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Hargrimm posted:I've been seeing signs around town for a high school doing a mattress sale fundraiser. How the hell often do people replace mattresses that there's a sustainable market for that?? Used to be you replaced your mattress every couple of decades, but mattress marketing has been steadily decreasing the interval. Now you have Erik Estrada on TV telling us if it's over eight it's time to replace. Apparently telling people they're sleeping on an ever growing pile of dead mites, discarded skin cells, and gallons of dried sweat works.
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Nov 6, 2016 11:17
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If you're a regular sex-haver like me it also reduces the life-span of mattresses to, like, maybe two or three years at most. Someone buying mattresses often is prettymuch a guaranteed sign of virility. Now you know! HIRE ME SLEEP COUNTRY
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Nov 6, 2016 13:56
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Hargrimm posted:I've been seeing signs around town for a high school doing a mattress sale fundraiser. How the hell often do people replace mattresses that there's a sustainable market for that??  "Did you realize 1 in 10 people buy a new mattress every year?"
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Nov 6, 2016 14:39
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I am pretty sure that means "each year, one in ten people buy a new mattress" not, "out of ten people, there is one person who habitually buys new mattresses every year"
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Nov 6, 2016 15:09
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Krispy Kareem posted:Used to be you replaced your mattress every couple of decades, but mattress marketing has been steadily decreasing the interval. Now you have Erik Estrada on TV telling us if it's over eight it's time to replace. I paid $80 to have somebody use a special heavy duty vacuum thingy and anti-goon spray on my mattress. I dunno, I think it's money well spent although there's a pretty good chance it's all placebo. Even if it's done nothing, I feel like I've done everything possible to manage my hayfever and asthma.
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Nov 6, 2016 15:10
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z16bitsega posted:
This is a no pressure sale
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Nov 6, 2016 15:49
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froglet posted:I paid $80 to have somebody use a special heavy duty vacuum thingy and anti-goon spray on my mattress. Just get a dust cover man, then you can take it off periodically and wash it. I had to get a new mattress last year after my 10 year-old one develop a noticeable dip in the middle. Buying a mattress sucks, most department/mattress stores all sell the exact same product that has just been rebranded, trying to buy one based on reviews seems fraught with peril, and laying on one in a store for 5 minutes never feels adequate. I ended up getting one at Sears and it worked out fine I guess. Now I'm just on a never-ending quest to find some pillows that don't turn to poo poo after ~4 months.
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Nov 6, 2016 16:27
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gnarlyhotep posted:Mathematically there is no negative zero. WTF is a "direct check"? My initial take on this whole transaction is that you're full of crap. A check written pay to the order of Troop 123. Had I not been several Jameson's deep I probably would have written it "direct donation" to help you better understand my lies on the internet. defectivemonkey posted:Dude that popcorn is delicious though. As a former peddler of that popcorn back in the day I knew exactly what I didn't need tempting me in my own home. Sirotan posted:Just get a dust cover man, then you can take it off periodically and wash it. There was a A/T thread years ago on buying a mattress. It was invaluable when I was purchasing a new one to replace mine which was worn out beyond belief. Basically ignore brands unless it's a proprietary mattress of some kind. Before even laying on it look at the contents: Spring count, construction, pocketing, something else. The seller has a big book of this, make them drag it out. Once you have an idea of the difference between the various mattresses, lay on the one with the correct firmness for your body. Once you find the one you think you like, lay on it for 10 minutes without moving, set a timer. If it's still comfy consider buying it. All prices are negotiable. H110Hawk fucked around with this message at 16:34 on Nov 6, 2016 |
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Nov 6, 2016 16:29
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http://jalopnik.com/what-to-do-when-youre-stuck-in-a-massive-auto-loan-1788572217 Discuss
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Nov 6, 2016 17:03
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NancyPants posted:http://jalopnik.com/what-to-do-when-youre-stuck-in-a-massive-auto-loan-1788572217 Their car payment is as much as my rent. 
