Not worth the money? You should sit around until somebody comes to your door and offers a job as a CEO? Those may not be careers, but they'll pay some bills until you can get in a position to find something better. My sister loves being a meter reader, a job she took out of desperation - she's out and about, gets plenty of exercise, and has flexible hours. I drove a cab for a while until I figured out something else to do. My job in data entry opened the door to a 40-year career in software development. You left Apprentice Tile-Setter off the list - that was the worst job I ever had. But any legitimate job is better than no job.
Not all farmers markets are like that. Most of them in my area do NOT allow supermarket food. Only locally produced items, and they must be sold by the person who grew or made them. I have a few neighbors who sell at the farmers markets. I have seen their chickens, cows, beehives, and gardens.
Yes it is true some so called 'farmer's' markets do have resellers who buy in bulk and sell, or it is hosted by a large chain to be basically an open air produce section. It is sad that they try to take away from local small farmers by basically lying. It ruins it for everyone by making them think like your post above.
Here are easy ways to tell if your farmers market is real:
~Talk to the person running the stand. Ask about growing practices, ask when something was harvested, if they don't know anything about what they are selling then it is likely a 'fake' market. Don't let their age fool you into thinking they are just some teen hired for the summer to sell, it could be an inter/apprentice or the farmers kid. If they have spent time on the farm where the produce was grown they will know stuff about it. Don't expect them to know every variety name though, there are thousands of varieties, and some people make their own crosses, so you can ask but don't turn your nose up at produce with no name.
~Do a search for the name of the farmers market and 'venders' or 'apply to sell', or ask someone there for the market manager or if they know where you can get info on selling there. You don't have to sell, but it's nice to know what rules the people you are buying from have to abide by.
~If a stand has ANYTHING that can't be grown locally (say oranges in Michigan) or out terribly of season (apples in May) chances are they might be lying about other items as well. Remember though that cold frames and extra early or late varieties can extend the season greatly, so apples in July or August isn't out of bounds.
Where I am it's hard to not get greenhouse (or more accurately cold frame) tomatoes in early summer (July) and fall (Oct). Without it we have tomatoes only in Aug and Sept (with maybe some leakage into late July and early Oct). Of course some of that is just starting the seedlings (which can't be put out without protection until mid to late May).
Eggs are great from the farmers market. Most are pastured if not free range. Same for meat. Fruit is wonderful and vine/tree ripened (like strawberries that taste like strawberries instead of like styrofoam).
Numbers 1, 3, and 9 are pretty much generally true. The rest is not helpful like you said. Finding out the rules of the farmers market you visit helps more then any generalized list. Most of the markets in my area don't allow you to do any resale (like the honey mentioned above). And most only allow the certified food trucks (if they allow any 'ready to eat' food at all) that you can see around office areas at lunch on weekdays which are becoming really trendy for foodies.
ITA. Most of this list doesn't apply around here. Most of the markets don't let you sell things if you didn't make or grow it yourself. A lot of the people selling do NOT have a shop (some do, but many don't) and go to more then one farmers market per week. A neighbor of mine sells beef he raises, he sells from his farm and from a few farmers markets in the big city nearby. Most city people won't drive all the way out to him (it's only about 45 minutes) but they will buy at the market near them. He get's his meat back from the processor frozen and then keeps it that way. And everyone here has to keep meat (and eggs) in coolers until it's sold.
Well, it usually depends on the price, availability, and other qualities of the broken product. Sometimes, it may be worthwhile to repair an existing product, even at great cost, because it serves your purpose better than a new replacement would (if the manufacturer changed some settings, for example).
There's never one right answer--Jeff gave the topic a great overview!
Still feel bad for your neighbor. I don't want to live in A community which allows weekend rental. Rude and inconsiderate to people who bought homes to enjoyi. Many weekend renters are inconsiderate. Just moved from a million dollar neighborhood where renters were renting the home they were in. Weekend after weekend, lots of noise, street parking and our driveway blocked due to a wedding party. When confronted, these renters, original renters and guests were nothing but rude and accusatory. Why should legitimate homeowners have to battle like this each and every day? I will not support rentals Ina community again. Too many "owners" only concerned about making a buck.
Buy costume(s) on sale or second hand. No big yard decorations, just a couple pumpkins. I buy just enough candy to hand out and don't open the bags (bought on sale) until it's trick or treat time (no eating all the candy before Halloween and having to replace it).
We reused Halloween decorations, buy candy on sale (we don't get a lot of trick-or-treaters on our street, but we get a few), and we buy our pumpkins from a neighbor's cart or from a local civics group.
