jafffacakelemmy

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[–] jafffacakelemmy@mander.xyz 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

An interesting read, but by gosh it's a depressing one.

[–] jafffacakelemmy@mander.xyz 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Banks are experts at providing loans. Car dealerships should be expert at selling cars. Asking the car dealer to be a bank is like trying to buy a telescope from a hat shop.

[–] jafffacakelemmy@mander.xyz 28 points 4 days ago (2 children)

No, but thanks for the offer.

[–] jafffacakelemmy@mander.xyz 0 points 4 days ago

If it has to be shouted at you, its not news, its propaganda. But she was brave in a tight spot, for sure.

[–] jafffacakelemmy@mander.xyz 26 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

When you hold a vote you get suggestions like Mappy mcmapface. Actually, that could work....

[–] jafffacakelemmy@mander.xyz 19 points 3 weeks ago

No, the honey is on a sort of shelf outside and there's a box for you to put the money in. You could steal the moneybox and the honey but in civilised society it doesnt happen. This system is big for eggs around where I live - spare eggs are sold on an honesty basis at the end of driveways and if you are a really good customer you should return the eggboxes for reuse.

[–] jafffacakelemmy@mander.xyz 21 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The guiness book of records had an entry for the worst spelling in the old days before the book was dumbed down. Trying to spell 'usage' the incorrect attempt was youzitch achieving only one correct letter.

[–] jafffacakelemmy@mander.xyz 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you are polite to a potential scammer on the phone or on the internet, you are giving them a chance to persuade you into being scammed. Block at will.

[–] jafffacakelemmy@mander.xyz 5 points 2 months ago

Went to the link hoping to see octarine. Saw octarine. Left happy :-)

[–] jafffacakelemmy@mander.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

I'm in the UK and youtube blocked it for me too. I used windscribe a free VPN to pretend I was in the US and it showed fine.

[–] jafffacakelemmy@mander.xyz 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Maybe you dont have too many extra fees, but when you use your visa card or MasterCard to buy from a merchant, 3% of the purchase price is paid by the merchant to visa/MasterCard. In the long run that puts prices up because the vendor is passing on those costs to you, the buyer. Its a tricky issue because if you pay cash, the shop has to store, transport securely, and pay to deposit the cash into a business bank account. That might cost around 3% of their takings too. The feeling here is that if you buy 100 pounds worth of shopping, it doesn't cost visa/MasterCard anything like 3 pounds to process that payment, more like a few pence. So perhaps we are being taken advantage of?

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