Do not use Baltsoft.com

Recently I needed to edit a complex pdf form. t was urgent and I needed the document. I used freepdfconvert to convert the file, to do that, contrary to the name, I had to pay $9 for a months membership.

A number of pages were converted as images and not editable text. Very disappointed, I emailed Batsoft.com support, asking for a refund asx theie conversion was unusable for me - they asked for the pdf to be sent to them. The subsequently responded:
"Your PDF has images(scanned document) and these images correctly was
placed in your word document. This is not our service fault, your PDF
was such structure."

I am still due the $9.

Complaint lodged at the Complaints board

Merrell poor warranty

I contacted Merrell recently about a pair of shoes that are 3 or 4 years old. As the picture shows the soles are not that worn but the sides have the shoes have failed in the same place. I consider this a manufacturing default I have to say. Contrast this with an old pair of Scarpa's that have seen a lot more trail time.

Merrell side wall failure on 2005/06 shoes

Merrell UK got back to say "We would always firstly recommend that you try to handle your complaint through the retail store where your product was purchased. We offer a 1 year manufacturers warranty on all of our footwear and it is their responsibility to check for any evidence of a manufacturing fault."

Scarpa 2000 shoe with a lot more wear

A shoes one pays a decent amount of money for, should not fail like this with so little wear. I don't plan to buy Merrell again.

Update: 3 Dec 09: I sent a letter to Jim Zwiers, President outdoor group, Wolverine World Wide, the company which owns Merrell, but have got no response.

Pay to recycle metal

We had to have a fan replaced on our combi boiler recently. The lad was going to dump the old fan so I saved it, it's about the size of 2 bags of sugar. Today I brought it to Kilbarry Recycle site in Waterford city. The wanted to charge me €4 to recycle it!

I don't know a scrap metal dealer in Waterford.