I got an awesome bracelet with the code, and it showed the discount at checkout, but in my confirmation email, the total showed the original amount.
I called shopnbc.com, and they are going to look into it within 5-7 days.
Meanwhile, the bracelet will probably come in the mail.
I guess I better not open it till I see that the $30 was taken off, cause I don't want to pay a trillion dollars to send it back!
(I hope it works...I'm excited to get it!!)
Anyone else notice this in their confirmation emails?
As a human being, my instinct is to sell if you can get a good price. My financial calculator, though, is more definite about it: Sell.
The net present value of $450 a month for 5 years is almost $24,000 (assuming a 5% discount rate), so just the amount you can spare after replacing the transportation is worth more than your car.
Thanks to the commentors on this site, I was finally able to convince eBay to shut down the account that "Ray Clampp" had hijacked. Not that he doesn't have about a million other accounts to choose from! But I guess it's a start. I don't know if he's bright enough to change his tactics. I can't help but think that he might actually be a dumb teenager based in Ohio or something. :)
I, too, love the Shrek comment. It's unusual to have an attempted insult turned into so much fun.
Now that it's over, and newly retired (13 days), all I could think was, how to get even with the company, I was still allowing the company to do this to me, your right get over it move on.
Yes I to had to try to get a severance package, and yes I got one, I was allowed to retire as my former job title, with better benefits, the job the company had placed me in before all of this went down.
I walked away with the severance package, and health care insurance for myself and my domestic partner. I fought hard for that.
I to was like others mention on this Blog, high performer, a real show pony for the company,trotted out at all the company functions when this went down all I could think was why me, why not the other loser's in my department.
Well lets see, now that I had trained,other's that made less salary then me, on " Diversity Issues " the company was ready to get rid of me, I had won National Diversity Awards, Company Awards, Community Awards,evaluations were excellent for the last 5 years, so where do I go from here with the company, "out the door". Guess what? It's ok, I fill great now, my back doesn't hurt anymore, my diabetic's is under control, no more sleeping pill's at bed time, and when I get up next day, I go for a walk a long walk,3 miles every day, I work out at the gym in the afternoon, and come hell or high water I'm moving in Feb.2008 to Hawaii, where I'll find a job, work another 10 or 15 years and retire when I want to. So my advice to everyone who thinks your stuck between a rock and a hard place, your not, your still alive,you don't have to put up with HR, and co-workers you didn't really like any way. GOOD LUCK, GO WITH HEALTH,AND LIVE LIFE TO IT'S FULLEST! Oh by the way I'm 49 years old, do't ever be afraid to start over.
Here's a question that I'd really be interested in having answered. I'm in the situation that I worked for, studied for a particular job over the course of practically 30 years. After I got out of school, I got the job I have now and have held for 10 years. But I'm discovering that despite desperately wanting to follow this career path, I have minimal ability for it. I've found ways to have value to my employer without actually being terrifically good at what I'm supposed to be doing. Now that seems to be catching up, as work is drying up and one of our biggest clients -- who I've been consigned to -- seems to be leaving us.
So the question is -- having single-mindedly pursued this course for most of my life -- where can I go to find out if I have any other skills or options that I can use? Frankly, I'm pretty worried about where I go from here.
We just ordered a quadra fire pellet insert. They were on sale at the local "stove shop" and came with a great offer. . . three free tons of high grade pellets . . . enough to get through the winter without paying anything extra for heat. At least in our cottage, where the amount of square footage is way less than the number of square feet the pellet insert is designed to heat. When you need to buy the pellets on a regular basis, the man said to expect a cost of about a hundred dollars a month for a stove our size, which again, heats our entire cottage quite nicely.
I was going to post this under deals and coupons, but when I checked the Quadra Fire web site, I didn't see anything on the offer. However, when I Googled "quadra fire free three tons of pellets offer", I found a place or two where they were offering the same thing, one of them at an Ace hardware in Maryland. While it may not be a nationwide thing, there are clearly multiple places offering the deal. It would be worth checking out for the readers, I think. Also, I think pellets will be less expensive next year, even though we'll have to pay for them. If people can afford to dish out for the stoves, I think they'll see a fairly quick return on their investment.
