Should have given them some of their medicine, but I was pissed and needed to get back to work. Don't get me wrong, we all gotta get paid for what we do, but I hate the "nickel & dime" and hidden fees. My biggest concern was what I was going to do with $9k until I got home. For two weeks I literally slept with it, took it in the can when I showered and lined my pockets every waking moment. Luckily, most people who see me in my old T-shirts, cheap slacks and old topsiders, driving a 6yo old Ranger assume I'm broke and penniless, so I had that going for me.***Kinda was stressed at the Motel6 in Bellflower, CA, the dried blood on the TV/mirror/carpet was a little unsettling, but it was late and I had to sleep.
@ noidentity below: They are all crooks, take your money, use it to make more money(legit or cooked) then tell us they're doing us a favor. I use the CU to cash checks and keep a few hundred JIC the Amex takes a dump. I have all my checks mailed nowadays.
I was trying to determine all the fees involved in Chase Bank's "FREE" checking a couple weeks ago. I asked what the minimum balance and specific performance were required to get that "FREE" checking? The yanker said no minimum and I did not have to do anything. Half way through the process the yanker mentioned if I did not use my debit cards some 10(?) times in a month there would be a $6 fee. I asked him if he knew what specific performance meant and do you lie and tell half-truths to your friends and family too? He laughed like it was a funny joke. I walked to the credit union, where I should have started.
Wells Fargo last year hit my checking account w/ 2 x $35 charges for $6 and $11 transactions, unknown to me my DD was 3 days late while on the road and I was not paying some monthly charge to auto-transfer or over-draft protection. I asked to set my account to deny ANY transactions when funds were not available so I would be aware of and remedy the situation. They told me the account didn't work like that but I could pay for those services and they would credit me one of the charges. I grabbed a withdrawl slip and wrote it to the balance of my savings, $9k and change. Shortly the manager offered to drop both charges. I told him no thanks, choke on your $70. ***Until the CU, I continued to use the checking, for cashing checks. If they need to hold overnight I pick the cash up in the a.m. and never carry more than a $5 balance.
I agree 100%, if the resolution is satisfactory, a poor review is no longer apropo. I see many negative reviews on their site, and I see many average reviews, alot of the time the average reviews are a culmination of a poor review of the product and a gleaming shiny A+ for Newegg's customer service. I've used Newegg for years without a hitch, and I heard about Newegg's service all that time without ever testing it for myself until last week.
I may be kissing Newegg's buttocks a little, I had received a malfunctioning product last Monday and within 24 hours of my request for a RMA I am looking forward to a 100% refund without having to send it back(at my cost) or a restocking fee. That reminds me, I have to go post some reviews.
The easiest way I see is Craigslist. Seeing as a mass majority of the job postings on Craigslist are anonymous posters asking for resumes in return for high(these days, average) paying jobs that rarely respond. I'm sure they get tons of resumes to steal ID's that way. I have a resume with all private data asterisked out, it's gone out dozens of times for contract work I am qualified for(over- sometimes). No email responses to initial sending and half a dozen "position filled" from follow-ups. There have been three exceptions I ended up doing work for,...one pimped me on extras beyond the contract I required them to sign to commence. Even the ones who link to their webpages, a quick whois tells ya they're established alright, in the last 6 months. Craigslist should change their name to dregslist... or better yet, bottom-feeder.com.
Not wanting to get blown the fuck up is not the same as xenophobia. And the appearence of security is not security.
The use of fear mongering is not fear.
I say "Good" to the Olympics not coming to the US, we don't deserve them. Maybe our political system can be fixed, but until then let the camps on either side of the aisle drool in hunger as the big ticket items of the world go elsewhere. They shat on us, the people, for the last 8+ years it's about f'in time they see the fruits of their selfish deeds. VOTE OUT THE INCUMBENTS! Red, Blue or pink: Those who value the power more than their duty deserve neither.
