{"id":84,"date":"2011-02-03T17:07:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-03T13:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catinthedunes.com\/Dubai\/2011\/02\/lying-cheat-rant.html"},"modified":"2012-10-28T15:53:57","modified_gmt":"2012-10-28T11:53:57","slug":"lying-cheat-rant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catinthedunes.com\/Dubai\/2011\/02\/lying-cheat-rant.html","title":{"rendered":"lying cheat (rant)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Previously I told you about a mobile car battery dude<\/a> that comes to you and replaces your battery on-site.
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\nI had the misfortune to have both cars die on me late last year (heat and sand and batteries not a good combination I guess) and he replaced them both. The one in my Suzuki has a 1 year warranty (haha) and the one in the Pajero only had 6 months.
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\nBeing the loving wife I am I took Stu’s car to work today so that I could fill the tank for him before he needs it tomorrow (he has been away on business) and lo and behold it died (again) on me.
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\nSo I called said battery guy, who arrived an hour later and replaced the battery (for a Saudi made one this time) and then coolly demanded 570 dirhams.
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\nI (somewhat) calmly informed him that he had replaced it only last November (did he not remember coming to MoE to do this?) and so it clearly fell within the 6 month warranty period he told me it carried. Of course I had received no invoice nor warranty card to prove this AS HE NEVER GAVE ME ONE – at the time it was, of course, “no need no need madam”.
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\nSo we had a stand up screaming row in the street (well I screamed that he was a filthy lying thief, he just smiled and bobbed his head). In the end I paid him something, snatched the warranty card for this new one out of his grubby little fingers, and stormed inside.
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\nSo please ignore my previous recommendation, and always always remember to get your proof of purchase no matter what! You would think I would know better right?
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\nLesson learnt this end.
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\nDammit!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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