8/17/08 Captain Jack's Repossession Repo Cruise to PC thru TPC Part 13

[micmse2003]

I never thought about that...............

If you are the official TA now for this board, will you change me to port side on Deck 7.

 

[kab407]

Oh and a Sun & Sand Yankee car jar. My car smells like Coppertone now.

I have Sun & Sand burning as I type. I thought the same exact thing when I smelled it in the store. Something about Coppertone that screams summer is here.

 

[O'BWV]

..just a quickie..as i am "trapped" at work, & only snucked out
for a few minutes....[ i hate when i have to work for a living]

...not enough time for me to comment on "late dining", but i will
when available...

however, i really wanted to piped in... , oh mary rose, i'
am so sorry...that someone was that mean...boy! i hate to live
doing with that....especially finding out how nice the person is!
[ that always makes me feel violated and ].

p.s.. was the lil' O' blender tucked safe in bed?

Ahh LG thank Pal!! Alas the lil O'Blender is certainly safe and sound and waiting for the TOAL! And at least the creepo didn't actually get the camera. You know what? Sometimes the fraud safeguards work just the way they're supposed to and the bad guys lose. I like that idea. I didn't know you were doing late dining with all my homeys LG...I'm sure the ladies will take very good care of you and your family


Homeys.......you all should come to Captains Dining!!! I can't bear the thought that we won't all be on the same schedules. Well alright then, this will give us a chance to take shifts at Secret Deck 7......but you guys better come up there as soon as your dinner is done....you hear?????

 

[O'BWV]

Oh, please tell us what the fossils at work have to say about your nails tomorrow!

Oh M the old goats (I like fossils!) are going to have a field day with me tomorrow. I better darn my armor.

 

[O'BWV]

I have Sun & Sand burning as I type. I thought the same exact thing when I smelled it in the store. Something about Coppertone that screams summer is here.

That is the absolute truth Kathy. I go out of my way to buy Coopertone Spray Sunblock even if I have to pay full price for it just because of the smell! I would like to wear it as perfume!

 

[O'BWV]

Quick, Quick.......who stole Barry Gibb and put the gray-haired old man in his place?

Lordy he looks ready for the dirt nap!

 

[Diznyfan68]

I have Sun & Sand burning as I type. I thought the same exact thing when I smelled it in the store. Something about Coppertone that screams summer is here.

We got the potpourri and the roof freshener for out bathroom in this scent (bathroom has a nautical theme & DH insisted) - every morning I feel like I'm on vaca and then I come back to reality!

 

[Diznyfan68]

Ahh LG thank Pal!! Alas the lil O'Blender is certainly safe and sound and waiting for the TOAL! And at least the creepo didn't actually get the camera. You know what? Sometimes the fraud safeguards work just the way they're supposed to and the bad guys lose. I like that idea. I didn't know you were doing late dining with all my homeys LG...I'm sure the ladies will take very good care of you and your family


Homeys.......you all should come to Captains Dining!!! I can't bear the thought that we won't all be on the same schedules. Well alright then, this will give us a chance to take shifts at Secret Deck 7......but you guys better come up there as soon as your dinner is done....you hear?????

There will be new homey's on Captain's Dining with ya (me, me, me, me me!)

 

[Diznyfan68]

Quick, Quick.......who stole Barry Gibb and put the gray-haired old man in his place?

Lordy he looks ready for the dirt nap!

That's because he doesn't dye his hair (like I do!)! Bet you were singing along with him...just like I was!

 

[O'BWV]

That's because he doesn't dye his hair! Bet you were singing along with him...just like I was!

I sure was singing Lorri.....but I can't get over how the long gray hair has aged him. He was my Disco Fantasy Man.....after John Travolta that is!


Lorri are you saying you have Captain's Dining? Is that something new? I thought you always were early no?

 

[Diznyfan68]

I sure was singing Lorri.....but I can't get over how the long gray hair has aged him. He was my Disco Fantasy Man.....after John Travolta that is!


Lorri are you saying you have Captain's Dining? Is that something new? I thought you always were early no?

Yes, have had Captain's dining for a while - guess "new" is a relative term!

ITA about JT back in the day - I can remember him on Welcome Back Kotter!

 

[brack]

Brack, i have an idea..... Come over to Frederick (as Mr Gibbs of course and go with Andy and I to the 8:00 showing at the Westview Regal (out near FSK Mall).

Cool! Is that on the 24th?

 

[DrHug]

I am better but the really good thing is that I get to DIS more!

Aw Brack! I think you are going the wrong way!

