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Originally posted by AEther Storm:
Well, that's 11 years of posts. If you divide 3301/11=300.
So that's 300 BTA's each year. I think that's a lot. I know there is a lot of trading going on here but still.

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I would bet that half of them are for stupid things like 'cards arrived late' 'there was a scratch he said it was NM'. The CBT has just over 1k topics, and the first page has stuff from 2009 on it still. That's doing pretty well imo, when the only recourse for ripping is a forum ban :P

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Originally posted by thror:
I would bet that half of them are for stupid things like 'cards arrived late' 'there was a scratch he said it was NM'. The CBT has just over 1k topics, and the first page has stuff from 2009 on it still. That's doing pretty well imo, when the only recourse for ripping is a forum ban :P

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Yes I suppose so. Still though, that would be 150 schmucks here. Compare that to the overall number of trades, that's not much, but it still means that there are +/- 150 people who should know better.

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Just got back from the post office and it's now even harder to ship out of the US. The USPS cashiers are noe required to type in EVERYTHING on the cutsoms form. This includes not just the value, weight, and what it is in the package, but your address and the address of the receipt. The cashier didn't even know the new policy, which went into place in the last day or two. So now, each package I send to Canada will involve standing their for almost five minutes while they type all the infomation in.

I have some great customers in Canada, but I might really have to rethink shipping there if it is going to take this long for every package.

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Originally posted by MAB_Rapper:
This migth be it's own topic, but I put it here to start.

Just got back from the post office and it's now even harder to ship out of the US. The USPS cashiers are noe required to type in EVERYTHING on the cutsoms form. This includes not just the value, weight, and what it is in the package, but your address and the address of the receipt. The cashier didn't even know the new policy, which went into place in the last day or two. So now, each package I send to Canada will involve standing their for almost five minutes while they type all the infomation in.

I have some great customers in Canada, but I might really have to rethink shipping there if it is going to take this long for every package.

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At one point, she paused and did a double take at this:

N˚39

"Is that NUMBER 39?"

"Yes, that stands for NUMERO"

I think there was also a "straße" in an address to Germany that may have been entered as "strabe" or "strasse".

Also, anyone know anything about field hockey and where to get cheap gear? Amala has now decided that, in addition to doing track at school, she wants to do field hockey as well, but the stuff is pretty expensive. I mean, I'm gonna hate having to tell her she can't, but if I can't find the stuff cheap enough, I'm gonna have to. I mean, we already have to spend $70 a year on new track shoes (she said it's supposed to be each SEASON!?! Indoor/Outdoor but there's just no way we're doing THAT!) plus she wants all those track shirts and stuff. But compared to the other sports, track is cheap!!! At least one of her friends said they'll give her their old stick and shin guards, but she still needs googles (??), a mouthguard and cleats. Freaking kids

Thanks,
Jazaray

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Not just stuff like fake weaknesses. I need things like why do you want to work here and whatever.

If somebody is good at coming up with bovine excrements I can pay too.

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Originally posted by oneofchaos:
Starcity article by Jeremy Dombek is funny...now he is in the spotlight. I'm hoping if people post about his theft on MOTL scg does something to him...considering it's mail fraud and impersonation...

edit: Seems people are posting about it. I'm just hoping SCG does something since the magic community is so anti-theft.

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So a) what happened with magic traders was 4-5 years ago when I first started playing and trading and didn't do **** and b) i never intentionally ripped anybody off. I had two trades that went awkward and that was it .. but mods and everyone else is gunna freak out. At 16 i couldnt just get to the post office to ship cards but I did every single time but once and the one time I wasn't able to it got blown up hard. Regardless, the past is the past and I've done nothing but try and clear my rep so it'd be cool if at least in the chat rooms you didnt call me out. Just trying to be mature, you can have your reasons to dislike me.

This, was my reply:

Really? It sure as heck wasn't just "once", nor did it get "blown up hard" Or does coming back and ripping off more people as other accounts, just not count? And the impersonations? They don't count either? You've had 3 cases where you ripped people off, as well as four other cases where you impersonated another MOTL member, some of them where you managed to rip even more people off. You wanna clear your rep? Give those people back their cards.

Thanks,
Jazaray

Perhaps I should post that conversation on there..?

Thanks,
Jazaray

Edit: He sent me that, after he popped into one of the streams I frequent and I said "Oh look, it's the famous MOTL ripper, Jeremy Dombeck".

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Originally posted by wayne:

Before I answer that question, may I know the reason for seeing the counsellor?

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I have some issues I'm aware of that I need help figuring out how to deal with them.

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Originally posted by Jazaray:
Wonder if I should go and post on it as well.. He did message me on twitch:

So a) what happened with magic traders was 4-5 years ago when I first started playing and trading and didn't do **** and b) i never intentionally ripped anybody off. I had two trades that went awkward and that was it .. but mods and everyone else is gunna freak out. At 16 i couldnt just get to the post office to ship cards but I did every single time but once and the one time I wasn't able to it got blown up hard. Regardless, the past is the past and I've done nothing but try and clear my rep so it'd be cool if at least in the chat rooms you didnt call me out. Just trying to be mature, you can have your reasons to dislike me.

