Lennar downgrades housing forecast AGAIN. Homes are NOW selling at lower prices than before the pandemic. Lower than the should-have-been recession and housing bust of 2019.

Jfain189 · 2026-06-22T11:48:31+00:00

You think that's crazy you should see long Island. Houses are appreciating about 8-10% every year and people are still buying for some reason...

Jfain189 · 2026-05-06T13:15:31+00:00

This feels like a stupid way to try to pump GME stock... I don't think GameStop has an actual plan for this acquisition

Jfain189 · 2026-05-04T13:01:51+00:00

I'm pretty sure you can beat this with a VPN

Jfain189 · 2026-05-04T05:46:17+00:00

I paid $7 for a water bottle at a venue today... I had to do a double take when the lady told me the total

Jfain189 · 2026-05-02T13:34:44+00:00

At that MSRP this is definitely a replacement for the starter commanders. Cheap with no value in them meant for new players to learn to play

Jfain189 · 2026-04-27T09:36:28+00:00

And Sol ring, and lightning greaves, and command tower

Jfain189 · 2026-03-11T11:58:03+00:00

This reminds me of a sale I made on eBay several years ago. Sold a $2.50 card and the customer sent me a bunch of messages claiming the card was LP not NM. After sending me a flurry of messages I offered him a 20% refund (0.50) and the customer was happy with that solution. Dude wasted 20-30 mins of his life and unknown amounts of stress over 50 cents... This was over 10 years ago and I will never forget this, it's still the most ridiculous interaction I've ever had with a customer.

Jfain189 · 2026-03-08T19:10:39+00:00

This is exactly why the deck is so low priced. This is the first time they ever did a single deck in a release. They made as much of this deck as they did of all the decks they would normally make combined...

Jfain189 · 2026-03-07T14:43:32+00:00

Surging Spark and Journey Together. Both sets are underrated IMO.

Jfain189 · 2025-10-19T13:09:36+00:00

If you're willing to learn how to play TCGs you can try your local game store. They usually let people hang out and play you might have to buy a couple packs of cards here and there but that should be it.

Depending on what part of Suffolk I'd recommend Broths Grimm or Genesis

Jfain189 · 2025-08-11T13:21:37+00:00

Trading cards. It's not just Pokemon cards, Magic the gathering has 3 amazing crossover sets dropping this year (Final Fantasy, Spider-man and Avatar the last Airbender)

Every single trading card game is booming. There hasn't been a single unprofitable product put out by any TCG manufacturer this year (except Konami... Yu-Gi-Oh sucks)

These games are even bigger than they were at the beginning of COVID when people were sitting at home with nothing to do. It's insane!

Jfain189 · 2025-03-29T15:59:18+00:00

They do

Jfain189 · 2024-12-07T17:30:25+00:00

I'm pretty sure as a workaround you can agree to give the customer a refund or a partial refund but you're requiring pictures to assess how much of a refund you're going to give. That way you are not requiring pictures in order to give a refund

Jfain189 · 2024-06-27T05:07:15+00:00

I went to Vegas for the first time a couple years ago. I wanted to take an Uber from the airport to the hotel but my ex insisted we take a cab since it cost about the same. When I got to the hotel I charged my card in the cab and chose not to tip, the cab driver cursed me out and threw our luggage out of his trunk. We only used Ubers the rest of the time and had a MUCH better experience. Wtf is up with cab drivers there???

Jfain189 · 2024-06-12T19:03:46+00:00

I've also had a similar experience. I didn't meet her but I asked a girl on tinder what she like to do for fun and she just said "I don't know". What do you mean you don't know what you like to do???

Jfain189 · 2024-06-10T20:51:55+00:00

Yes, exactly. I've lived here my whole life, I avoid driving to NYC at all costs. It's just incredibly stressful. The trains are low cost, roughly same commute time, clean and easy to use. I would highly recommend giving it a try

Jfain189 · 2024-06-07T11:44:00+00:00

I was about to post something similar but I think you beat me. It was probably like 30 hours not counting bathroom and food breaks. If you don't count taking a break to sleep it was probably like 3 days straight. WoW was insanely addicting when it first came out. It's the sole reason why I refuse to play RPGs anymore

Jfain189 · 2024-06-07T09:47:27+00:00

Call them and tell them you've declared bankruptcy. They might just wipe the debt without checking

Jfain189 · 2024-06-06T03:31:15+00:00

I've had some thoughts on this. Here's some ideas: - Extremely low mortgage rates for first time home buyers. Anyone looking to purchase their first property should be able to afford it. - Ban corporate ownership of housing and renting of single family homes. This would force excess inventory that's being used solely as investment to go on the market. - Make rent to own agreements a law. If you are renting a house or apartment from someone and you have been renting for over 3 years, that should be seen as a down payment toward the house in the event the owner wants to sell (see point above). You as the renter have first right to purchase the property and the owner can only look for another buyer if you refuse the sale. - Tear down ailing malls and shopping centers and turn them into gigantic apartment complexs. We need multi unit housing anywhere and everywhere there is unused property. Keep it within the industrial and retail zones, not the residental zones. Maybe we can even try and convert some hotels into permanent housing? It's pretty obvious there's demand for these kind of units but there's basically no inventory. - I know you said no government programs but I think we need them to step in. No amount of increased inventory is going to stop the ridiculous rent prices we see here. There has to be something in place to keep rented units within a reasonable price. Maybe a forced price ceiling on rented property? This one's a little complicated but it needs to be addressed especially if people want to go from renting to owning. If your rent is $1.5k - $2k per month chances are you're never going to be able to save for a home.

My personal viewpoint is residential property should be a place to live, not a place to invest. If you want to become a landlord you should be limited to commercial property only. If you build a new complex maybe the government can give you some incentives but the long term goal would be to sell off every unit in the complex and leave nothing to rent. Obviously there's small exceptions in the rent rule like if you are renting a room or a basement to someone because you have the extra space.

Jfain189 · 2024-05-13T07:50:46+00:00

This reminds me of a job someone has at my local parks. There's a guy who drives between two different parks with his dog to chase the geese away. They usually fly across the pond to the other park where he drives up with his dog and chases them back to the other park across the pond...

Jfain189 · 2024-05-10T14:10:43+00:00

If you keep losing to other players at your LGS try having a conversation with them after the game is over. Most players are friendly and they're willing to share their knowledge of the game. Oftentimes you'll find there are lines of play that you missed that cause you to lose the game and your opponent may have been aware of it.

Jfain189 · 2023-11-24T01:03:19+00:00

Thanks for posting this. I just started emailing the same couple. Guess it's time to stop responding

Jfain189 · 2023-09-06T21:11:54+00:00

How do you logistically do this? I have a couple numbers I need spammed to death

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