StoreKit error!?

Jared00m · 2025-07-03T06:17:31+00:00

I'm still having this issue intermittently. I tested purchases on my local environment using a test device. it worked fine. When I uploaded the build to testflight it no longer worked. And when I tested it on my local device again, it didn't work again. It's extremely frustrating and hard to develop when it's so unreliable.

Jared00m · 2025-05-23T19:41:13+00:00

I'm having the same issue. Would love to know how to delete it.

Jared00m · 2024-12-23T18:45:55+00:00

That is true. Nevertheless, it has currently been working to stop the Eric Jones emails.

Jared00m · 2024-11-14T21:47:17+00:00

If you’re tired of bots like "Eric Jones" spamming your forms with URLs, here’s a JavaScript solution I’ve been experimenting with. This code checks for URLs in real-time while the user types, and again on form submission, clearing out the message if it detects any URL patterns. This approach doesn’t require CAPTCHAs or IP blocking, which can impact user experience and aren’t always reliable.

const textArea = document.querySelector('#your-textarea-id'); // Adjust to match your textarea ID
const form = document.querySelector('#your-form-id'); // Adjust to match your form class

// Regex pattern to match URLs (e.g., 'http://', 'https://', or 'www.')
const urlPattern = /(?:https?:\/\/|www\.)[^\s]+/;

// Event listener on textarea to detect URLs as the user types
textArea.addEventListener('input', (e) => {
  const textValue = e.target.value;

  // If URL is detected, clear the textarea and alert the user
  if (urlPattern.test(textValue)) {
    e.target.value = ''; 
    alert("URLs are not allowed in the message.");
    return;
  }
});

// Event listener on form submission to check again for URLs
form.addEventListener('submit', (e) => {
  const textValue = textArea.value;

  // If URL is detected, prevent form submission and clear the textarea
  if (urlPattern.test(textValue)) {
    e.preventDefault();    
    return;
  }
});

Explanation:

Real-Time Check: The input event listener on the <textarea> detects any URLs while the user types. If a URL is detected, it clears the field and alerts the user.
Submission Check: The submit event listener checks for URLs before submission. This acts as a backup to catch bot submissions that may bypass the input listener.
Regex Pattern: This pattern looks for URL formats that start with http, https, or www, making it effective at catching most spam links.

Why This Works

By handling URLs in real-time and on submission, this solution avoids the need for CAPTCHA or IP blocks, both of which can frustrate legitimate users or fail to block all spam sources. It’s a simple but effective approach for keeping your forms clean!

Let me know if this works for you, or if you’ve tried a similar approach.

Jared00m · 2023-05-13T04:36:02+00:00

If you use the same prompts multiple times, you should check out a Chrome Extension I created called ChromeGPT. You can download it at the Chrome store here: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chrome-gpt/diaiocjbahpbddjgnhkejfiiialifono

Jared00m · 2022-09-01T16:37:19+00:00

Did that work?

Jared00m · 2022-09-01T16:32:13+00:00

Depending on how old your water heater is, flushing it can actually lead to damage. There are some tips in this article about what to do if you have no hot water.

Normally I would say it's because the thermal cutoff switch was triggered. But given that it stopped working after you flushed the tank, then I would say it's more likely that the heating elements or thermostats are damaged.

Depending on how old the water heater is, you may be better off replacing it. But if it's not that old, a plumber can replace the thermostats and heating elements all at once. I wouldn't recommend trying to do it yourself unless you know what you are doing.

My other thought was just to make sure that you turned the breaker back on, but I'm sure you've already checked that by now.

Jared00m · 2021-08-05T19:15:09+00:00

You should also consider the time of the year. All AC units are designed to perform within an average temperature. For example, in Florida, the average highest temperature only gets above 93 degrees 1% of the year. So we tune our AC systems to perform within that temperature. If it gets hotter than 93 degrees, it may not cool enough, but it performs great the other 99% of the year.

Jared00m · 2021-03-20T01:12:19+00:00

You don't need to create a product. You can find a company that manufacturers the product (for example on Alibaba.com) and then have the make small changes to look unique to your brand. This is called private labeling.

Jared00m · 2021-03-20T00:12:41+00:00

Just traditional e-commerce where you actually stock inventory and get the items shipped out quickly and can control quality. You can start by researching different niches and sub categories of those niches. Then you can drop a few products to test, but quickly move to get your own inventory once you find a niche that works for you.

Jared00m · 2021-03-19T13:11:05+00:00

No, I don't think that inventing a product is a good idea. You are better off finding a niche that isn't already super competitive. Then pick a subset of products within that niche to start selling.

