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USPS Puts Wrong Statue Of Liberty On Stamp, Doesn't Really Give A F*&k

Commented by nakkypoo:
3:32 AM on April 16, 2011

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AT&T Needs To Come Pick Up Its Crap From My House

Commented by nakkypoo:
10:08 PM on April 8, 2011

Take it to a police station and tell them it was abandoned at your house by AT&T. They'll give you a police report so if AT&T later tries to bill you for it you have proof you followed the law regarding their abandoned equipment.

What Teller Would Cash This Clearly Fraudulent Check?

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9:32 PM on March 24, 2011

PayPal is most definitely not a bank, and does not have to play by most of the rules that "real" banks do. For example, money in a PayPal account is not FDIC insured.

I don't really like to quote Wikipedia but it agrees that PayPal is not a bank in the US.

No One Said Verizon FiOS Pricing Schemes Had To Make Sense

Commented by nakkypoo:
4:45 AM on March 24, 2011

I'm just curious what "the same" means in normal English. What would that sentence be if he were talking to someone in the states? I've never heard it before but I'll pay attention for it now to know who or where I'm talking to.

Target Sells Your Reserved iPad, Then Promises Imaginary Discount

Commented by nakkypoo:
12:18 AM on March 19, 2011

Price-fixing is illegal when various manufactures get together to set pricing, or when retailers get together to set pricing, but it is completely legal for a manufacture to tell a retailer what price they must sell something for.

This is why you see many sales where you don't get a discount, but instead you get a free memory upgrade, or a $50 gift card for a future purchase. The retailer still sold you the item at the price the manufacture set and you got a bonus.

Some manufactures simply set a minimum advertised price. This is why you sometimes see ads proclaiming "prices so low we can't show them to you!" Or sometimes you must add an item to your cart on Amazon to see the price.

I believe Apple gives all retailers the same margin -- 8%. That means the $699 64GB iPad cost target $647. Apple also dictates retailers can only price items $5 below Apple's own pricing (this may not be true of all Apple products, but it is for their most popular ones, such as iPads and iPods.)

Target Sells Your Reserved iPad, Then Promises Imaginary Discount

Commented by nakkypoo:
11:23 PM on March 18, 2011

That's ridiculous! He not only deserves gift cards, he also should get a lifetime 10% discount and they should be paying him to take the three remaining 64GB iPads. My god, he had a numbered ticket and he called India from his iPhone 4! Why are they making this poor man suffer like this?!

Does The Pep Boys 29-Minute Oil Change Guarantee Actually Apply?

Commented by nakkypoo:
9:17 PM on February 25, 2011

No, Laura, this is absolutely NOT "a correct application of the term 'bait and switch.'"

For it to be a bait and switch there has to be a switch, and in general, the switch must end up costing the victim more money than they originally bargained for. In this case, the customer got what he paid for, an oil change. He wasn't asked to pay more to get his truck to be finished sooner... he wasn't offered some other service. And, he got his $10 for it taking more than 29 minutes.

Craigslist Says "Cesspool" Study Is "False And Defamatory"

Commented by nakkypoo:
8:22 PM on February 25, 2011

I feel safer in Oakland than in Berkeley.

Incandescent Light Bulb Law Forces Change To Easy-Bake Oven

Commented by nakkypoo:
1:37 AM on February 24, 2011

I believe they can't be sold as lighting. They can be sold as decorative lighting, or some other non-sense, like heating elements. Sounds like Hasbro is using this as an excuse to jack up the price of the Easy-Bake Oven.

There are some industries where CFL and LED lighting simply isn't an option -- like movies and photography. There are also situations where you want a lightbulb that puts out a lot of heat, like in restaurant kitchens, saunas, etc.

PayPal Resolves Dispute In Your Favor By Draining Your Checking Account

Commented by nakkypoo:
3:50 PM on February 22, 2011

PayPal is NOT like a bank, they do not have to follow federal banking regulations. Money in your PayPal account is NOT FDIC insured. PayPal is much more like your "local protection racquet."

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