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setsailsoon said:
Do you have a list of lesson's learned? I'm sure I could benefit a lot from that.
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You are light years ahead of me by cutting out the middle man.

Question everything and if something doesn't seem right, but they have an answer for it, they are either lying or ignorant.

For anybody who is returning, press immediately upon completion of the particular stage for what comes next and when. Follow up to attempt to hold them accountable for their timeline. The squeaky wheel and whatnot.
 
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'How Do-ers leave a PILE of 74 planks on the floor because if you keep trying to sell them, you can put them back everytime.'

I overhead a new kid being trained a couple months back and there was a product that was just mangled. Half of it was missing and the other half was dented and beat up. The new kid was pressing the 25 year old manager lady why they wouldn't throw it out. She ever so softly replied 'Well, it is not up to me if the customer decides they would like to purchase this one' And the new kid flipped. 'LADY ITS CRUD !!!! What's wrong with you, who in their right mind would buy this one, next to that one, for the same money?' She creepily and calmly repeated herself all cult like that it was the customers choice.
 
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'How Do-ers leave a PILE of 74 planks on the floor because if you keep trying to sell them, you can put them back everytime.'

I overhead a new kid being trained a couple months back and there was a product that was just mangled. Half of it was missing and the other half was dented and beat up. The new kid was pressing the 25 year old manager lady why they wouldn't throw it out. She ever so softly replied 'Well, it is not up to me if the customer decides they would like to purchase this one' And the new kid flipped. 'LADY ITS CRUD !!!! What's wrong with you, who in their right mind would buy this one, next to that one, for the same money?' She creepily and calmly repeated herself all cult like that it was the customers choice.
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Glad he recognized it. They'd be better off cutting them into useable 2'-3' sections and trying to sell those.

--Jeff
 
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Glad he recognized it.
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It was the shop vac for furnace cleanings. With parts missing and what was left was mangled. The kid, who hadn't been brainwashed yet kept pressing the training lady. She, who had been brainwashed, kept calmly replying how a customer may want that one...... or want that one for parts...... and with each calm answer, the kid snapped back. 'Why not buy the whole one if you want parts ?' Her cult answers were creeeeeeeepy. She's going places there.
 
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Ah, today is sitting around the pool telling HD stories.

I have over half a dozen HD's within a 30 minute drive. My HD shopping methodology is to shop their website to see which stores have the most of what I need in stock. If something is low on stock I will order it online for an in store pickup so it is held for me. Then I plan my HD run hitting two or three stores to scavenge what I need. The hunt is over when the shopping list is completed. Tomorrow will be a hunt for electrical stuff.
 
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I ordered my Kohler replacement toilet flappers online from Amazon yesterday morning. At 5pm it was delivered at my door. Checked ACE, HD and Lowes and nobody had it in stock. Restocked 5 flappers. Now its time to shop for Ammo sales if I can find a good deal.
 
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Wolfepack88 said:
I ordered my Kohler replacement toilet flappers online from Amazon yesterday morning. At 5pm it was delivered at my door. Checked ACE, HD and Lowes and nobody had it in stock. Restocked 5 flappers. Now its time to shop for Ammo sales if I can find a good deal.
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Amazon is becoming crazy fast. I used to expect 2 days to get prime shipping. I was looking for spark plugs for the wife's car yesterday. Ordered around 10 am. Was on my doorstep by 7pm.

For things that are not super top urgent, must have immediately, that is my go to. I try to support local businesses, even if they are larger chains, but when the local parts store wants $90 more for spark plugs, no thanks.

--Jeff
 
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Amazon is becoming crazy fast. I used to expect 2 days to get prime shipping. I was looking for spark plugs for the wife's car yesterday. Ordered around 10 am. Was on my doorstep by 7pm.

For things that are not super top urgent, must have immediately, that is my go to. I try to support local businesses, even if they are larger chains, but when the local parts store wants $90 more for spark plugs, no thanks.

--Jeff
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Agreed 100%!!
 
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I had time to grab a yard of 3/8 stone after work and Stepping-Stone-Land looks WAY better. Of course, tossing and sweeping the fill moved the few bricks that were straight, but HEY !!! At least they're all crooked now.

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Drawn in is the eventually 2 sections of PVC fence to hide the equipment

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I REALLY like the color scheme when its all wet. If it looks half as good when it dries and gets much lighter, I may scrap the mulch around the pool and keep going with bluestone. The $80 a yard was reasonable and except for replenishing whatever settles the first year, would be a one time thing. 4 more yards would probably do.
 
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he CFO just decreed there would be no mulch. I think I've won 2, ever. So we are 99.6% going with bluestone all around.
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If your situation is even remotely similar to my “situation”, how long is that 99.6% chance good for? And did you get it in writing?
 
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