You really don't need to get fancy with it. I've found that even just salt and pepper are perfectly delicious when you bake the chicken. Other basic spices that you can use in one preparation are garlic powder, onion powder, salt, pepper, and paprika. It definitely makes it more flavorful using common pantry spices. Sometimes I'll just use lemon pepper seasoning on its own. Ketchup and brown sugar is another way to change it up (reminds me of bbq). Vinegar or lemon juice and some herbs-de-provence is nice too.
It's pretty hard to make chicken quarters taste bad. Hope this helps!
Here's just a thought...don't go to freakin used car lots...of course you're going to get hosed!
All new car dealerships sell used cars, certified cars, and new cars.
Ask for the blue book, nada, and black book on your trade...no reputable dealership is gonna offer you lower than those numbers...cause that's what the car is worth!
In terms of 'only paying invoice' or never paying 'msrp' ...do you think car dealerships are non-profits helping to cure cancer hoping you'll donate?? It's a for profit industry that supports thousands of human beings who have families to support just like everyone else.
Be reasonable, I work for a large dealership that's family owned...we are payed salary - not comission off gross.
If you're going to a dealership that jacks up the price on a vehicle wants they find out your down payment...shame on you cause you're an idiot going to a sketch dealership probably hoping to talk them down or 'pull one over on them'
If you treat saleman like you have to manipulate them or do this thing or not have a minute to talk with your spouse....then why would you expect to not be manipulated back...you set the tone - be an adult...it's not rocket science anymore you can find out in seconds the average price of vehicles within a 500 mile radius on your phone while the evil salesman is being so terrible to 'give you a minute to talk'
Look it up, all dealerships will show you the blue book, black book, and nada on their car...most the time they are listed below value cause again -this is the age of the Internet - you can look up every car in a 500 mile radius...of two cars are both exactly the same but one is listed at blue book value and one is $1,000 cheaper...which one are you going to go see?
In terms of 4 square, yes that article was definitely all about using it to manipulate...but that was also the most ridiculous straight out of the 90's article/used car sleeze. Here's the bottom line...there's four areas for buying a car -
1. Trade - get the blue book, black book, nada
2. Price of the vehicle - do the same thing
3. Money down - cause most people put money down when you finnance literally anything
4. Monthly payment...cause it's the 22nd century and that's all most people care about now.
Those fir areas are all you're gonna talk about...so if you want to be an idiot and talk about each one separately and take 4 times longer...than go for it...cause it literally changed nothing. The article example talked about a 21% interest going to a 7% and from 24 months to 60 months...for real??
What is this 1987??
If you don't know that 24 months and 21% for a payment calculation is utterly insane...you shouldn't be driving, you should definitely being taking the bus cause your a space cadet
Dealership ask you - what do you want your payment to be, on what term and what interest rate - crazy manipulative right?
We tell people to go get their own financing, bring us that interest rate cause guess what 90% of the time we can beat it...we're not locked to one financial lender we can go to work for you as a dealership and tell a bank they need to beat this rate on this term cause guess who banks would rather have as a partner a one time car buyer or an entire car dealership sending them hundreds of business a year...who do you think is gonna get the better rate.
That's just straight up logical if you can get a lesser rate...you get a lesser monthly payment...why wouldn't you do that and how is that manipulating you?
My overall point is this, yes there are used car and probably even some new car dealerships that manipulate the customer no matter what. But you set the tone, you can play games telling yourself you are defending against dealers playing games or you can simply be straight forward -
Ask for the blue books, black books, nada on your trade and the car you want to buy...in fact most dealership will show you exactly what they paid for the car, paid to service it if it's used...tell you how much profit they'll make and simply ask you how much profit are you comfortable with us making...cause we are a for profit industry.
95% of this article is 'well duh' and the other 5% just flat out wrong or ridiculous....'I'll give you a minute to talk' if you think that's a closing technique you're right...cause guess what people want privacy to talk about their finances and what they can or can't do, you're rudiculous if you think that's to manipulate or anything other than a customers request 90% of the time.
The information or traps to avoid given by 'real salesman' are a during bred...the are the forefathers of millinial salesman...and they earned the worst reputation in almost any industry...the deserve it, and can't understand why people are only willing to be vague with them and super diffensive. They don't realize that they're literally a century behind, back in their day people would go to an average of 7-8 car lots before buying - no internet, today people spend an average of 7-8 hours on the Internet and only go to 1-2 car dealerships - Internet has killed the the sleeze car salesman...they're still out there for sure, but their methods are so easy to spot that you are just an idiot if you don't leave those lots.
