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whoohoo snow. Several inches. Dogs were thrilled on the way to the park for our daily walk, as ti was still coming down hard.
Got an email today.
"Happy birthday and we look forward to seeing you again soon" From my optometrist.. lol.
lol ( but thanks )
Sat Feb 17 2024 11:15:28 EST from IGnatius T FoobarAll righty then. Happy birthday, four eyes. :)
lol dumb ass quote of the day ( not really qualifying for the real quote room )
"I'm using a PC not a desktop but when I play games on my PC... "
a question totally out in left field..
Anyone sell stuff on eBay? What sort of protection is there from scam artists? I know if you buy and its garbage, you can get a refund, but what about buyers that try to scam you as a seller?
2024-02-17 23:46 from Nurb432 <nurb432@uncensored.citadel.org>
a question totally out in left field..
Anyone sell stuff on eBay? What sort of protection is there from
scam artists? I know if you buy and its garbage, you can get a
refund, but what about buyers that try to scam you as a seller?
They have to pay before you ship. Someone did try to scam me once. What they do is hack someone else's account, buy the item, which then tells you ship to the poor victim whose account was hacked. Then they email you and say "oshit I made a mistake, I forgot we moved. Could you please ship to this other address instead?" The correct response is "oh, that's a shame. I'll cancel your order, refund your money, and you can try again when I relist."
Otherwise, I'm not sure how they can scam you except to open a dispute and try to get ebay to refund them. Not sure exactly how that pans out, I would think your reputation comes into play there.
Since i have never sold and only purchased., i dont have any i would assume? Ya last minute address change: "nope". I was more concerned about the ones that get it, and say its broken, and either break it themselves, or try to swap it with something else claiming i shipped the wrong thing. "lie just enough to get a refund" and im stuck with nothing or paying for returns on something i never sent in the first place..
We are not taking a lot so the % of fraud would be more of an impact than if it was my 'business' selling online, but i decided tonight to get rid of 90% of my computer equipment. And soon about that much of my tools. But enough i hate to just toss it. And what is left of my musical instruments ( used to play bass and regular guitar years ago.. had a band. came from a musical family ) might even get rid of some boom sticks. ( of course not on ebay )
Will be the final purge of my belongings.
Sat Feb 17 2024 20:37:26 EST from zelgomerI would think your reputation comes into play there.
Will be the final purge of my belongings.
Before what? A move to another location? Joining the peace corps? Committing suicide? As your friends we have to make sure that the latter option is not in play.
No 'end prep' so to speak. Just time to get rid of most of it. Essentials stay. Lost interest in most of it and this stuff is just sitting there wasting space. If i say i will 'start that project back up' i'm lying to myself, its not going to happen.
Sure, if i get to move, it would make moving easier as a side effect, but at this rate, i doubt i can pull it off and have to remain in Concreteville, miserable. So that really isn't a factor either.
Sun Feb 18 2024 11:59:16 EST from IGnatius T FoobarBefore what? A move to another location? Joining the peace corps? Committing suicide? As your friends we have to make sure that the latter option is not in play.
I too am less inclined to hold onto 'things' in general as I age, and more inclined to sell off if not give away to my fewer and fewer remaining loved ones. That way I can more fully appreciate their gratitude before succumbing to dementia etc, and not have to worry about how well my will and last wishes are carried out as instructed.
Tools related to a hobby, usually you can find someone who wants them. eBay works fine, but is usually only worth it if you sell stuff on a regular basis or have something unusual and valuable to sell.
For normal household items, I just donate them to a local thrift shop. We have one here in town that is fairly small but well regarded, and is a faith based operation so that's a bonus point for me. I've brought them small furniture items, musical instruments, kitchen tools, etc.
My wife loves to do a big cleaning from time to time because she grew up in a situation where they moved around a lot. The idea of keeping an unneeded item for decades is just foreign to her. It helps keep our home from overflowing with stuff. On the other hand, I have started cleaning out my parents' house (they are still living there) where they've lived for 52 years and not much has been discarded. Uggghhh.
I've tried the one that was built into Thunderbird. Way more work than
it's worth, in my case. Seemed like no amount of training would get to
accuracy.
I don't think training the filters is much work. Just place any spam mail in your inbox in the Junk folder :)
My bayesians are very accurate. I still use other filters on top of them. I also have custom spam scores to certain domains that rarely behave.