I agree MalwareBytes is one of the best Win environment removal tools, but I was having about 20% re-infection rate with these entrenched AVPro infestations that were removed by MB(& Spybot). I also searched system folders for dll's newly installed and installed "BEFORE the OS" to unregister manually, then running MB and SB S&D again, in SafeMode w/ Restore Points deleted/disabled. Honestly, after all that work, it is most times easier/cheaper to image drive, nuke/repart drive(in DOS or EXT), reload OS and re-populate data & 3rds.
Oiyve'!
I have always used Puppy Linux LiveCD to remove stubborn files, but recently started running Linux LiveDiscs w/ Kapersky or Avira to do all removals the 1st time. Faster, easier and more effective, so far. Too soon to tell if it's the silver bullet I'm hoping for. Recently found a cool aggregate LiveCD builder on gHacks that makes one monster weapon. Still collecting all the parts, hopefully I can trade my 48 disk carrier in for 1 jewel case or a USB thumb drive.
I heard one salesman tell a customer who didn't want Vista that Windows XP was no longer sold or supported on PC's, this happened before the June 2008 cut-off that was ultimately extended.
Just the other day, another guy told me that he couldn't check inventory at other stores, so I had to choose from the memory they had on hand...I ordered from Newegg and got what I wanted for less $ in ~48 hours(ordered b4 noon, ground shipping). A couple days later the same kid was helping me find a motherboard and went straight to the computer and told me their Vegas store had one and he could have it in a couple days. I asked him if he could get the memory he denied he could get previously, he gave me the "deer in the headlights" look. I ordered from Newegg and had it in
Fry's is getting more and more like the Rat Shack, even the "deals" that aren't garbage product blow these days. Their website leaves outdated, unavailable product in the lists to make it look more populated...until you go try to buy online/in-store. Am waiting for a delivery today, 3-4packs of 8mm case fans for the price of 1 @ retail. Good stuff.
Sagittarius here, 2 bros and parents all born in spring or summer. I'm the only one who attended college, earned my BS in exactly 36 months. Grades weren't great(2.7GPA) but like I said 36 months, while working 3rd shift 25+ hr/wk merchandising in grocery stores. Shortly after I graduated I was passed over and my employers hired a gal w/ better grades and NO industry experience. That fall('94) I went to work for a brokerage house selling Muni Bonds, 3 months later I found out why my boss transferred from Orange County. Never had a corporate job since, their contract work pays way to good, work when I feel like it and no office politics. Win-win-win. However, I will never come close to making as much as either of my parents(divorced), my brothers tend to earn more(and more regularly) than me, and I am A-OK with that. I have had more trauma and ailments than any of them, but most of it was brought on by thrill-seeking and irresponsible lifestyle choices. Meh, you only live once.
No traffic, no 9-5, work from anywhere there's a signal: Priceless.
I am told I am a bad snorer(on the rare occasion I can talk a gal into my mom's basement, lol). Will have to look into it, but I have no insurance at the moment and my GP of 20 years retired and I haven't found a Doc I like since.
I know people who have gotten the machine and their rapid improvement was night & day, indicated by both their testimony and independent observation. My father showed similar improvements by using the mouth-piece looking gadget with the blow-hole his Dr gave him to try before the machine. *Not the one on TV, I assume there is a difference.*
I went 2-3 days w/out sleep in college, now(15 years later) I can hardly make it through the day without a nap. 7 hours a night is my minimum or I am definitely off my A Game that day. Some nights I need 10.
What happened to needing less sleep as we get older?
Don't forget the impending moon impact in a couple weeks, lunar eclipses, passes of the space station. How many stars can be seen in the Pleiades Constellation? (there's more than 7 sisters)
What really changed my attitude when I was younger was to visualize the sky not as a 2 dimensional canvas with bears and dippers, but in the third dimension by imagining the distance variations between the brighter and smaller stars. Judging distance by size/luminosity proved to be inaccurate, but it was good for a start. The planets/stars size comparison videos really drive that lesson home.
DON'T DO IT, MAN!!!
I will desert FF for anything else(exceptIE8) that does not have a ribbon. If they default to the ribbon, I am out. I don't care if it's one key to switch.
F the ribbon!
While I'm at it, I'm tired of the shit force-feedings, so F the cloud & F web2.(h)0, too.
