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* Evolution/ devolution and the human condition - 2 messages, 2 authors
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* Ebay alternative? - 12 messages, 5 authors
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* Suppliers of high quality and cheapest celtics, lakers,NBA jersey
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Burberry t shirt, Paul Smith polo t shirt, Paul Smith shirts,NBA Jersey, NBA
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* Good deal on LSD batteries? - 3 messages, 3 authors
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* Freeware for the IPod Touch or IPhone for real time OBDII diagnostics - 1
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* "I woke up this morning and noted that Washington is infested with the same
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* can you top this as the worst deal EVER? - 2 messages, 2 authors
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TOPIC: Evolution/ devolution and the human condition
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/t/80b3f20f5139cdad?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Wed, Jan 21 2009 10:30 pm
From: "Rod Speed"
phil scott wrote:
> and those drivers. Mentioned in my recent posts on epi-genetics.
> A take home message...If you dont have a career and life style that
> involves you getting more effient in production *and what you give to
> rest of life, *and how you advance your own intellect and physiology..
> etc... across broad spectrums, and breaking new ground ideally....
> you will devolve,
No evidence supports that claim.
> ...and your lineage thereafter will tend devolve to the same degree...
And that in spades.
> From this a person can easily fathom a list of evolutionary drivers, and devolutionary drivers..
Nope.
> breaking new ground on the topic of why we have so many
> drooling morons, sociopaths, frauds and lumps of protoplasm
> running loose in this apparently advanced culture.
Thats mainly the result of very little evolution happening anymore.
We are even silly enough to assist those whose genes would normally die out to procreate.
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Thurs, Jan 22 2009 8:03 am
From: im.1.maxaluminum@xoxy.net
On Jan 22, 12:31 am, phil scott <p...@philscott.net> wrote:
> and those drivers. Mentioned in my recent posts on epi-genetics.
>
> A take home message...If you dont have a career and life style that
> involves you getting more effient in production *and what you give to
> rest of life, *and how you advance your own intellect and
> physiology.. etc... across broad spectrums, and breaking new ground
> ideally.... you will devolve,
>
> ...and your lineage thereafter will tend devolve to the same degree...
>
> From this a person can easily fathom a list of evolutionary drivers,
> and devolutionary drivers.. breaking new ground on the topic of why
> we have so many drooling morons, sociopaths, frauds and lumps of
> protoplasm running loose in this apparently advanced culture.
>
> Phil scott
Bernie Madoff said, "The more you give to customers, the less you have
for yourself."
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TOPIC: Ebay alternative?
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== 1 of 12 ==
Date: Thurs, Jan 22 2009 5:13 am
From: "h"
"Dave" <noway1@nohow2.not> wrote in message
news:gl88kp$9ge$1@news.motzarella.org...
>> 4) When they told me that my positive feedback of 93 was not "good
>> enough" - evidently 100 was needed - and I could no longer list any
>> auctions without Paypal - and credit cards - as a payment option.
>
> OK, as ebay exists now, the feedback rating is useless.
>
> However, before ebay put draconian rules in effect limiting who could give
> HONEST feedback to whom...
> (essentially destroying what USED TO BE somewhat effective)
>
> 93 would be a piss-poor ebay feedback rating, the equivalent of an F- on a
> letter grade scale. Someone who sells a lot had to be pretty dishonest
> (read: a crook) to get lower than 98 on ebay's feedback rating scale.
> Sad to say, but it was true...even the worst sellers on ebay could usually
> get a 98% or better quite easily.
>
> While I still cared to try to use ebay, I wouldn't buy anything from
> anybody with less than 99% feedback. Even then, if the feedback was 99%,
> I scrutinized comments from buyers carefully before I'd place a bid or
> "buy now".
>
> So no, your feedback of 93 was NOT "good enough". Not excusing ebay's
> actions at all, but if they wanted to restrict somebody, then somebody
> with a 93 feedback seems like fair game to me. -Dave
However, someone who has sold very few items and got one negative could
easily have a 93 or lower feedback score. A friend of mine sells less than
10 items a year. She recently had one non-paying bidder who refused to pay,
claiming that he never placed the bid. She followed all the rules and
eventually filed an unpaid item strike. The non-paying bidder then left her
negative feedback, but, as the seller, she could not leave a negative for
him. So, he still has a 100% positive rating while hers is currently south
of 90%. The new "improved" feedback rules have made eBay feedback less than
useless. Why on earth is someone who chose not to complete a transaction
allowed to leave feedback at all?
== 2 of 12 ==
Date: Thurs, Jan 22 2009 6:18 am
From: OhioGuy
> If you just want to SELL something locally, and not try to "auction" it
> nationally, craigslist works very well. No fees, either!