 

[brack]

While this extremely irritating situation may not deter me from patronizing Wal-Mart for general merchandise, it makes me wonder if perhaps we should just do our grocery shopping someplace that specializes in such things. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Sincerely,
jonesing

OK, I'm back. I still hate shopping.

Am I the only woman left in the world who would like for my pants to end at my ankles?

Man! It appears that my staying home sick was a cakewalk compared to the day you two had!

 

[captaincrash]

Angela Mitchell
Wal-Mart Supercenter


May 7, 2007


Dear Ms. Mitchell:

I am writing to inform you that for the first time ever I intend to respond to those survey requests that are printed at the top of customer receipts. Unfortunately the response will be far from positive. We are located equidistant between your store and the one on Woodmen at Powers and we generally prefer your store due to the nicer layout and ease of parking.

I came to your store on Sunday, May 6 to buy groceries and some household goods. Teresita was my cashier and all went well during the ring-up process. My shopping experience quickly went from pleasant to infuriating when she began to process my manufacturers’ coupons. I should not that this is not the first time I have had an issue with coupons and Teresita—the previous situation was minor—but this visit was particularly irritating and she was the only cashier on duty at that time of evening.

First, she had read each and every coupon. Every. Single. One. Of. Them. I mean read as in the coupon item, the amount the expiration date, everything. When it was apparent that she couldn’t mentally recall each item I had purchased, she took it upon herself to rifle through all my bags—which I had already loaded into the shopping cart—to search out the items. And I do mean “rifle” for she was not gentle in looking through my items. She did this for just about every coupon.

When a coupon didn’t automatically scan, she set it aside as a reject. If she didn’t remember an item, she set it aside as a reject. She was completely overzealous when it came to the “Free” coupons. For example, the chocolate: Get any Hershey’s Cacao Reserve item up to $2.99 free. Note that there was no condition, just get the item free. She balked at the coupon because I got a bag of mini chocolate bites rather than the chocolate bar as pictured on the coupon. Again, the coupon didn’t specify an item or type only that it be Cacao Reserve and under $2.99. It turns out she rifled through my purchases so that she could get the pricing for the “free” coupons rather than looking at the receipt copy she printed.

Of the several coupons she rejected, I had to “prove” that I did indeed get the items. One she summarily rejected because she couldn’t read the expiry date. One she rejected because I had only purchased one item however, the coupon had two values: 75¢ off two items, 25¢ off of one item.

Her diligence paid off for she was indeed correct in rejecting on particular coupon worth 40¢. But at what cost? During my 38 minute ordeal waiting for her to process my coupons, I noticed at least two customers queue up and then leave without purchasing the items they had.

Since your store didn’t have all the items I wanted to buy, I stopped by the King Soopers grocery store down the road to get those remaining items. On a whim I asked about the coupons she rejected and in particular the one with the expiration date at the top mistakenly shorn off. Not only did King Soopers honor the coupon, they doubled its value. The clerk was surprised that someone so diligent in checking the coupons didn’t notice the other expiration date in the body of the coupon.

My frustrations don’t end there. When it finally was time to pay, I used my Visa card and evidently the $200+ tab was flagged and she requested to see my identification. I produced identification issued by the Utah state Department of Public Safety . She said it wasn’t valid ID. First, I think there are a few million Utahns who would disagree with that assessment. Next, I fail to see how an identification card used to obtain unrestricted access credentials to the Cheyenne Mountain and Schriever Air Force installations would not be sufficient for matching a name on a Visa card while shopping at Wal-Mart.

While this extremely irritating situation may not deter me from patronizing Wal-Mart for general merchandise, it makes me wonder if perhaps we should just do our grocery shopping someplace that specializes in such things. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Sincerely,
jonesing

cc: PlanetFeedback

I'm sorry to see....

... you've twice encountered this audacious and over enthusiastic checker. On the other hand - I must confess it is drawing soft chuckles over the insanity of it all. Most folks can take the coupons without much more than a brief glance on account of there being considerable flexability in processing them with the companies. For a checker to be so intense is bordering well beyond the outrageous. Of course, most times I use coupons I get no trouble of any kind.

On the other hand I do get more fustration with REBATE offers. Once I sent a $7 rebate in for some special toothpaste - and they returned it saying it was missing a receipt which was clearly attached in the letter they returned. I ended up being able to return it to the store as I had not gotten around to using it yet. A silly case of having set it aside and gotten the rejection letter BEFORE I employed the toothpaste.

I guess stranger things have happened to other folks.

 

[captaincrash]

OK, I'm back. I still hate shopping.

............ Funny though, 10 years ago, I thought that if we ever made the amount of money that we do right now, I would shop at Nordstrom. Turns out it wan't that I used to be poor, it is that I have always been cheap!