This, was my reply:

Really? It sure as heck wasn't just "once", nor did it get "blown up hard" Or does coming back and ripping off more people as other accounts, just not count? And the impersonations? They don't count either? You've had 3 cases where you ripped people off, as well as four other cases where you impersonated another MOTL member, some of them where you managed to rip even more people off. You wanna clear your rep? Give those people back their cards.

Thanks,
Jazaray

Perhaps I should post that conversation on there..?

Thanks,
Jazaray

Edit: He sent me that, after he popped into one of the streams I frequent and I said "Oh look, it's the famous MOTL ripper, Jeremy Dombeck".

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Originally posted by Jazaray:
Why does getting married have to be so hard!! Maybe it's just the fact that I live in Rhode Island or something, but I can't seem to find many places to get married (that don't cost an arm and a leg) or hold a reception.

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Originally posted by Jazaray:
So, ranting Jaz time again!! I know you just LOVE these posts.

I took my van in to get an oil change today, the guy comes out and tells me this:

The person who put the back brakes on, didn't put them on correctly so they're not catching, just spinning around, so all my braking power is in the front of the car.

The person who put the front rotors on, put on very very bad ones that are going to go any day now. (This part I didn't understand, and still don't) He said that they put some metallic patch (or something, I forget exactly what he called it) on instead of a ceramic one (which is apparently the type the car needs). These rotors are apparently so bad that they are ... I don't know what to call it.. rubbing off onto my hubcaps and turning them all nice and black.

Those repairs would be $330, which I think is absurd for just changing a couple of rotors and putting the back brakes on correctly. I mean, do they like charge $250 for labor?? I know that rotors aren't that expensive, and the brakes themselves would probably be about $30.

Then he tells me that two of my brake lights are out, and that they want $25 to change them! Geez louise, I'll just go ahead and do that myself..

And, the finale, they couldn't give me my free tire rotation, because two of the lug nuts are like, fused on and they wouldn't be able to put the tire back.

Why do I always, always, always get screwed on cars? Even when it's a reputable (or so I thought) dealer? Why are there so many dishonest people out there? I guess that may sound funny coming from a BTA mod, I mean, if anyone knows that there are some pretty awful people out there, I do. But I've always tried to see the good in people. :-\

Now I'm scared to ever go get another oil change again!!

Thanks,
Jazaray

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Sounds like a ton of bull****.

- Can't address the first point. Best thing, I think, would be to check the pads on the back for uneven wear.

- Ceramic brakes? lol. Those are good on high performance cars. My dad has them on his car, and while they do offer a bit more grip after they are warmed up, I wouldn't spend more money on them. I have regular brakes on mine, and I brake just fine.

- $300ish for brakes on a domestic car is expensive. I got quoted $500 on mine. Ended up doing it myself.

- $25 to change brake lights, lol, pathetic.

- Can't comment on this. Would have to check the lugnuts.

- Car repair shops, in general, are scumbags.

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Originally posted by Mr.C:

In other news, BestBuy laid me off a couple of days ago. Not good for them. A bunch of really experience people got canned.

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You were making the higher-ups look bad, and were probably due for a pay raise :P

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"Congratulations! You have won a pair of tickets to see NeilYoung at the John Labatt Centre on October 6!

Your tickets have not arrived into our station yet, so wewill be contacting you when they arrive.

For now, mark your calendar because you’re going tosee Neil Young!

Have a great weekend"

Needless to say I am more than a little ecstatic about this.

Another really cool thing is I can take public transportation, right outside my front door almost, to the venue and back. So no worrying about finding or paying for a parking spot.

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Originally posted by flophaus:
Neil Young and Crazy Horse, right?

That's awesome! Prolly some spendy tickets!

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18 people competed. For round 1 I killed everyone at my table. Round 2 it was the winners table and I killed them all. Round 3 I didn't care about winning and I was just screwing around - Arcum went crazy, I had some blightsteel colossus's in play, all my stuff was indestructible, infinite combos of various types, half my deck was in play, tons of cards and counterspells in hand. I toyed with my food for a while, killed a couple people, leaving only a woman who spent the entire game discarding cards because of a manascrew - I conceded to her so she could win some packs, then I handed out some of the packs I won to everyone who didn't win any.

I was in nerd heaven

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Originally posted by rockondon:
I just played my arcum dagsson deck in an EDH multiplayer tournament and it was insane tonight. I had a blast.

18 people competed. For round 1 I killed everyone at my table. Round 2 it was the winners table and I killed them all. Round 3 I didn't care about winning and I was just screwing around - Arcum went crazy, I had some blightsteel colossus's in play, all my stuff was indestructible, infinite combos of various types, half my deck was in play, tons of cards and counterspells in hand. I toyed with my food for a while, killed a couple people, leaving only a woman who spent the entire game discarding cards because of a manascrew - I conceded to her so she could win some packs, then I handed out some of the packs I won to everyone who didn't win any.

I was in nerd heaven

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Congrats! I bet you went first right?

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Originally posted by MAB_Rapper:
Just got back from the post office and it's now even harder to ship out of the US. The USPS cashiers are noe required to type in EVERYTHING on the cutsoms form.

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you might try using the USPS postal program (click-n-ship) to print the label. I just tape them to the bubble mailer but still have to go in and pay for postage, but maybe they can just scan it in if its all typed up?

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Originally posted by djcards:
In other news: "+" might change everything...

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