15 hours ago, Alpinemaps said:

On the complaint front - allergies.  I'm over 40.  I should not be having bad allergies.  But for some reason, I'm having the worst allergy attack I've ever had in my life.

Heard a good tip recently which made perfect sense. If you have allergies/hay fever don't put sheets, towels, clothes etc. on the clothes line, because they get covered in pollen while they're outside and you then either wear it or sleep on a bed of pollen. Not ideal for someone with hay fever anyway.

1 hour ago, Sprocket77 said:

Heard a good tip recently which made perfect sense. If you have allergies/hay fever don't put sheets, towels, clothes etc. on the clothes line, because they get covered in pollen while they're outside and you then either wear it or sleep on a bed of pollen. Not ideal for someone with hay fever anyway.

Hmmm ... I don't think I've seen a clothes line anywhere in my neck of the woods in the US, ever. Must not be an American thing.

3 hours ago, Phil B said:

Hmmm ... I don't think I've seen a clothes line anywhere in my neck of the woods in the US, ever. Must not be an American thing.

How old are you?  LOL

4 hours ago, Phil B said:

Hmmm ... I don't think I've seen a clothes line anywhere in my neck of the woods in the US, ever. Must not be an American thing.

You don't live too far from me.  They were a common thing when I was growing up. I'm sure some folks around here still use them. 

5 minutes ago, Grynn said:

How old are you?  LOL

 

1 minute ago, exciter1 said:

You don't live too far from me.  They were a common thing when I was growing up. I'm sure some folks around here still use them. 

Alright, my "ever" was "in the last 5 years"

"I can't even."

Can't even what? I am not a grammar stickler, but not having a verb at the end of that phrase drives me nuts

Meijer getting rid of the 15% off rewards coupon .. Not cool 

Not having a Meijer.

17 minutes ago, Bold-Arrow said:

Meijer getting rid of the 15% off rewards coupon .. Not cool 

I saw they were changing their terms.  I only make it out there a few times a year anyway.  My wife usually buys more clothes/shoes there for the kids than I do LEGO anyway.  Always costs me 3x as much to go there with her.

Have to get this off my chest but seeing a set listed on eBay as complete. No minifigs in the photo so mail the seller to check if it is indeed complete.

Get a really sarcastic mail back telling me no figures and I should check the photos before asking questions.... 

6 minutes ago, GiliusThunderhead said:

Have to get this off my chest but seeing a set listed on eBay as complete. No minifigs in the photo so mail the seller to check if it is indeed complete.

Get a really sarcastic mail back telling me no figures and I should check the photos before asking questions.... 

Honestly?  That's a "report this listing."  It's not complete.

I have a dumb@ss buyer that sent me an offer on Sunday night adding " it's for my daughters birthday, it's all I can afford". I accept the offer, and do not get payment until today. Then, she emails me saying that she wants a tracking number otherwise she will buy from somebody else.??? I want so badly to curse her out for about an hour, but I bit my tongue, and have not yet responded. I can see this @ss being a problem for me even after she recieves the item. Times like this that I really hate selling on eBay.

I have a dumb@ss buyer that sent me an offer on Sunday night adding " it's for my daughters birthday, it's all I can afford". I accept the offer, and do not get payment until today. Then, she emails me saying that she wants a tracking number otherwise she will buy from somebody else.??? I want so badly to curse her out for about an hour, but I bit my tongue, and have not yet responded. I can see this @ss being a problem for me even after she recieves the item. Times like this that I really hate selling on eBay.

You're too nice. Turn off best offer and price your items fairly. You'll make more $$$ and not feel so pressured by cheap buyers.

2 times in a row, sold an opened Ewok Village on Ebay. First time, I didn't hear from the buyer until after I opened a non payer case, and he assures me that he wants it and will definitely pay for it, just close the non paying bidder case. I advise that I'll keep it open until he pays. He says he'll pay in 8 days. He keeps asking me to close the case. Reluctantly I agree to wait. after that time elapses, I close the case to receive my fees back. Today, a day after the auction closes, I get a message saying that the new winner will pay me in 9 days. Apparently both bidders are having a hard time balancing their bidding with when their credit card payments are due. WTF are you doing spending a couple hundred dollars on LEGO if you need to put it on a credit card that is already maxed?