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Nov 6, 2016 17:23
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My neighbor is trading up fully loaded trucks every 2-3 years, while rolling his negative equity into the next loan. Of course he has no clue how much he owes, it's just "payments I can afford". What is the current payment you ask? $950/month. On a truck that MSRP something like 45k, or 32K if you buy it a year later when new inventory rolls in. I've no idea how people live like that. Edit: It's a leisure vehicle, he doesn't need a loving truck.
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Nov 6, 2016 18:18
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Nitrox posted:My neighbor is trading up fully loaded trucks every 2-3 years, while rolling his negative equity into the next loan. Of course he has no clue how much he owes, it's just "payments I can afford". What is the current payment you ask? $950/month. On a truck that MSRP something like 45k, or 32K if you buy it a year later when new inventory rolls in. I've no idea how people live like that. "If I don't have a truck nobody will respect me and I won't respect myself" has always been such a bizarre mindset to me even growing up in the south and everything
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Nov 6, 2016 21:00
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A lot of car dealerships try to reel customers back in by offering to "upgrade" their car after a few years with the exact same monthly payment. Of course, you go from less than a year away from being fully paid off back to a fresh 5 year loan, but that's not as important as showing off your new car to the neighbors.
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Nov 6, 2016 22:07
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Konstantin posted:A lot of car dealerships try to reel customers back in by offering to "upgrade" their car after a few years with the exact same monthly payment. Of course, you go from less than a year away from being fully paid off back to a fresh 5 year loan, but that's not as important as showing off your new car to the neighbors. I still get like quarterly "hey we sold you a car but maybe you'd like ANOTHER CAR???" poo poo in the mail that reminds me of Amazon's terrible attempt at targeted advertising where they think that because you just bought a washing machine you totally want to see nothing but washing machines because gosh you love washing machines right
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Nov 6, 2016 22:44
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ate all the Oreos posted:I still get like quarterly "hey we sold you a car but maybe you'd like ANOTHER CAR???" poo poo in the mail that reminds me of Amazon's terrible attempt at targeted advertising where they think that because you just bought a washing machine you totally want to see nothing but washing machines because gosh you love washing machines right Why have they not fixed that yet. Is there some counterintuitive marketing thing I'm not getting, or are they seriously just that bad at being a store
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Nov 6, 2016 22:47
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ate all the Oreos posted:I still get like quarterly "hey we sold you a car but maybe you'd like ANOTHER CAR???" poo poo in the mail that reminds me of Amazon's terrible attempt at targeted advertising where they think that because you just bought a washing machine you totally want to see nothing but washing machines because gosh you love washing machines right Don't clean shame tia
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Nov 6, 2016 22:49
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ate all the Oreos posted:"If I don't have a truck nobody will respect me and I won't respect myself" has always been such a bizarre mindset to me even growing up in the south and everything I once told a girlfriend who didn't really grow up in the south but identified as southern that if I was to own a truck, it would be a beater Ranger or F-150 because I wouldn't want a fancy $50K truck and I think that was the most concern I had ever seen on her face. No exaggeration. Everyone's consumerism is non-sensical, but automobiles seem to be so big in scale and give so many opportunities for regular people to set tens of thousands of dollars on fire. It's harder to do that at Crate and Barrel or whatever hole yuppies throw their money into. BWM - I'm buying a bunch of craft beers as part of a friend's wedding gift. It's difficult for him to get them, and I'm around a bunch of famous craft breweries. I went to shops to buy some and holy poo poo, I get that they have high alcohol content but it's like $7-$15 a bottle. Then I thought about how much the people I know who are into craft beer drink, and I was stunned to think about how much they spend a month on this stuff.
