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Re: warm pretzels? - 17 years ago
You can buy boxes of SuperPretzels at most grocery stores. I think they are 6 to a box, so if you don't want a case from Costco, that might do it. Around here they are usually in the frozen case near pizzas and hot pockets, and usually on the bottom shelf. Some stores may also carry a storebrand, usually stocked in the same place.by TL - Tips and Deals
Re: eBay Messages? - 17 years ago
No, you can't block messages. You can, however, report each and every one of those from within the My Messages system.by TL - Tips and Deals
Re: Does Staples give the $3 coupons for Toner carts? - 17 years ago
Some stores won't be doing the cracking down until 9/19.by TL - Tips and Deals
Re: Endicia - 17 years ago
You can also use PayPal's postage system to mail anything via MM, FCM, priority, parcel, etc. It doesn't even have to have been paid for through PayPal. Just use the following link: \ I wouldn't bother with this is you're a high-volume shipper, but for an occasional package it's handy to be able to use.by TL - Tips and Deals
Re: Sometimes I just don't understand Mac buyers on eBay... - 17 years ago
QuoteBillybob what is the point of a reserve? If I'm not willing to take less than X, then I'll start my auction off at X. The recent sales data gives me a good idea of what I can expect, so I can confidently start my auction off lower than the minimum I want to get. When I see a (high) reserve, I generally get turned off and move on to the next auction. When you do a search you don't see there'sby TL - Tips and Deals
Re: Sometimes I just don't understand Mac buyers on eBay... - 17 years ago
QuoteBillybobPeople don't want to buy software and will pay a premium if you include lots of unlicensed software. So, if you don't mind breaching your license agreements, don't wipe your hard drive before shipping and mention what you're leaving on the HD in your ad. If reported, doing that will get listings pulled. It violates this policy:by TL - Tips and Deals
Re: ebay question: Accept Paypal for local pickup? - 17 years ago
QuoteblusubaruAsk for his first born as a deposit for the first 60 days until all PayPal protection policy is up. It's 45 days, not 60. And the expense of feeding the first-born might well outweigh the profitby TL - Tips and Deals
Re: ebay question: Accept Paypal for local pickup? - 17 years ago
QuoteSteveJobsHave him sign a receipt, get it notarized, take his picture, copy his driver's license, etc., then. Not good enough. PayPal requires online-viewable proof of delivery (with a sig for that amount of money). You could use your notarized receipt to file fraud charges if the buyer did a chargeback, but PayPal wouldn't care about it.by TL - Tips and Deals
Re: Entourage + Hotmail = messages moved to trash despite rules? - 17 years ago
No changes to folders at all, no name changes or hierarchy changes. Literally the only change was the update MS distributed. I have 2 rules set up for the Hotmail account, both set to change the message category and do nothing else. I have 2 mailing lists set up, one for LEMswap and one for something else. The junk mail filter is set at the lowest level. I did try deleting and rewriting thby TL - Tips and Deals
Entourage + Hotmail = messages moved to trash despite rules? - 17 years ago
I'm using Entourage 2004 (fully updated) and I have a Hotmail account I access via Entourage. For no apparent reason, and despite all rules telling Entourage not to do this, the app is automatically moving most messages to the trash. It's also moving them to the local inbox (again despite orders), but that's not as bothersome as the trash issue. The moved messages seem to primarily be list mesby TL - Tips and Deals
Re: I was about to sign up at GMAC Bank until i saw their privacy policy - 17 years ago
Quotemrbigstuffyup. it's that "subject to change without notice and we don't have to notify you" clause that keeps me from signing up. Read it again. They're saying they don't have to provide *written* notice. I don't use GMAC so I can't speak to their online system, but all of my financial institutions have a system in place to get notices such as changes to privacy policies out eleby TL - Tips and Deals
Re: Need some help on how to deal with this eBay situation. - 17 years ago
QuoteblusubaruYah, I'd say you're safe if he's confirmed. You know you can set up your eBay preferences so that eBay won't even allow someone with that low of feedback to bid on your items? I've got it set so that a bidder has to live in the U.S., have a rating higher than 2, not have any bid retractions in the last two weeks, and probably a few others. It's in the "my ebay" pages soby TL - Tips and Deals
Re: FREE (MAKE money) Schick Quattro Titanium Razor & Refill @ RiteAid **YMMV** - 17 years ago
CVS' offer is: Razor = 8.99 Coupon = 5.00 Out of pocket = 3.99 Extra Care Bucks = 6.00* =Essentially get paid $2 * EC Bucks print at register or online 2 days after earnedby TL - Tips and Deals
Re: likely a ebay scammer? (i just sold my MDD to a Mr.Smack Daddy!) :( - 17 years ago
QuoteOtto @#$%&It only takes a week or less to get your fees back, but you lose initial listing fees. The insertion fees are credited after a successful relist. Any other listing fees (upgrades) are lost.by TL - Tips and Deals
Re: windows XP Pro $39.99? Need it for my MacBook - 17 years ago
Just an update: The seller was NARUd sometime today.by TL - Tips and Deals