Thought I'd put it out there, since it fits in with your post.
You are right about the prospects for higher energy prices.
This winter could be very long and very cold for a lot of folks.
Everyone should be busy squirreling away money, food and making a energy contingency plan.
Home preparations for winter should be underway now while the sun shines.
The price of propane is very high the price of very heating oil is high.
All energy prices are much more likely to go up rather than down.
My wife is making quilts and I am busy helping friends to prepare.
When I was out this morning taking the picture for this post, I saw the gas station had a sign offering "up to 15 cents a gallon off." I assume it was a rebate program of some sort. Those things rarely work for me, because I just don't buy enough gasoline. At the moment that's just a personal preference, but I suspect it's going to be where everyone is sooner than most people think.
We use several of the strategies you mentioned, as well as purchasing our fuel with a rebate card that gives us a full five percent back on gas purchases. We are able to pay off our balance each month, and this of course is critical to the successful use of rebate cards.
Everybody (including the regular guy) hates not having control of their lives. Unfortunately, life isn't always fair and most people also don't like making short term sacrifices to achieve long term goals.
Part of what I'm reading out of this story is that you want to anticipate as much as possible and then to find moves that improve or at least change your situation. What the regular guy needs to understand is that all the bad things are in some ways the same. Your company's (maybe as yet hidden) downsizing plans will certainly affect your income and livelihood. But your regular performance will also limit your ability to get promotions and move to another company. Living paycheck to paycheck also limits your options and maneuverability. These bad things all limit you. You don't have leverage to talk to your boss about options. You can't afford to take a lesser paying consulting gig while trying to transition to something else. You won't be able quit work for a few months to take care of an ailing relative.
The answer to this is both simple and very hard. If you're living paycheck to paycheck, start doing little things to cut back so you can build up a 6 month salary cushion for tough times. If you're just a regular performer, see if there are courses you can take or little things you can volunteer for at work to expand your responsibilities or leverage your other skills. Understand the life choices you've make and recognize the inherent compromises you've made for what they are. It's fun to spend credit card money, but credit card debt and money constraints may force you to stay in a stable, but unsatisfying job. Once you've recognized the constraints in your life, then look for fun, little ways to break those constraints. Revisit those childhood passions. Be honest about your other strengths and look for fun ways to use them, enhance them, and incorporate them into your work and personal life. There's no quick answer and anyone who says there is one is trying to sell you a self-help book.
Good luck!
Paul, your coupon deals should come with a warning label for those people who don't have a lot of time! Lol, thank you for the deal, but I just found myself browsing that site for a good chunk of time! I've got my eye on one of those purses...
Brava!
Having two credits cards (and thus two accounts) really pays off here.
A note, however. I opened an account with one credit card, ordered, went fine. Tried to order it again, wouldn't recognize the code.
Friend opens account with his card, code recognized, so it looks like a one time deal.
But this should qualify as post of the year thus far.
I was able to get on (I have a lot of patience)and place and order in my name and also one in my husbands. Lost out on a more practical item I wanted that was sold out, but managed to get myself (combined)a pair of platinum over sterling earrings that I will wear a lot plus a fabulous purse for under $15 total. It'll be really nice to get the items as my birthday is coming up and normally I couldn't afford to purchase things like that for myself on my budget. Thanks so much!
Wow....you said the pages were slow, but this is ridiculous!!!
I'm waiting right now, for a page to load, and it' been about 3 minutes.
I've been on the site for over an hour, and I've seen about 6 pages so far!
Wow 600 dollars for a mazda? That is really expensive, we have a lexus Rx330 and the payment is 450 a month
I got an awesome bracelet with the code, and it showed the discount at checkout, but in my confirmation email, the total showed the original amount.
I called shopnbc.com, and they are going to look into it within 5-7 days.
Meanwhile, the bracelet will probably come in the mail.
I guess I better not open it till I see that the $30 was taken off, cause I don't want to pay a trillion dollars to send it back!
(I hope it works...I'm excited to get it!!)