Yeah, my main idea is to clear things out, plus get a few bucks to go
to the movies or whatever. I've been very surprised that some things I
listed at a buck or two didn't get any answers at all. I guess it all
depends on how large of a metropolitan area you live in, and how active
people are locally.
I wish there was some way to have your postings listed in nearby
markets. For example, I'm only about 35 minutes from the North side of
Cincinnati, but my posts are limited to Dayton/Springfield.
== 3 of 12 ==
Date: Thurs, Jan 22 2009 6:23 am
From: OhioGuy
>93 would be a piss-poor ebay feedback rating,
Sorry, my mistake. I had a 100% feedback rating, but only 93 total
feedbacks. (sales) Ebay decided you had to have at least 100 sales in
order to keep selling without taking Paypal/credit cards. Probably now
they just force everybody.
I just got tired of the higher and higher fees, then forcing me to do
things ways I didn't want.
The 2nd to last straw was when they really increased fees on DVD's.
The LAST straw was when they decided to tell me how much I was going
to be reimbursed for shipping DVD's. Has anyone even looked at that?
It costs me about 20 to 25% MORE than they now allow to ship a DVD,
including the packaging materials. That is for media mail shipping,
which is fairly inexpensive. I have no idea why they think I would take
a loss in order to sell on there.
== 4 of 12 ==
Date: Thurs, Jan 22 2009 8:01 am
From: "Dave"
"OhioGuy" <none@none.net> wrote in message
news:gl9v8t$2ekm$1@news.ett.com.ua...
>
>> If you just want to SELL something locally, and not try to "auction" it
>> nationally, craigslist works very well. No fees, either!
>
>
> Yeah, my main idea is to clear things out, plus get a few bucks to go to
> the movies or whatever. I've been very surprised that some things I
> listed at a buck or two didn't get any answers at all. I guess it all
> depends on how large of a metropolitan area you live in, and how active
> people are locally.
>
> I wish there was some way to have your postings listed in nearby
> markets. For example, I'm only about 35 minutes from the North side of
> Cincinnati, but my posts are limited to Dayton/Springfield.
What are you talking about? I live in New York State, and I could run a
posting on craigslist for cincinatti, if I wanted to. -Dave
http://cincinnati.craigslist.org/
== 5 of 12 ==
Date: Thurs, Jan 22 2009 8:04 am
From: "Dave"
"OhioGuy" <none@none.net> wrote in message
news:gl9vj3$2er7$1@news.ett.com.ua...
> >93 would be a piss-poor ebay feedback rating,
>
> Sorry, my mistake. I had a 100% feedback rating, but only 93 total
> feedbacks. (sales) Ebay decided you had to have at least 100 sales in
> order to keep selling without taking Paypal/credit cards. Probably now
> they just force everybody.
Well yet one more reason to avoid ebay. I haven't sold anything on ebay in
quite a while. My feedback is just shy of 100, and I'd NEVER accept paypal
as a payment method. I'd never accept credit cards, either. -Dave
== 6 of 12 ==
Date: Thurs, Jan 22 2009 8:21 am
From: "JR Weiss"
"OhioGuy" <none@none.net> wrote...
>
> I wish there was some way to have your postings listed in nearby markets.
> For example, I'm only about 35 minutes from the North side of Cincinnati, but
> my posts are limited to Dayton/Springfield.
You'll have to stagger your ads so the "multi-listing police" don't shut you
down, but you can list alternate weeks or alternate "stuff" on the Cincinnati
board.
== 7 of 12 ==
Date: Thurs, Jan 22 2009 8:53 am
From: "h"
"Dave" <noway1@nohow2.not> wrote in message
news:gla5e4$ma6$1@news.motzarella.org...
>
> Well yet one more reason to avoid ebay. I haven't sold anything on ebay
> in quite a while. My feedback is just shy of 100, and I'd NEVER accept
> paypal as a payment method. I'd never accept credit cards, either. -Dave
So how on earth would you get paid?
== 8 of 12 ==
Date: Thurs, Jan 22 2009 9:22 am
From: "JR Weiss"
"h" <tmclone@searchmachine.com> wrote...
>>
>> Well yet one more reason to avoid ebay. I haven't sold anything on ebay in
>> quite a while. My feedback is just shy of 100, and I'd NEVER accept paypal
>> as a payment method. I'd never accept credit cards, either. -Dave
>
> So how on earth would you get paid?
Cash; Postal Money Order...
== 9 of 12 ==
Date: Thurs, Jan 22 2009 9:33 am
From: Brian Elfert
OhioGuy <none@none.net> writes:
> I wish there was some way to have your postings listed in nearby
>markets. For example, I'm only about 35 minutes from the North side of
>Cincinnati, but my posts are limited to Dayton/Springfield.
What stops you from putting an ad on the main Cincinnati Craigslist?
