This Is Daylight Robbery!

My brother-in-law just paid me a visit. It was strange to see him during working hours but he just dropped in to bum one of my old phones.shock

The traffic department confiscated his phone because he used it while driving. He got a R500.00 fine for his trouble. Now I don’t have a problem with that. It is his own fault. It is against the law and he knows it. And the worst of it is that he has a hands-free setup working through his car radio but it was switched off. Silly! doh

As I said, so far I have no problem. He got what he deserved. mumbling

When he inserted his SIM card – they allowed him to take it out – into the phone I gave him, he discovered that his contacts were saved on the phone and not on the SIM card. So all his contacts are lost.frustrated

But now listen to this!very mad

In order to get his phone back he needs to pay, over and above the R500 fine, an additional fee of R1,100.00 while the phone is not even worth half of that. And this fee will escalate if the phone is not claimed in reasonable time. If the phone is not claimed within the next three months it will be sold by public auction to recover their expenses. What expenses are they talking about; except for those self-inflicted by the confiscation of the phone. Surely a fine is enough punishment.uh oh

I can tell you now that that phone will never see a public auction. It will end up being pilfered by some employee and the traffic department will have nothing to show for their trouble. So, if they must hold the phone to ransom, why not demand a realistic fee of say R250.00? In that way people will pay the ransom and the traffic department will also get something out of it.idea

This place is getting more interesting by the day,confused
cats meow cats meow

Enjoy the rest of the day!wave
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Stupid is as stupid does...dunno
Hi Mimi
Calling them stupid is treasonous. We cannot let out state secrets, can we?doh
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Errrrr Cat, I was referring to your BIL uh oh grin
Sometimes the way for some to learn is by the inconvienance method. After that. There's no hope laugh . I wouldn't have given him Da phone. But that's just me cool
Mimi,
Ok, that is a safer statement but idiotic will be a better word. By calling him stupid, you may upset some of our government officials. I believe they have the copyright on that status.grin
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Hi Daears,
I had no use for it and he's not such a bad guy. And he makes my sister happy. That counts for something.grin
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Cat

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I can say the same about government officials here too. No wait a minute, they’re more on the ‘being lazy’ than anything else! very mad
Oooooo nothing like a very mad lady Miss Mimi laugh. Lucky Cat give em a phone applause laugh
Daears,
I don't think it will be necessary for me to tell him because the phone he lost was a birthday gift from my sister. She'll probably give him a piece of her mind.laugh
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Mimi
Being lazy is one thing but being stupid is another. Laziness only causes delays but stupidity can cause irreparable damage. Then of course there is the inevitable gravy train. I'm surprised that they did not set that alight yet. Some are stupid enough to do that. doh
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Daears applause

When the MiMi gets very mad very mad very mad and her voice is thundering loud when scolding her kids...

Even her neighbours brush their teeth and get dressed!!!

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here they are way less severe , they take your car and leave you with your phone.
Mimi!!!!
rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing
Hi Marlin,
You must count your blessings, You'd still have your contacts.laugh

Here they won't dare to impound your car because it is likely to be stolen while in their possession. Not too long ago a recovered stolen car was stolen again from the police.doh
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Daears
My father - he will be ninety later this month - is very hard of hearing and I'm sure he does the same for when you want him to hear something, he cannot but just dare to say something that is not meant for his ears and you'll know all about it.laugh
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My Arty is not deaf but he sure has selective hearing!! scold
head banger good on the bloke. I'm sure your kids say the same rolling on the floor laughing . Selective hearing applies to everyone peace cool
Not me, Daears! Coz MiMi is perfect! snooty



liar
Selective hearing? We call it East Indian Deaf in this country. I wonder if it is a worldwide sayingdunno
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Nope, Cat. Only heard of the EIC-East India Company grin
Not here. We just say selective hearing. We have alot of dairy and bottle shop owners of that ethnicity though peace cool
there was a time i got up in the middle of the night, yet i could not see my way to the bathroom, it must have been nightlight robbery
I thought so because what I quoted was an translation. In my mother's tongue we say 'Oos Indies Doof'. It is not an expression that I have heard lately but our teachers often called us that when I was a child.
Marlin
Hell, we have something in common. I cannot see in the dark either. Come to think about it, lately my eyesight is not so good during the day as well.laugh
does "DOOF" have the same meaning in Afrikaans as it does in German?laugh
Hi Conrad

No, the Afrikaans word 'doof' (Eng: deaf) translates to 'taub' in German and the Afrikaans word for the German 'doof' is 'dom' (Eng: stupid).
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Morning To Me! Bob.......hug

Here In The USA! I Know 2 More Ways Your Contacts Can Be Recovered!

1. You can go online to google and have them to download Your contacts to a file.
2. You can go to your cell phone company and have the phone company to download your contacts into another phone. I have had it done those two ways!



Ps. Maybe! You all there can do it that way too!






Now! Just Pay Me $250........beer
Hi UnFayzed
I don't know if I can agree with those statistics but that is besides the point. And the fine he got was deserved.

But why demand more for the phone than what it is worth?

The only reason I can think of is that they want to keep the phone. why?doh
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Thanks Angel,

I don't know if he is that worried about his contacts anymore. Its all stuff that he can get again. but thanks for trying to help,

Unfortunately your fee is a bit steep. US$250.00 translates to ZAR3547.24 and at least 70% of the South-African population earn less than that per month.

I'll have to file for bankruptcy.sigh
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Hi Wen,
Hmm, that is just a little mean. He's not such a bad guy and If I had to ask him he would have helped me without thinking twice. And I had no use for the phone. He'll probably buy a new one tomorrow.

Besides, I think his main punishment will be at home. The phone he lost was a gift from my sister.laugh
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Catfoot, laugh I see now yes the punishment will be at home. rolling on the floor laughing

cheers
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