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CommieGIR posted:That isn't even the best part: IF you decide to keep the tool, they just keep your deposit. That's it. Isn't your deposit roughly the cost of the tool, though?
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Safety Dance posted:Isn't your deposit roughly the cost of the tool, though? My point being they don't charge you late fees or anything. You can just 'rent' a tool and never return it and it counts as you buying it.
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Oct 5, 2015 19:03
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That's how I got my valve spring compressor! Never even used it, but hey! I've got it!
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Oct 5, 2015 19:28
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PartsSource here in Canada used to loan out tools no questions asked, but the last couple times they said they changed their policy and you had to have purchased a part from them that would require the tool to install for them to loan it to you  If you're buddy-buddy with the staff they'll let it slide but it still sucks compared to the previously lenient policy. It's been about a year since I last tried borrowing a tool so maybe it's changed again.
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Oct 5, 2015 19:37
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yeah my spring compressors are advance or autozone or whatever that we just never gave back.
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Oct 5, 2015 19:51
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CommieGIR posted:My point being they don't charge you late fees or anything. You can just 'rent' a tool and never return it and it counts as you buying it. That's how it was at the stores I "rented" from. You're literally buying and returning the tools. Advance and O'Reilly are both like that.
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Oct 5, 2015 19:53
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Slow is Fast posted:yeah my spring compressors are advance or autozone or whatever that we just never gave back. Same, they've easily paid for themselves 5x over already.
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Oct 5, 2015 19:57
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Bajaha posted:PartsSource here in Canada used to loan out tools no questions asked, but the last couple times they said they changed their policy and you had to have purchased a part from them that would require the tool to install for them to loan it to you Why would they ever care? They're selling off used tools at full price and replacing it with brand new stuff which is good for getting people to keep coming in and renting more tools.  EDIT: Assuming of course it worked the same as the parts stores down here.
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Oct 5, 2015 20:03
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CommieGIR posted:That isn't even the best part: IF you decide to keep the tool, they just keep your deposit. That's it. And you just paid retail for a used tool!
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Oct 5, 2015 20:19
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It takes a while for the store to order a new one. They have to wait the entire 30 to 60 days before being able to order a replacement and then it'll still be some time before the new one comes in. You're better off just buying one somewhere instead of keeping a loaner.
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Oct 5, 2015 20:47
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Uh, we generally reorder them every week or two and it takes ~24 hours for us to get new ones. By all means, keep the used tool you paid retail for! Edit: At least this is the case where I work. Elmnt80 fucked around with this message at 23:57 on Oct 5, 2015 |
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Oct 5, 2015 23:55
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I generally rent my tools the Canadian way: by buying them and then returning it the next day, explaining it was a gift for my friend's birthday but he crashed into a moose on the highway and he won't need it anymore.
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Oct 5, 2015 23:56
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I did that for a giant socket recently so I could replace the heating elements in the water heater. Just said I ended up not needing it 
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Oct 6, 2015 00:16
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Seat Safety Switch posted:I generally rent my tools the Canadian way: by buying them and then returning it the next day, explaining it was a gift for my friend's birthday but he crashed into a moose on the highway and he won't need it anymore. This is my MO for tools I'm not sure I'll need, or that I know I'm only using for one job. Then a few months ago I brought an unused bottle jack back to O'Reilly's and the crotchety old gently caress behind the counter tried to hassle me about it for a good 10 minutes because there was a paint chip on the body... Haven't been to an O'Reilly's since.
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Oct 6, 2015 00:21
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I got my spring compressors from autozone through the loan-a-tool thing. They were brand-spanking-new which is part of the reason I decided to keep them. If they'd been used I would have returned them after I used them and got my money back. 
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Seat Safety Switch posted:I generally rent my tools the Canadian way: by buying them and then returning it the next day, explaining it was a gift for my friend's birthday but he crashed into a moose on the highway and he won't need it anymore. True north  No clue as to why the policy change, I figured the good will of being able to rent and the impulse purchases when you come in to pickup and drop off would encourage it as well, but 
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Oct 6, 2015 00:43
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I just noticed my S2000 engine is missing.