Considering the number of ads I see for stuff not local on Craigslist I
don't see why you couldn't post something on another Craigslist that is
actually local.
== 10 of 12 ==
Date: Thurs, Jan 22 2009 9:37 am
From: Brian Elfert
OhioGuy <none@none.net> writes:
> The LAST straw was when they decided to tell me how much I was going
>to be reimbursed for shipping DVD's. Has anyone even looked at that?
>It costs me about 20 to 25% MORE than they now allow to ship a DVD,
>including the packaging materials. That is for media mail shipping,
>which is fairly inexpensive. I have no idea why they think I would take
>a loss in order to sell on there.
Only a guess, but I assume Ebay got sick of people charging inflated
shipping to get around final value fees. Things like Buy It Now for $1 on
a $15 item, but charging $19.95 for $4 worth of shipping.
I think a better answer would be to charge final value fees on shipping
since Ebay doesn't seem to know how much it really costs to ship
something. The real cost to ship can also vary drastically depending on
the size of the shipper and the volume discounts they might get.
== 11 of 12 ==
Date: Thurs, Jan 22 2009 10:08 am
From: "h"
"JR Weiss" <jrweiss@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:glaa2u$bn0$1@news.motzarella.org...
> "h" <tmclone@searchmachine.com> wrote...
>>>
>>> Well yet one more reason to avoid ebay. I haven't sold anything on ebay
>>> in quite a while. My feedback is just shy of 100, and I'd NEVER accept
>>> paypal as a payment method. I'd never accept credit cards,
>>> ither. -Dave
>>
>> So how on earth would you get paid?
>
> Cash; Postal Money Order...
>
>
Umm, ok. You can't mail cash and you really think buyers would be willing to
go to the post office, buy a money order, mail it, and then have to wait for
it to arrive and be cashed before the item can ship? You're kidding, right?
And a personal check would take even longer, since it can take 10 business
days to clear. And how do you handle foreign transactions and currency
exchange?
If I can't do the entire transaction from my keyboard I don't want any part
of it. I think most buyers are like that, at least most of mine.
== 12 of 12 ==
Date: Thurs, Jan 22 2009 11:29 am
From: "JR Weiss"
"h" <tmclone@searchmachine.com> wrote...
>
>>>> Well yet one more reason to avoid ebay. I haven't sold anything on ebay in
>>>> quite a while. My feedback is just shy of 100, and I'd NEVER accept paypal
>>>> as a payment method. I'd never accept credit cards, ither. >>>
>>> So how on earth would you get paid?
>>
>> Cash; Postal Money Order...
>>
> Umm, ok. You can't mail cash and you really think buyers would be willing to
> go to the post office, buy a money order, mail it, and then have to wait for
> it to arrive and be cashed before the item can ship? You're kidding, right?
> And a personal check would take even longer, since it can take 10 business
> days to clear. And how do you handle foreign transactions and currency
> exchange?
As I said earlier, sell locally and use craigslist. For buying, use a real
store.
> If I can't do the entire transaction from my keyboard I don't want any part of
> it. I think most buyers are like that, at least most of mine.
Most of my buyers are more than willing to come to the house and pick up the
stuff. On occasion I'll deliver to theirs...
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TOPIC: Good deal on LSD batteries?
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Thurs, Jan 22 2009 6:27 am
From: OhioGuy
> Costco?
No Costco stores around here, unless I drive 2 hours.
== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Thurs, Jan 22 2009 11:51 am
From: "Malcolm \"Mal\" Reynolds"
OhioGuy <none@none.net> wrote in news:gl9vpr$2er7$2@news.ett.com.ua:
>> Costco?
>
> No Costco stores around here, unless I drive 2 hours.
>
Order online?
== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Thurs, Jan 22 2009 12:38 pm
From: SMS
Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds wrote:
> OhioGuy <none@none.net> wrote in news:gl9vpr$2er7$2@news.ett.com.ua:
>
>>> Costco?
>> No Costco stores around here, unless I drive 2 hours.
>>
>
> Order online?
Costco no longer sells the eneloop or other LSD batteries, at least in
Northern California.
When they did, it was eight AA and two AAA and some adapters for C&D and
a charger, though for a brief period they sold just the battery assortment.
The eneloops also used to be sold at Wal-Mart, but no more.
See "http://tinyurl.com/eneloopthomas". $9.97 for four, but the shipping
is very high.
Amazing that these batteries seem to be about the only technology item
that's going _up_ in price.
I did see one Sanyo digital camera that came with two eneloop batteries
and a charger. Sanyo is actually the world's largest digital camera
manufacturer, but they mainly manufacture for other companies, and don't
sell much under their own brand.