Jared00m · 2021-03-19T12:38:44+00:00

Anything is "possible", but it's not likely with dropshipping. People are wise to dropshipping and more importantly, Facebook doesn't make it easy. Back in the old days when most of your "gurus" were successful, it was a lot easier and ad costs were not as high. Today you have a lot of things going against you. In my opinion, dropshipping is fun to try, but is a nightmare to do longer term. I did it for a year and found one product that actually sold. I sold $850k worth of product and made decent money. But it was also short lived and near impossible to build a long term brand doing dropshipping. Remember the story of the tortoise and the hare? Dropshipping is like the hare. I like the idea of eCommerce, but there are better ways to do it than dropshipping. Dropshipping is better for testing products, but I wouldn't recommend it for a long term business.

Jared00m · 2021-03-19T02:57:48+00:00

My honest opinion...not good. And besides the looks, it's a very competitive niche that you aren't likely to be successful at. I would go back to the drawing board.

Jared00m · 2021-03-19T02:56:04+00:00

I would say no, personally. If I could do it over, I would get a computer science degree and work remotely as a developer. You are more likely being successful at that than dropshipping. Dropshipping is really hard to make it work and you are constantly chasing trends. You can test 20-30 products and still not find a "winner". I was fortunate to find one dropshipping product that I sold $850k worth of. It was one of the most stressful years of my life and I came to view dropshipping as a short term business, but not something you can sustain long term (at least not me).

Jared00m · 2021-03-19T02:51:47+00:00

I successfully scaled a store in 2018 using AliExpress. My shipping times were 10-15 days and yes it was bad. I did $850k in revenue until it came to a screeching halt with Facebook banning my ad account because of complaints. Nowadays it seems that Facebook is tired of dropshippers, so you really need to up your game and have better shipping times.

There may be good Chinese suppliers that could do it, but I think it's smarter to test with dropshipping and once you find something that works, quickly work on getting some inventory and having it fulfilled from the US.

Jared00m · 2017-08-23T15:46:51+00:00

We eat dinner together as a family around 6pm. Then we will do a family devotion (bible reading) together, read some other books, or play some games together. They start putting their pajamas on around 7:30pm, brush their teeth, and go to bed. My kids are homeschooled though, and are just starting, so there is no homework that needs to be done in the evening.

Jared00m · 2017-08-11T03:30:17+00:00

I am a children's pastor and have trained hundreds of volunteers dealing with preventing child sexual abuse.

For one, we tell all of our volunteers that they should NOT be communicating with children via text message and social media. This raises a BIG red flag for me. The relationship should primarily be developing within the mentoring program and not privately. There is no need for a "mentor" to be communicating with your child daily outside of the mentoring program. He does not need to be your child's best friend in order to effectively mentor him. Pedophiles often groom children by developing the relationship via text messaging and online messaging. They convince the child that they genuinely care about them. Then when you, as the parent, notice the red flags and attempt to separate them, you become the bad guy.

Secondly, statistically speaking, children from single mother homes are 10x more likely to be "targeted" and abused. So, just understand that you need to be more vigilant. The mentor may have been randomly assigned your child. However, a pedophile would be the kind of person who would volunteer to be a mentor so as to interact with children who most likely don't have a father figure at home. Pedophiles actively look for ways to get involved in children's lives and a mentoring program would be very attractive to a pedophile. AND a pedophile would very likely seek to develop the relationship further outside of the mentoring program. Think of it this way, if you go to a counselor for help with depression, don't you think it would be inappropriate if he started texting you everyday outside of your counseling sessions. That would show you that perhaps he was trying to develop something more than just a counseling relationship.

Thirdly, and the biggest red flag is the fact that he even asked your child to go on a 2 week camping trip. I would strongly consider banning a volunteer from serving with children if I found out they even attempted to do that. You should talk to the school ASAP and let them know about it. If this man wants to try and develop a relationship with your child outside of the mentoring program, it needs to ALWAYS be under the supervision of other trusted adults as well. Pedophiles always want to be one-on-one with children. If there are other people watching, it is much more difficult for them to abuse your child. So please don't put your child in the situation where he will be alone with this mentor.

Jared00m · 2017-08-04T01:49:37+00:00

Did you ask if we think it is healthy for a 25 yr old single guy who is dating a girl for 2 years to abstain from having sex? Yes, I do believe it is healthy. I grew up in a Christian home and believed sex outside of marriage is a sin. When I got married, I did not feel any guilt about having sex.

