Random Rants

[mclaincausey]

Nothing like a public slap fight between enemy makers to dismay and disillusion.

[Chris]

@Seul:

I swear packages coming from Chippendale Rd. FTX USA are doomed from the start…

Package shows up as delivered Feb 28, on 2.17 pm. I was home then. Now I've been calling back and forth with my personal detective "Kelly", who has traced it back to another sector in my town...

Fingers crossed... 

Actually, I just pretend to ship you stuff.  The Belgian Post and I have an elaborate plan in place to try and drive you mad.

Come to think of it, we may be too late for that.

[Seul]

Much too late, I dare say!..

cuckles like a madman and rubs his hands vigorously…

[Chris]

I hate "Buy It Now".
I used to love eBay.  It was a great source for random and hard to find stuff, and with the auction format, you could feel fairly certain that you were getting a reasonable price, whether you were buying or selling.  However, over the years, eBay has steadily destroyed that system.  Adding Buy It Now, readjusting the listing charges so that you can list something practically forever with a stupidly high opening bid or only BIN price with no added costs, regardless of how long it sits there, piling on fees to the point that only high volume sellers are profitable, shackling everyone to PayPal, ("The world's most loved way to pay and get paid" my ass) and the general refusal to address continuing issues of fraud have all made me go to eBay as only a last resort.  They've turned it into an Amazon Marketplace clone, albeit with higher shipping charges and worse customer service.

[natehate]

and when some thing is in a bidding auction the morons using ebay bid shit almost up to retail on used items making it even dumber
and this new pre paying import charges
AHHHHH infuriating
yet i still use it
a lot

[bagley920]

I don't mind buy it now options if they would make it mandatory to bid as well

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[Seul]

I've been using Amazon a lot more and eBay a lot less…

[Giles]

Me too.  Amazon is my first port of call now.  Especially with Prime…..

[mclaincausey]

What in the sam fuck is going on with these incomprehensible timestamps in Yahoo! Mail? Embarrassing…

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[Giles]

It's like those websites which are a nightmare to use and take forever to load because some areshole is just too feckin clever…..

[mclaincausey]

Exactly. I like to call such hubris "masturbatory design."

[Omega Man]

@mclaincausey:

"masturbatory design."

This I can use to describe many things from now on.  Thanks MC.

[Max Power]

My car broke down with severe motor damage out of the blue and I can't afford a replacement engine. Yet I need to drive 100 km per day to get to work. Feels like a punch in the guts.

[Giles]

Ouch…..

[Max Power]

Yes. And no manageable solution is in sight right now.

[rocket]

damn, hope you manage to find one, best of luck…

[Jordan23]

Oh, what bad news. Finger crossed Flo! Hope you ll find a solution soon!

Enjoy ya addiction!

[Max Power]

Thank you guys!

[Giles]

How much coke do you want in your sugar?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25132851

[mclaincausey]

I hope something works out max. What a terrible situation. As an ignorant American, I'd assumed there were bountiful public transportation options to get from anywhere to anywhere else in Europe.