|
therobit posted:There is no bigger rear end in a top hat than the previous owner of your car or home. Closing got off to a rocky start when I mentioned we were having Verizon come by to install FIOS and it turns out the guy was a Comcast exec...
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 18:13
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 30, 2024 09:03 |
|
|
Residency Evil posted:Closing got off to a rocky start when I mentioned we were having Verizon come by to install FIOS and it turns out the guy was a Comcast exec... This is amazing. 
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 18:26
|
|
|
Residency Evil posted:the guy was a Comcast exec... Now I really wish you had gotten that $15k out of him.
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 18:28
|
|
|
Residency Evil posted:Closing got off to a rocky start when I mentioned we were having Verizon come by to install FIOS and it turns out the guy was a Comcast exec...
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 18:32
|
|
|
Ashcans posted:Now I really wish you had gotten that $15k out of him. H110Hawk posted:This is amazing. Hoodwinker posted:Should have asked him if he knows how much his company is despised. I'm not going to add in who his wife works for, but let's just say it's tough to say which company is hated more.
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 18:35
|
|
|
Residency Evil posted:I'm not going to add in who his wife works for, but let's just say it's tough to say which company is hated more.
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 18:41
|
|
|
Hoodwinker posted:Oh, I like this game! Is it a bank? Close! How do you feel about your social security number?
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 18:43
|
|
|
Oh my god, it's a credit rating agency. Equifax?
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 18:43
|
|
|
Wait, it's not PECO?
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 18:48
|
|
|
Leperflesh posted:Oh my god, it's a credit rating agency. Equifax?
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 18:49
|
|
|
Dunking a hundred thousand dollars of a Comcast exec is like a spiritual experience, I'm thrilled for you.
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 19:23
|
|
|
EAT FASTER!!!!!! posted:Dunking a hundred thousand dollars of a Comcast exec is like a spiritual experience, I'm thrilled for you. Same, and now I completely understand your obsession with trying to pocket the extra 15k on a million dollar home
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 19:26
|
|
|
Apparently I made the game too easy.EAT FASTER!!!!!! posted:Dunking a hundred thousand dollars of a Comcast exec is like a spiritual experience, I'm thrilled for you. Hauki posted:Same, and now I completely understand your obsession with trying to pocket the extra 15k on a million dollar home I got aroused when I heard from their agent that if they had known they'd be taking such a huge loss on the sale, they would have never committed to buying the bigger, larger, more expensive home. So we should fully expect to have some giant unforeseen expense in the next week, right?
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 19:36
|
|
|
Residency Evil posted:Closing got off to a rocky start when I mentioned we were having Verizon come by to install FIOS and it turns out the guy was a Comcast exec... I guarantee that if the guy didn't work for Comcast (free service for employees), he'd have FIOS too. Both companies suck royally, but FIOS is better in every conceivable way than cable. Welcome to the greater Philly area!
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 19:43
|
|
|
If you ever needed another reason why the Zestimate is bullshit, I present my home:
|
|
#
?
Jan 12, 2019 01:10
|
|
|
Looks like an EKG
|
|
#
?
Jan 12, 2019 01:37
|
|
|
Jealous Cow posted:If you ever needed another reason why the Zestimate is bullshit, I present my home: Redfin is even worse because the change what the "past" data shows. I know for a fact that my house was valued at $10k more this summer than they show in their little graph thingy. They just like to make it look like number go up.
|
|
#
?
Jan 12, 2019 02:31
|
|
|
Jealous Cow posted:If you ever needed another reason why the Zestimate is bullshit, I present my home: That doesn't mean it is wrong. You could hire an appriaser every week and the results would vary more than that
|
|
#
?
Jan 12, 2019 05:16
|
|
|
lampey posted:That doesn't mean it is wrong. You could hire an appriaser every week and the results would vary more than that  we all hate appraisers but this is a molten hot take right here
|
|
#
?
Jan 12, 2019 06:01
|
|
lampey posted:That doesn't mean it is wrong. You could hire an appriaser every week and the results would vary more than that More than a 15k deviation though 
|
|
|
#
?
Jan 12, 2019 12:58
|
|
|
That Works posted:More than a 15k deviation though Called out. Mods?
|
|
#
?
Jan 12, 2019 14:04
|
|
|
you know if i'd known you were trying to financially buttfuck a comcast exec, i'd have given you different advice.
|
|
#
?
Jan 13, 2019 20:31
|
|
|
My zestimate changes a lot because there's a lot of apartments nearby and whenever one sells, they use it in the calculation even though I have a house because there's often no nearby houses that have sold in the last three months of whatever. You would think only houses would be used, but apparently recency beats comparative qualities sometimes.
|
|
#
?
Jan 13, 2019 21:08
|
|
|
Leperflesh posted:My zestimate changes a lot because there's a lot of apartments nearby and whenever one sells, they use it in the calculation even though I have a house because there's often no nearby houses that have sold in the last three months of whatever. If their model was in any way competently built it wouldn’t swing wildly like that. They are continuing to overweight bad signals and the model isn’t learning.
|
|
#
?
