For some reason our pickup has started making terrible shrieking noises behind the glovebox somewhere.
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@NorcalGma2
But in the movies, they show us that everything’s great over there. I’m joking, of course. It’s really interesting to read about life overseas.@nathan
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For some reason our pickup has started making terrible shrieking noises behind the glovebox somewhere. It happens if the fans are running.
I scheduled the earliest appointment available and got up at the crack of dawn.
I waited while they found the problem.
The motor that runs the air systems is broken.
Because the noise is intolerable for all of us except my husband who's hearing is too impaired to hear it we will spring for the repair.
Summer gave me this look when I told her that this, probably the largest car dealership in these parts, wouldn't take a personal check, will not give change if you pay cash and will charge a 4% surcharge if you use a card.
I swear paying for anything is getting dicey.
I made them take a check because we have bought all of our cars there since 1968 and had a personal account until they stopped doing that too.
I am starting to feel like customers are an inconvenience for businesses anymore.
Summer has the best eye roll.
Good morning, Mastodon.
@NorcalGma2 You would think that "never make it hard for people to give you money" would be right at the top of the list of rules for operating a business, but apparently not!
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For some reason our pickup has started making terrible shrieking noises behind the glovebox somewhere. It happens if the fans are running.
I scheduled the earliest appointment available and got up at the crack of dawn.
I waited while they found the problem.
The motor that runs the air systems is broken.
Because the noise is intolerable for all of us except my husband who's hearing is too impaired to hear it we will spring for the repair.
Summer gave me this look when I told her that this, probably the largest car dealership in these parts, wouldn't take a personal check, will not give change if you pay cash and will charge a 4% surcharge if you use a card.
I swear paying for anything is getting dicey.
I made them take a check because we have bought all of our cars there since 1968 and had a personal account until they stopped doing that too.
I am starting to feel like customers are an inconvenience for businesses anymore.
Summer has the best eye roll.
Good morning, Mastodon.@NorcalGma2 I had the same problem with my car dealer. I used a debit card instead of paying an extra 3% for a credit card. And now Lowe's wants to charge $3 to send me a statement instead of paying on-line. Business is getting too big for their britches, as mom used to say.
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@wyatt_h_knott
My question exactly. I will bring enough cash to pay when the part comes in and they do the repair.@NorcalGma2 food stamps or bitcoins?
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@NorcalGma2 I had the same problem with my car dealer. I used a debit card instead of paying an extra 3% for a credit card. And now Lowe's wants to charge $3 to send me a statement instead of paying on-line. Business is getting too big for their britches, as mom used to say.
@JamesNielsen @NorcalGma2 over here (UK) the government made credit card surcharges outright illegal in 2012 - although debit cards have never had them.
Most businesses will still accept cheques from an older/ well known customer (it should have been on the dealers computers you have been using them for a while, although increasingly a lot of them don't even bother to hire enough admin staff to look after customers, they do the bare minimum to sell a car)
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@NorcalGma2 I had the same problem with my car dealer. I used a debit card instead of paying an extra 3% for a credit card. And now Lowe's wants to charge $3 to send me a statement instead of paying on-line. Business is getting too big for their britches, as mom used to say.
@JamesNielsen
I wonder if my debit card would save me the fee. I will check thanks. -
For some reason our pickup has started making terrible shrieking noises behind the glovebox somewhere. It happens if the fans are running.
I scheduled the earliest appointment available and got up at the crack of dawn.
I waited while they found the problem.
The motor that runs the air systems is broken.
Because the noise is intolerable for all of us except my husband who's hearing is too impaired to hear it we will spring for the repair.
Summer gave me this look when I told her that this, probably the largest car dealership in these parts, wouldn't take a personal check, will not give change if you pay cash and will charge a 4% surcharge if you use a card.
I swear paying for anything is getting dicey.
I made them take a check because we have bought all of our cars there since 1968 and had a personal account until they stopped doing that too.
I am starting to feel like customers are an inconvenience for businesses anymore.
Summer has the best eye roll.
Good morning, Mastodon.@NorcalGma2 isn't it awful? Businesses try to get you coming and going. It used to be that they at least performed customer service
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Maybe pay in a big stack of one dollar bills?
@stepheneb
Good idea! -
For some reason our pickup has started making terrible shrieking noises behind the glovebox somewhere. It happens if the fans are running.
I scheduled the earliest appointment available and got up at the crack of dawn.
I waited while they found the problem.
The motor that runs the air systems is broken.
Because the noise is intolerable for all of us except my husband who's hearing is too impaired to hear it we will spring for the repair.
Summer gave me this look when I told her that this, probably the largest car dealership in these parts, wouldn't take a personal check, will not give change if you pay cash and will charge a 4% surcharge if you use a card.