This list isn't tips or what to do's to buying a car - it's a list to identify a dinasor dealership that isn't sleezy and deserves everyone of these customer defensive tactics against them. But the reality is...it should be a list to get the hell out of there cars there's a new generation of car salesman...and we don't have time for that ancient sleeze bs. It's gonna come down to us and one other salesman at one other lot 75% of the time...it's a showdown and why would I wasts my time on stupid manipulation methods from the 90's when you can google every word I say to you live to see if I'm lying or manipulating....I'd have to be an idiot - not to say there aren't idiot/manipulative car salesman.
Want an easy car buying experience, find the millennial car salesman or Internet savy salesman, I promise you they are more frustrated with the reputation of car saleman than you are and want know part of it. Don't be vague and expect details. Be straight forward and say what you want...I can either do it or I can't and I'll tell you what I am allowed to do based on the bluebooks, black books, nada, and what we paid for the car...all of which I'm more than happy to show you. Then is just how much you are comfortable paying/profit giving to the dealership cause I'm on salary and I love my job that supports my family...if you think the dealership should make nothing aka my family should get nothing...well that just makes you a sleezy buyer doesn't it
I have bought bulbs from the dollar tree and I screw them in to replace a blown bulb and they always burst,always I had one that just broke like some one cut around it with a very fine glass cutter and I found it on my bed the next morning,I have a ceiling fan that hold 4 bulbs and I found that 1 bulb on my bed cut perfect round cut in half and the bulbs blow fast as you use them that's just one thing I have found wrong. The colors for coloring are just wax and they do not color good at all and they break.You have to buy name brand colors if you want them to color good and last.
We buy Halloween costumes for next year the day after Halloween whe it has big mark downs
Water bottle caps sell!!!
How about telemarketer? You work really hard to make people angry and the pay is not even worth mentioning.
Not worth the money? You should sit around until somebody comes to your door and offers a job as a CEO? Those may not be careers, but they'll pay some bills until you can get in a position to find something better. My sister loves being a meter reader, a job she took out of desperation - she's out and about, gets plenty of exercise, and has flexible hours. I drove a cab for a while until I figured out something else to do. My job in data entry opened the door to a 40-year career in software development. You left Apprentice Tile-Setter off the list - that was the worst job I ever had. But any legitimate job is better than no job.
I have been working as a Mystery shopper for Bare International for the past 2 years.
They are professional and reliable.
They know what they want. Payments have never been an issue with them.
Not all farmers markets are like that. Most of them in my area do NOT allow supermarket food. Only locally produced items, and they must be sold by the person who grew or made them. I have a few neighbors who sell at the farmers markets. I have seen their chickens, cows, beehives, and gardens.
Yes it is true some so called 'farmer's' markets do have resellers who buy in bulk and sell, or it is hosted by a large chain to be basically an open air produce section. It is sad that they try to take away from local small farmers by basically lying. It ruins it for everyone by making them think like your post above.
Here are easy ways to tell if your farmers market is real:
~Talk to the person running the stand. Ask about growing practices, ask when something was harvested, if they don't know anything about what they are selling then it is likely a 'fake' market. Don't let their age fool you into thinking they are just some teen hired for the summer to sell, it could be an inter/apprentice or the farmers kid. If they have spent time on the farm where the produce was grown they will know stuff about it. Don't expect them to know every variety name though, there are thousands of varieties, and some people make their own crosses, so you can ask but don't turn your nose up at produce with no name.
~Do a search for the name of the farmers market and 'venders' or 'apply to sell', or ask someone there for the market manager or if they know where you can get info on selling there. You don't have to sell, but it's nice to know what rules the people you are buying from have to abide by.
~If a stand has ANYTHING that can't be grown locally (say oranges in Michigan) or out terribly of season (apples in May) chances are they might be lying about other items as well. Remember though that cold frames and extra early or late varieties can extend the season greatly, so apples in July or August isn't out of bounds.
Where I am it's hard to not get greenhouse (or more accurately cold frame) tomatoes in early summer (July) and fall (Oct). Without it we have tomatoes only in Aug and Sept (with maybe some leakage into late July and early Oct). Of course some of that is just starting the seedlings (which can't be put out without protection until mid to late May).
Eggs are great from the farmers market. Most are pastured if not free range. Same for meat. Fruit is wonderful and vine/tree ripened (like strawberries that taste like strawberries instead of like styrofoam).
