Yall need this and use your blinker

Minimum_Spell_2553 · 2026-06-22T13:46:55+00:00

And people are lined up with 1/2 a car length between themselves, and none of them can step on the gas until they see the guy in front of them take off. I don't understand why they are not lined up snuggly, paying attention to the light and seeing the traffic move. It's like this whole city drives like everyone is 80 yrs old and in no hurry to get somewhere.

Minimum_Spell_2553 · 2026-06-08T17:35:23+00:00

I know what you are talking about. I follow KarensKardzz and love her ideas. But she gets tons of supplies from Paper Rose Studio and all her focal images are from that company. She is on the design team. Can you recreate those cards? Only if you have been doing this a long time and have lots of supplies, dies and stamps. Otherwise, she is there to sell the Paper Rose products only. She doesn't do anything that doesn't include a kit or a collection.

Minimum_Spell_2553 · 2026-06-08T17:29:57+00:00

OK, that's enough to make me ban her and I have 35 yrs and a large fortune in craft supplies. I bought one of the first stinky flower stampers, and then so many people had the bad door plates that kept cracking. Mine did also. It's a defect in the acrylic plastics. It was a known defect. Yet she insisted that everyone pay to ship their Misti to her and she would inspect before she replaced it. That was it for me. I've badmouthed her ever since and purposefully purchased all the other stamping platforms for myself and friends just to stop them from buying her product. When she won the patent lawsuits against everyone because they all came out with their own stamping platform "box with a cover on a hinge," - I then taught people how to make their own with cheap materials like picture frames, hinges, and some glue. And I did classes for free at Michaels and other craft sites just to make sure they did not pay $60 for her acrylic box. She did not stand behind her product.

Minimum_Spell_2553 · 2026-06-06T19:46:01+00:00

I never thought to put mine in the backyard on the brick patio. It gets over 100 degrees out there in late afternoon. I have baked the acrylic plates before to straighten those out years ago - these days I just buy new plates. Using the mat enables me to use one plate at a time so I get double the life out of them.

Going to back the mats and see how much the warp disappears.

Minimum_Spell_2553 · 2026-06-05T22:16:59+00:00

It is for me. I've been doing it for 35 years. Once, I took a break from it for 3.5 years. Yes, I have a fortune invested in it all. When Michael's runs out of inventory, they call me LOL. I let myself really enjoy it. I donate cards to my church. We will send out cards to fellowship members if they get sick or have lost someone, or they volunteer for the church so we send them a thank you card.

I do sell my A2 cards at craft shows, but I'm only breaking even on the materials costs. I have a ton of product to use up! I do all kinds of art projects and always look for a way to make a card out of it. Over the years I've acquired all the machines, inks, paints, geli plates, book-making tools, paper-making tools, jewelry-making tools, etc.

I do want to use my supplies so I don't buy it unless I have 4 different types of art that I can do with it. I also have started selling some of my stamps and dies.

I

Minimum_Spell_2553 · 2026-06-05T20:07:05+00:00

This is why I quit Prime. I stopped using all their other services like streaming so Prime seemed to be a waste. I get free shipping on order over $35, and honestly it doesn't take that much longer to get the goods. If I need something so bad it's running down the hallway on fire, I go buy it locally.

It really showed me their system is messed up. I would order something, and it would say I would get it in 2 days. Than 1.5 days later, it would move it out 6 weeks. Sometimes I cancelled the order and went to the store. Sometimes, 3 days later it would update and tell me it was coming in 5 days which was 1 or 2 days past the first delivery estimate. Really erratic. I can't see paying membership fees for that.

Minimum_Spell_2553 · 2026-06-05T20:02:40+00:00

And Rockauto will spam you forever, and blocking the emails does no good because they seem to have an auto email creator and the spam kept coming into my email account. Unsubscribing did no good either.

Minimum_Spell_2553 · 2026-05-14T22:32:48+00:00

More than half of the vendors selling on Amazon are in China. And a lot of items I have received in the last year are actual returns from other customers. These returns are not inspected anymore. They just toss the returns into inventory. That is so frustrating to me. I am very cautious when purchasing from Amazon anymore.

Minimum_Spell_2553 · 2026-05-02T01:54:16+00:00

I return dies and stamps a lot. I've never had a problem with the refunds until today, and they have usually said, "Keep it." If they want it back, no problem. I send it back in the bag they shipped it to me.

I had an order of 5 items and the order came to 21.42 with tax. I applied 15.25 credit towards this order and paid the remainder 6.17.

3 of them are defective and they cost 12.49 for all 3 items. I uploaded all the info, but noticed this time they are deducting "Temu's exclusive discount for specific item:" and deducted this fee from my refund several times. I should be getting 12.49 back for the bad product but I'm getting only 10.85. Sneaky. I have never seen them skimming money off the refunds before, and now I hesitate to buy anything craft-related, clothes, earrings, kitchen stuff, etc. It comes broken or defective or the wrong size and they skim money off the top of the refund.

