InitialDave posted:

Haha, "just" 140mm on a hardtail. Things have changed a bit, yeah.

Could you point me to the MTB thread?

kimbo305 posted:

By just, I meant the design isn't advertised for less travel, like the Cotics. The P7 review should be a few pages back.

KozmoNaut posted:

From looking at the laptop, it has definitely had some pressure applied to it for long periods of time, there are wear marks on the palm rest and in other places.

Buying a replacement screens for the X220 is a risky proposition, you can pretty much only get them from random Chinese resellers, and they don't give a poo poo, every panel is "A+ quality", according to them. Even panels with pixel faults and bright spots. So I would likely just end up with something even worse.

I'm gonna return it for a refund, and look for something else.

keykey posted:

Just do yourself a favor and do auto debit. I've done that from day 1 and don't have to think about poo poo other than how loving expensive school is.

Geoj posted:

I was (up until last month) a computer janitor at a call center, FWIW the people you're talking to literally have no idea why they're calling you until they start talking to you. They don't even dial your number unless they're working for some shoestring outfit - they sit at a computer, their CRM application pops and they're connected with whoever and likely read prompts off an on-screen script.

You're likely getting called because the call center is run by a third party and Sally Mae hasn't notified their call center that your payment has posted. If this happens again ask to talk to a supervisor, and that supervisor's supervisor (and so on) until you get someone who can pull strings in their database and get you off the poo poo list. Otherwise they'll just keep calling until the client tells them to stop.

Previa_fun posted:

I'm all about you should pay your bills BUUUUUT:

Collection agencies are the loving scum of the earth.

I had a run in with one in 2009 when I was a college student and admittedly, I hosed up and forgot to pay something. They not only called me, but when they couldn't reach me because I was on a camping trip in the middle of the woods at the time, they called my dad's cell phone and his home number which my sister picked up because she was the only one home at the time.

After I told the lady that I realized I had made a mistake and would fix it and would like not to be called anymore she got really aggressive and asked me several times if I was refusing to pay.

I googled the company and it turns out they're a collections agency that specialized in college account. Real stand up folks, harassing college kids and their families.

tl;dr: pay your bills but gently caress collections agencies.

Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:

Last time I did auto debit for something, I wound up nearly a grand in the hole between NSF fees and the charge going through something like 15 times.

BraveUlysses posted:

auto pay to your credit card, collect those reward points or cashback, pay it off every single month.

Olympic Mathlete posted:

I sincerely hope Pace have upped their quality control. I used to live in Leeds and rode with a bunch of people with Pace frames and forks, a couple were sponsored. The forks needed nigh on weekly stripping down to work as they should in a world where Fox and Rock Shox forks were just tanks. Also the 'cheap' Pace frames were honestly as shittily welded as Halfords cheapo far Eastern ones. I was honestly shocked just how crap they were...

I got to go on a factory tour due to knowing the riders and the warranty department was packed to the rafters with chimps twatting things with hammers. It's not like the company was huge at the time but that department was loving busyyyyyyyy

keykey posted:

Just do yourself a favor and do auto debit. I've done that from day 1 and don't have to think about poo poo other than how loving expensive school is.

BraveUlysses posted:

auto pay to your credit card, collect those reward points or cashback, pay it off every single month.

angryrobots posted:

I mean sure, but you don't have to use auto pay. It's still a potential headache. I don't mind paying bills as they come in.

Speaking of credit card rewards, what are you guys using? I was on a 1% rewards Capital One for years, cashing the points in for fuel cards, but just switched to a Capital One Quicksilver cause it's 1.5% cash back.

I have a 1% cash back American Express for backup. Neither card charges an annual fee, and I pay them off every month.

Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:

And the call center reps I spoke with told me they worked directly for Sallie Mae.

angryrobots posted:

I mean sure, but you don't have to use auto pay. It's still a potential headache. I don't mind paying bills as they come in.

Speaking of credit card rewards, what are you guys using? I was on a 1% rewards Capital One for years, cashing the points in for fuel cards, but just switched to a Capital One Quicksilver cause it's 1.5% cash back.

I have a 1% cash back American Express for backup. Neither card charges an annual fee, and I pay them off every month.

everdave posted:

I have the Chase Sapphire Reserve and the Ink Business Preferred

180,000 sweet bonus points

BraveUlysses posted:

costco card, pretty good since i have good access to a few locations for most of my gas fill ups.

GnarlyCharlie4u posted:

rip. sorry bud

KozmoNaut posted:

At least there's a 14-day unconditional right to return any online purchases.

I'm going to go with a T420 (1600x900 and hopefully dual-band wifi) from a different website.

At least Thinkpads are hilariously easy to upgrade if I end up with one of the lovely 2.4GHz-only wifi cards.

CharlesM posted:

Don't some of them have a whitelist for WiFi cards? My old x61s had that.

ilkhan posted:

Citi double cash. 2% on everything, no hassles with minimums or anything, no AF. I have a CSP I need to cancel to avoid the fee soonish too.

angryrobots posted:

Ooo I'll have to look into that.

Look I know we don't do politics here, but you guys have to see this because omg



It's the birth of Immortan Joe. Today trump wore an "I TRUCKS" button, sat in a rig and pretended to drive, truth is stranger than fiction

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

Than man is just so loving bizarre. Surronds himself with god and the trapping of the ultra rich, he clearly hates the White House and yet when he's on an aircraft carrier or a in a truck he looks like he is a big kid having the time of his life.

Okay I'd become a big kid too but still. I just cant imagine any President just going BRRM BRRRM I DRIVE BIG TRUCK YAY

ilkhan posted:

I'm debating on the CSR. $500 is a lot to pay for an AF, even if the rewards are pretty enticing. I wouldn't pay more than one AF, either way. Maybe if I traveled more consistently.

KakerMix posted:

The Door Frame posted:

Ok, ok, I hear you, but I also think that W might have done something similar to the first picture

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

Oh I dunno. Sometimes you get to surprise them at the next set of lights and they get all embarrassed and scared and wont look at you. Especially if you are really pissed and ready to deck the oval office. The passenger I think wet themselves.

101kms, head winds and for the first time in years I got caught out without sunscreen. I am soooooo burnt

slothrop posted:

Where did you manage to find sun in NSW? You're a gaddam magician

KakerMix posted:

Costco has some season plants in stock at the moment and they have 12~ ft fishtail palms for 60 bucks. Normally they go for $160. We shoved it in the tiny van and it was flawlessly handled.