Jan 13, 2019 22:09
|
|
|
I showed up Haggard and pissed off at home Depot at 830am on a Sunday. How am I doing with home ownership?
Residency Evil fucked around with this message at 02:30 on Jan 14, 2019 |
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2019 02:24
|
|
|
Residency Evil posted:I showed up Haggard and pissed of at home Depot at 830am on a Sunday. How am I doing with home ownership? Just once? 3/10
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2019 02:28
|
|
|
Residency Evil posted:I showed up Haggard and pissed off at home Depot at 830am on a Sunday. How am I doing with home ownership? I'm still rocking a nice red line from a late night week before Christmas trip to Home Depot where I stood up into a shelf. It disoriented me a bit but I shook it off and kept walking. Wasn't until a horrified employee stopped me and asked if I was okay that I realized I cut myself - blood rolling down the side of my bald head. No such thing as a painless trip to the Depot
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2019 02:47
|
|
|
Let us know when you’re on a first name basis with at least 2 Home Depot employees
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2019 02:47
|
|
|
yeah, you also have to go there 3 times on a single day (you know why) for the trifecta. ...also track all your receipts and see how fast you get to $3,500 each year........
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2019 03:44
|
|
|
Jealous Cow posted:If their model was in any way competently built it wouldn’t swing wildly like that. They are continuing to overweight bad signals and the model isn’t learning. Dunno about the back end, but zillow.com is built on salesforce.com. I doubt they give a poo poo about getting the numbers right, when the main goal is to show actual listings and recent sales, and channel you to advertisers and partners through those listings.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2019 04:08
|
|
|
Deviant posted:you know if i'd known you were trying to financially buttfuck a comcast exec, i'd have given you different advice. Yeah, I’d like a chance to revise my position.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2019 04:18
|
|
|
Keyser_Soze posted:yeah, you also have to go there 3 times on a single day (you know why) for the trifecta. They should really just have a greeter say "Welcome back, what did you forget?" And have a barrel full of shims, batteries, 10mm sockets, light switch plates, and pvc glue at the entrance. Remember kids, the contractor entrance has free coffee in the morning.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2019 04:57
|
|
|
Oh god 10mm sockets. I swear I the contents of at least 7 socket sets in my tool bin and I couldn’t find a 10mm socket if my life depended on it I really need to take better care of my tools.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2019 06:11
|
|
|
Medullah posted:I'm still rocking a nice red line from a late night week before Christmas trip to Home Depot where I stood up into a shelf. It disoriented me a bit but I shook it off and kept walking. Wasn't until a horrified employee stopped me and asked if I was okay that I realized I cut myself - blood rolling down the side of my bald head. All successful home projects must include the following steps: 1) Staring 2) Swearing 3) Blood sacrifice
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2019 06:20
|
|
|
therobit posted:All successful home projects must include the following steps: I meditate by going to the hardware aisle and staring blankly at eye bolts and poo poo. Nothing else approaches the meditative blankness of mind required for enlightenment quite like figuring out what strength of drywall anchor you really need. And then buying a couple if packages of various sizes because you really just like drywall anchors
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2019 16:06
|
|
|
Suspect Bucket posted:figuring out what strength of drywall anchor you really need. The answer is none, screw into the stud. My anchors always fail. My tenant most recently pulled the anchors loose for their toilet paper holder. I went up there and remounted it with toggle bolts. Good luck pulling that thing off now, gently caress.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2019 16:12
|
|
Sepist posted:The answer is none, screw into the stud. Ah the fun part of "ok this is clearly the stud" *drills* "gently caress, ok this is clearly the stud" Finding out my upstairs was 16" studs but basement was 24" took a few tries.
|
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2019 16:19
|
|
|
skipdogg posted:Oh god 10mm sockets. I swear I the contents of at least 7 socket sets in my tool bin and I couldn’t find a 10mm socket if my life depended on it I really like these things for organizing my sockets: https://www.harborfreight.com/3-pc-socket-rail-set-68101.html It works out well when I can just grab the whole strip and socket wrench to bring to my bolt/nut to mess with. I'm not enough of a nerd to know by eyeball which socket size I need, so it's handy to have all of them ready. I use one color strip for Freedom Units and another color for metric.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2019 16:19
|
|
|
That Works posted:Ah the fun part of "ok this is clearly the stud" *drills* "gently caress, ok this is clearly the stud" Plus god forbid something designed with two anchors will have 16 inch spacing. At best I can hit one stud. They make really nifty easy install toggle bolts now though that are good for heavier loads and not nearly as painful to use.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2019 16:53
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 30, 2024 09:03 |
|
|
That Works posted:Ah the fun part of "ok this is clearly the stud" *drills* "gently caress, ok this is clearly the stud" Had some of this going on this weekend while mounting my tv. It was a lot more fun with plaster and lath making stud finding nearly impossible. I just ended up taking a guess and cutting a 2x2 hole, and got lucky with a stud being only a couple inches away so I could see it. Now I know studs are 16" apart at least.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2019 16:59
|
|
