New Base Need Help

[Nikon1323]

hey guys on friday the house cleaners that work at my school shattered my base on my 31in syrian.... this housing place has screwed me over all year so I want pay back.... they said they would refund my base but that I need to find proof of how much my base is worth..... so post links for the most expensive syrian and eygptian base and I do mean the most expensive

oh and pics up later of the bs

[evilded777]

Dude that f'ing sucks!

The most expensive I have seen are the Bohemian glass at HC; $60 bucks a pop. There are probably more expensive....

Replacement vases at HC

[Voski]

Sorry but if you are going to cheat the system I think you should do it on your own. You want us to make you money?

[Charley]

from hookah company:


$99.95


$59.95


$59.95


$69.95

those are the most expansive I can find.

however if the ppl who are paying for it are like most ppl then they no nothing about hookahs so you should tell them that you have to buy a whole new hookah to get a vase.

[Nikon1323]

see now your wrong.... the system cheated me... I have been fined twice for things I never even did then a bunch of cleaners come in my room when I left a note saying not to touch my hookah and break my hell out of my base..... no sir that's bullshit and I'm getting my worth now

[Giant Ninja Robot]

Def go for the boho vases my man, and I agree with you on this one.

Stick it to the man/woman.

Too bad it's not a Mya and you couldn't get a crystal replacement

btw wtf is with cleaning ladies breaking bases? Is there some anti-hookah cleaning lady secret society we are unaware of?

[OneGreenMonstah]

i'd have them buy you a whole new hookah... hell if they were that concerned with price they'd do the research themselves... fuck them, treat yourself to a new hookah my man! ...call it an interest expense/tax/inconvenience charge haha ...either way good luck

[Vladimir]

You have maids in your dorms?

[jeremyk]

yeah id go for the new hookah too stick it to the man

[inino]

use their money to buy 6 cheap vases so you dont have to worry about breaking them again.

[Sherwood]

I love those boho vases. Beautiful.

[Nikon1323]

yea thanks alot to all those who understand....and i live in a dorm like set up and they have maids and to make up for how much the place really sucks ass........... but yea i took a pic of a syrian hookah off hookah-shisha and it was the webpage print out for a 139$ one so she has to run it by her boss but if it goes through im goin to buy a nice blue syrian base and a small rotator hookah for partys

oh and idk if you can see it in the pic but look how thick the glass is on the base and thats shatter to

[Giant Ninja Robot]

There be a vase breaking curse round these here parts....

Be very careful with your valuable glass......

On another note anyone else suprised by how thin the walls of egyptian vases are?

[delSol_si]

I don't see you getting a whole new hookah out of the deal. If I were the one reimbursing you and you brought me a pic of a $140 hookah when my employee only broke a vase, I would do the research to see if it really cost that much. If you brought me a quote of like $30-$60 or something like that, I would say fuck it and pay you, but no way $140. Good luck with it tho, hope it works out for you.

Oh, and you should post this in the RIP thread...http://www.hookahforum.com/?showtopic=21355 Edited April 28, 2009 by delSol_si

[Vladimir]

Hope you can live with yourself if the maid gets in trouble over it.

[EternalSoil]

Hope you can live with yourself if the maid gets in trouble over it.

either way it's less than $500 which usually means nothing.

i know it's not the best example, but..

Say you're living in a dorm, hotel, wherever, and the maid/housekeeper comes in and takes your base, just takes it (he cant use his base cause it's broken, it might as well be gone), you want a new one, regardless of cost, should they get in trouble? yes!

if you're trying to weigh $50 with $140, yeah, there's a difference. But should the maid/housekeeper get in less trouble because he/she broke the base, rather than stole it (or broke the entire hookah) no.

Destruction of personal property is destruction of personal property, no matter which way you stroke it. and in my state i think if its under $500 the actual price doesn't matter.

plus, he's had other problems, and he specifically said to be careful; that makes me think it was intentional.

/rant sorry if it felt like i was being a dick, i wasn't trying to be.

[Sonthert]

The crystal Bohemian vases are perfect. They should fit a Syrian great and are uber expensive.

[Rani]

Sorry, but I'm going to take the side that you shouldn't be trying to make a profit over someone elses mistake. Should the maid have been more careful? Of course. But I sincerely doubt the maid got up in the morning and set out to intentionally wreck your vase. Accidents, even sad ones, happen. Yes they should replace the vase with an equal quality and similar design version, but making extra money off the deal to take some vengence in an accident? Sorry, but no..... Bad karma.

'Rani

[K1024]

Sorry, but I'm going to take the side that you shouldn't be trying to make a profit over someone elses mistake. Should the maid have been more careful? Of course. But I sincerely doubt the maid got up in the morning and set out to intentionally wreck your vase. Accidents, even sad ones, happen. Yes they should replace the vase with an equal quality and similar design version, but making extra money off the deal to take some vengence in an accident? Sorry, but no..... Bad karma.

'Rani

i think its more on the idea that this isnt the only thing that theyve messed up. clearly they have done something in the past if hes going to leave a note saying "please do not clean my room"

do you know any college student that has a clean room? but i guarantee you that everyone of them will let you pick up the trash from their floor...

[Sonthert]

Nothing more annoying than eating dinner with a vegetarian who says "No, I'm Vegan." when you offer them meat. Just say no thank you and pass. Just offering the reason why you don't like or agree with something, without being asked is a little presumptuous. See? I'm doing the same thing! Annoying isn't it?