Anyone else notice this in their confirmation emails?
I should have mentioned that. So that makes the case all the more clear, doesn't it? Thanks, Philip!
As a human being, my instinct is to sell if you can get a good price. My financial calculator, though, is more definite about it: Sell.
The net present value of $450 a month for 5 years is almost $24,000 (assuming a 5% discount rate), so just the amount you can spare after replacing the transportation is worth more than your car.
Thanks to the commentors on this site, I was finally able to convince eBay to shut down the account that "Ray Clampp" had hijacked. Not that he doesn't have about a million other accounts to choose from! But I guess it's a start. I don't know if he's bright enough to change his tactics. I can't help but think that he might actually be a dumb teenager based in Ohio or something. :)
I, too, love the Shrek comment. It's unusual to have an attempted insult turned into so much fun.
Now that it's over, and newly retired (13 days), all I could think was, how to get even with the company, I was still allowing the company to do this to me, your right get over it move on.
Yes I to had to try to get a severance package, and yes I got one, I was allowed to retire as my former job title, with better benefits, the job the company had placed me in before all of this went down.
I walked away with the severance package, and health care insurance for myself and my domestic partner. I fought hard for that.
I to was like others mention on this Blog, high performer, a real show pony for the company,trotted out at all the company functions when this went down all I could think was why me, why not the other loser's in my department.
Well lets see, now that I had trained,other's that made less salary then me, on " Diversity Issues " the company was ready to get rid of me, I had won National Diversity Awards, Company Awards, Community Awards,evaluations were excellent for the last 5 years, so where do I go from here with the company, "out the door". Guess what? It's ok, I fill great now, my back doesn't hurt anymore, my diabetic's is under control, no more sleeping pill's at bed time, and when I get up next day, I go for a walk a long walk,3 miles every day, I work out at the gym in the afternoon, and come hell or high water I'm moving in Feb.2008 to Hawaii, where I'll find a job, work another 10 or 15 years and retire when I want to. So my advice to everyone who thinks your stuck between a rock and a hard place, your not, your still alive,you don't have to put up with HR, and co-workers you didn't really like any way. GOOD LUCK, GO WITH HEALTH,AND LIVE LIFE TO IT'S FULLEST! Oh by the way I'm 49 years old, do't ever be afraid to start over.
Thanks for the tip. All kinds of renewable energy sources are going to be important as oil-based ones become more expensive.
Here's a question that I'd really be interested in having answered. I'm in the situation that I worked for, studied for a particular job over the course of practically 30 years. After I got out of school, I got the job I have now and have held for 10 years. But I'm discovering that despite desperately wanting to follow this career path, I have minimal ability for it. I've found ways to have value to my employer without actually being terrifically good at what I'm supposed to be doing. Now that seems to be catching up, as work is drying up and one of our biggest clients -- who I've been consigned to -- seems to be leaving us.
So the question is -- having single-mindedly pursued this course for most of my life -- where can I go to find out if I have any other skills or options that I can use? Frankly, I'm pretty worried about where I go from here.
We just ordered a quadra fire pellet insert. They were on sale at the local "stove shop" and came with a great offer. . . three free tons of high grade pellets . . . enough to get through the winter without paying anything extra for heat. At least in our cottage, where the amount of square footage is way less than the number of square feet the pellet insert is designed to heat. When you need to buy the pellets on a regular basis, the man said to expect a cost of about a hundred dollars a month for a stove our size, which again, heats our entire cottage quite nicely.
I was going to post this under deals and coupons, but when I checked the Quadra Fire web site, I didn't see anything on the offer. However, when I Googled "quadra fire free three tons of pellets offer", I found a place or two where they were offering the same thing, one of them at an Ace hardware in Maryland. While it may not be a nationwide thing, there are clearly multiple places offering the deal. It would be worth checking out for the readers, I think. Also, I think pellets will be less expensive next year, even though we'll have to pay for them. If people can afford to dish out for the stoves, I think they'll see a fairly quick return on their investment.
Thought I'd put it out there, since it fits in with your post.
Of course no one knows the future. But it's a risk that everyone should have a plan for.
