AA Rip-Off

[shaunbhoy]

Looks like the AA charge a stupidity tax.
Fairy nuff in my opinion.

Do they also levy a weedy tax, for when they had to turn out to help you pick up your "Busa" when it fell off the stand?

[CheeseSlice]

No doubt the majority of their work involves the same kind of stuff: alternator, battery, fuel, tyres.

I'd probably not even offer someone a tow these days, as doing so can ruin some I gather and the same may be true of jump staring a car using jump leads or even push starting it.

I'm guilty of flat battery offences your honour
Only once because of leaving lights on, and two other times because battery was old and knackered.

I remember the good old days when you could bump start a car. One of those skills that makes you proud to be a man. Nowadays the immobilizer wont kick in without prior battery charge.

[d000hg]

So you pay your yearly fee, then when you need to call the AA, they charge you a call out fee?? WTF.

It's like the excess on insurance.

[Clippy]

Plan B is off to a great start...

Bought a clapped out pick-up truck to cover areas off the beaten track for emergency vehicle breakdowns.

Had a right the other night - decided to drive to the middle of no where with a puddles amount of petrol in his pimped up Escort.

On his way to a Halloween party apparently. His Mrs was dressed up like Morticia and when I commented her hubby had a great Lurch costume she said he wasn't wearing one!

Anyway, re-arranged my lottery numbers to come up with the total for the bill and gave him just enough fuel to get him back - to where he broke down in the first place.

Fookin townies, don't know their arse from their elbows.

[Ignis Fatuus]

If you guys think £140 for driving a few miles to give someone a can or two of petrol is not a rip off

You also have to pay him to be there when you need him.

[SupremeSpod]

So you pay your yearly fee, then when you need to call the AA, they charge you a call out fee?? WTF.

You're like the excrement on my shoe.

WDS

[kandr]

I forgot to mention, the AA guy was overtly homosexual, I don't know how he gets any though, being 5 foot bald and missing some teeth, says he also works in some IT calll centre.

[kandr]

WDS

Not even brave enough to insult yourself you have to use other peoples comments.

[Sysman]

Why did you join the AA?
You could have

• called for a taxi and either got him to take you to the nearest petrol station or asked him to pick some up for you
• Called an independant breakdown company and asked them to sort you out.
• Bitten your BWM owning pride and asked someone at the party for a lift to another petrol station
• Just paid what the AA were asking for and told them to get a ******* move on whilst acting like a true contractor and chalking this one down to a loss

Standard practice when I lived in the sticks was to ask a taxi to bring a full can. Farmers tend to have spare fuel but also will charge plenty.

[SupremeSpod]

Not even brave enough to insult yourself you have to use other peoples comments.

Brave enough? Is this a school playground?

I thought it was a witty take on D000hg's original post.

Oh well, no pleasing some people.