To be annoyed with the shop?

[Scarletfever]

OH bought me a SodaStream from The ***, (am i allowed to mention the shop?)

Got it home - excited, drank some of the samples, then OH noticed that the best before date was JULY!! (ie 3 months ago) I emailed SS and they were lovely and are sending out a new set, and were VERY quick

The ***, however, have sent me a stock reply

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"As I hope you can appreciate, unfortunately I am unable to view the item in question; therefore I am unable to make a decision based on the comments stated in your email dated .

Therefore I can confirm that in order for this matter to be looked into further, you will need to return to your local store along with your proof of purchase and the product where your concerns will then be addressed with the Department Manager, so they are able to look into the matter for you.

I can confirm that we have Policies in place that our stores must abide by and the responsibility is that of store management to make any decision regarding a return, exchange, refund etc in accordance to our policies and if they do not feel the situation is compliant with our policies the request may be declined.

Please accept my apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused you, and I hope that you will continue to be a valued customer of The .
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I think its a bit shy personally, and i am happy that SS sorted it out but would have expected something a bit better from The *

An 80s flashback?

One second while I go get my Stylophone and play us all a tune

The Range generally says on their reduced stickers if something is is reduced because it is out of date. Which Branch of The Range did you buy it at?

I can still remember the numbers for ' silent night ' on the stylophone - it was owt but silent - surprised my parents didn't lock me in the shed...

Tonic water? You want the soda stream cocktails, the mojito ands cosmopolitan are amazing.
Word of advice though, do not, under any circumstances attempt to fizz pure orange juice. It won't end well...

fizzing a bottle of cheap white wine works remarkably well

spring does it really work? how do you do it, when I tried it all fizzed up and squirted out of the top.

If the samples were fine when you drank them what was the problem?

Step away, did you decant the wine into the plastic soda stream bottle to the fill line? Don't try and fizz the wine bottle directly.

The orange issue I had was I didn't fill to the fill line and when I took it off it exploded
Never been brave enough to try again.

I was wondering why you contacted Social Services!

I love SS (the fizzy drinks maker) and yes the DO do tonic

"I was wondering why you contacted Social Services!"

Well that would be because you're bonkers.

is it ok to put wine etc in the bottles and fizz them? as it says only put water in.....

(ew fizzy orange juice, isn't that what happens when OJ goes off?)