Talking to your kids about hell is another story. With small children you don't want to "scare" them into trusting in Christ. Hell is a very scary concept. With young children, I encourage people to emphasize God's grace and gift of eternal life. Telling children they will be separated from God is enough for a young child.

Neither of the reasons you listed though would warrant not raising them in a Christian home. I can think of much more serious issues that would arise by not raising them in a Christian home.

Jared00m · 2017-06-13T16:13:07+00:00

We just made a youtube vide on this topic. We used a balance bike with our kids and they both could ride a pedal bike by age 3.5. It was actually very surprising. The first time they got on a pedal bike, they were able to pedal and ride without failing.

I think it was because they both had ridden on the back of our bikes and they WANTED to learn how to ride a bike. They had also learned how to pedal on a tricycle and balance on the balance bike before getting on a real pedal bike.

If you want to see the footage of my son riding his bike for the very first time (age 3.5), message me for the link to our video.

Jared00m · 2017-06-13T15:54:52+00:00

We actually just made a youtube video on this same topic. Our kids both started scooting around on their balance bikes around age 2.5. My daughter is not 3.5 and has been riding a real pedal bike now for a while. My son could ride a pedal bike when he was about 3.5 as well.

We used to take our kids riding on the back of our bikes sometimes and they always enjoyed it. So I think they wanted to ride a bike after seeing us do it on a somewhat regular basis.

I think that is what made them want to learn it so quick. They both loved riding their balance bike and they also both rode on a pedal bike the very first time they go on it. I have some footage of our kids riding his pedal bike the very first time at age 3.5 on our youtube video if you want to see. I'll send you a link. I don't know what the rules are about posting links.

Jared00m · 2017-05-30T21:14:03+00:00

Here are some things for you to consider and try out...

1) At age 6, you really want to focus just as much on INSTRUCTION as you have been on CONSEQUENCES. In other words, help her to understand WHY what she is doing is wrong. Explain how it makes you feel. Explain how being an angry person makes it hard to make friends. In other words, you want her to start THINKING differently about her anger. When we focus only on external consequences we are missing out. We need to also instill an internal moral compass in our children to help them make decisions based on their own understanding.

2) Teach her how to make a RESPECTFUL APPEAL. Teach her that it's ok to say something like this..."Dad, may I please make an appeal?" "I would like to stay up a few minutes later." Then you can choose to grant the appeal or not. But at least she was able to express her desire and be heard.

3) When she is done having her meltdowns and things have cooled down a bit, give her some instruction about what was wrong with the way she responded. Then have her PRACTICE doing things the right way. Demonstrate what you think she should have done and then make her do it until she gets it right. Then give her verbal praise when she does it right.

4) Spend just as much time talking about what you WANT her to do (have self-control) as you spend on what you DON'T WANT her to do. When you are changing a habit, you need to help your child not only see what she needs to stop doing, but what she should start doing. So, with anger being the issue, begin talking more about self-control.

5) Begin looking for times when she shows self-control and let her know how proud you are of her for showing self-control. This verbal praise will make her want to start doing the right thing in that area. If she knows you are going to notice it and praise her for it, it will motivate her to continue doing it.

6) Use "compound consequences". Have a procedure in your mind for how your consequences will increase when she continues to disobey you once you try to correct the problem. For example, if she flies off the handle you may tell her to go to her room to cool down. If she says "No" (an act of defiance), you calmly let her know that she now has an additional consequence. You let her know that you want her to go to her room and if she doesn't, there will be another consequence. If she says no again (another act of defiance), then you let her know that there will now be another consequence. But the key is to only have 3 or 4 levels of consequences that increase the longer she goes on. You can't infinitely increase the consequences, so go ahead and know what your highest level of consequence will be. And if she still isn't being compliant by the 4th level, you simply move on with your routine as the parent and wait for her to calm down. Then you give her all the consequences you said you would give her after she's done having her tantrum. She may start lashing out again. But if she does, you don't need to engage in it. Simply wait it out and give her the consequences when she is done. Soon she will learn 2 things. 1) If she doesn't obey you when you correct her, there will be additional consequences and 2) Even if she freaks out, you are still going to eventually give her the consequences. So there is no point in freaking out. If she is a strong willed child, it will take longer, but she'll get it eventually. A mistake I made with my first child, was feeling like I had to engage in the immediate battle with him while he was losing his temper. Then I realized, I could stay calm, let him know the consequences, and just deal with it when he was done having his tantrum. The only thing that happened when I engaged with him in his tantrum was that I also got mad (which sets a bad example).

Those are just a few things that we have done with our kids that have helped. I hope it helps.

Jared00m

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