^ sorry to tell you , but that last statement applies to many folks on this site . 

3 minutes ago, Bold-Arrow said:

^ sorry to tell you , but that last statement applies to many folks on this site . 

New concrete patio with stamping last week. Looked great!

Colored / stain this week and it's way darker than we wanted :-/ regretting it now.

3 minutes ago, BrickLegacy said:

New concrete patio with stamping last week. Looked great!

Colored / stain this week and it's way darker than we wanted :-/ regretting it now.

Ugh, I thought you were moving?

Ugh, I thought you were moving?

Our old patio needed ripped out. At first it was just an aesthetic problem with weeds and cracks but then we discovered it was sinking towards the house so a new patio became a priority.

But get this, my wife just got home and said "the stain looks great!"

5 minutes ago, BrickLegacy said:

 

Our old patio needed ripped out. At first it was just an aesthetic problem with weeds and cracks but then we discovered it was sinking towards the house so a new patio became a priority.

But get this, my wife just got home and said "the stain looks great!"

 

2 times in a row, sold an opened Ewok Village on Ebay. First time, I didn't hear from the buyer until after I opened a non payer case, and he assures me that he wants it and will definitely pay for it, just close the non paying bidder case. I advise that I'll keep it open until he pays. He says he'll pay in 8 days. He keeps asking me to close the case. Reluctantly I agree to wait. after that time elapses, I close the case to receive my fees back. Today, a day after the auction closes, I get a message saying that the new winner will pay me in 9 days. Apparently both bidders are having a hard time balancing their bidding with when their credit card payments are due. WTF are you doing spending a couple hundred dollars on LEGO if you need to put it on a credit card that is already maxed?

Immediate payment. I don't eBay without it. I don't have time to deal with these knuckleheads and neither do you.

8 hours ago, BrickLegacy said:

 

Our old patio needed ripped out. At first it was just an aesthetic problem with weeds and cracks but then we discovered it was sinking towards the house so a new patio became a priority.

But get this, my wife just got home and said "the stain looks great!"

That is the _POLAR_ opposite of how that would work in my house. I would be like "hey hon, the patio has been stained and I think it looks great" and my wife would find something wrong with it (e.g. "But that tint doesn't match the color of our furniture" or something like that )

 

So what's up with companies sending me coupons right AFTER I placed an order *sigh*

First my daughter spends her hard earned cash in an American Girl doll store 400 miles from us, to come home to a 20% off coupon in the mail (took a bit of back-and-forth on the phone but ultimately a very nice supervisor applied the discount against the policy to her already made purchase after she realized the amount of hassle she was putting us through with their return and exchange process).

Then I buy some items on BN.com yesterday, only to get the 15% off 15BNFALL coupon in the mail today. (Ok, I could just repurchase now and then return when I receive the non-discounted one but I purchased with GCs and am in a bit of a cash crunch and want to keep using the GCs - so think I'll return when it arrives, get replacement GCs and then order online with those GCs).

So what's up with companies sending me coupons right AFTER I placed an order *sigh*

First my daughter spends her hard earned cash in an American Girl doll store 400 miles from us, to come home to a 20% off coupon in the mail (took a bit of back-and-forth on the phone but ultimately a very nice supervisor applied the discount against the policy to her already made purchase after she realized the amount of hassle she was putting us through with their return and exchange process).

Then I buy some items on BN.com yesterday, only to get the 15% off 15BNFALL coupon in the mail today. (Ok, I could just repurchase now and then return when I receive the non-discounted one but I purchased with GCs and am in a bit of a cash crunch and want to keep using the GCs - so think I'll return when it arrives, get replacement GCs and then order online with those GCs).

Barnes coupons always come on Thursday's, only exception is holidays. [emoji6]

4 minutes ago, dcdfan said:

Barnes coupons always come on Thursday's, only exception is holidays.

That would have been great to know yesterday