How I feel sometimes when I'm only buying a tiny item to prove I went to a store
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I guess I'll never know because I don't click links without knowing what's behind them.
Time to build a bigger bridge.
That was funny!
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Motivation increases when we assume large responsibilities with a short deadline.
@dspeakes wrote:
I guess I'll never know because I don't click links without knowing what's behind them.
I would not worry about the ones going to youtube.
The ones that scare me point to places like: http : // boards.4chan.org/b/
@scanman1 wrote:
The ones that scare me point to places like: http : // boards.4chan.org/b/
The one that terrifies me is http : // theync.com/murder
Mexican cartels post snuff videos there. It looks like an ugly, ugly planet when you open your eyes to what is going on out there.
Man that takes me back to high school. I haven't been to /b/ in some time. I heard the site's gone to hell ever since moot stopped being its admin, though.@scanman1 wrote:
@dspeakes wrote:
I guess I'll never know because I don't click links without knowing what's behind them.
I would not worry about the ones going to youtube.
The ones that scare me point to places like: http : // boards.4chan.org/b/
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/24/2015 07:00PM by Misanthrope.
@dspeakes wrote:
I guess I'll never know because I don't click links without knowing what's behind them.
@dspeakes: I daringly clicked on the link and happily report my computer did not seize up with a trojan horse virus; the bad news is that I laughed so hard that I scared the @#$%& out of my doggies. If you are willing to risk the latter, I recommend clicking on the link.
Thank you @Misanthrope!
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Awesome! I like it when the cashier gives me grief for using a credit card for a small purchase and then asks me to sign the receipt to authorize it. REALLY?! It's $.47 and you want me to sign because you are worried I am going to dispute the charge?
I found a tootsie roll for 5 cents 
HAHAHA that was the best laugh I have had today. We all know the only person who would need a receipt for a donut is a mystery shopper!
@stilllearning wrote:
@dspeakes wrote:
I guess I'll never know because I don't click links without knowing what's behind them.
@dspeakes: I daringly clicked on the link and happily report my computer did not seize up with a trojan horse virus; the bad news is that I laughed so hard that I scared the @#$%& out of my doggies. If you are willing to risk the latter, I recommend clicking on the link.
Thank you @Misanthrope!
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I wasn't afraid of a virus but I don't like when the link leads to one of those joke things that start out all serious and then some scary thing jumps in to the frame and scares the bejeezus out of me. I usually wait to click links until others have commented on them first.
Now if OP had just said, "Funny youtube video of a comedian talking about getting a receipt for a donut" I might have done it.
If someone wants me to click a link, they better tell me what it is first.
And yes, it was funny. I was waiting for the punch line that never came, though. "Who the heck other than a mystery shopper would need a receipt for a donut?"
Time to build a bigger bridge.
@teriraia wrote:
HAHAHA that was the best laugh I have had today. We all know the only person who would need a receipt for a donut is a mystery shopper!
11:45pm last night:
Me - out doing nightime gas station shops because I can get an extra $5 for them, 15 minutes before the deadline
Him - Scary looking gas station attendant who barely speaks English. He is behind a cracked safety glass window.
Shop:
Me: Putting rice krispy treats on counter because it's the only thing in the filthy convenience store for 99 cents
Him: That will be $1.
Me: I shove a dollar bill across the counter and wait for change even though he has announced the wrong price.
Him: Eventually he hands me my penny
Me: Can I have my receipt please
Him: What for?
Me: For the thing I just bought
Him: Very reluctantly generates a receipt.
Thought bubble over my head:
Me: Is this really worth it???
I thought it was hysterical!
Thanks!
Thanks!
Live your life in such a way that when your feet hit the floor in the morning; the devil shudders...And yells OH #%*+! SHE'S AWAKE!
Damn right I need that receipt it was a krispy kreme shop i did last week. how funny
Shopping Western NY, Northeast and Central PA, and parts of Ohio and West Virginia. Have car will travel anywhere if the monies right.
@Man of Mystery wrote:
Awesome! I like it when the cashier gives me grief for using a credit card for a small purchase and then asks me to sign the receipt to authorize it. REALLY?! It's $.47 and you want me to sign because you are worried I am going to dispute the charge?
I'm surprised they let you use a credit card for an amount that small. Most places have a minimum, $2 to $5... the highest they can legally set a credit card minimum for is $10, in case anyone was curious (though at one point, credit card minimum purchase amounts weren't allowed at all).
wrong drsquash. If they accept visa or mastercard any cc minimum is illegal and can cause them to lose processing access. This is not well known to consumers. There was even mystery shops within the last year solely checking business to make sure they were not doing this.
Shopping Western NY, Northeast and Central PA, and parts of Ohio and West Virginia. Have car will travel anywhere if the monies right.
I did some of the mystery shops checking whether vendors imposed a minimum for using a credit card or if they imposed a fee under a specific value. They were all easy shops, except that some of them were in venues like funeral homes where there was nothing to be purchases for $10 or less. I got lots of lunches, take-out Chinese food, flowers, hardware, light bulbs, and stuff like that. Sometimes they told me a specific store to vist, other times I was told something like "any local (non-chain) hardware store".
I think (and I emphasize, think) that it is illegal to charge a fee for using a credit card, but it is permissable to offer a discount for using cash. In NJ, it is common for gas stations to charge more for using a credit card. In DE, I never see two different prices. In PA, I see two different prices in about 15% of the gas stations.
I think (and I emphasize, think) that it is illegal to charge a fee for using a credit card, but it is permissable to offer a discount for using cash. In NJ, it is common for gas stations to charge more for using a credit card. In DE, I never see two different prices. In PA, I see two different prices in about 15% of the gas stations.
Shopping Southeast Pennsylvania, Delaware above the canal, and South Jersey since 2008
@BuffaloNY101 wrote:
wrong drsquash. If they accept visa or mastercard any cc minimum is illegal and can cause them to lose processing access. This is not well known to consumers. There was even mystery shops within the last year solely checking business to make sure they were not doing this.
Visa and Mastercard both specifically changed their agreements to allow merchants to set a minimum of up to $10 back in about 2010 or 2011. Have they changed back since?
I wonder if there are state laws which come into play? For instance, California does not permit "maintenance" charges on gift cards - the full balance stays there no matter how old the gift card is - despite anything which the issuing company says. So, maybe individual state banking laws restrict the ability to have credit card mimimums?
@DrSquash wrote:
@BuffaloNY101 wrote:
wrong drsquash. If they accept visa or mastercard any cc minimum is illegal and can cause them to lose processing access. This is not well known to consumers. There was even mystery shops within the last year solely checking business to make sure they were not doing this.
Visa and Mastercard both specifically changed their agreements to allow merchants to set a minimum of up to $10 back in about 2010 or 2011. Have they changed back since?
Shopping Southeast Pennsylvania, Delaware above the canal, and South Jersey since 2008
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