sinfull

Tight cunts !
But the retailer gets charged 2 or 3 % on sales on credit cards and when ya add up what they prolly could pay over a year (if they accepted them) it would be a fair amount so it's one way of keeping the margins up i guess !

Yeah understood but they will probably loose business through not having that facility available too, how much is difficult to say but they lost a sale today and I won't be going back there in a hurry, fuck em I say!!!

I should add that I cancelled my order before it was made.

**sinfull** · 30th June 2009, 10:51

Originally Posted by NZsarge

Yeah understood but they will probably loose business through not having that facility available too, how much is difficult to say but they lost a sale today and I won't be going back there in a hurry, fuck em I say!!!

I should add that I cancelled my order before it was made.

Yep i'd say there would be a fair amount of lost buisiness happening when ya look at how many visa debit cards are coming out (wonder if the % charge still applies to them)
I'm the sort that would cancell as well even if i had cash lol principle thing !

**NZsarge** · 30th June 2009, 10:57

Originally Posted by sinfull

I'm the sort that would cancell as well even if i had cash lol principle thing !

Yeah, that's why i'm not rushing back, principals and all that.

I'm sure there will come a time when I get a craving and cave in though, mind you cravings for Macca's is few and far between for me to be fair.

**Owl** · 30th June 2009, 12:26

Originally Posted by NZsarge

Yeah, that's why i'm not rushing back, principals and all that.

I'm sure there will come a time when I get a craving and cave in though, mind you cravings for Macca's is few and far between for me to be fair.

Took me 6 years to cave, but I was extremely hungry in Christchurch after that wedding in March and I didn't know where else to go. After eating there though, I’ll try for 12 year till the next time!

**ynot slow** · 30th June 2009, 14:15

Just don't eat the healthy food at maccas and bk(my protest),they're fast crappy food and should never have tried to please the health freaks,burgers and chips now and again is fine.Use subway for healthy eating lol.

**Meanie** · 30th June 2009, 17:16

Happened to me when i filled my bike up in the Naki once, they wouldn't take credit card, independent fuel station. So i made lots of noise and told them what i thought of them and vowed id never stop there again While Cowboyz and Yod looked on and laughed

**Owl** · 30th June 2009, 18:38

Originally Posted by Meanie

Happened to me when i filled my bike up in the Naki once, they wouldn't take credit card, independent fuel station. So i made lots of noise and told them what i thought of them and vowed id never stop there again While Cowboyz and Yod looked on and laughed

That's unreal Meanie. I've never heard of a gas station not accepting credit cards!

I gather from the laughing, cowboyz and yod were not embarrassed by your rant?