Re: YA bored Tommy Troll Thread (was ...)

On 3/26/25 15:49, Alan wrote:

On 2025-03-26 12:06, -hh wrote:

On 3/26/25 12:32, Tom Elam wrote:

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Now we come to the 2015 season that starts next month. Will [Alan] show up or not? You too can find out at https://www.sccbc.net/racers/ results/
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I'll certainly be tuning in come April 26! Join me and watch the mayhem.

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If he has time, he has time.  If not, he doesn't. My recollection is that his car got damaged late last year so there is that work to take care of.

 OH! Is the lying ass trying to attract my attention? Oh, he was!
 And yes, my car was damaged...
 And another significant issue for me is that my GP discovered that my blood pressure was sky-high.
 I'm currently taking medication and once my BP has been stabilized at a better level, then he'll sign off on my medical my race license.
 I'm still hoping to make the first weekend, but we'll see.

Hopefully, the car's mechanically repaired, even if you're not <g>

In the meantime, there was a similarly very old thread where Tommy was trying to suggest that everything's always better with a credit card because of a few percent regained on "cashbacks".
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Well, I just happened to run into this invoice to pay today, and lo and behold, what they're euphemistically calling a "convenience fee" to pay online with a credit card.  Here's the screenshot:
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<https://huntzinger.com/photo/2025/Invoice_convenience_fee_avoided.pdf>
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And yes, you are reading that correctly:  the added fee is a mere +10%.

 Ouch!
 

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Needless to say, I'll be mailing them a check.

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Shocking to discover that that the lying ass doesn't have a clue what he's talking about.

It certain was a surprise, but also illustrates the need to pay attention even if one is expecting it to be an insignificant "don't sweat the small stuff" that can be disregarded.
And while he's tried to deride it, I've also noted that one can have pretty nice payoffs just by knowing to ask (not haggle).  A new example is a "good customer cash discount" of over $500 (and that's the savings after a notional 2% cashback credit card is subtracted off).
-hh