heck yea CDL drivers better be drug tested. Dump trucks and 18 wheelers can cause death and carnage pretty quick.
Even without being on drugs, teachers and School board members have mucked up what school should be about.
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heck yea CDL drivers better be drug tested. Dump trucks and 18 wheelers can cause death and carnage pretty quick.
Even without being on drugs, teachers and School board members have mucked up what school should be about.
Dryer sheets.
Working out in the back yard when the neighbor starts the dryer with one of those stinking sheets that soften the clothes and stinks like crap. Can ruin the whole project.
And NO, I was not working to get my 40 running, but it is on the list.
I feel better being able to post. Thanks again @JohnVee
Working out in the back yard when the neighbor starts the dryer with one of those stinking sheets that soften the clothes and stinks like crap. Can ruin the whole project.
And NO, I was not working to get my 40 running, but it is on the list.
I feel better being able to post. Thanks again @JohnVee
How Amazon can afford to have people do this is beyond me.
No doubt a small mom and pop store can't afford to have someone order 10 things just to try them out and then pay return shipping.
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Yeah, the small mom & pop places are where people go to put their hands on something before ordering it online "out of principal to teach them to lower their prices".
So glad I'm not in retail anymore.
NCFJ
Supporting Vendor
You should see some of the horror stories vendors here report. You could not pay me to go into retail again at any level.
lumbee1
Native American
Amazon is making a mint off me. Since signing up for Prime, my purchasing through Amazon has increased by approximately 5000% and while I return a lot, it is still less than 2% of what I keep.
On the other side of the coin, I would much rather go to a Mom and Pop shop for everything. The problem is that the selection is limited and the cost is higher.
When I got a job framing houses, I needed a new hammer. PriceRite building supply was right down the road. It was a family owned business with one store that catered to the locals. They had a limited selection but I found a nice hammer and paid $28. A few months afterwards, I stopped in my local Home Depot and saw my exact same hammer for $12. Needless to say it left a bitter taste in my mouth. A few years ago, I purchased a replacement handle for my rubber mallet. I bought one from Home Depot and wasn't very happy with it. I bought another one from a locally owned Ace Hardware. The one from Ace was made in the USA and had a much tighter linear grain. Best of all it was the same price. I returned the other handle to Home Depot.
NCFJ
Supporting Vendor
The hard reality for most small stores is that they simply can not compete, at most any price. Most in our society today have grown accustomed to shopping from their living room. shopping by price alone though can be a hassle if you are not familiar with the source.
Having lived overseas for the majority of my adult life with some places taking months to recieve something the wife and I are in the mindset of want it now for most things so we go to a local place to make the majority of our purchases and support locally owned small business as much as possible. We cancelled our Amazon Prime a couple of months ago as the trend seemed to be really 4-5 day shipping with our last few orders in lieu of the advertised 2 day so it wasn't worth it for us.
It's interesting that you keep mentioning the 4-5 day shipping. That may be something to do with your local post office because I often get my 2 day prime shipments 1 day after I order. It's almost never more than the 2 day - and in a lot of cases, they'll estimate 3 or 4 days later only to have it show up after 2...
Might want to see if your postal carrier has something to do with it. Maybe they're holding the packages for a day or two...
Might want to see if your postal carrier has something to do with it. Maybe they're holding the packages for a day or two...
slceso
... pronounced "Jason"
I try to be socially responsible and support the local, but sometimes they are just out of whack with pricing (presumably since volume of sales are so low they really have to make each sale count). If you're into cycling, you see it with the local bike shops (LBS). People will try to guilt you into shopping at the LBS to buy your accessories, but sometimes they are more than double what I can get it for on Amazon or wherever. a couple of dollars I will pay, but I bought some bar end grips for $35 at a LBS that were branded Bontrager (so impressed with that name) and you can get the same stuff on amazon shipped for $12 or so. Now that I have to pay sales tax for Amazon, prices are much closer, but you still find "hammers" when you go places. I have found stuff cheaper at walmart (camping and hardware type stuff under $15), but they hardly count as local.
Same here. Between my wife and I we average 2-3 amazon prime orders per week and on a very rare occasions one is later than expected.
Its not the local USPS I receive packages regularly in under 2 days outside of Amazon. The problem we would see is the handling part from Amazon in some instances it took several days before they would ship once it hits USPS or UPS it was fast.
slceso
... pronounced "Jason"
When I was in IL, there was none of this USPS handoff crap and we consistently got our stuff, no matter the weather, when we were supposed to. Since we moved here, it really is a gamble. I watched a USPS truck stop at my mailbox and drive off (I was expecting an amazon package) and within minutes I got a notification from the Amazon app that my "package could not be delivered due to no secure drop-off location." That particular guy had refused to deliver our mail before because our dog was in the yard (we have a buried electric fence and he is afraid of dogs), and this time the dog wasn't in the yard. I don't know the dynamics of the deal, but I can imagine being the postal guy who is already getting crapped on, then being told he has to walk amazon packages up to the door too. Not my fault or his, but because of junk like this, I have started using amazon less if I really need something that I can get local.
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Son of a bitch. WTH is with these people?
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Paid by the hour - don't pity them having more work to do... for a while there, the USPS was falling apart. Thanks to Amazon they're doing well again.
I'm so freakin' glad I don't live in Charlotte. I feel sorry for those of you that do. Hell, I couldn't afford the taxes! Y'all can keep this little ditty and your bathroom antics, Light Rail and your NASCAR Hall of Fame. I'll just sit my happy little ass in Union County and keep my money in my mattress...um...er... I mean...the bank. Thankyouvermuch.
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NCFJ
Supporting Vendor
A big part of why we chose Spartanburg County were lower taxes. Of course they try to gouge you when they can 
No way in hell I'd pay those kinds of taxes to live in a city. Greeeeeeeeeen Acres is the place for me.....................................
You may have to be old to get that.
No way in hell I'd pay those kinds of taxes to live in a city. Greeeeeeeeeen Acres is the place for me.....................................You may have to be old to get that.
lumbee1
Native American
Nope. For me, it is usually a Prime issue for the delay in shipping. Interesting enough I have tracked a few orders and watched them sit at the Fuquary Post Office for several days before they were delivered.
lumbee1
Native American
I used to watch Green Acres. Does that mean I'm old?A big part of why we chose Spartanburg County were lower taxes. Of course they try to gouge you when they can
You may have to be old to get that.