[Nikon1323]

yea its not just the maid its the place i live in general..... i was fined twice for noise violations.... on i just came back to my room with my roommate and less than a minute later a guy came to the room and was like we could hear you...your being written up...this was as i was taking my sweater and jacket off wtf......and then i was fined because someone on my hall was smokeing and they fined my room and 2 others.... its complete b/s and my moneys not going to what i put it towards so now im getting my moneys worth

[Rani]

Sorry, but I'm going to take the side that you shouldn't be trying to make a profit over someone elses mistake. Should the maid have been more careful? Of course. But I sincerely doubt the maid got up in the morning and set out to intentionally wreck your vase. Accidents, even sad ones, happen. Yes they should replace the vase with an equal quality and similar design version, but making extra money off the deal to take some vengence in an accident? Sorry, but no..... Bad karma.

'Rani

i think its more on the idea that this isnt the only thing that theyve messed up. clearly they have done something in the past if hes going to leave a note saying "please do not clean my room"

do you know any college student that has a clean room? but i guarantee you that everyone of them will let you pick up the trash from their floor...

So the next time you're arguing with your girlfriend about Item 47 (whatever that may be) that she's upset about, it's okay to drag out Items 1 through 46 from the past to bring into the argument? Just so we're clear......

'Rani

[Rani]

Nothing more annoying than eating dinner with a vegetarian who says "No, I'm Vegan." when you offer them meat. Just say no thank you and pass. Just offering the reason why you don't like or agree with something, without being asked is a little presumptuous. See? I'm doing the same thing! Annoying isn't it?

This is a gender issue believe it or not. Women are more inclinded to volunteer the "I'm vegan" comment as a courtesy because the cook is likely to think you don't like their food if you just pass without explanation. Or many times they'll continue to urge it on you. If you mention you're vegan and then pass, no offense is taken

'Rani

[Sonthert]

I would think, in polite company, "No, thank you." is sufficient. A polite host would inquire if they are curious, and then you can expatiate your viewpoint. In polite setting, we don't offer controversial opinions without being asked and then only in the most inoffensive way. If you have specific dietary requirements or restrictions, it is polite to ask your host, in private, before dinner. It is polite to offer each dish to people and ask if they would care for some, in this way people can pick and choose from whats being served without burdening the host or being being burdened by explaining why they don't care to partake of the dish in question.

"I'm a Vegan." is just as irrelevant as "I don't eat slaughtered carcasses." or "I don't eat meat from infidels.". You might make other people uncomfortable who are preparing to eat, perhaps they might visualize some Vegan propaganda involving animal slaughter or cruelty. You might make your host uncomfortable that you feel unwelcome. This is tremendously unfair to the people around you to burden their dinner with your moral issues. They are there to eat, enjoy themselves, have fun, not to think about a Vegan's moral objections to what they are eating.

This is why there are manners, not to make other people feel lower, but to have a common series of rules that people, regardless of their upbringing or nationality, can sit together peaceably by not offending others inadvertently or making people feel uncomfortable.

Vegans assume that their food is better, more universal and more palatable. This is of course, untrue, I personally find Vegan fare to be generally offensive and disgusting...and I love all kinds of vegetables , grains and fruits, too. There isn't a vegetable, fruit or grain I won't eat, but "Vegan Food" is nasty. Vegans assume that their food is edible to all people, and that isn't the case, at least the Vegans I'm friends with and have known in the past. This of course, is the avenue for a disagreement. As anybody who has ever had a dinner party can tell you, the worst thing that can happen to ruin a dinner party is to have two or more guests have an argument. Discussion of potentially controversial topics is reserved for after dinner, so as not to upset people, which can affect their appetites or enjoyment of the meal.

Yes, I make tobacco, give dating advice AND preach manners. This is not some dream...its just me.

[Rani]

I would think, in polite company, "No, thank you." is sufficient. A polite host would inquire if they are curious, and then you can expatiate your viewpoint. In polite setting, we don't offer controversial opinions without being asked and then only in the most inoffensive way. If you have specific dietary requirements or restrictions, it is polite to ask your host, in private, before dinner. It is polite to offer each dish to people and ask if they would care for some, in this way people can pick and choose from whats being served without burdening the host or being being burdened by explaining why they don't care to partake of the dish in question.

"I'm a Vegan." is just as irrelevant as "I don't eat slaughtered carcasses." or "I don't eat meat from infidels.". You might make other people uncomfortable who are preparing to eat, perhaps they might visualize some Vegan propaganda involving animal slaughter or cruelty. You might make your host uncomfortable that you feel unwelcome. This is tremendously unfair to the people around you to burden their dinner with your moral issues. They are there to eat, enjoy themselves, have fun, not to think about a Vegan's moral objections to what they are eating.

This is why there are manners, not to make other people feel lower, but to have a common series of rules that people, regardless of their upbringing or nationality, can sit together peaceably by not offending others inadvertently or making people feel uncomfortable.

Vegans assume that their food is better, more universal and more palatable. This is of course, untrue, I personally find Vegan fare to be generally offensive and disgusting...and I love all kinds of vegetables , grains and fruits, too. There isn't a vegetable, fruit or grain I won't eat, but "Vegan Food" is nasty. Vegans assume that their food is edible to all people, and that isn't the case, at least the Vegans I'm friends with and have known in the past. This of course, is the avenue for a disagreement. As anybody who has ever had a dinner party can tell you, the worst thing that can happen to ruin a dinner party is to have two or more guests have an argument. Discussion of potentially controversial topics is reserved for after dinner, so as not to upset people, which can affect their appetites or enjoyment of the meal.

Yes, I make tobacco, give dating advice AND preach manners. This is not some dream...its just me.

I guess I've been extraordinarily lucky then because none of my vegan friends past or present ever preached about their choices. They simply presented them without attendent controversy as a personal choice without elaboration. However, among good friends, women tend to insist someone try something because they made it, etc. Among those who aren't well acquainted, no thank you should suffice, but honestly rarely does.

'Rani

PS: And boy did we hijack the hell out of this thread!