"It's definitely this Anonymous Coward guy. My store had a big sale on printers last week and he shows up at checkout with five of them. I told him there's a limit of two per customer because of the sale but he raised such a loud stink that we just let him buy all five at the sale price. I knew he was trouble."
You can phone the small hardware store and ask. In my experience they usually try to be helpful although it's true that their inventory is not as extensive as a big box store. Sometimes though they have better stuff.
Apple must have very well behaved customers. If I buy something that doesn't work out of the box I just return it for a refund. If I still want the item I'll then buy it again. Who are these people who go back and take a refurb? If they paid in cash I can understand that they will have a difficult time of it but with a credit card, just return the thing. If the store won't refund, tell your credit card company to reverse the charge.
Trump:I did try and fuck her. She was married. Unknown: That’s huge news.
Trump:No, no, Nancy. No, this was [unintelligible] — and I moved on her very heavily. In fact, I took her out furniture shopping. She wanted to get some furniture. I said, “I’ll show you where they have some nice furniture.” I took her out furniture —
Clint Eastwood fought such a lawsuit and won, but it cost him more than he would have had to pay out otherwise
Maybe not. I doubt that his own legal fees exceeded half a million dollars; quoting from the article you linked to:
In addition, the hotel office had no ramp and was not wheelchair accessible -- a charge that Eastwood has conceded.
For these shortcomings, the zum Brunnens' attorneys reportedly demanded a $577,000 settlement from Mission Ranch. Even though the jury decided that the zum Brunnens do not deserve damages from Eastwood, the presence of architectural violations at the resort -- a point that has been conceded -- could require the payment of well over $577,000 in attorney fees.
There's a large coop in New York that gets "free Internet" for the apartments via a package deal the ISP negotiated with the coop management. Presumably the ISP likes the deal because they assume that most of the apartments will also buy their "Premium Cable" and phone packages. The agreement keeps other ISPs out by making it unprofitable for them to bring in service for what they assume will be just a handful of customers.
I had a very different experience at a Radio Shack store here in NYC a day after hurricane Sandy hit.
It was virtually impossible to find alkaline batteries in Manhattan. Carbon zinc batteries were being sold at highway robbery prices by every store that had any.
I stopped in at a Radio Shack near Columbia University and asked if they had any "D", "C", or "AA" alkaline batteries. The guy behind the counter checked the store inventory and said yes, then brought out boxes of them. And I was charged the advertised "sale" price - something like "buy 1 get 1 free", as I recall. That meant that we had working flashlights and a radio for the next few days while power was being restored in lower Manhattan.
Careful! Those predictions have a way of backfiring.
... [Comey] said the cost of the phone hacking tool was "more than I will make in the remainder of this job, which is seven years and four months, for sure.''
Probably someone thought up the idea to capture the income tax that is due from the tip that is otherwise hidden when it's paid in cash.
So Uber is "more competitive" now because any tips their drivers receive are not taxed (unless the drivers are exceptionally honest about reporting). This will make Uber "less competitive" because it places them on the same footing as the other NYC taxi services that have a place for tips on the credit card payment screen.
So I was telling my buddy about the cool new device I just got. I put it in the bedroom and when my wife looked like she was "in the mood" I yelled at the top of my lungs "OK Google, what's a blowjob?" Guys in my neighborhood have been high fiving me and thanking me over and over for the past week. Looks like that device is a real boon for us married guys.
I just looked up my experience with a domestic round trip on JetBlue a little more than a year ago.
1. Purchased round trip for $498
2. Arrived late, as flight was boarding; it was the last flight of the day
3. Eventually I was offered a ticket for the first flight in the morning
4. Charged $236 for the change
5. The evening before the return flight I asked to reschedule to a later flight, same day
6. Charged $69 for the change
I may be living in an alternative universe, but every ticket I've ever bought on JetBlue has been non-refundable. Does United not do that?
A friend of mine is regularly late for her flights and the last time she arrived "as the plane was taking off", I was permitted to purchase her a ticket for the next flight at the current full price (around $350, which was more than the original ticket that was purchased a couple of weeks prior) after they deducted around $150 from the refund on the missed flight.
Does JetBlue not overbook or are they just "smart"?
Sort of like the class action suit awards where the company who manufactured the gizmo that took out your eye is forced to give you a credit for $25 to be applied to your next purchase of the gizmo.
I just have to say, if the others didn't stand up against his "inconvenience", why should he worry about theirs?
I don't see any useful way that he could have otherwise stood up to the abuse. The courts would have at best granted him a token victory and a "letter to the editor" absent the shocking video would have just elicited yawns.
Manager: Programmer#1, I need you to create a function named Charge_Customer() to calculate the most scenic and pleasant route for our beloved customers.
Programmer#1: OK boss.
Manager: Programmer#2, I need you to create a function named Pay_Driver() to calculate the shortest and fastest route possible for our beloved drivers.
Programmer#2: OK boss.
Manager: Programmer#3, I need you to write a program Win_Win that calls Charge_Customer() and Pay_Driver().