Re: windows XP Pro $39.99? Need it for my MacBook - 17 years ago
Let's see. Seller registered in Netherlands, item supposedly in Australia, item shipping from Hong Kong. new seller, directing buyers to a separate website which has fake registration data. seller also has links to another site registered in CHina that's been open under 2 months. The description is actually for 2 different items (IOW, it doesn't match the title). What about this does not scrby TL - Tips and Deals
Re: Whoa, need some quick ebay seller help - 17 years ago
Quotegraylocksi shipped to a buyer in Canada and a few months later got nailed for taxes on it that the buyer never paid. won't do that again. It wasn't the taxes. Canadian customs won't release packages until buyers pay applicable taxes. I would bet you used FedEx, and the buyer decided not to pay the broker fees charged by FedEx. The terms you agree to when you ship FedEx internationallyby TL - Tips and Deals
Re: Whoa, need some quick ebay seller help - 17 years ago
QuoteC(-)risUSPS doesn't offer tracking or confirmation to Canada. All they will guarantee is that it got to the border. This does not satisfy paypal's SPP. UPS and the others are much more expensive. Yes, the USPS does offer tracking to Canada when you use Global Express Mail. That does satisfy PayPal. Avoid UPS and FedEx shipping internationally. Both tack on hefty broker fees that the bby TL - Tips and Deals
Re: Anyone ever order candy on sees.com from your Mac? - 17 years ago
You can also order Sees candy via Amazon. That does work. I believe all prices are the same on Amazon and Sees.comby TL - Tips and Deals
Re: Whoa, need some quick ebay seller help - 17 years ago
Yeah, he might want you to ship to the U.S. or he might be hoping you'll cave at EOA. If you do decide to let his bid ride, and he wins and pays with PayPal, make sure you follow the SPP rules no matter where he wants the items shipped. While I'm thinking about it, I just want to say your hamster is very cute.by TL - Tips and Deals
Re: Whoa, need some quick ebay seller help - 17 years ago
Peter, you know you can automatically block bidders registered in countries to which you don't ship, right? You can put this block in place by logging into My eBay. On the left menubar click on "eBay preferences" (under "My Account"). In the "Seller Preferences" section, click the second to last "change" link on the right side. That brings you to the Buyerby TL - Tips and Deals
Re: Whoa, need some quick ebay seller help - 17 years ago
Peter, I look at their FB profile, and what else they're bidding on. If there's a lot of negs received (or given! check the FB left, too), or if the buyer is buying several thousand bucks worth of merchandise at once, that tends to make me a bit nervous.by TL - Tips and Deals
Re: Whoa, need some quick ebay seller help - 17 years ago
Remember that you can always cancel any bids and block any bidders you like for any reason at all. If the current bidders bother you, you can block any additional bids while letting their current ones stand to keep the high bid up.by TL - Tips and Deals
Re: Whoa, need some quick ebay seller help - 17 years ago
The behavior you see is called "nibbling". Most serious bids do come in the last day or few hours, but the early bids tend to generate more interest and therefore higher bids. The bids from the same person? S/he is bumping his bid. Sounds like he was trying to determine the other bidders' max bid.by TL - Tips and Deals
Re: Best Buy? This is strike two... - 17 years ago
QuotemikebwThe BestBuy website is advertisment for the products they sell, so if they post a price on it then, according to my logic, then they MUST sell it to me for no more than that price. It just doesn't make sense any other way. Your logic isn't every store's logic. Some chains specifically exclude pricematching their own website. That's fair, I think, as long as they are clear about thatby TL - Tips and Deals
Re: Best Buy? This is strike two... - 17 years ago
BestBuy's pricematch policy: "What if I find a lower price at a local Best Buy store or BestBuy.com? If you find a lower price on BestBuy.com or at another local Best Buy store either at the time of your purchase or within 30 days of your purchase (14 days for desktop computers, notebooks, projectors, monitors, printers, camcorders, digital cameras and radar detectors), we will refundby TL - Tips and Deals
Re: Just won my case with PayPal, but wait there's more... - 17 years ago
Per PayPal's UA, as long as you give PayPal the chance to resolve the problem first, you are absolutely allowed to do a CC chargeback. If you bypass PayPal, however, per the UA your PayPal account may be suspended.by TL - Tips and Deals
Re: Just won my case with PayPal, but wait there's more... - 17 years ago
You chose to buy from a seller who was not backed by the PayPal Buyer Protection Policy. When this happens, any coverage you might get is through eBay's Standard Purchase Protection program. That has a $25 fee (taken from the money awarded you) and a max claim allowance of $200, meaning the most you can recover is $175. If you want your $25 back, and you paid with a CC, you can do a chargebaby TL - Tips and Deals
Re: $24000 per minute phone charges. Area Codes 809,284,276 vicious scam - 17 years ago
info from snopes:by TL - Tips and Deals
Re: Ebay and Google Checkout - 17 years ago
Regardless of what Andy Pa. said, you can't use Google Checkout with eBay. It violates the Acceptable Payments Policy.by TL - Tips and Deals