Posts made by rick505

Several years ago I bought an Obihai brand VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) adapters and obtained a free Google Voice number. I was able, after configuring the device, to simply plug in any POTS phone and be done with it. Unfortunately HP/Poly, which now owns the intellectual property of the former company Obihai, discontinued production, sale and support of all VoIP devices that work(ed) with Google Voice. My understanding is there are no currently-produced VoIP products from any manufacturer that work with consumer Google Voice, and there are no plans to add any.

To answer your specific question is you might need to talk to your ISP and ask. Perhaps you can, depending on the equipment they use, plug your existing phones into it and be on your merry way.

Of course, depending on your “phone company” you may currently be using fiber and/or digital signals once it leaves your house anyway.

OK, I didn’t answer your specific question so should probably stop rambling.

Ordered.
I noticed the confirmation page showed:
****Expiration Dates Extended

Tests may show “expired” dates on the box, but FDA has extended those dates; see the full list of extended expiration dates.****

I wonder if this is just a reminder for the tests already in circulation or a prewarning we may receive tests showing “expired” dates. Time will tell I guess.

If others are confused this link spells it out:

https://aspr.hhs.gov/covid-19/test/Pages/default.aspx

Coming soon! Order your free COVID-19 Tests at the end of September.
U.S. households will be eligible to order 4 free COVID-19 tests at COVIDTests.gov. The COVID-19 Tests will detect current COVID-19 variants and can be used through the end of the year.

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I haven’t looked recently but the Walgreens subreddit was filled with employees complaining about conditions including Pharmacists and Pharmacy techs.

@dangeruss said in Amazon is bringing ads to Prime Video – the ad-free option will cost $2.99 a month extra:

@mistercheap I guess it’s better than raising prime another $3

Actually raising prime $36/year without ads

OK, thanks’. I had to drill down in various offers to find it.

@mommyofhandk Apparently I’m being particularly dense today. How does one redeem the offer? The image is just a link to the jpg itself and not a link to any offer.

Thank you for your interest.
The limited free samples have all been claimed.
Click here for a coupon for your next in-store purchase!

Always late to the party!

Hmm, why does this remind me of a “Seinfeld” episode?

They are in Canada, so I feel somewhat guilty about requesting something free from the USA. Now let’s see if/when it arrives.

Yep, my closest store is on the list. I actually shop there fairly often and yet my average purchase probably won’t even pay anyone for an hour of work. They even have been getting more inventory into the store after several months of pretty lean looking shelves.

Well, I’ve tried to support them. Over the past few months I’ve visited the local store looking for bed linens, accessories for both an air fryer and instant pot along with Sonicare tooth brush refills and a couple other things I can’t recall at the moment. Every time I left empty handed. I did order a shower shaving mirror online for store pickup and it was promptly cancelled.

When Linens and things finally closed I did get a nice heated mattress pad that now keeps my feet warm in the winter for half-price,

Ouch, I see they are advertising as being open Thanksgiving day when others are advertising they are closed.

If you missed out, do not despair. Over on Reddit, the BestBuy employees were complaining about having to unload and stack upwards of 250 Air fryers supposedly for Black Friday. I can’t recall the exact make/model, but it seems the “air fryer” is Black Friday’s appliance of the year. Well, at least one of the appliances.

Thanks all…seeing the $40 off $40 deal in this week’s ad prompted me to action. I took the “safe” approach and opened a second checking account at Ally and will basically fund it for Target Redcard purposes. Just finished the process of reporting their minimal deposits and debit to the account moments ago. Yay, one more PIN to remember!

Sorry if this isn’t in the correct forum, but I guess I’m late to the party and am now considering a Target redcard. More than likely the debit card version. Are there currently any concerns about connecting the card to your bank account? I realize I could possibly open a very basic account with minimal funds just for purchases but I’d rather not do that unless it’s strongly advised.

My research lands on a Target breach some years ago, but nothing recent, and I even recall receiving a notice from them about it. Along with possibly some length of credit monitoring or something.

I guess I’m a bit hesitant about things since over the last few weeks my TDBank credit card has been compromised twice. In the second event, I had literally just received a replacement card and decided not to activate it when I received notice an attempt was being made to use the card. It was literally still in the mailing envelope.

So advice on obtaining a Redcard? I hope they offer the $40 credit on a $40 or greater purchase again soon is also an incentive.

