What Grinds Your Gears?!19739
 Masculinity takes a holiday.
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| @HAmistoso try just watching young David Spade the whole time. He puts in work through the whole skit. Quote: Originally Posted by HAmistoso |
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 Beaten by boat oars
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| The deadbeats who win MCS auctions and don't pay. Thanks for wasting everyone's time. | ||
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 I've spent years perfecting my brand of assholery.
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| Did you get stung? | ||
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Beaten by boat oars
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| Oh yeah, it's not the first time. Tends to happen once in a while whether it's auctions or buy it now from MCS. I would say it's only 1% of the time I get a deadbeat on MCS but it's 100% annoying when it happens. | ||
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Masculinity takes a holiday.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Studley_Dudley It's shitty because it takes a month to figure out that you aren't going to get paid. Ties up the books in limbo for a month and the expected money from those sales often encourages new purchases in the meantime. And when it's the Prime auction, those only come around every 90 days. I feel you, in the last Prime auction I was sweating payment on 3 of my 8 sales, totaling over 60% of my total auction revenue. I got lucky this time and all 3 paid in the last 2 days before the deadline. |
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 I live in RI and Rhode Islanders eat chili with beans.
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| Every few weeks I get a Staples coupon for x amount of dollars off if you spend a certain amount of money. So I went to the Staples site and put something in my cart, and figured I would put some other items in later. Then I got another email from Staples offering $25 off if you spend $75, but it was only good for in-store purchases. So I removed the item from my cart, and decided to make my purchases in person at a store. So now, Staples keeps sending me emails “reminding” me that there are items in my cart. But when you click on the cart, it’s empty! This has happened at least a few times already. If they knew something was in my cart a few days ago, why can’t they figure out that it’s empty now?! Bass Pro Shops does something similar that also grinds my gears. I will look at a piece of fishing equipment online just to spec it out and check its price. Later that day or the next day, I will get an email from them asking me if I am still interested in that item. I wish I could respond “If I was, I know where to find it, so mind your own business!” |
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Masculinity takes a holiday.
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Quote:Originally Posted by esaravo On a similar note, I hate when you sign up for e-mail notifications and they hit you up 3-4 times a week. If Costco sent me two notifications a month, I would be interested in what's on sale and I would open them and read them. But since they come 3-4 times a week, I mostly delete them without opening them as they are no longer special in that level of frequency. Same thing happened with my favorite sandwich shops...sign up for notifications and they bombard you until you unsubscribe. |
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 Apparently, I am easily annoyed.
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| @EbayMafia 100% | ||
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I've spent years perfecting my brand of assholery.
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Quote:Originally Posted by esaravo You have to be careful with online versus in-store purchases. With many of the office supply stores around here the online price is considerably cheaper than the in-store price. I have been known to order my items online while I am physically in the store. Once I receive the email notification that the items are ready for pick up, I go up to the counter, give them the information, and leave saving sometimes around $100 or more... especially if it's copy paper or computer equipment. |
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 I'm a McNugget guzzler.
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| Like Watson said. A week ago I was looking at reptile bulbs from a store online. They aren’t far so I headed off to get one. Turned out it was 10 dollars more in person. | ||
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I've spent years perfecting my brand of assholery.
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| Comcast, even dressed up as Xfinity, they suck. | ||
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 I don't believe this....and I know you don't care that I don't believe this.
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| WTB/WTT threads with no accompanying pictures. Post pictures of the book(s) you're looking for. | ||
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 I'm not a plagiarist. I'm also not illiterate.
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Quote:Originally Posted by DrWatsononly game in town so I pay and I pay and pay. |
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I'm not a plagiarist. I'm also not illiterate.
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Quote:Originally Posted by GACWTB threads on major books that most everybody wants and are readily available if you have tons of cash like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1 1st print I want to buy Action Comics 1 and 7 but I don't need a thread because if I hit the powerball or mega millions I know where to find one. I wont waste anyone's time |
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 I'd like to say I still turned out alright, but that would be a lie.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Galen130 Am I the only one that wants an update on this? Did he get a job at Radio Shack? |
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I've spent years perfecting my brand of assholery.
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Quote:Originally Posted by drmccoy74 Ditto. |
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 The apple sauce and pudding were the best part...
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| @flanders I thought radio shack went under? If it did, he can claim to work there.... |
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| I preordered a book from a small press publisher quite a few months back with the expected release date in July. I made two other orders of back issues from MCS and decided to save on shipping by combining the orders with the preorder. Man, that one issue has been delayed til September. Not really a big deal but kind of annoying. | ||
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Apparently, I am easily annoyed.
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 He sounds like a vegan who wants real mayonnaise to be vegan friendly.
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| What grinds my gears? A good chunk of the issues I have been facing since 1989.  |
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 Please continue to ignore anything I post.
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| Collectors that dig through the $1 boxes full of nineties crap, then proceed to remove tape and bag to inspect $1 books for condition without asking. It's a $1 book. If by chance out of the fifty you buy one is not up to scratch then toss it. You can't even buy a cup of coffee for a $1. I really shouldn't work in retail. |
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I don't believe this....and I know you don't care that I don't believe this.
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| Flash sales that are tier specific. | ||
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I've spent years perfecting my brand of assholery.
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| @GAC Before you get a grump on, what's the price difference between regular speed and the discounted express? | ||
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I don't believe this....and I know you don't care that I don't believe this.
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| @DrWatson think it was $20 per book (if I remember correctly). | ||
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I've spent years perfecting my brand of assholery.
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| Ah, not discounty enough. | ||
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 If the viagra is working you should be well over a 9.8.
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| The correct answer is that it depends on the tier. The discount makes an express new book $10 more than standard, $8 for modern, $8 for vintage. I used the code on a premium book, which has no standard option. | ||
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I've spent years perfecting my brand of assholery.
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| Me: I'd like to return my Comcast cable boxes and keep the telephone service and the Internet. Comcast: Why are you returning the cable boxes? Me: The TV service costs too much. Comcast: Mr. Watson, you do realize that your services are bundled and if you cancel one of them you will no longer receive the promotional rate. Me: I'm paying $255 a month now. How could the rate be more expensive with less services? Comcast: Please hold, Mr. Watson. Telephone and Internet would be $125 a month. Me: That's $130 a month less even without the bundle. Comcast: Yes, but you lose your package discount. Me: Is that package discount $125 per month or more? Comcast: No, Mr. Watson. Me: Well, there yo go. Comcast: So you don't want to bundle your services? Me: No, and after this conversation, I'd disconnect more if I could. |
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If the viagra is working you should be well over a 9.8.
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| Also, that's Dr. Watson to you. | ||
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 Collector
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| I never turn on EBay best offer, but I get offers every day which I fully ignore, It is just more irritating messages to read and junk in my inbox which is far too full anyway. Gotta read them all though, just in case. | ||
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