I swear paying for anything is getting dicey.
I made them take a check because we have bought all of our cars there since 1968 and had a personal account until they stopped doing that too.
I am starting to feel like customers are an inconvenience for businesses anymore.
Summer has the best eye roll.
Good morning, Mastodon.@NorcalGma2 whatever. Summer is so beautiful
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For some reason our pickup has started making terrible shrieking noises behind the glovebox somewhere. It happens if the fans are running.
I scheduled the earliest appointment available and got up at the crack of dawn.
I waited while they found the problem.
The motor that runs the air systems is broken.
Because the noise is intolerable for all of us except my husband who's hearing is too impaired to hear it we will spring for the repair.
Summer gave me this look when I told her that this, probably the largest car dealership in these parts, wouldn't take a personal check, will not give change if you pay cash and will charge a 4% surcharge if you use a card.
I swear paying for anything is getting dicey.
I made them take a check because we have bought all of our cars there since 1968 and had a personal account until they stopped doing that too.
I am starting to feel like customers are an inconvenience for businesses anymore.
Summer has the best eye roll.
Good morning, Mastodon.I'm with you on all this payment stuff : -(
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For some reason our pickup has started making terrible shrieking noises behind the glovebox somewhere. It happens if the fans are running.
I scheduled the earliest appointment available and got up at the crack of dawn.
I waited while they found the problem.
The motor that runs the air systems is broken.
Because the noise is intolerable for all of us except my husband who's hearing is too impaired to hear it we will spring for the repair.
Summer gave me this look when I told her that this, probably the largest car dealership in these parts, wouldn't take a personal check, will not give change if you pay cash and will charge a 4% surcharge if you use a card.
I swear paying for anything is getting dicey.
I made them take a check because we have bought all of our cars there since 1968 and had a personal account until they stopped doing that too.
I am starting to feel like customers are an inconvenience for businesses anymore.
Summer has the best eye roll.
Good morning, Mastodon.@NorcalGma2 I’ve been gettin irritated at the number of businesses going cashless. Latest were big signs at a hospital clinic and fast food drive-through I saw yesterday. I think I’m going to hoard my coins scattered around the house and in jars. And I totally know I will collect and hoard “old” paper currency of the US. For reasons.
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For some reason our pickup has started making terrible shrieking noises behind the glovebox somewhere. It happens if the fans are running.
I scheduled the earliest appointment available and got up at the crack of dawn.
I waited while they found the problem.
The motor that runs the air systems is broken.
Because the noise is intolerable for all of us except my husband who's hearing is too impaired to hear it we will spring for the repair.
Summer gave me this look when I told her that this, probably the largest car dealership in these parts, wouldn't take a personal check, will not give change if you pay cash and will charge a 4% surcharge if you use a card.
I swear paying for anything is getting dicey.
I made them take a check because we have bought all of our cars there since 1968 and had a personal account until they stopped doing that too.
I am starting to feel like customers are an inconvenience for businesses anymore.
Summer has the best eye roll.
Good morning, Mastodon.@NorcalGma2 it’s just ridiculous. Here’s a good one for you the San Francisco Giants Ballpark doesn’t accept cash anywhere. They do, however, have like reverse ATM machines where you can put in cash and get a payment card out.
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For some reason our pickup has started making terrible shrieking noises behind the glovebox somewhere. It happens if the fans are running.
I scheduled the earliest appointment available and got up at the crack of dawn.
I waited while they found the problem.
The motor that runs the air systems is broken.
Because the noise is intolerable for all of us except my husband who's hearing is too impaired to hear it we will spring for the repair.
Summer gave me this look when I told her that this, probably the largest car dealership in these parts, wouldn't take a personal check, will not give change if you pay cash and will charge a 4% surcharge if you use a card.
I swear paying for anything is getting dicey.
I made them take a check because we have bought all of our cars there since 1968 and had a personal account until they stopped doing that too.
I am starting to feel like customers are an inconvenience for businesses anymore.
Summer has the best eye roll.
Good morning, Mastodon.@NorcalGma2
Great eye roll indeed.And when did the customer become the commodity?
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For some reason our pickup has started making terrible shrieking noises behind the glovebox somewhere. It happens if the fans are running.
I scheduled the earliest appointment available and got up at the crack of dawn.
I waited while they found the problem.
The motor that runs the air systems is broken.
Because the noise is intolerable for all of us except my husband who's hearing is too impaired to hear it we will spring for the repair.
Summer gave me this look when I told her that this, probably the largest car dealership in these parts, wouldn't take a personal check, will not give change if you pay cash and will charge a 4% surcharge if you use a card.
I swear paying for anything is getting dicey.
I made them take a check because we have bought all of our cars there since 1968 and had a personal account until they stopped doing that too.