If it proves to be effective early in the trials, he can afford to meet his doc in "some hospitals in the far east"(better yet in Cabo) for the treatments. It happens every day, at great expense to the sick and great risk to the providers. The FDA may not approve, but the people who can't afford to wait for the bureaucratic trials to inch along do.
An Alltel USB Receiver w/ unlimited Broadband plan(hint:now running on the Verizon network). I traveled all of the Southwest and most of the Northwest Spring of 2008 for work w/ my VZW phone and VZW unlimited Broadband with more connectivity than I had hoped for...you'd be surprised how often a usable signal can be found in the middle of nowhere in eastern Oregon or BFE, New Mexico. IE: I rarely/barely went more than an hour or so without signal on my travels, longest had to be from Ontario, ID to Bend, OR. Talk about desolate beauty.
Today I now use the Alltel service at home outside Phoenix metro b/c Qwest DSL here blows, no other hard-line option available and VZW implemented the 5GB cap shortly after I canceled to test drive Sprint's(VZW broadband blew Sprint away in my travels, despite what I had heard to the contrary). I was on a borrowed VZW USB when I moved in to my rural dome home and have found since that Alltel's broadband(still no cap on new plans, yay!) is actually more reliable and faster than VZW...and it's VZW's network, go figure.
One more plug for VZW's network(I love/hate them, btw): I spent 3 weeks in July 2008 camping in Chevelon Canyon, AZ(up around the north crossing), and found a signal on a rise in the forest road 30 rough miles from the nearest civilization. I walked 1.6 miles from base camp every other evening to check messages and make calls. Mom didn't have to worry and work required me to VNC twice by driving to the site and using my laptop, a cheap 400w inverter and my truck's battery. Talk about getting away.
but if you were on a trial account they would actually mail you a check for the amount you 'earned'. It was only a few dollars but I found it amusing to get paid to have an AOL account.
Wow.
My old high school friend was not on that program, she decided last December to cancel her account of 10+ years. She was dinged monthly up until May, calling and disputing the charges every month. Saddest part is, she has had broadband for 4 years and paid AOL for all that time b/c she thought it was a required portal to the intertubes and didn't want to lose email addy.
The phone reps lied(misled, if you're a word-parser) to keep her paying, despite my assurances. Not an isolated incident, long-time MSN users get the same treatment. Often.
Sorry to hear the export was so painful, Chill. Just wait until you decide to cancel the service altogether... it's going to make this experience seem like a walk in the park.
>br>
PS: When that time comes, save the headaches of contesting the unauthorized charges every month and cancel the credit card they have on file.
Since the release of low-spec netbooks for $300+, the OEM's now charge $450+ for low-end laptops that used to sell for as low as $320. Reminds me of the cereal aisle, where you get more box and less product for only a little more money. Yay!
Sounds like one of the many apps in the "App Store" I would never put on my phone. Except it is integrated into the platform of my(not) phone. I watched a good deal of that webcast yesterday and what I saw was a bunch of eggheads rationalizing their price tags for forcing more data onto these already over-loaded networks($.20-.50 / MB...WTF???). What a grand favor these providers are doing us for, nevermind all the data mining potential each of the individual apps provide all rolled up into one aggregate sitting on Moto's servers. I for one do not welcome our omniscient, cloud-dwelling overlords who have the uncanny ability to smile and look me in the eye, all the while sticking it to me hard and dry.
I was excited for the arrival of Android on VZW. Now I see I won't be buying a new phone with Moto's exceptional reception and the ability to function as an intertube appliance on Wifi b/c there will be some worthless "value-added" bundle and a required data package to tie in with the phone. So, I guess I will continue to save the $5 net access fee and use my phone like caveman used to do it, solely for making calls.
Slashdot Mirror
...stolen by a 2 bit company...
Fixed that for ya.
