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Re: Master Thread of Pet Peeves
« Reply #3240 on: October 10, 2019, 02:26:02 PM »
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Re: Master Thread of Pet Peeves
« Reply #3241 on: October 11, 2019, 02:28:29 PM »
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I wouldn't mind it, if they at least remind me when I'm typing the password to login what the rules are. Then I'll remember what it possibly could have been. There's some websites that my password is the button "Forgot Password".
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Re: Master Thread of Pet Peeves
« Reply #3242 on: October 11, 2019, 02:29:58 PM »
I wouldn't mind it, if they at least remind me when I'm typing the password to login what the rules are. Then I'll remember what it possibly could have been. There's some websites that my password is the button "Forgot Password".
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Re: Master Thread of Pet Peeves
« Reply #3243 on: October 16, 2019, 06:42:55 PM »
Don't send an email saying my statement is ready when it isn't.  >:(
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Re: Master Thread of Pet Peeves
« Reply #3244 on: October 16, 2019, 06:51:19 PM »
Don't send an email saying my statement is ready when it isn't.  >:(

Or in short: Banks!
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Re: Master Thread of Pet Peeves
« Reply #3245 on: October 16, 2019, 06:54:23 PM »
Or in short: Banks!
I pretty much love banks. Even ones that shut me down.  :)
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Re: Master Thread of Pet Peeves
« Reply #3246 on: October 20, 2019, 12:46:03 PM »
I came figure out why some people who spend a lot of money on their lulav and esrog would be unwilling to spend the $5 to have nice arovos for the whole sukkos.
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Re: Master Thread of Pet Peeves
« Reply #3247 on: November 04, 2019, 11:10:40 AM »
Stores that make you buy X amount of non-sale items in order to qualify for the sale price of other items.

That is so twisted it's laughable. Your net gain is 0 and the stores gain is the X amount.
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Re: Master Thread of Pet Peeves
« Reply #3248 on: November 04, 2019, 11:12:05 AM »
Your net gain is 0
That's assuming you would otherwise only ever buy the sale items.

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Re: Master Thread of Pet Peeves
« Reply #3249 on: November 04, 2019, 11:25:11 AM »
That's assuming you would otherwise only ever buy the sale items.

Of course, if I see <insert item> is on sale at a great price, I'll go to that store with the intention of only buying that item. I rarely go to a store just to browse what's on sale and if I do actually need something then I have to buy it regardless of its cost.

Case in point, I saw that plastic cups were on sale at a great price, I went to buy a case and it was ringing up much higher then it should've. She called the manager and he's looking, and clicking, and typing and a few minutes later he's like, "oh, you don't have $25 of non-sale items so you can't get the sale price" I was very peeved at this point, what should've been a quick in and out of the store was now a 10 minute saga. I said forget the whole thing and I'll get my cups my regular place.

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Re: Master Thread of Pet Peeves
« Reply #3250 on: November 04, 2019, 11:46:30 AM »
Of course, if I see <insert item> is on sale at a great price, I'll go to that store with the intention of only buying that item. I rarely go to a store just to browse what's on sale and if I do actually need something then I have to buy it regardless of its cost.

Case in point, I saw that plastic cups were on sale at a great price, I went to buy a case and it was ringing up much higher then it should've. She called the manager and he's looking, and clicking, and typing and a few minutes later he's like, "oh, you don't have $25 of non-sale items so you can't get the sale price" I was very peeved at this point, what should've been a quick in and out of the store was now a 10 minute saga. I said forget the whole thing and I'll get my cups my regular place.


The point of a sale is not to give you a gift but to get you to buy things in the store. When you come in for just the sale item it can defeat the purpose. By having such a rule it avoids a store owner coming to this thread and post his pet peeeve of someone coming in to buy only sale items.
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Re: Master Thread of Pet Peeves
« Reply #3251 on: November 04, 2019, 12:01:31 PM »
The point of a sale is not to give you a gift but to get you to buy things in the store. When you come in for just the sale item it can defeat the purpose. By having such a rule it avoids a store owner coming to this thread and post his pet peeeve of someone coming in to buy only sale items.
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Especially where some sale items may be at (or a bit below) cost, and they make up for it when you buy other items that are not heavily reduced.