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Nov 6, 2016 22:50
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Blinkman987 posted:I once told a girlfriend who didn't really grow up in the south but identified as southern that if I was to own a truck, it would be a beater Ranger or F-150 because I wouldn't want a fancy $50K truck and I think that was the most concern I had ever seen on her face. No exaggeration. Everyone's consumerism is non-sensical, but automobiles seem to be so big in scale and give so many opportunities for regular people to set tens of thousands of dollars on fire. It's harder to do that at Crate and Barrel or whatever hole yuppies throw their money into. Yeah, everyone has a go at me because I drive a hatchback, as that is apparently a "girl's car". They're wrong, anyway, women these days are driving two-ton SUV's.
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Nov 6, 2016 23:03
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Sic Semper Goon posted:Yeah, everyone has a go at me because I drive a hatchback, as that is apparently a "girl's car". I have to agree SUVs are extremely girly, same with underwater trucks.
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Nov 6, 2016 23:14
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ate all the Oreos posted:I still get like quarterly "hey we sold you a car but maybe you'd like ANOTHER CAR???" poo poo in the mail that reminds me of Amazon's terrible attempt at targeted advertising where they think that because you just bought a washing machine you totally want to see nothing but washing machines because gosh you love washing machines right My favourite dealership angle is when they pretend that they have customers clamoring to buy your used car, so you'll get a really good trade-in value! A couple of months ago I got a mailer with a handwritten note, "We NEED your 2008 Aveo!!" It's an 8-year-old absolute shitbox economy car, but someone took the time to write that in actual pen, so I am convinced. Trillian fucked around with this message at 23:34 on Nov 6, 2016 |
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Nov 6, 2016 23:32
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Blinkman987 posted:BWM - I'm buying a bunch of craft beers as part of a friend's wedding gift. It's difficult for him to get them, and I'm around a bunch of famous craft breweries. I went to shops to buy some and holy poo poo, I get that they have high alcohol content but it's like $7-$15 a bottle. Then I thought about how much the people I know who are into craft beer drink, and I was stunned to think about how much they spend a month on this stuff. In Singapore, a lot of those craft beers would typically run S$20-30+/bottle (15-25 USD). Even poo poo beer is usually at least S $12 (~8.50USD). The cheapest I've ever seen was cans on promotion at the grocery store for about $4/each.
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Nov 7, 2016 00:05
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Trillian posted:My favourite dealership angle is when they pretend that they have customers clamoring to buy your used car, so you'll get a really good trade-in value! Every couple of months we get a call from the dealer that sold my wife a car back in 2015 begging us to sell it back to them. Are they seriously that hard up for business that they think there's any chance in hell that I'm desperate to upgrade from a 1.5 year old car?
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Nov 7, 2016 01:03
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Zo posted:fat people ruin mattresses at amazing speeds Another reason not having sex is GWM. Your mattress lasts FOREVER. To say nothing about the not having kids. RealityWarCriminal fucked around with this message at 01:15 on Nov 7, 2016 |
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Nov 7, 2016 01:10
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Powerlurker posted:Every couple of months we get a call from the dealer that sold my wife a car back in 2015 begging us to sell it back to them. Are they seriously that hard up for business that they think there's any chance in hell that I'm desperate to upgrade from a 1.5 year old car? Sure, they'd love to pay trade-in prices for a 2 year old car whose greatest depreciation has already occurred.
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Nov 7, 2016 01:18
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I just took my car in for a valve clearance adjustment at the dealership. They called me back after I set the appointment because "the manager wants to ask if we can do a free appraisal while we're doing the work". No 
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Nov 7, 2016 01:24
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Just offer a price that you'd be satisfied with, paid with a check, and watch the backpedaling.
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Nov 7, 2016 01:34
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It's not uncommon for sales people to wander into the maintenance waiting room at the dealerships here to try to sell cars to people waiting for maintenance. Why yes instead of paying for an oil change I would like to buy a new vehicle instead.