Nevertheless, Gold Star for Lord Lode
Should have given them some of their medicine, but I was pissed and needed to get back to work. Don't get me wrong, we all gotta get paid for what we do, but I hate the "nickel & dime" and hidden fees. My biggest concern was what I was going to do with $9k until I got home. For two weeks I literally slept with it, took it in the can when I showered and lined my pockets every waking moment. Luckily, most people who see me in my old T-shirts, cheap slacks and old topsiders, driving a 6yo old Ranger assume I'm broke and penniless, so I had that going for me.***Kinda was stressed at the Motel6 in Bellflower, CA, the dried blood on the TV/mirror/carpet was a little unsettling, but it was late and I had to sleep.
@ noidentity below: They are all crooks, take your money, use it to make more money(legit or cooked) then tell us they're doing us a favor. I use the CU to cash checks and keep a few hundred JIC the Amex takes a dump. I have all my checks mailed nowadays.
I was trying to determine all the fees involved in Chase Bank's "FREE" checking a couple weeks ago. I asked what the minimum balance and specific performance were required to get that "FREE" checking? The yanker said no minimum and I did not have to do anything. Half way through the process the yanker mentioned if I did not use my debit cards some 10(?) times in a month there would be a $6 fee. I asked him if he knew what specific performance meant and do you lie and tell half-truths to your friends and family too? He laughed like it was a funny joke. I walked to the credit union, where I should have started.
Wells Fargo last year hit my checking account w/ 2 x $35 charges for $6 and $11 transactions, unknown to me my DD was 3 days late while on the road and I was not paying some monthly charge to auto-transfer or over-draft protection. I asked to set my account to deny ANY transactions when funds were not available so I would be aware of and remedy the situation. They told me the account didn't work like that but I could pay for those services and they would credit me one of the charges. I grabbed a withdrawl slip and wrote it to the balance of my savings, $9k and change. Shortly the manager offered to drop both charges. I told him no thanks, choke on your $70. ***Until the CU, I continued to use the checking, for cashing checks. If they need to hold overnight I pick the cash up in the a.m. and never carry more than a $5 balance.
F the banks, bunch of crooks and liars.
I agree 100%, if the resolution is satisfactory, a poor review is no longer apropo. I see many negative reviews on their site, and I see many average reviews, alot of the time the average reviews are a culmination of a poor review of the product and a gleaming shiny A+ for Newegg's customer service. I've used Newegg for years without a hitch, and I heard about Newegg's service all that time without ever testing it for myself until last week.
I may be kissing Newegg's buttocks a little, I had received a malfunctioning product last Monday and within 24 hours of my request for a RMA I am looking forward to a 100% refund without having to send it back(at my cost) or a restocking fee. That reminds me, I have to go post some reviews.
The easiest way I see is Craigslist. Seeing as a mass majority of the job postings on Craigslist are anonymous posters asking for resumes in return for high(these days, average) paying jobs that rarely respond. I'm sure they get tons of resumes to steal ID's that way. I have a resume with all private data asterisked out, it's gone out dozens of times for contract work I am qualified for(over- sometimes). No email responses to initial sending and half a dozen "position filled" from follow-ups. There have been three exceptions I ended up doing work for,...one pimped me on extras beyond the contract I required them to sign to commence. Even the ones who link to their webpages, a quick whois tells ya they're established alright, in the last 6 months. Craigslist should change their name to dregslist... or better yet, bottom-feeder.com.
Not wanting to get blown the fuck up is not the same as xenophobia.
And the appearence of security is not security.
The use of fear mongering is not fear.
I say "Good" to the Olympics not coming to the US, we don't deserve them. Maybe our political system can be fixed, but until then let the camps on either side of the aisle drool in hunger as the big ticket items of the world go elsewhere. They shat on us, the people, for the last 8+ years it's about f'in time they see the fruits of their selfish deeds. VOTE OUT THE INCUMBENTS! Red, Blue or pink: Those who value the power more than their duty deserve neither.
I agree MalwareBytes is one of the best Win environment removal tools, but I was having about 20% re-infection rate with these entrenched AVPro infestations that were removed by MB(& Spybot). I also searched system folders for dll's newly installed and installed "BEFORE the OS" to unregister manually, then running MB and SB S&D again, in SafeMode w/ Restore Points deleted/disabled. Honestly, after all that work, it is most times easier/cheaper to image drive, nuke/repart drive(in DOS or EXT), reload OS and re-populate data & 3rds.
