Complaint Thread

[dcdfan]

6 minutes ago, raindog said:

I'm going to do my best not to turn political here.  But I listen to everyone say how Trump lies, and, he does use over-the-top superlatives.  But I've seen or heard damn little actual examples of those lies.  And I've heard plenty of lies from the Biden camp, including the whole losers claim last night.  Both men are liars because they are politicians.  So calling either a liar is a waste of breath.  I just ask myself, was I better off in 2000 or today.  That pretty much tells me how to vote.  But I'm not advocating either candidate here.  Just hoping that you will vote using your common sense and not the media hype of either party. 

Common sense is not so common anymore.

[raindog]

4 minutes ago, dcdfan said:

Common sense is not so common anymore.

It's easy and trendy to say that but the real problem lies within the stimuli that a person is assaulted with every single day.  TV commercials that teach a "woke agenda" in the background while also trying to sell you their stupid product.  News services that leans left or right.  I'm old enough that I can remember when Walter Cronkite just told you the news, not how you should feel about it.  Hell, I can't even watch a baseball game anymore without seeing advertisements on the uniform, on the pitcher's mound, on the fences and, oh yeah, a quick word from Delta Airlines between batters.  Politics is no different.  Both parties are selling their agendas through whatever means possible.  I received 7 political texts prior to the debate yesterday.  I am not active at all on any political boards but yet, I seem to be a target every time that a politician is trying to raise fund or gather support.  Joe Biden (right) himself texted me yesterday and called me by my first name.  He had a fantastic deal.  For every dollar that I donated to him and his campaign, he would donate $5.  Basically, he was saying "For every dollar that you give me, I'm going to give me $5." 

I've been threatening to move to the Philippines or Thailand for years.  I think that the time is growing nigh.

[Brystheguy]

29 minutes ago, raindog said:

I'm going to do my best not to turn political here.  But I listen to everyone say how Trump lies, and, he does use over-the-top superlatives.  But I've seen or heard damn little actual examples of those lies. 

Then you haven't even bothered to Google that.

[raindog]

41 minutes ago, Brystheguy said:

Then you haven't even bothered to Google that.

::: Sigh :::  I don't have to Google it, I watched and listened to it unfold.  The Atlantic could cite no one but "anonymous officials" when they made their claim.  I trust actions over "anonymous officials."  Even Snopes, a left-leaning cite, tends to agree.

https://www.snopes.com/news/2023/10/04/donald-trump-call-troops-suckers-losers/

As a Disabled Vet, I observed that Trump really helped to improve the VA medical situation.  Biden takes credit for helping burn pit victims when the changes were actually mandated by the courts.  I am also still in contact with many military folks,  Everyone of them will tell you, in private (costs are too high in public) that the entire military hates Biden and what his party is doing, concentrating more on DEI and little on actual fighting skills.

I took your bait here but this is the last time that I'll speak on this matter as aligned politics really has no business in this thread.

[KvHulk]

Yikes. You can really tell who the bonkers people are when they can't let a flippant remark in a complaint thread go.

Nothing was even political. Things can be true and not political at the same time.

Edited Saturday at 12:50 AM by KvHulk

[raindog]

1 hour ago, KvHulk said:

Things can be true and not political at the same time

You are correct and I apologize for my response (but not the "spank that ass" reply.)  However, you weren't exactly being apolitical yourself.  "One guy can't tell the truth, the other guy can't tell where he is."  But it was harmless enough that it should have been ignored.

[LegoWalker4]

On 6/25/2024 at 12:23 AM, raindog said:

Just be aware that your terms do not supercede legal realities.  I see dump trucks with signs that state that vehicles must not follow closer than 200 feet and that they are not responsible for broken windshields.  However, you have to get closer than 200 feet to read the sign.  I asked my father (the retired DA Investigator) about this many years ago and he just laughed.  That's when he told me that, just because someone makes a statement does not make that statement true and it certainly doesn't make it legal.  To be fair, what I quoted you above wasn't so much about legality or regulations.  It was based more on Paypal demands and practices.  I assume that they paid you using either PayPal or Stripe.  Stripe is even stricter than PayPal when it comes to pleasing the customer first.

I don't say the above to be argumentative.  But I have been selling items at least part-time for 15+ years and I am now in my 11th year as a BrickLink seller, 9 of those years as a full-time seller.  I have a perfect record.  I have never lost a PayPal or Stripe case as a buyer or seller, not that there have been that many.  Not to be an ass but, once your buyer offered to pay outside of BrickLink, he became a thief in my eyes, not to be trusted.  I would have immediately cancelled his order, listing the exact reason(s) in the comments.  And then added him to my Stop List.  Doing so would have saved you from this type of crap.

Update: I reported the buyer to BrickLink for violating their terms of service and his buying privileges have been revoked.