I am starting to feel like customers are an inconvenience for businesses anymore.
Summer has the best eye roll.
Good morning, Mastodon.@NorcalGma2 it’s truly awful.
I’ve noticed a lot of places switching over to “cash only” which is perplexing as we don’t have an actual bank in town anymore. The last one closed a couple months ago, and even they didn’t have cash on hand, just an ATM (with limits on withdrawals)
other places are slipping in a surcharge for credit transactions without saying anything, and of course now there are “convenience fees” everywhere too.
I hope the repair solves the problem!
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@NorcalGma2 it’s truly awful.
I’ve noticed a lot of places switching over to “cash only” which is perplexing as we don’t have an actual bank in town anymore. The last one closed a couple months ago, and even they didn’t have cash on hand, just an ATM (with limits on withdrawals)
other places are slipping in a surcharge for credit transactions without saying anything, and of course now there are “convenience fees” everywhere too.
I hope the repair solves the problem!
@grammasaurus @NorcalGma2 My last car repair I got a large discount by paying cash. They offered me the discount.
If they are charging fees for credit cards (probably not for debit with PIN?) then I'd make eye contact and asked pointedly, "ok what is the CASH PRICE for this repair?"
Is the USA going to "over the table/under the table" economy like a lot of countries have? That would explain it.
My dad's truck has a little bit of blower noise with the A/C on. Hopefully doesn't get that bad.
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For some reason our pickup has started making terrible shrieking noises behind the glovebox somewhere. It happens if the fans are running.
I scheduled the earliest appointment available and got up at the crack of dawn.
I waited while they found the problem.
The motor that runs the air systems is broken.
Because the noise is intolerable for all of us except my husband who's hearing is too impaired to hear it we will spring for the repair.
Summer gave me this look when I told her that this, probably the largest car dealership in these parts, wouldn't take a personal check, will not give change if you pay cash and will charge a 4% surcharge if you use a card.
I swear paying for anything is getting dicey.
I made them take a check because we have bought all of our cars there since 1968 and had a personal account until they stopped doing that too.
I am starting to feel like customers are an inconvenience for businesses anymore.
Summer has the best eye roll.
Good morning, Mastodon.IANAL, but this seems like one teeny tiny area where being in America might be a good thing - Australia, UK, and others have strict (and low) limits on the amount you can pay in coins, but …
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@NorcalGma2 I’ve been gettin irritated at the number of businesses going cashless. Latest were big signs at a hospital clinic and fast food drive-through I saw yesterday. I think I’m going to hoard my coins scattered around the house and in jars. And I totally know I will collect and hoard “old” paper currency of the US. For reasons.
It's gettin' to the point where it hardly pays to Do Crimes anymore huh? Anonymous Purchases now require bitcoin
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For some reason our pickup has started making terrible shrieking noises behind the glovebox somewhere. It happens if the fans are running.
I scheduled the earliest appointment available and got up at the crack of dawn.
I waited while they found the problem.
The motor that runs the air systems is broken.
Because the noise is intolerable for all of us except my husband who's hearing is too impaired to hear it we will spring for the repair.
Summer gave me this look when I told her that this, probably the largest car dealership in these parts, wouldn't take a personal check, will not give change if you pay cash and will charge a 4% surcharge if you use a card.
I swear paying for anything is getting dicey.
I made them take a check because we have bought all of our cars there since 1968 and had a personal account until they stopped doing that too.
I am starting to feel like customers are an inconvenience for businesses anymore.
Summer has the best eye roll.
Good morning, Mastodon.That is ridiculous! I have had the "5% surcharge for credit card use" from a couple of businesses lately, but they have offered other methods to pay. I have a feeling that that isn't going away, and will just get worse. Having cash to pay is a good idea for next time.
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For some reason our pickup has started making terrible shrieking noises behind the glovebox somewhere. It happens if the fans are running.
I scheduled the earliest appointment available and got up at the crack of dawn.
I waited while they found the problem.
The motor that runs the air systems is broken.
Because the noise is intolerable for all of us except my husband who's hearing is too impaired to hear it we will spring for the repair.
Summer gave me this look when I told her that this, probably the largest car dealership in these parts, wouldn't take a personal check, will not give change if you pay cash and will charge a 4% surcharge if you use a card.
I swear paying for anything is getting dicey.
I made them take a check because we have bought all of our cars there since 1968 and had a personal account until they stopped doing that too.
I am starting to feel like customers are an inconvenience for businesses anymore.
Summer has the best eye roll.
Good morning, Mastodon.@NorcalGma2 @xs4me2 Checks are still a thing?
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@NorcalGma2 @xs4me2 Checks are still a thing?
@sandorspruit @xs4me2
They still exist.
Our recent seismic retrofit contractor would only accept a check.