Oiyve'!
I have always used Puppy Linux LiveCD to remove stubborn files, but recently started running Linux LiveDiscs w/ Kapersky or Avira to do all removals the 1st time. Faster, easier and more effective, so far. Too soon to tell if it's the silver bullet I'm hoping for. Recently found a cool aggregate LiveCD builder on gHacks that makes one monster weapon. Still collecting all the parts, hopefully I can trade my 48 disk carrier in for 1 jewel case or a USB thumb drive.
I heard one salesman tell a customer who didn't want Vista that Windows XP was no longer sold or supported on PC's, this happened before the June 2008 cut-off that was ultimately extended.
Just the other day, another guy told me that he couldn't check inventory at other stores, so I had to choose from the memory they had on hand...I ordered from Newegg and got what I wanted for less $ in ~48 hours(ordered b4 noon, ground shipping). A couple days later the same kid was helping me find a motherboard and went straight to the computer and told me their Vegas store had one and he could have it in a couple days. I asked him if he could get the memory he denied he could get previously, he gave me the "deer in the headlights" look. I ordered from Newegg and had it in
Fry's is getting more and more like the Rat Shack, even the "deals" that aren't garbage product blow these days. Their website leaves outdated, unavailable product in the lists to make it look more populated...until you go try to buy online/in-store. Am waiting for a delivery today, 3-4packs of 8mm case fans for the price of 1 @ retail. Good stuff.
Sagittarius here, 2 bros and parents all born in spring or summer. I'm the only one who attended college, earned my BS in exactly 36 months. Grades weren't great(2.7GPA) but like I said 36 months, while working 3rd shift 25+ hr/wk merchandising in grocery stores. Shortly after I graduated I was passed over and my employers hired a gal w/ better grades and NO industry experience. That fall('94) I went to work for a brokerage house selling Muni Bonds, 3 months later I found out why my boss transferred from Orange County. Never had a corporate job since, their contract work pays way to good, work when I feel like it and no office politics. Win-win-win. However, I will never come close to making as much as either of my parents(divorced), my brothers tend to earn more(and more regularly) than me, and I am A-OK with that. I have had more trauma and ailments than any of them, but most of it was brought on by thrill-seeking and irresponsible lifestyle choices. Meh, you only live once.
No traffic, no 9-5, work from anywhere there's a signal: Priceless.
I am told I am a bad snorer(on the rare occasion I can talk a gal into my mom's basement, lol). Will have to look into it, but I have no insurance at the moment and my GP of 20 years retired and I haven't found a Doc I like since.
I know people who have gotten the machine and their rapid improvement was night & day, indicated by both their testimony and independent observation. My father showed similar improvements by using the mouth-piece looking gadget with the blow-hole his Dr gave him to try before the machine. *Not the one on TV, I assume there is a difference.*
I went 2-3 days w/out sleep in college, now(15 years later) I can hardly make it through the day without a nap.
7 hours a night is my minimum or I am definitely off my A Game that day. Some nights I need 10.
What happened to needing less sleep as we get older?
Don't forget the impending moon impact in a couple weeks, lunar eclipses, passes of the space station. How many stars can be seen in the Pleiades Constellation? (there's more than 7 sisters)
What really changed my attitude when I was younger was to visualize the sky not as a 2 dimensional canvas with bears and dippers, but in the third dimension by imagining the distance variations between the brighter and smaller stars. Judging distance by size/luminosity proved to be inaccurate, but it was good for a start. The planets/stars size comparison videos really drive that lesson home.
DON'T DO IT, MAN!!! I will desert FF for anything else(exceptIE8) that does not have a ribbon. If they default to the ribbon, I am out. I don't care if it's one key to switch.
F the ribbon!
While I'm at it, I'm tired of the shit force-feedings, so F the cloud & F web2.(h)0, too.