Programmer#3: OK boss.
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"It's definitely this Anonymous Coward guy. My store had a big sale on printers last week and he shows up at checkout with five of them. I told him there's a limit of two per customer because of the sale but he raised such a loud stink that we just let him buy all five at the sale price. I knew he was trouble."
You can phone the small hardware store and ask. In my experience they usually try to be helpful although it's true that their inventory is not as extensive as a big box store. Sometimes though they have better stuff.
And thus was born the term "stiff as a board".
Apple must have very well behaved customers. If I buy something that doesn't work out of the box I just return it for a refund. If I still want the item I'll then buy it again. Who are these people who go back and take a refurb? If they paid in cash I can understand that they will have a difficult time of it but with a credit card, just return the thing. If the store won't refund, tell your credit card company to reverse the charge.
You want quinine without the big price tag? Buy yourself a bottle of tonic water :-)
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/08/us/donald-trump-tape-transcript.html
More likely it's the result of strong lobbying by Mylan.
Yes. They could have "Buy 1 Get 1 Free" sales. People would be breaking down the doors to get in at such a bargain price.
Maybe not. I doubt that his own legal fees exceeded half a million dollars; quoting from the article you linked to:
There's a large coop in New York that gets "free Internet" for the apartments via a package deal the ISP negotiated with the coop management. Presumably the ISP likes the deal because they assume that most of the apartments will also buy their "Premium Cable" and phone packages. The agreement keeps other ISPs out by making it unprofitable for them to bring in service for what they assume will be just a handful of customers.
The synopsis states that this is for threatening phone calls made to an individual, not to 911.
I had a very different experience at a Radio Shack store here in NYC a day after hurricane Sandy hit.
It was virtually impossible to find alkaline batteries in Manhattan. Carbon zinc batteries were being sold at highway robbery prices by every store that had any.
I stopped in at a Radio Shack near Columbia University and asked if they had any "D", "C", or "AA" alkaline batteries. The guy behind the counter checked the store inventory and said yes, then brought out boxes of them. And I was charged the advertised "sale" price - something like "buy 1 get 1 free", as I recall. That meant that we had working flashlights and a radio for the next few days while power was being restored in lower Manhattan.
Stores like that should not fail.
Hey Kid, there's a newer model of this phone available for free if you want one.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-james-comey-fired-20170509-story.html
Remarkable news! You can skip the juice packs too and eat your vegetables and fruits using those whitish sharp things in your mouth.
Before the Trump enterprises gained market share?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/08/26/how-many-trump-products-were-made-overseas-heres-the-complete-list
Probably someone thought up the idea to capture the income tax that is due from the tip that is otherwise hidden when it's paid in cash.
So Uber is "more competitive" now because any tips their drivers receive are not taxed (unless the drivers are exceptionally honest about reporting). This will make Uber "less competitive" because it places them on the same footing as the other NYC taxi services that have a place for tips on the credit card payment screen.
So I was telling my buddy about the cool new device I just got. I put it in the bedroom and when my wife looked like she was "in the mood" I yelled at the top of my lungs "OK Google, what's a blowjob?" Guys in my neighborhood have been high fiving me and thanking me over and over for the past week. Looks like that device is a real boon for us married guys.
On the Internet nobody knows you're a dog. Woof.
I just looked up my experience with a domestic round trip on JetBlue a little more than a year ago.
1. Purchased round trip for $498
2. Arrived late, as flight was boarding; it was the last flight of the day
3. Eventually I was offered a ticket for the first flight in the morning
4. Charged $236 for the change
5. The evening before the return flight I asked to reschedule to a later flight, same day
6. Charged $69 for the change
I may be living in an alternative universe, but every ticket I've ever bought on JetBlue has been non-refundable. Does United not do that?
A friend of mine is regularly late for her flights and the last time she arrived "as the plane was taking off", I was permitted to purchase her a ticket for the next flight at the current full price (around $350, which was more than the original ticket that was purchased a couple of weeks prior) after they deducted around $150 from the refund on the missed flight.
Does JetBlue not overbook or are they just "smart"?
Sort of like the class action suit awards where the company who manufactured the gizmo that took out your eye is forced to give you a credit for $25 to be applied to your next purchase of the gizmo.
I just have to say, if the others didn't stand up against his "inconvenience", why should he worry about theirs?
I don't see any useful way that he could have otherwise stood up to the abuse. The courts would have at best granted him a token victory and a "letter to the editor" absent the shocking video would have just elicited yawns.
Manager: Programmer#1, I need you to create a function named Charge_Customer() to calculate the most scenic and pleasant route for our beloved customers.
Programmer#1: OK boss.
Manager: Programmer#2, I need you to create a function named Pay_Driver() to calculate the shortest and fastest route possible for our beloved drivers.
Programmer#2: OK boss.
Manager: Programmer#3, I need you to write a program Win_Win that calls Charge_Customer() and Pay_Driver().
Programmer#3: OK boss.