Numbers 1, 3, and 9 are pretty much generally true. The rest is not helpful like you said. Finding out the rules of the farmers market you visit helps more then any generalized list. Most of the markets in my area don't allow you to do any resale (like the honey mentioned above). And most only allow the certified food trucks (if they allow any 'ready to eat' food at all) that you can see around office areas at lunch on weekdays which are becoming really trendy for foodies.
ITA. Most of this list doesn't apply around here. Most of the markets don't let you sell things if you didn't make or grow it yourself. A lot of the people selling do NOT have a shop (some do, but many don't) and go to more then one farmers market per week. A neighbor of mine sells beef he raises, he sells from his farm and from a few farmers markets in the big city nearby. Most city people won't drive all the way out to him (it's only about 45 minutes) but they will buy at the market near them. He get's his meat back from the processor frozen and then keeps it that way. And everyone here has to keep meat (and eggs) in coolers until it's sold.
We don't! We have a budget line item for the holiday as it is our anniversary and we have a party!
Well, it usually depends on the price, availability, and other qualities of the broken product. Sometimes, it may be worthwhile to repair an existing product, even at great cost, because it serves your purpose better than a new replacement would (if the manufacturer changed some settings, for example).
There's never one right answer--Jeff gave the topic a great overview!
We reuse costumes.
Still feel bad for your neighbor. I don't want to live in A community which allows weekend rental. Rude and inconsiderate to people who bought homes to enjoyi. Many weekend renters are inconsiderate. Just moved from a million dollar neighborhood where renters were renting the home they were in. Weekend after weekend, lots of noise, street parking and our driveway blocked due to a wedding party. When confronted, these renters, original renters and guests were nothing but rude and accusatory. Why should legitimate homeowners have to battle like this each and every day? I will not support rentals Ina community again. Too many "owners" only concerned about making a buck.
Buy costume(s) on sale or second hand. No big yard decorations, just a couple pumpkins. I buy just enough candy to hand out and don't open the bags (bought on sale) until it's trick or treat time (no eating all the candy before Halloween and having to replace it).
We reused Halloween decorations, buy candy on sale (we don't get a lot of trick-or-treaters on our street, but we get a few), and we buy our pumpkins from a neighbor's cart or from a local civics group.
You really don't need to get fancy with it. I've found that even just salt and pepper are perfectly delicious when you bake the chicken. Other basic spices that you can use in one preparation are garlic powder, onion powder, salt, pepper, and paprika. It definitely makes it more flavorful using common pantry spices. Sometimes I'll just use lemon pepper seasoning on its own. Ketchup and brown sugar is another way to change it up (reminds me of bbq). Vinegar or lemon juice and some herbs-de-provence is nice too.
It's pretty hard to make chicken quarters taste bad. Hope this helps!
Here's just a thought...don't go to freakin used car lots...of course you're going to get hosed!
All new car dealerships sell used cars, certified cars, and new cars.
Ask for the blue book, nada, and black book on your trade...no reputable dealership is gonna offer you lower than those numbers...cause that's what the car is worth!
In terms of 'only paying invoice' or never paying 'msrp' ...do you think car dealerships are non-profits helping to cure cancer hoping you'll donate?? It's a for profit industry that supports thousands of human beings who have families to support just like everyone else.
Be reasonable, I work for a large dealership that's family owned...we are payed salary - not comission off gross.
If you're going to a dealership that jacks up the price on a vehicle wants they find out your down payment...shame on you cause you're an idiot going to a sketch dealership probably hoping to talk them down or 'pull one over on them'
If you treat saleman like you have to manipulate them or do this thing or not have a minute to talk with your spouse....then why would you expect to not be manipulated back...you set the tone - be an adult...it's not rocket science anymore you can find out in seconds the average price of vehicles within a 500 mile radius on your phone while the evil salesman is being so terrible to 'give you a minute to talk'
Look it up, all dealerships will show you the blue book, black book, and nada on their car...most the time they are listed below value cause again -this is the age of the Internet - you can look up every car in a 500 mile radius...of two cars are both exactly the same but one is listed at blue book value and one is $1,000 cheaper...which one are you going to go see?
