Best posts made by skh12

hiya and thanks, FW just banned me again for some reason, nothing in PM to explain, guess it’s done

switching my wife over from pageplus to redpocket within the next week or so.
page plus has been fine, but the redpocket plan will be $10 less for same stuff, and it’s USA owned

ebates can suck it, they never paid any of my cashback, and when i asked for an explanation, they said the time frame had lapsed and they would not even offer an explanation.
all the transactions had the ebates “shopping trip” number, so i assumed it was good to go.
quite a departure from the way FW used to do cash back.
ebates is now just a click bait toilet, as far as I’m concerned.

@mom2jel
I am also boycotting ebates

actually, all you do is make sure you don’t have the gogo app on your device, try to connect and when you are redirected to the app store, minimize the app store and browse/text/game/email for 15-20 minutes, then it boots you and you have to do it over again

claim as early as possible, or delay
the total collected will likely be the same.

just at my local target and the stand mixers were marked "clearance"
30% off
zip code 33437

i left the service at 8 years, i did not think the pension was worthwhile nor sustainable, the VA medical is a toilet that benefits VA executives under the guise of taking care of our vets.
i wanted to get started on my own retirement plan that had fk-all to do with the government, and pulling $175k annual , so anyone in the service should,
gobble up all the free education you can get, make sure you get into a marketable MOS/AFSC ect… and start an IRA/ROTH early, and not the one the hucksters will try to sell G.I.'s, go educate yourself on retirement investing , so basically you don’t feel tied down if an opportunity in the civilian world comes around the lines up with a separation opportunity, marketable skills + money in the bank + retirement savings = you in control

a 12 cup pot costs a bit less that $1 to brew, and renders about 6 servings in my house, i refrigerate what i don’t use and a pot lasts us for 2 days

if you have an “excellent credit rating” the CC company will normally be on your side first with any dispute in my experience, and you might be liable for the first $50, but i have never been held to that and my CC number has been stolen a few times over the past several years

thanks for your help BTW

thanks for the help

@david-scubadiver
please define "rich"
to call someone “rich” is pretty vague.
just because i’m financially responsible, and i have a nest egg and emergency funds, am i rich?
on the same token, if i were a financial idiot, overextended and living paycheck to paycheck, is that any less “rich”?
people shouldn’t lose sight of personal responsibility, give a dummy a winning lottery ticket and see what happens.

there is no such thing as an “HDTV” antenna

the claim of “50 mile range” is also bogus, the only measurable strength is in the transmitted signal

@juicer
yep, this guy has it, that’s a real HDTV antenna right there.
on a side note, if you haven’t checked out the OTA signal in your area, i really suggest you do, you will see what a real HDTV picture should be.
the OTA signal is uncompressed, while satellite/cable use compression routines to stuff all those “great” channels down the pipe, but take a look at your local channel OTA vs. your cable for comparison

@neilium said in HDTV Antenna, SKYTV Indoor Amplified Digital TV Antenna 50 Mile Range - $22.09 @Amazon:

These have always been hit or miss for me. I can but two of the same and one will have insane range and the other barely reaches my local channels.

these don’t have range, the internals could impact the continuity to the receiver, and obstructions can also impact this, i can get 3 channels in very nice, uncompressed HD with a bare wire, and then some other crap

@dangeruss
Correct, it doesn’t do anything to filter my view of “hot deals” which was quite nice on FW, so I could just eliminate those that post every sale item, regardless if a good deal or good merchant, just endless litter

don’t take out student loans,

@honkinggoose said in States where you can lose professional license for unpaid student loans:

That you can’t pay back.

or won’t pay back

@msrazzle
still costs more than a whole pot

Just solved a WiFi problem I have had for a week or 2.
My phone and wife’s phone wouldn’t use Wi-Fi, would show connected to my router, but if you switch off cell data you couldn’t pull a web page, similarly the PS3 we use for streaming stopped connecting as well,
however our tablets and computers worked as expected over Wi-Fi.
In my router settings, I noticed the channel was set to auto, I selected a random channel, and now everything is working as it should.
J

this is a turd, don’t buy
they broke the functionality with the app and support claims it will be fixed "soon"
returned

Hello. is there a way to filter out specific posters?
the Hot Deals section is just littered up with anything and everything from weekly sales flyers and not really any good finds.
i can research the weekly sales myself

I don’t think it would work for me, not enough worthwhile movies

Hello,
should i use up available cash to pay down, just pay extra or continue to horde cash?
and make improvements on the place
owe $170k @3.75% (7-8 years into a 30) zero down VA
value approx $275-300k
10 year refi ? or do nothing, hope the values continue to climb in my area
fully funding 401k, Roth and wife’s IRA
cash savings north of $100k
only other debt, wife’s car loan, balance $6k @ 0.9%