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Oct 6, 2015 01:54
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Adiabatic posted:I just noticed my S2000 engine is missing. Nnnnoooo!! Goddamn man that is balls.
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Oct 6, 2015 01:57
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Is that a new theft or an old theft newly discovered?
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Oct 6, 2015 02:12
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Old theft newly discovered. It's not in the "After" picture I took the day after the theft. I must've just written it off that the roommate had moved it or something, but I went to specifically look for it tonight and it's gone.
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Oct 6, 2015 02:16
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Just call me Mr. Steal Your Engine
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Oct 6, 2015 02:18
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Did you ask ted where it's at? 40w or 50w?
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Oct 6, 2015 02:22
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Adiabatic posted:I just noticed my S2000 engine is missing. uh WHAT? how the gently caress does anyone get an engine through your mudpit of a yard unnoticed?
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Oct 6, 2015 02:31
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Adiabatic posted:I just noticed my S2000 engine is missing. How the gently caress do you steal an entire loving engine? Like really, how the gently caress does someone make off with that? God drat man, that sucks.
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Oct 6, 2015 02:31
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They (I'm assuming they now... jesus) came in through the back woods behind the garage. Dude with the trail camera is going to check it tomorrow, so I hope we get to see how they did it.
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Oct 6, 2015 02:37
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Adiabatic posted:I just noticed my S2000 engine is missing. Look man I'm sorry but after all that's happened this is just fuckin' hilarious. I know it blows goats but I haven't been able to stop cackling.
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Oct 6, 2015 03:03
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I'm not even mad. I was gonna make something cool out of it like a table but now I just get part-out money.
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Oct 6, 2015 03:07
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Is your garage just the magnet for local thieves?
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Oct 6, 2015 03:08
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I'll be honest, I'm very surprised no one has tried to raid my garage yet.
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Oct 6, 2015 03:11
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CommieGIR posted:I'll be honest, I'm very surprised no one has tried to raid my garage yet. PM me your address and work schedule please. TIA
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Oct 6, 2015 03:14
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iForge posted:PM me your address and work schedule please. TIA My dog will lick you to death.... .....that's all I got.
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CommieGIR posted:I'll be honest, I'm very surprised no one has tried to raid my garage yet. PM me your address and I'll drop a project car off.
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CommieGIR posted:Is your garage just the magnet for local thieves? Didn't he kinda recently have a giant throbbing mass of homeless Subarus come through his garage? *Wonders what the Venn diagram of his local thief population and local Subaru-driver population looks like.*
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MrYenko posted:*Wonders what the Venn diagram of his local thief population and local Subaru-driver population looks like.* I hastily put together a Venn diagram of this; the local Monster-drinking, Hoonigan-wearing Subaru-driver population is represented by the World Rally Blue circle, and the local thief population by the yellow circle: 
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Adiabatic posted:I'm not even mad. I was gonna make something cool out of it like a table but now I just get part-out money. At some point I plan to get an unusable blocks from a few engines and make coffee tables/liquor bottle holders out of them too
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Nodoze posted:At some point I plan to get an unusable blocks from a few engines and make coffee tables/liquor bottle holders out of them too I still think a V12 wine rack would be boss as gently caress, if a bit inefficient spacewise. Although I've never been in a position to do it, and therefore have not researched whether or not an average wine bottle would fit in the bores.
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Black88GTA posted:I still think a V12 wine rack would be boss as gently caress, if a bit inefficient spacewise. Although I've never been in a position to do it, and therefore have not researched whether or not an average wine bottle would fit in the bores. They should.... I mean, I did the math and bottles that size would fit in a 4AGE and a F20
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Adiabatic posted:I just noticed my S2000 engine is missing. Someone must loveeeeeee knock knock jokes. ... if they don't, they're going to learn to appreciate them very soon.
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Just got a response from the detective. They have him identified, he's wanted, and they're actively searching for him. She also wants footage of him taking the engine, which makes sense. Here's hoping that trail camera picked it up.
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