Posts made by rick505

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Now off to see if I can extend my current membership. I use this when I order from places like NewEgg for free (and often faster) shipping.

I always get somewhat excited when I see these T-Mobile offers only to remember/realize I still use a pay-as-you-go account and offers almost never apply. Oh well, still cheaper for me. Thanks.

So Green=Good and Red=Bad??

@sweetclover said in Free Montgomery Ward Holiday Catalog:

@mrvietnam said in Free Montgomery Ward Holiday Catalog:

I didn’t even know they are still in business, They have all closed down long ago in my area.

This isn’t the same ‘Montgomery Ward’. They fully liquidated & closed down in 2001. Recognizing the value of the intellectual property (name, logo, & advertising value), Direct Marketing Services Inc (owner of many other mail order/online stores), purchased them & relaunched Wards online & through catalogs. In 2008, Swiss Colony bought Wards & the others, and renamed them Colony Brands. It is a new and completely different company than the original Wards. It’s just using the Wards name/logo.

I didn’t even know Swiss Colony was still in business. Oh yeah, they do seem to have a kiosk in a local mall this time of year selling salami and cheese boxes.

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Oh well, I tried.

I can’t answer directly but none of the HD’s near me really sell any furniture. However, I suspect it’s not something exclusive to them. Perhaps trying to search on the item name/model number or image would turn up another seller at a discounted price. If your heart is set on HD then I’ll bow out and let another person with experience on discounting their prices reply.

@onenote said in USB flash drive ripoffs--what to do?:

Thanks. I use flash drives for long term backup of valuable data so I need to go extra steps to help with reliability. Looks like:

1. buy from reliable supplier who allows refunds
2. look for signs of counterfeiting in packaging and drive. I ran across some things to look for by doing a search.
3. Run H2testw suggested by zapjb if the drive is small enough so the test finishes in a reasonable time.
4. Otherwise try the FakeFlashTest program
5. Do a test of the data on the drive after creating the backup. How long to wait–a few weeks?

In my experience if teh size is faked the data will be corrupted immediately once you exceed the native capacity of the card. You should detect this earlier in your steps however. Actually I’d suggest in addition to above always make multiple backups of “valuable data” and if really valuable store in multiple locations. Three copies stored in your desk won’t do much good after a fire in the space.

Just curious, is everyone using the same screen name here as FW?? I did, but just wondering.

@psxzombie said in Welcome FatWallet Refugees:

getting in on the ground floor this time, member since 2017…

Yep, me too. Thanks all.