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Thurs, Jan 22 2009 8:07 am
From: Donna
On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:03:24 -0800, J. Bouziane wrote:
> Does anyone know if there is freeware for the IPod Touch or IPhone similar
> to the REV that will provide real time diagnostics from the OBDII port?
>
> The REV is here but it costs money.
> http://wrxfanatics.com/blog/2008/09/devtoaster-rev-ipod-iphone-obdii-software/
>
> Is there a freeware program that works on the IPod that acts as an OBDII
> scanner?
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Someone let us know which of these work best for real time scanning of
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TOPIC: "I woke up this morning and noted that Washington is infested with the
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Thurs, Jan 22 2009 8:22 am
From: hpope@lycos.com
Change, whatta hoot!
mitch
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TOPIC: can you top this as the worst deal EVER?
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Thurs, Jan 22 2009 9:26 am
From: OhioGuy
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I just got our latest CompUSA catalog. Evidently we get that now instead
of the old TigerDirect catalog. It seems like the only thing that has
changed is the name on the front.
Anyway, I saw this on page 4, upper left hand corner of the catalog.
"Guaranteed Buyback Plans: New Technology Happens. You'll Be Ready When
It Does" *TM
- note that they have copyrights on "Guaranteed Buyback" and the phrase
about new technology
Then it goes on to say "from $19.98"
I went to the website and searched for "T20", as directed.
In a nutshell, you pay them, then you are allowed to return the product
to a third party for 'up to' 50% of what you paid, within the next two
years.
It's $30 for an LCD monitor, $50 for laptop over $1,000 and $30 for
laptop under $1,000
to participate in these 'plans'
What it actually gives you is this:
first 6 months: get 50% back
6-12 months: get 40% back
12-18 months: get 30% back
18-24 months: get 20% back
So you get to pay them extra $$, and in return, in 18 months you can get
LESS than you could if you put it up on eBay or Craigslist. I can't
imagine buying something so outdated that I can't do better than 20% of
what I paid in 18 months. If I used this with a $500 laptop, I'd only
get $100 back in 18 months - a loss of $400.
How about you - have you ever seen a "deal" more boneheaded than this?
If so, please share!
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Thurs, Jan 22 2009 9:54 am
From: im.1.maxaluminum@xoxy.net
OhioGuy wrote:
> http://img299.imageshack.us/my.php?image=buybackgi8.jpg
>
>
> I just got our latest CompUSA catalog. Evidently we get that now instead
> of the old TigerDirect catalog. It seems like the only thing that has
> changed is the name on the front.
>
> Anyway, I saw this on page 4, upper left hand corner of the catalog.
>
> "Guaranteed Buyback Plans: New Technology Happens. You'll Be Ready When
> It Does" *TM
> - note that they have copyrights on "Guaranteed Buyback" and the phrase
> about new technology
>
> Then it goes on to say "from $19.98"
>
> I went to the website and searched for "T20", as directed.
>
> In a nutshell, you pay them, then you are allowed to return the product
> to a third party for 'up to' 50% of what you paid, within the next two
> years.
>
> It's $30 for an LCD monitor, $50 for laptop over $1,000 and $30 for
> laptop under $1,000
> to participate in these 'plans'
>
> What it actually gives you is this:
>
> first 6 months: get 50% back
> 6-12 months: get 40% back
> 12-18 months: get 30% back
> 18-24 months: get 20% back
>
> So you get to pay them extra $$, and in return, in 18 months you can get
> LESS than you could if you put it up on eBay or Craigslist. I can't
> imagine buying something so outdated that I can't do better than 20% of
> what I paid in 18 months. If I used this with a $500 laptop, I'd only
> get $100 back in 18 months - a loss of $400.
>
> How about you - have you ever seen a "deal" more boneheaded than this?
> If so, please share!
The market place will decide. Nobody is twisting any arms. People can
read and make a decision. All kinds of people purchase service
agreements for hundreds and in the case of vehicles, thousands, for
the peace of mind they get. Not everybody is adept at reselling items
on eBay or Craig's List. They want something on paper that they can
depend on even if it costs more.
Personally, I don't believe in warranties or service agreements. I'd
prefer things be sold at a discount without recourse beyond the first
few days. As Joe Gerard said, "There's an ass for every seat."
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Thurs, Jan 22 2009 11:19 am
From: clone
Now, it the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
contribute some of your best ideas for the future. To the crew at the
Whitehouse.
www.change.gov/
thanks. g.
--
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in
a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin
but by the content of their character."
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TOPIC: Niggardly?
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Thurs, Jan 22 2009 12:19 pm
From: Okikuru
according to my dictionary'
a Niggard ; is a stingy person decidedly miserly.
maybe they mean , thrifty in their use of their intelligence or
open-mindedness?
your mileage may vary?
--
Now,is the time for all good men to come
to the aid of their country.
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