You are right about the prospects for higher energy prices.
This winter could be very long and very cold for a lot of folks.
Everyone should be busy squirreling away money, food and making a energy contingency plan.
Home preparations for winter should be underway now while the sun shines.
The price of propane is very high the price of very heating oil is high.
All energy prices are much more likely to go up rather than down.
My wife is making quilts and I am busy helping friends to prepare.
Birney Summers Energy Boomer
When I was out this morning taking the picture for this post, I saw the gas station had a sign offering "up to 15 cents a gallon off." I assume it was a rebate program of some sort. Those things rarely work for me, because I just don't buy enough gasoline. At the moment that's just a personal preference, but I suspect it's going to be where everyone is sooner than most people think.
We use several of the strategies you mentioned, as well as purchasing our fuel with a rebate card that gives us a full five percent back on gas purchases. We are able to pay off our balance each month, and this of course is critical to the successful use of rebate cards.
these codes expire fast. Sorry folks, it was a great deal.
Thanks for the code, but by the time I got to checkout, it's been voided: "We do not recognize this promotion code. Please try again."
its not recognizing the code for me :(
Everybody (including the regular guy) hates not having control of their lives. Unfortunately, life isn't always fair and most people also don't like making short term sacrifices to achieve long term goals.
Part of what I'm reading out of this story is that you want to anticipate as much as possible and then to find moves that improve or at least change your situation. What the regular guy needs to understand is that all the bad things are in some ways the same. Your company's (maybe as yet hidden) downsizing plans will certainly affect your income and livelihood. But your regular performance will also limit your ability to get promotions and move to another company. Living paycheck to paycheck also limits your options and maneuverability. These bad things all limit you. You don't have leverage to talk to your boss about options. You can't afford to take a lesser paying consulting gig while trying to transition to something else. You won't be able quit work for a few months to take care of an ailing relative.
The answer to this is both simple and very hard. If you're living paycheck to paycheck, start doing little things to cut back so you can build up a 6 month salary cushion for tough times. If you're just a regular performer, see if there are courses you can take or little things you can volunteer for at work to expand your responsibilities or leverage your other skills. Understand the life choices you've make and recognize the inherent compromises you've made for what they are. It's fun to spend credit card money, but credit card debt and money constraints may force you to stay in a stable, but unsatisfying job. Once you've recognized the constraints in your life, then look for fun, little ways to break those constraints. Revisit those childhood passions. Be honest about your other strengths and look for fun ways to use them, enhance them, and incorporate them into your work and personal life. There's no quick answer and anyone who says there is one is trying to sell you a self-help book.
Good luck!
Awesome! I got a gorgeous sweater for 12 bucks, and this morning, it's not slow at all. Thanks! :-D
so many of you found this helpful. Gotta love coupons.
Paul, your coupon deals should come with a warning label for those people who don't have a lot of time! Lol, thank you for the deal, but I just found myself browsing that site for a good chunk of time! I've got my eye on one of those purses...
Where do you find these things?!
This was some very nice information. Appreciate you passing it along. I certainly took advantage of this promotion. Good stuff.
Brava!
Having two credits cards (and thus two accounts) really pays off here.
A note, however. I opened an account with one credit card, ordered, went fine. Tried to order it again, wouldn't recognize the code.
Friend opens account with his card, code recognized, so it looks like a one time deal.
But this should qualify as post of the year thus far.
I was able to get on (I have a lot of patience)and place and order in my name and also one in my husbands. Lost out on a more practical item I wanted that was sold out, but managed to get myself (combined)a pair of platinum over sterling earrings that I will wear a lot plus a fabulous purse for under $15 total. It'll be really nice to get the items as my birthday is coming up and normally I couldn't afford to purchase things like that for myself on my budget. Thanks so much!
Buggy. Charged shipping and way too slow. No thanks.
Wow....you said the pages were slow, but this is ridiculous!!!
I'm waiting right now, for a page to load, and it' been about 3 minutes.
I've been on the site for over an hour, and I've seen about 6 pages so far!
Looking for that perfect item!!
Thanks, though!