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You should say what it is, when you bought it, why you returned it and explain how you felt about it.
Here a shopaholic Rory is going to tell us everything about his shopping, buying, returning things.
Right Rory you do it every day, Every week?
Yes, I'm well known for spending lots and lots of money.
Exactly. Just look at his glasses.
Which have not changed in 5 years or something, but still, I love those glasses.
And his black t -shirts.
Which I have updated, but you would never know, because they're always black.
And look at his expensive perfume...
It's not that expensive.
Oh well, no. Anyway, let's talk about this product, shall we?
Give us your story.
Well, it was Christmas recently so I decided to wait until after that to buy my usual diary planner just in case someone surprised me with one.
And since no -one did, I went ahead and ordered one online.
It was a very fancy one that I'd had my eye on for ages.
I'd actually seen it in Italy earlier in the year so I was quite excited to get it.
It came with a narrow -rolled paper and pages for every day of the year plus some extra for notes and financial planning.
Anyway, I placed the order with the understanding that it would arrive the following day.
Of course, I'd forgotten it was that time of year when the post office is inundated with gifts and returns and parcels.
So, it was naturally delayed.
Normally this wouldn't have been an issue but I was quite impatient to get cracking with writing everything I needed to write in it and so I just went and picked one up from the local newsagents.
It was about two -thirds of the price and roughly the same format so it wasn't exactly a disaster that I had to buy this one.
I actually shouldn't have had to return the original diary since I tried to cancel the order multiple times but apparently I was too late for Amazon's automated service, and the thing arrived regardless of my wishes.
I did try and find a new owner for it, but no one's very interested in having a diary that you write in these days, so I sent it back using the local post office.
It was a bit put out that I had to put up with the delay, and then to be sent it even though I'd tried to arrange otherwise, but it was hardly a disaster, like I said, and I was refunded the money rather quickly.
If it had arrived in a more timely manner I'd have been thrilled, but at least I'll know I'll need to be more prompt with my order next year.
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Aww, what a lovely story dear listener!
Rory and his Diary Planner.
Wow! Wow, you know that Rory's super organized and his planner is like, wow is a piece of art because he has all his life written down a year in advance.
It's amazing. So what does he do for Christmas?
He orders a new diary planner.
What do I do after Christmas?
So the task is about a product you bought, but you returned it, so you kind of, you want a refund.
So you want your money back you return the product and you want your money back it's called a refund and the story is in the past if you've never returned anything you should lie.
Roy, what products do the people usually return?
Well the ones that they don't want I don't know when I...
like maybe clothes things that don't fit them yeah yeah clothes shoes hmm maybe tickets you know if you bought a ticket and then you just can't make it you can return the tickets usually like 10 days before the event with a full refund so the money is re burst oh yeah so Rory told us about his diary planner and he ordered it online it was a very fancy planner wow Rory look at you it was quite fancy I wanted this thing for ages and then it never arrived well it did arrive but it took ages to get there and Rory had had his eyes on the Apilena for ages for a long time to have my eyes on something
means like, well, you want something and you see it and you want it.
So you have your eyes on it and I was quite excited to get it.
Yay. I ordered it. I was quite excited.
It came with an app.
Ooh. So Apilena and an application.
Nice, and this planner is like a paper planner, so it's not like a calendar, right?
It's just like a notebook.
Well it's kind of a combination between a calendar and a notebook really when you think about it.
Yeah but it's not something like you put up on the wall, right?
No, no, it's something that you hold in your hand.
I placed the order, so you order something online, a ticket, clothes, shoes.
So, I placed the order with the understanding that it would arrive in the future the following day.
Or Rory come on, the following day really.
Well it said that! Mmmmm, it wasn't me that lied, it was Amazon.
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What are we doing? Yeah, Audible, if you want to sponsor any of us just, yeah...
I listen to all Harry Potter books and so many books on Audible.
Yeah, Audible, get in touch. Asking for all the advertising now, what's next?
Donald, Audubon, Nike, Nike...
I meant what's next in terms of grammar and vocabulary.
Guchi, you've used a lot of Pass Perfect here, actually.
Like I ordered the planner, I had had my eyes on it.
And here you said, I had forgotten that it was the time of year, Christmas, so I placed the order, but I had forgotten that it was Christmas.
See, Pass Perfect. And when you order something online, you get a parcel.
What's a parcel? It's a package.
Package, right? So they wrap it and you get a parcel delivered to your dorm, Rory, you order it to get delivered to your house or to some place where you pick it up.
I think I ordered it to my home.
Sometimes you can order things to a special place, to the delivery point, and then you go there and pick it up so you take it from there.
I was impatient to get cracking with writing.
So I was impatient to start using my planner.
But it was not delivered on time.
And I needed it on this day.
A typical situation, they tell you that, well, it takes five days for delivery.
