Thoughts: A Random Odyssey

by **Woody** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 21:32:01

that was like a GMAT problem

by **The Nightman Cometh** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 00:11:17

I just tried to like a post on here.

I need sleep.

by **Marion** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 14:29:56

Last week, my friend invited us to come to her house this Saturday for some 4th of July festivities. She told me she'd get back to me about a time when it got closer. Come to find out today that her husband told my fiance to be at their house at 3 and then we'll head out on their boat and stay out to watch the fireworks.

Uh, bait and switch much? I have no desire to go out on their boat at all, let alone for several hours. I barely even wanted to go to their house. How does one back out of this?

by **Bucky** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 14:33:08

tell 'em how seasick you get??

by **z ipper** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 17:13:24

so there are a ton of lease templates available online. any of the lawyers/people-in-the-know have any recommendations for the better ones? would any of them even hold up in a court of law vs. the ghost of johnnie cochran?

by **MrsVox** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 18:18:27

Soren wrote:peeing out your window is cool right?

I worked with a woman who divorced her husband over that... it was the culmination of his juvenile behavior that pushed her over the edge.

by **karn** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 18:41:42

need a good (cheap) bar to watch the game in wildwood

by **swishnicholson** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 22:42:34

MrsVox wrote:
Soren wrote:peeing out your window is cool right?

I worked with a woman who divorced her husband over that... it was the culmination of his juvenile behavior that pushed her over the edge.

Oh, well, I can see that. Peeing is cool; pushing her over the edge is not.

by **td11** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 23:57:38

"Twilight's like soccer. They run around for 2 hours, nobody scores, and its billion fans insist you just don't understand."

friend's status on fb

by **SK790** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 02:11:44

td11 wrote:
"Twilight's like soccer. They run around for 2 hours, nobody scores, and its billion fans insist you just don't understand."

friend's status on fb

i vuvuzela in your general direction

(disapprovingly)

by **td11** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 02:37:51

nah, i like soccer. he's a bitch.

by **VoxOrion** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 07:50:01

Come on, that's funny.

by **uncle milt** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 07:58:18

why do car dealerships think it's a good idea for their internet sales department to do nothing but randomly send out form emails that don't address any of your questions or responses? i'd sell my dick for a human being to be like, "hey uncle milt- glad to hear you want to buy in the next two weeks. we do have that model with the package you noted, but it's in another color. we can get you the white one in a week. all-told price would be $X." i mean, shouldn't the people who reply to edmunds quote requests and work in INTERNET SALES be able to write an email?!

by **Bucky** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 08:01:05

VoxOrion wrote:Come on, that's funny.

by **VoxOrion** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 08:26:35

uncle milt wrote:why do car dealerships think it's a good idea for their internet sales department to do nothing but randomly send out form emails that don't address any of your questions or responses? i'd sell my dick for a human being to be like, "hey uncle milt- glad to hear you want to buy in the next two weeks. we do have that model with the package you noted, but it's in another color. we can get you the white one in a week. all-told price would be $X." i mean, shouldn't the people who reply to edmunds quote requests and work in INTERNET SALES be able to write an email?!

I would award at least 5 points for use of the word "noted".

by **Bucky** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 08:45:36

From what I've read, most car dealerships absolutely DETEST internet sales. They are horrible margin deals. They want the opportunity for face-to-face negotiations with somebody who DOESN'T know what they paid the factory for the car. They want to upsell you financing, undercoating, field-installed options (things like roof racks, which they install in 10 minutes, and charge 350% of retail cost), warranty extensions, pre-paid routine maintenance, hydrogen in the tires, etc., anything that they can make a killing on to an unsuspecting consumer. Internet sales just kills that model. You can sit in the comfort of your own home and play one dealership against another, even hundreds of miles away from each other. I think most dealerships handle "internet sales" begrudgingly as a necessary evil. There are probably a select few dealers (who probably started the trend) who take it seriously. The rest just try to use it to get you onto their sales floor. So it's not surprising that they're less than helpful via email.

by **drsmooth** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 09:16:21

Bucky wrote:From what I've read, most car dealerships absolutely DETEST internet sales. They are horrible margin deals. They want the opportunity for face-to-face negotiations with somebody who DOESN'T know what they paid the factory for the car. They want to upsell you financing, undercoating, field-installed options (things like roof racks, which they install in 10 minutes, and charge 350% of retail cost), warranty extensions, pre-paid routine maintenance, hydrogen in the tires, etc., anything that they can make a killing on to an unsuspecting consumer. Internet sales just kills that model. You can sit in the comfort of your own home and play one dealership against another, even hundreds of miles away from each other. I think most dealerships handle "internet sales" begrudgingly as a necessary evil. There are probably a select few dealers (who probably started the trend) who take it seriously. The rest just try to use it to get you onto their sales floor. So it's not surprising that they're less than helpful via email.

proving once again two things I have long insisted; that cars suck comprehensively, and that henry ford was alpha hellspawn

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 09:20:54

Check out this charming wedding announcement!
http://gazette.net/stories/06302010/mon ... _32550.php

this newspaper is the best:
Brother's OxyContin addiction inspires Damascus woman to help start web-based Facebook support group

by **Bakestar** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:15:51

Wow, it's gorgeous outside today.

by **Grotewold** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:36:02

Easy breezy

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