Random Rants

[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.

[mclaincausey]

Mega my main issue isn't corporations here, it's bad science and corporate cronyism spreading lies about which foods are safe. No one said burgers are good for you, but here in the states at least we are told to eat lots of "healthy whole grains." That's an oxymoron. Even the American Diabetic Association's official diet tells diabetics to eat these. This is quite literally the worst thing they could do for their condition this side of mainlining glucose. It does, coincidentally I'm sure, drive insulin usage and consumption / sales. And obesity and obesity related illness. Mainstream medicine is literally making people sick or sicker with their official dietary recommendations.

If I were just a smidge more paranoid I'd say this is all intentional. Health care certainly makes more money when more grievously ill people are around.

[jdl1279]

Mclain,

I get the feeling we could have a fairly deep conversation about topics of this nature and not find major disagreements. A little paranoia is a sign of critical thought, particularly in the modern age.

[madmonday]

hope things work out max p, speaking of bad situations any word from nerkg with his job issues?