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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago

I don’t think you understand how determined the buyers are once they’ve been convinced by the scammer. I used to work for a major retailer that had signs at the register AND messages that the customer had to accept on the signature pad confirming they didn’t believe they were being scammed before going through with the purchase.

Additionally, my team was instructed to call me over any time they had a customer who they felt was being scammed to try to talk to them. Sometimes, I was successful, but other times I wasn’t. There is still one guy who goes in weekly to buy $500 of various gift cards for his overseas “girlfriend” on WhatsApp. I tried talking to him multiple times and he became increasingly angry at the conversation. I just had to accept I couldn’t help him.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I thought you need $401k to retire.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Thanks for looking it up. It was a few years ago, so maybe I messed up the details along the way or the local branch manager was just being a dick to prevent a lost membership.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 month ago (5 children)

About time. Retro Fitness gym wanted a notarized letter from someone I know explaining why they no longer wanted the membership. Absolute insanity.

[–] [email protected] 103 points 1 month ago (6 children)

It will never be $30,000 or less. He did the same thing with the Model 3.

You really just can’t believe anything this guy says regarding his products.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago

Safari. Use DDG in browser, but primarily use Perplexity for searches via its app.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I’ve never heard the term “genericized trademarks”

I’ve always heard and read it as proprietary eponyms.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

It’s amazing how bad that is.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

General buying advice: 70” is a size used by manufacturers on budget units that use panels from prior years.

Go with 65” or 75”. Now, to find a balance of size and performance, 65” might be the better option.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Seems to be a decent answer considering the source.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean I’m sure your situation sucks, but I can’t believe this could be even mildly infuriating. Should they have a space screen saver? Should they have images that remind people how fucked they might be? It’s cheesy shit, sure, but sheesh.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I’ve seen XSearch recommended a few times but I’ve never used it myself:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/xsearch-for-safari/id1579902068

 
 
 
 
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