If it proves to be effective early in the trials, he can afford to meet his doc in "some hospitals in the far east"(better yet in Cabo) for the treatments. It happens every day, at great expense to the sick and great risk to the providers. The FDA may not approve, but the people who can't afford to wait for the bureaucratic trials to inch along do.
An Alltel USB Receiver w/ unlimited Broadband plan(hint:now running on the Verizon network). I traveled all of the Southwest and most of the Northwest Spring of 2008 for work w/ my VZW phone and VZW unlimited Broadband with more connectivity than I had hoped for...you'd be surprised how often a usable signal can be found in the middle of nowhere in eastern Oregon or BFE, New Mexico. IE: I rarely/barely went more than an hour or so without signal on my travels, longest had to be from Ontario, ID to Bend, OR. Talk about desolate beauty.
Today I now use the Alltel service at home outside Phoenix metro b/c Qwest DSL here blows, no other hard-line option available and VZW implemented the 5GB cap shortly after I canceled to test drive Sprint's(VZW broadband blew Sprint away in my travels, despite what I had heard to the contrary). I was on a borrowed VZW USB when I moved in to my rural dome home and have found since that Alltel's broadband(still no cap on new plans, yay!) is actually more reliable and faster than VZW...and it's VZW's network, go figure.
One more plug for VZW's network(I love/hate them, btw): I spent 3 weeks in July 2008 camping in Chevelon Canyon, AZ(up around the north crossing), and found a signal on a rise in the forest road 30 rough miles from the nearest civilization. I walked 1.6 miles from base camp every other evening to check messages and make calls. Mom didn't have to worry and work required me to VNC twice by driving to the site and using my laptop, a cheap 400w inverter and my truck's battery. Talk about getting away.
Bravo Sir, you're unique!
Just like everyone else.
That is just blatant pork-barrel, palm-greasing guv spending at it's worst.
I could do it for $140 mil.
Call me!
That is all.
My Guess: /.'ers like pretty pictures.
but if you were on a trial account they would actually mail you a check for the amount you 'earned'. It was only a few dollars but I found it amusing to get paid to have an AOL account.
Wow.
My old high school friend was not on that program, she decided last December to cancel her account of 10+ years. She was dinged monthly up until May, calling and disputing the charges every month. Saddest part is, she has had broadband for 4 years and paid AOL for all that time b/c she thought it was a required portal to the intertubes and didn't want to lose email addy.
The phone reps lied(misled, if you're a word-parser) to keep her paying, despite my assurances. Not an isolated incident, long-time MSN users get the same treatment. Often.
Sorry to hear the export was so painful, Chill. Just wait until you decide to cancel the service altogether... it's going to make this experience seem like a walk in the park. >br>
PS: When that time comes, save the headaches of contesting the unauthorized charges every month and cancel the credit card they have on file.
Since the release of low-spec netbooks for $300+, the OEM's now charge $450+ for low-end laptops that used to sell for as low as $320. Reminds me of the cereal aisle, where you get more box and less product for only a little more money. Yay!
Sounds like one of the many apps in the "App Store" I would never put on my phone. Except it is integrated into the platform of my(not) phone. I watched a good deal of that webcast yesterday and what I saw was a bunch of eggheads rationalizing their price tags for forcing more data onto these already over-loaded networks($.20-.50 / MB...WTF???). What a grand favor these providers are doing us for, nevermind all the data mining potential each of the individual apps provide all rolled up into one aggregate sitting on Moto's servers.
I for one do not welcome our omniscient, cloud-dwelling overlords who have the uncanny ability to smile and look me in the eye, all the while sticking it to me hard and dry.
I was excited for the arrival of Android on VZW. Now I see I won't be buying a new phone with Moto's exceptional reception and the ability to function as an intertube appliance on Wifi b/c there will be some worthless "value-added" bundle and a required data package to tie in with the phone. So, I guess I will continue to save the $5 net access fee and use my phone like caveman used to do it, solely for making calls.
You can't stop the signal, Mal.
From now on, I'm only going to listen to FM.
For God's sake, man! Don't do it!!!!
Even ALF knows it's gotta be digital to be safe. Put your tinfoil hat back on and go get Hi-.