In terms of 4 square, yes that article was definitely all about using it to manipulate...but that was also the most ridiculous straight out of the 90's article/used car sleeze. Here's the bottom line...there's four areas for buying a car -
1. Trade - get the blue book, black book, nada
2. Price of the vehicle - do the same thing
3. Money down - cause most people put money down when you finnance literally anything
4. Monthly payment...cause it's the 22nd century and that's all most people care about now.
Those fir areas are all you're gonna talk about...so if you want to be an idiot and talk about each one separately and take 4 times longer...than go for it...cause it literally changed nothing. The article example talked about a 21% interest going to a 7% and from 24 months to 60 months...for real??
What is this 1987??
If you don't know that 24 months and 21% for a payment calculation is utterly insane...you shouldn't be driving, you should definitely being taking the bus cause your a space cadet
Dealership ask you - what do you want your payment to be, on what term and what interest rate - crazy manipulative right?
We tell people to go get their own financing, bring us that interest rate cause guess what 90% of the time we can beat it...we're not locked to one financial lender we can go to work for you as a dealership and tell a bank they need to beat this rate on this term cause guess who banks would rather have as a partner a one time car buyer or an entire car dealership sending them hundreds of business a year...who do you think is gonna get the better rate.
That's just straight up logical if you can get a lesser rate...you get a lesser monthly payment...why wouldn't you do that and how is that manipulating you?
My overall point is this, yes there are used car and probably even some new car dealerships that manipulate the customer no matter what. But you set the tone, you can play games telling yourself you are defending against dealers playing games or you can simply be straight forward -
Ask for the blue books, black books, nada on your trade and the car you want to buy...in fact most dealership will show you exactly what they paid for the car, paid to service it if it's used...tell you how much profit they'll make and simply ask you how much profit are you comfortable with us making...cause we are a for profit industry.
95% of this article is 'well duh' and the other 5% just flat out wrong or ridiculous....'I'll give you a minute to talk' if you think that's a closing technique you're right...cause guess what people want privacy to talk about their finances and what they can or can't do, you're rudiculous if you think that's to manipulate or anything other than a customers request 90% of the time.
The information or traps to avoid given by 'real salesman' are a during bred...the are the forefathers of millinial salesman...and they earned the worst reputation in almost any industry...the deserve it, and can't understand why people are only willing to be vague with them and super diffensive. They don't realize that they're literally a century behind, back in their day people would go to an average of 7-8 car lots before buying - no internet, today people spend an average of 7-8 hours on the Internet and only go to 1-2 car dealerships - Internet has killed the the sleeze car salesman...they're still out there for sure, but their methods are so easy to spot that you are just an idiot if you don't leave those lots.
This list isn't tips or what to do's to buying a car - it's a list to identify a dinasor dealership that isn't sleezy and deserves everyone of these customer defensive tactics against them. But the reality is...it should be a list to get the hell out of there cars there's a new generation of car salesman...and we don't have time for that ancient sleeze bs. It's gonna come down to us and one other salesman at one other lot 75% of the time...it's a showdown and why would I wasts my time on stupid manipulation methods from the 90's when you can google every word I say to you live to see if I'm lying or manipulating....I'd have to be an idiot - not to say there aren't idiot/manipulative car salesman.
Want an easy car buying experience, find the millennial car salesman or Internet savy salesman, I promise you they are more frustrated with the reputation of car saleman than you are and want know part of it. Don't be vague and expect details. Be straight forward and say what you want...I can either do it or I can't and I'll tell you what I am allowed to do based on the bluebooks, black books, nada, and what we paid for the car...all of which I'm more than happy to show you. Then is just how much you are comfortable paying/profit giving to the dealership cause I'm on salary and I love my job that supports my family...if you think the dealership should make nothing aka my family should get nothing...well that just makes you a sleezy buyer doesn't it
We wait until the last minute to buy costumes because it always goes 50% off
I buy decorations at the dollar store or else make them myself!
I have bought bulbs from the dollar tree and I screw them in to replace a blown bulb and they always burst,always I had one that just broke like some one cut around it with a very fine glass cutter and I found it on my bed the next morning,I have a ceiling fan that hold 4 bulbs and I found that 1 bulb on my bed cut perfect round cut in half and the bulbs blow fast as you use them that's just one thing I have found wrong. The colors for coloring are just wax and they do not color good at all and they break.You have to buy name brand colors if you want them to color good and last.
Dollar store decorations (that can be re-used), pick your own pumpkins, and costumes thought of in advance (to reduce the last-minute rush!)
buy candy on sale with coupons and use homemade decorations or those passed down from my parents
I make cookies instead of buy candy to give out and make my own costumes.
Re-use costumes until they fall apart.
I buy candy with coupons and wear the same pirate outfit each year.