So I walked into Nordy's in my CK jeans ($19.99 from Costco), Bass flip-flops (the most expensive shoes I own, besides my running shoes, at $24.99), Target t-shirt (about $6.50, in my defense it is a fitted v-neck nice-ish t-shirt), & D&B purse that I got for 75% off at the Air Force Exchange (something like $35). Yup, I'm a Nordy's girl. Still no suit!

...

And so goes my semi-annual shopping trip.

OK, rant over..

Well...

... I think being "cheap"... or rather, "frugal" is a trait to be ADMIRED! My spouse and I count ourselves among those who aspire to the Goddess of "Economic Efficiency". An old pal of mine sometimes would sneer that my attitudes were in danger being "penny wise and pound foolish". And I stubbornly would stick to my guns over what I want = which is often not what the crowd apparently pursues. Now - I do pay more for some things - and I do love a bargain.

And may I add, that there was a book written by Stanley and Danko called the Millionaire Next Door. In brief, it made a case (supported by extensive research) that many folks who HAD millionaire wealth were a fairly humble lot. The majority avoiding the glitzy trappings of "the rich". AND... as it turns out the folks amassing the artifacts of "looking rich" were often not very wealthy after all. Those folks are often "living high" and saving a remarkably small porportion of their cash flow. While folks of more modest means were amassing significant wealth.

I liked reading this book as it seems to support and endorse a general code of FRUGAL conduct which my spouse and I have always pursued. I think it is sadly inefficient to toss hard earned (and saved) money on overpriced goods and services.

So - I gotta run some earrands now. I have to return some movies to the local market - they had a $0.99 special good on "new" movies - and we're done with Charlotts' Web and Eragon.

TTFN!

 

[jonesing]

I'm not a huge fan of WM - I don't like how they treat their supplier's, employees or customers. I'd much rather take my business to the TarJay.

They are building another SuperTarget in town. This one is going to be 3-4 miles from the house! You can bet they'll be our new primary retail store.

 

[jonesing]

I'm sorry to see....

... you've twice encountered this audacious and over enthusiastic checker. On the other hand - I must confess it is drawing soft chuckles over the insanity of it all. Most folks can take the coupons without much more than a brief glance on account of there being considerable flexability in processing them with the companies. For a checker to be so intense is bordering well beyond the outrageous. Of course, most times I use coupons I get no trouble of any kind.

On the other hand I do get more fustration with REBATE offers. Once I sent a $7 rebate in for some special toothpaste - and they returned it saying it was missing a receipt which was clearly attached in the letter they returned. I ended up being able to return it to the store as I had not gotten around to using it yet. A silly case of having set it aside and gotten the rejection letter BEFORE I employed the toothpaste.

I guess stranger things have happened to other folks.

I've rarely had problems with rebates. But then again, I took a page from a guy I used to work with. He's even more anal, er "detailed oriented" than I when it comes to such things: get extra printouts, if available, of the receipts (Staples is real good about that); fill out form completely and use a "throwaway" Hotmail account for the email address so as to not get spam in his mail email; cut out UPC and other labels; write "Mailed on xx/xx/xxxx" on rebate form and receipt; make copies of UPC, rebate form, extra receipt AND mailing envelope with stamp on it; keep copy of store add with rebate offer.

He does all this because he's been burned with rebates before. By employing these steps he says he's increased his rebate fullfilment greatly. He keeps the ad showing the rebeate so that if there are any problems then he goes to the store to complain! He tosses around terms like "False advertising" or "Uniform Commercial Code violation" etc and guess what? The stores just give him the rebate money on the spot because "the squeaky wheel gets the grease"!

Most of the rebate "problems" I have had as of late is not filling out the forms in time. But I have employed a solution to that problem: wait a few weeks after the purchase and then call to complain about my missing rebate check Since the rebate information isn't in their system they apologize for the SNAFU and ask that I send in copies of my rebate materials. You know, now that I think of it, I get the rebate faster with this method than if I actually wait for the proper processing time.

 

[jonesing]

No - Redondo Beach - the strand runs all along the beaches around here. In Santa Monica the path runs right in the middle of the sand. Here it the frontage path - footpath, bikepath, skatepath combo - no cars - with beach homes/businesses - the path - the beach.

And here I thought the only people who "lived" in RB were aerospace/defense workers! Seriously, I was visiting a facility in El Segundo and left the building about 7pm...not a soul in sight! Took a drive down through RB and it was like someone flipped a switch and *poof* all the people disappeared!

 

[jonesing]

Yeah baby!!!!

Weather guesser says we're going to have mid 70s to low 80s for the next week!!!! Alas there's a call for some rain on Mother's day.