Otherwise, I'm not sure how they can scam you except to open a dispute
and try to get ebay to refund them. Not sure exactly how that pans out,
I would think your reputation comes into play there.
I have heard they may try chargebacks - they pay you, you send the item, then they ask the payment processor to reverse the payment - but I don't think that shit flies these days.
When you sell online, the problem is usually that payment procesors you are not the customer for tend to side with the payer rather than the seller. ie. if you are the one paying the credit card processing fees because you have a contract through a big badass bank then the credit card processor is more likely to side with you than, say, PayPal.
I am sure you have noticed I haven't been very active lately. That is because one of my dogs got a brain stroke and nearly died. She went into actual vegetative state for a good while. It was scary as heck.
She is currently recoveing from the acute phase and managed to regain use of her legs in 24 hours. She is still in a bad shape, she is very unstable when walking, but she will walk with no aid, so I think we were lucky eventually.
Now the problem I have is I need to keep the youngest puppy we have from pestering her, since she is a bit too tired to endure a puppy begging for play 24/7.
:(
My old one goes in next week. She has a spot, that may be cancer ( again ). Almost lost her last time we had some removed. ( drug interactions mostly , not the actual surgery )
It may be a long road, but im glad yours is improving...
Mon Feb 19 2024 15:05:01 EST from darknetuserHello,
I am sure you have noticed I haven't been very active lately. That is because one of my dogs got a brain stroke and nearly died. She went into actual vegetative state for a good while. It was scary as heck.
2024-02-19 16:39 from Nurb432
:(
My old one goes in next week. She has a spot, that may be cancer (
again ). Almost lost her last time we had some removed. ( drug
interactions mostly , not the actual surgery )
It may be a long road, but im glad yours is improving...
Man, hug your dog tight for me.
Family is what matters. Everything else ain't worth shit.
Its not just that, some of it are projects i lost interest in. Others is due 'spare paranoia', which is hard to get past ( cant get rid of the last 2 generations just in case my main thing blows up and i end up with nothing mentality. )
I know i mentioned it before but my 'true' collections are gone ( books, retro machines ). Just got rid of my di-cast cars ( 1:18 scale.. 20 of them . gave to a brother in law, he told me a few were worth over 1k due to age/scarcity )
Sure i could donate/trash it all. but some of it is of value so figured i should try ( see above )
The tools, are more practical. I had a set of all i needed, hardly any spares other than perhaps 10mm sockets ( lol ). Then i ended up with my dads, so now i have 2 or 3x what i 'need'. ( like 15 3/8 ratchets... ) and its chaos. A lot of my electronic tools, scopes, etc were given away too. Just enough to get by. Electrical components same thing, given away. ( and 1 week later, i needed a freaking resistor to test a sensor in the jeep.. didnt even have one left, out of hundreds see point 1 about paranoia )
Mon Feb 19 2024 14:07:20 EST from IGnatius T FoobarSo it's really a question of how you intend to spend your leisure time. I guess that's the problem with having a "collection" of any type -- at some point you have to dispose of it. Hopefully you can find another collector.
Tools related to a hobby, usually you can find someone who wants them. eBay works fine, but is usually only worth it if you sell stuff on a regular basis or have something unusual and valuable to sell.
For normal household items, I just donate them to a local thrift shop. We have one here in town that is fairly small but well regarded, and is a faith based operation so that's a bonus point for me. I've brought them small furniture items, musical instruments, kitchen tools, etc.
My wife loves to do a big cleaning from time to time because she grew up in a situation where they moved around a lot. The idea of keeping an unneeded item for decades is just foreign to her. It helps keep our home from overflowing with stuff. On the other hand, I have started cleaning out my parents' house (they are still living there) where they've lived for 52 years and not much has been discarded. Uggghhh.
And another 'unidentified balloon' flying around the western part of the US.
"We have determined its not a threat"
Long story short, I managed to get the machine to start and the controls to work, but some proprietary component that is the core of having the machine do actual stuff is cooked and I find no replacements anywhere.
I am so disappointed since I nearly had it. Fixing this thing would have made my useless studies useful for once :(
Good news is the boss invited me to a nice bottle of smuggled beer for the effort.