It takes fifteen days, and during the holidays, it never arrives.
They cancel the order.
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A local kiosk? ...or a local shop.
So he picked a local shop, he picked one up, he chose one from the local shop.
I tried to cancel the order multiple times.
So many times I tried to cancel, but I was too late.
And the product arrived regardless of my wishes.
So despite my attempts to cancel the order, it still arrived.
So they didn't give you the money back?
Well, I'd already paid for it at that point.
So I applied for a refund and I got it after I returned it.
It didn't take too long, actually.
So thank you Amazon for being efficient, but maybe you could be more efficient with cancelling the order next time.
Yeah, so I sent it back using the local post office.
So I returned it and got a full refund.
A very common question is to describe your feelings, how you felt about it.
So pretty much in every speaking part to question.
They ask you about your feelings, you know.
And Rory told us that I was a bit put out, so if you are put out...
Slightly annoyed by something.
Mmm, yeah, I was slightly annoyed, I was put out.
I was a bit put out that I had to cancel it or I was a little bit annoyed because it was delayed, I was irritated and the phrase of the verb is to put up with the delay.
So I had to tolerate the delay.
But it wasn't a big disaster.
system. I was refunded the money.
So you see, here the key vocabulary is to get a full refund.
It is a situation when they give the money back to you, you return a product, you get the money back.
So I was refunded the money quickly, all the money was reimbursed, I got a full refund and that means everything came back to me.
Yea... any synonyms...
em... for return the product.
So I cancelled my order, Handed it back, gave it back.
I gave it back, I handed it back, so hand it back, like your hand.
Give it back. What helped you to structure your answer?
Well, having a terrible delivery helped me structure my answer.
But I had to say what it was, but I, um, actually described the time of year first when I bought it, which was just after Christmas.
And then I launched into what it was and I described it in a bit more detail.
And then I switched over to why I returned it, which is really the big part of the story.
And then I moved on to my feelings, which were a smaller part of the story again, because when you have to return something, obviously you're not To annoyed, you're just like, Oh, well, it could have been more timely.
And now Rory's vocabulary show, to you part of the show where I ask Maria about different kinds of vocabulary I used?
So, Maria, I used a special word to describe the kind of lines on the paper of my diary, but what was that word?
Ooh, it's a narrow -roled paper.
Yes, nicely done. This is very important for me.
I cannot write on anything but narrow -roled paper.
And then I talked about how it was that special time of year when there are lots and lots and lots of parcels, almost too many, overwhelming in their number.
But I didn't say it was overwhelming for the Post Office.
I said it was something else, a special word for saying way too much of something.
Inundated. Nice, inundated.
Oh my God. Then I said that I had to return it and that I was a little bit annoyed, but it wasn't a huge problem for me.
But I didn't say it wasn't a huge problem.
What did I say instead?
It wasn't a disaster.
Oh my gosh, you're doing so well with this.
And then, while it wasn't a disaster, I did say that this happened even though I did not want it to happen.
But I didn't say even though I didn't want it to happen.
I said something else.
It happened regardless of my wishes.
Very good for your essay.
So if something happens regardless, it doesn't make a difference.
It's still happening.
But nicely done Maria.
100 % bad night. Yayyyy!
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Describe a product you bought but returned in the end?
Hmm… you should say what it is.
When you bought it, why you returned it, and explain how you felt about it.
Well it was Christmas recently so I decided to wait until after that to buy my usual diary planner just in case someone surprised me with one.
And since no -one did, I went ahead and ordered one online.
It was a very fancy one that I'd had my eye on for ages.
I'd actually seen it in Italy earlier in the year so I was quite excited to get it.
It came with an app, a narrow -ruled paper and pages for every day of the year, plus some extra for notes and financial planning.
Anyway, I placed the order with the understanding that it would arrive the following day.
Of course, I'd forgotten it was that time of year when the Post Office is inundated with gifts and returns and parcels.
So it was naturally delayed.
Normally, this wouldn't have been an issue, but I was quite impatient to get cracking with writing everything I needed to write in it so I just went and picked one up from the local newsagents.
It was about two -thirds of the price in roughly the same format so it wasn't exactly a disaster that I had to buy this one.
I actually shouldn't have had to return the original diary since I tried to cancel the order multiple times but apparently I was too late for Amazon's automated service and the thing arrived regardless of my wishes.
I did try and find a new owner for it, but no one is very interested in having a diary that you write in these days, so I sent it back using the local post office.
It was a bit put out that I had to put up with the delay and then to be sent it even though I'd tried to arrange otherwise, but it was hardly a disaster, like I said, and I was refunded the money rather quickly.
If it had arrived in a more timely manner I'd have been thrilled, but at least I'll know I'll need to be more prompt with my order next year.
Do you often return things?
No, not really.