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Nov 7, 2016 02:47
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Problem! posted:It's not uncommon for sales people to wander into the maintenance waiting room at the dealerships here to try to sell cars to people waiting for maintenance. I know someone who did that. "But I got a great deal, and my payments are the same." Traded up a 2 year old Avalon for a new one
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Nov 7, 2016 02:52
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Problem! posted:It's not uncommon for sales people to wander into the maintenance waiting room at the dealerships here to try to sell cars to people waiting for maintenance. This is a depressingly common thing and one of the major reasons that dealerships offer to service your car for free / cheap. One of my coworkers went in to get her oil changed and wipers replaced for free. She went in with a 2014 Lexus SUV and left with a 2016 Lexus SUV. I have no idea how you could buy a new car so cavalierly. "It was a free upgrade! That's why I like Lexus. They actually TAKE CARE of their customers!" She thinks a car payment is just a thing that exists forever.
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Nov 7, 2016 03:02
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:I have no idea how you could buy a new car so cavalierly. I ordered my car from my phone over the web, riding in the back of a taxi. Friction of purchase is the enemy!
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Nov 7, 2016 03:04
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:"It was a free upgrade! That's why I like Lexus. They actually TAKE CARE of their customers!" She thinks a car payment is just a thing that exists forever. Sort of a self-fulfilling prophecy there. If you live life in a way that leads to permanent debt then car payments (not to mention other debt) do technically exist forever.
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Nov 7, 2016 03:19
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Bad with Money: My aunt's husband (I could call him my uncle, but what he did was so goddamn retarded that I feel compelled to point out he's not related to me by blood) spent most of his career working for a trust company, literally managing other people's money, so you'd think he'd know how to keep his finances in order. And for most of his life, that was the case. He had a lovely house in a really nice town, drove old cars, put his 4 kids through college and got them launched on good stable careers. Then he retired. And got bored sitting around the house. So he decided to start daytrading. And then one day my poor aunt comes home and he tells her they have to sell the house, ASAP, because he had been trading with borrowed money or on margin or some other imbecility that he really should have had nothing to do with. They're not destitute or anything, but they had a nice house and a quiet retirement to look forward to and now they're in a much worse rental house and are both back working again.
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Nov 7, 2016 03:33
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uh yeah lol day trading has nothing to do with managing money or budgeting or anything so i'm not sure why you're bringing up his job or whatever, it's just straight up gambling.
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Nov 7, 2016 03:37
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Problem! posted:It's not uncommon for sales people to wander into the maintenance waiting room at the dealerships here to try to sell cars to people waiting for maintenance. I had a friend in high school whose dad ended up with a Dodge Viper this way. Wish I could recall what vehicle was getting the oil change.
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Nov 7, 2016 03:50
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Zo posted:uh yeah lol day trading has nothing to do with managing money or budgeting or anything so i'm not sure why you're bringing up his job or whatever, it's just straight up gambling. Gambling with borrowed money. Leverage is so sweet at multiplying profits and losses. He probably would have been better off just going to the casino.
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Nov 7, 2016 04:27
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When I bought my car the dealer gave me a coupon for a free oil change, and then I got to ~spin the wheel~ and see what fabulous other prize I'd get (the people before me got the grand prize of a cruise!) I got 3 free oil changes. The dealership is like 80 miles from where I live, I threw the coupons in the trash.
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Nov 7, 2016 05:42
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Was there anything good on the wheel?
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Nov 7, 2016 05:57
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Not a Children posted:Was there anything good on the wheel? I mean like I said there was an actual cruise, and I watched the people before me win the cruise (he didn't just make that up). Other than that the only good things were a couple of slots where you got $50 cash. The rest was just oil changes and a "free MP3 player!!!" that was one of those incredibly cheap garbage ones you can get in bulk for $1 each from China or whatever.
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Horse timeshare equity! https://www.reddit.com/r/relationships/comments/5bka04/my_24f_just_had_to_stand_up_financially_to_my_30f/ quote:
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