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Re: Master Thread of Pet Peeves
« Reply #3252 on: November 04, 2019, 12:07:51 PM »
Of course, if I see <insert item> is on sale at a great price, I'll go to that store with the intention of only buying that item. I rarely go to a store just to browse what's on sale and if I do actually need something then I have to buy it regardless of its cost.

Case in point, I saw that plastic cups were on sale at a great price, I went to buy a case and it was ringing up much higher then it should've. She called the manager and he's looking, and clicking, and typing and a few minutes later he's like, "oh, you don't have $25 of non-sale items so you can't get the sale price" I was very peeved at this point, what should've been a quick in and out of the store was now a 10 minute saga. I said forget the whole thing and I'll get my cups my regular place.

This worked exactly as intended. It's fully understood. Might be a loss leader, in order to get you to shop in the store.
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Re: Master Thread of Pet Peeves
« Reply #3253 on: November 04, 2019, 12:58:12 PM »
Why is it that I need a new sticker on my car for registration and inspection every year? Don't we have the technology that can scan my plates or my VIN and know immediately if my inspection and registration are current?

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Re: Master Thread of Pet Peeves
« Reply #3254 on: November 04, 2019, 01:01:06 PM »
Why is it that I need a new sticker on my car for registration and inspection every year? Don't we have the technology that can scan my plates or my VIN and know immediately if my inspection and registration are current?
A colored sticker in the window is very easy for them to see instantaneously whether or not your car is a bank account. @ExGingi
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Re: Master Thread of Pet Peeves
« Reply #3255 on: November 06, 2019, 09:59:47 AM »
I came figure out why some people who spend a lot of money on their lulav and esrog would be unwilling to spend the $5 to have nice arovos for the whole sukkos.

People who don't follow my process for keeping their haddasim and aravos fresh, even when the difference is so blatant. I put them in damp (NOT wet) paper towels, wrapped by silver foil. They stay fresh till the last day. Meanwhile, other people's are dry or black...

How can you possibly think your method is better?

Note - I'm not talking about people who are just too lazy to follow any method, I'm talking about those that have a method, it just doesn't work, but they keep doing it year after year!

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Re: Master Thread of Pet Peeves
« Reply #3256 on: November 06, 2019, 10:08:08 AM »
People who don't follow my process for keeping their haddasim and aravos fresh, even when the difference is so blatant. I put them in damp (NOT wet) paper towels, wrapped by silver foil. They stay fresh till the last day. Meanwhile, other people's are dry or black...

How can you possibly think your method is better?

Note - I'm not talking about people who are just too lazy to follow any method, I'm talking about those that have a method, it just doesn't work, but they keep doing it year after year!
I follow the same process as you (have done so for years). Results are mixed year to year.

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Re: Master Thread of Pet Peeves
« Reply #3257 on: November 06, 2019, 10:24:29 AM »
This worked exactly as intended. It's fully understood. Might be a loss leader, in order to get you to shop in the store.

My pet peeve with this is when I am a regular customer at the store they should honor the sale price. If I've spent tens of thousands of dollars at your store and I run in one day and grab a sale item, they should let it go through based on my phone number (or my face, but that kind of service is asking too much in NYC).

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Re: Master Thread of Pet Peeves
« Reply #3258 on: November 14, 2019, 03:34:20 PM »
That damn window Priceline, Seatguru, and others open in the background.
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Re: Master Thread of Pet Peeves
« Reply #3259 on: November 19, 2019, 11:54:49 AM »
robocalls...

3rd call today so far with an automated voice telling me my "social security card is being suspended due to suspicious activity"  >:( >:(

Literally 3 calls so far today.
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