@dangeruss I gave it a shot. Have been using a Cooler master CK522 for about a year now.

My printed coupon showed up yesterday. The only issue is finding products in local stores. They indicate Walmart carries it but only Dr. Pepper and Buffalo variety.

Aw crud! Used the compatibility checker, and I do already have a “C” wire, but apparently as far as I can tell it doesn’t like two-stage AC/Heat systems. Oh well.

Dang Phatwallet effect:
This item is out of stock.

Might go with my Bidet attachment I added last year.

I just want Ally to raise their 1 year CD’s since one of mine is maturing on April 1st. Yeah…April Fools!

Just to follow-up, as mentioned, my Prime did renew today at the “previous” rate of $119 so I did get in under the wire. I checked a couple days ago and saw it indicated the auto renewal at the mentioned rate and not the increased price. So one more year of prime for me but I’m really thinking hard about the benefit/cost and am thinking real hard about cancelling after this year.

Coupon does say “in-store only”. Could that be your issue?

I agree with Zerenia above. Keep an eye out and they offer, on occasion, “4 for $20” on some of their generic value brand products for discounts.

I thought I asked this here but don’t see it. If my Prime renewal is march 7th, can I beat the increase for existing members (March 25) and still pay the $119 for one more year? I don’t want auto renewal to kick in with the higher price and have to fight them for a refund.

Well, I visited another Dollar Tree near me and they have repriced everything with the “$1.25” shelf tags. For some reason, I recall seeing it was to take effect this past Tuesday but too lazy to search.

I did just receive an email from Big Lots indicating they are pushing their “Onederland of deals” where everything is $1.00 except a couple of items on the link were $1.09 and $1.39. Close enough for Big Lots!

Even more interesting to me at least. I visited my local Dollar Tree and found no price increases. I may try another store to confirm if it was just the one or if many/most of the local stores have not increased their prices yet.

I shopped on 12/31 to beat any price increase. Yes, I’m that cheap. I did see the store had removed the “Everything’s $1” signage from the building. I may head back in the next couple of days to see if prices have increased on everything or how prices are indicated.

Don’t mean to sound stupid but is this offer UNTIL Dec 9 or only on that date?

I’m not seeing it as free and wanted to confirm I wasn’t missing something.

Almost makes me want to move to the Snow Belt so I can use one! OK, not really but having said that I now suspect greater than normal snowfall this winter just to spite me. Mother nature…don’t mess with her.

It had to happen as some of the product bottles can’t keep getting smaller. I’ve also noticed some products were even less filled. The bottles do show actual content weight or volume but seeing a partial bottle of something makes me think they all spilled.

FYI, I just received notice I received a settlement that was deposited in my PayPal account. I don’t recall adding PayPal info but vaguely recall submitting a claim for this.

I’m using Brave and am seeing it also don’t see the “X” to close it.

Edit: I was able to click around and see an “X” to close it.

I hope still available. This was posted on September 24, 2020:
I would like to thank everyone who responded to our free sample offer. We had approximately 10,000 respondents for our limited 1000 samples. We will be running this free sample coupon in the future. Please be sure to completely fill out correct address information. I had many respondents I could not send a free sample to because of incomplete address.

I still tried!

Thank you for adding the “no luck for Origin owners” part. I was about to take advantage when I remembered…

@mgr said in T-Mobile database breach affecting 100 million customers (Social Security, Driver's License, IMEI numbers, etc.):

This may be a dumb question, but why (and how) does T-Mobile have people’s Soc. Sec numbers?

From a Forbes site in 2013:
“For any service that requires T-Mobile to extend credit, we require some personal information so we can confirm your identity, run credit reports and ensure we send bills to the right address,” said Glenn Zaccara, a T-Mobile spokesman. “This includes name and address, as well as your Social Security number, which are required by credit agencies to run a credit report. For prepaid accounts, neither name/address nor SSN is required.”

@angryeyebrows said in Free Agave Straws from Jose Cuervo (for ages 21+) - exp unk:

Bummer! Received the “Sorry, but we had more requests than straws” email.

Yep, same here. But they did give me a $5 off on tequila from a Company that won’t ship to my State anyway

Mine showed up a day or so ago. A couple of an assortment with a business card with a QR code to their kickstarter link.