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Title: Is this really Gareth?
Post by: klondike on May 05, 2022, 11:39:19 AM
I bought some charcoal tablets off eBay. I used the same seller I did last time and as they only sent one tub instead of two then and I had to email them I just ordered one this time. Free post and no discount for two so I thought sod 'em.

Post arrived and the packing slip has a stick on picture of Gareth. I'm pretty much certain it didn't last time. So have they started that because of multiple screw ups. Do you think Gareth is getting on a bit to be packing for an eBay shop?

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Title: Re: Is this really Gareth?
Post by: Alex on May 05, 2022, 07:46:09 PM
Can't you get them at B & Q ?  :smiley:
Title: Re: Is this really Gareth?
Post by: klondike on May 05, 2022, 08:59:56 PM
 :smiley:
Theirs are a bit hard to swallow. Not been in a B&Q in ages as we have both a Screwfix and Toolstation nearby and their stuff costs a lot less. I think one of them is part of the same group which is odd.
Title: Re: Is this really Gareth?
Post by: Michael Rolls on May 06, 2022, 04:58:08 AM
Gareth whom?
Title: Re: Is this really Gareth?
Post by: Scrumpy on May 06, 2022, 08:05:58 AM



Who is Gareth.. !!
Title: Re: Is This Really Gareth?
Post by: Diasi on May 06, 2022, 09:45:57 AM
Quote from: klondike on May 05, 2022, 08:59:56 PM
:smiley:
Theirs are a bit hard to swallow. Not been in a B&Q in ages as we have both a Screwfix and Toolstation nearby and their stuff costs a lot less. I think one of them is part of the same group which is odd.

Screwfix & B&Q are owned by the same parent company.

I don't like swallowing tablets so I chew them first.
Title: Re: Is this really Gareth?
Post by: klondike on May 06, 2022, 10:17:49 AM
Quote from: Michael Rolls on May 06, 2022, 04:58:08 AM
Gareth whom?
I don't know. It was just a sticker on the packing note. Something I have never seen before. I was intrigued as the picture seems to show a pensioner.

I suspect it is a bit like the QC sticker you see on cheap Chinese rubbish or used cars.
Title: Re: Is This Really Gareth?
Post by: klondike on May 06, 2022, 10:20:18 AM
Quote from: Diasi on May 06, 2022, 09:45:57 AM
I don't like swallowing tablets so I chew them first.
I doubt you'd want to chew B&Q charcoal and swallowing it would be out of the question.  :smiley:
Title: Re: Is This Really Gareth?
Post by: Diasi on May 06, 2022, 02:11:29 PM
Quote from: klondike on May 06, 2022, 10:20:18 AM
I doubt you'd want to chew B&Q charcoal and swallowing it would be out of the question.  :smiley:

Ah, is this why you take it?  :grin:

Activated charcoal is also very effective at absorbing gases, which can help reduce flatulence.
Title: Re: Is this really Gareth?
Post by: klondike on May 06, 2022, 03:18:54 PM
I am noted for my consideration for others..,
Title: Re: Is this really Gareth?
Post by: -Oy- on May 06, 2022, 06:56:06 PM
Gareth looks very much like a standard shiny white toothed Shutterstock model.
Title: Re: Is this really Gareth?
Post by: klondike on May 06, 2022, 06:57:03 PM
What I thought too. Hence the title.
Title: Re: Is this really Gareth?
Post by: Scrumpy on May 06, 2022, 07:47:01 PM
If I remember rightly wasn't it B&Q that said
'Ask Dave'.  ?
Title: Re: Is this really Gareth?
Post by: klondike on May 06, 2022, 08:02:45 PM
They used to have greeters but I thought it was Ask Tom in the adverts. They were not overly reliable.
Title: Re: Is this really Gareth?
Post by: Scrumpy on May 06, 2022, 08:24:01 PM
That's right.. Of course it was Tom..
It was Dave with the motor..