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Fri 6 Feb 2015 17:35
spare wheel - old tyre disposal - oldroverboy.

Went to get tyre fitted to new spare wheel. Wanted to charge me for disposal of old tyre but pointed out no old tyre to dispose of. Sorry automatically charges. But adjusted price. Could not remove.

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Fri 6 Feb 2015 18:45
spare wheel - old tyre disposal - quizman

Go somewhere else. Or get them to discount you the cost of disposal.

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Fri 6 Feb 2015 19:28
spare wheel - old tyre disposal - bathtub tom

My local tip takes tyres (maximum 2 at a time). Can't remember when I last paid for disposal.

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Fri 6 Feb 2015 19:51
spare wheel - old tyre disposal - oldroverboy.

They could not take the charge off but reduced the price of the tyre.

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Fri 6 Feb 2015 21:08
spare wheel - old tyre disposal - alan1302

Did you have to ask for thr discount or did they only do it when you mentioned it?

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Fri 6 Feb 2015 22:28
spare wheel - old tyre disposal - Avant

They couldn't take the charge off because once again they are slaves to a stupid computer system. So much software is much too inflexible - usually because it's designed by people who haven't thought out how it's going to be used and are too nerdy to think laterally about all the possibilities.

At least a human being did the decent thing and got round the problem for you.

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Sat 7 Feb 2015 08:01
spare wheel - old tyre disposal - RT

They couldn't take the charge off because once again they are slaves to a stupid computer system. So much software is much too inflexible - usually because it's designed by people who haven't thought out how it's going to be used and are too nerdy to think laterally about all the possibilities.

At least a human being did the decent thing and got round the problem for you.

As a retired software developer I challenge that - virtually all instances of "computer won't let me" are really cases of "can't be bothered to find out how to do it".

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Sat 7 Feb 2015 08:06
spare wheel - old tyre disposal - NARU

As a retired software developer I challenge that - virtually all instances of "computer won't let me" are really cases of "can't be bothered to find out how to do it".

As a current software developer, who is now fixated on developing systems which are easier to use, it's often because we made the old systems hard to use!

We're finding it's taking nearly three times as much effort to build systems which are easier to use, but the number of calls to the helpdesk have dropped more than 90%. Spending lots of time testing the new systems with real users, including testing suites with two way mirrors and expeienced user researchers.

It's been a real eye-opener for me.

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Sat 7 Feb 2015 15:24
spare wheel - old tyre disposal - Hamsafar

I begrudge paying the charge, so took the last ones home and cut them up and put them in bin bags in the wheelie bin one per week. They will get incinerated by the council and turned into district heating and electricity. I assume no worse than a pair of wellies or some carpet underlay - but it was a big mistake and I would pay the fee next time, but seems ufair that you pay the same for an X5 tyre as a 2CV tyre..

Edited by Hamsafar on 07/02/2015 at 15:25

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Sat 7 Feb 2015 15:27
spare wheel - old tyre disposal - RT

I begrudge paying the charge, so took the last ones home and cut them up and put them in bin bags in the wheelie bin one per week. They will get incinerated by the council and turned into district heating and electricity. I assume no worse than a pair of wellies or some carpet underlay - but it was a big mistake and I would pay the fee next time.

Your council still uses an incinerator? Most have been shut down because of the polluting emissions they generate.

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Sat 7 Feb 2015 17:52
spare wheel - old tyre disposal - Hamsafar

Your council still uses an incinerator?

They are the 'new green' again, due to EU landfill restrictions.

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Sat 7 Feb 2015 16:42
spare wheel - old tyre disposal - RichT54

Our local Household Waste Recycling Centre says you are allowed to take a maximum of 2 car tyres per trip.

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Sat 7 Feb 2015 16:26
spare wheel - old tyre disposal - Avant

"We're finding it's taking nearly three times as much effort to build systems which are easier to use, but the number of calls to the helpdesk have dropped more than 90%. Spending lots of time testing the new systems with real users, including testing suites with two way mirrors and experienced user researchers."

WELL SAID MARLOT!

As a generalisation, 'users' are busy people who are not necessarily IT experts. They just want the system to work for them, and haven't the time or possibly the ability to 'find out how to do it'.

I do hope there are more and more people like you leafing the way forward.

(Sorry - we've come a bit of a way from tyre disposal!)

Edited by Avant on 07/02/2015 at 16:27

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