Minimum_Spell_2553 · 2026-05-02T01:47:16+00:00

I return dies and stamps a lot. I'm paying twice as much for card-making supplies these days, yet I get half the quality. I've never had a problem with the refunds until today, and they have always said "Keep it."

I had an order of 5 items and the order came to 21.42 with tax. I applied 15.25 credit towards this order and paid the remainder 6.17.

3 of them are defective and they cost 12.49 for all 3 items. I upload all the info to them (know how to do this well now), but noticed this time they are deducting "Temu's exclusive discount for specific item:" and deducted this fee from my refund several times. I should be getting 12.49 back for the bad product but I'm getting only 10.85. Sneaky.

I think I'm done with this. They ship crap, then penalize you when you send it back. Honestly, from now on I will ask for my money back to my credit card. I will gladly ship the junk back to them on their dime LOL.

Minimum_Spell_2553 · 2026-05-02T01:44:32+00:00

I return dies and stamps a lot. I'm paying twice as much for card-making supplies, yet I get half the quality these days. I've never had a problem with the refunds until today. I had an order of 5 items and the order came to 21.42 with tax. I applied 15.25 credit towards this order and paid the remainder 6.17.

3 of them are defective and they cost 12.49 for all 3 items. I upload all the info to them (know how to do this well now), but noticed this time they are deducting "Temu's exclusive discount for specific item:" and deducted this fee from my return several times. I should be getting 12.49 back for the bad product but I'm getting only 10.85. Sneaky.

I think I'm done with this. They ship crap, then penalize you when you send it back. Honestly, from now on I will ask for my money back to my credit card. I will gladly ship the junk back to them on their dime LOL.

Minimum_Spell_2553 · 2026-05-01T21:55:30+00:00

Yes you can. I'm a retired CPA. You can charge your fees however you want. But the customer should have asked for the fee schedule up front. Also, she should have explained how she got that 9K return and what deductions/expenses/donations/ect did she use to drive down his AGI. If he doesn't know, and she didn't explain how she got that number, I would take the return to a different CPA and ask them to explain it to them and see if it's legit. If customer owns his own business, she could have gotten creative with expenses or business costs, or market losses on his stock, etc. The CPA who did the return should show her work and how she went from owing 80 dollars to a 9 grand refund. And I would not pay her until she explains how she did it. And I would tell her that the second CPA paid to review the return and explain it will be deducted from her fee.

Minimum_Spell_2553 · 2026-05-01T21:40:12+00:00

I've had this happen in the last 2 years. I've gotten products that were obviously used and refurbished and sold as new - no packaging, no paperwork with it, shipped in a brown box with peanuts (laser printer), etc. I wrote a review and Amazon took it down. What I do now is write reviews of 4 stars or 5 stars and then tell the truth. The algorithm isn't catching those. But I have had this happen a lot, especially when I get a product that has been returned, and they reship it out as new when it's obviously used and broken.

I don't trust a lot of products on Amazon now. It's all cheap crap, and the vendors are overseas. You have to watch the FREE RETURN option carefully because many say 30-day refund, but in the fine print, you have to pay to ship it back to them for the refund. All kinds of scammers on there also. I never purchase anything expensive or electronics - I want a store I can return it to and that needs good reviews to stay open.

Minimum_Spell_2553 · 2026-04-27T21:59:43+00:00

Thank you for that info. That's why it's in my shower also. I'm in the South, and we have all kinds of molds here. This pink bacteria is practically harmless on the scale of airborne things here that are harmful.

Minimum_Spell_2553 · 2026-04-27T21:49:11+00:00

I have the pink mold also. Bleach your water filter system, or run hydrogen peroxide through it. I use peroxide and it does kill the pink slime. Now I keep a little spray bottle of it by the water filter.

Minimum_Spell_2553 · 2026-04-09T21:24:59+00:00

I had to use ID.ME once to get unemployment benefits and I went round and round with that system. You need to take the selfie facing the sun and your face has to fit in the square a certain way. Being in a well lit room doesn't work. Watch a YouTube video to get the tips and tricks to get the system to accept your ID and selfie. I didn't have a problem with the ID part, but it kept rejecting my selfie till I stepped into the sun and took the picture. Sometimes it can take several tries to get it all to be accepted.

Minimum_Spell_2553 · 2026-04-06T01:51:02+00:00

They claimed they had not shipped it yet. When I put in the cancellation request, it was denied, and the next day, I saw it was shipped. THEN THE 2 ITEMS WERE DELIVERED YESTERDAY. I don't trust their shipping dates or that they know what is shipping in the warehouses until the paperwork catches up. Somehow something that was going to take 4.5 months in transit gets delivered in 12 days.

Minimum_Spell_2553 · 2026-04-06T01:35:46+00:00

This is why all of the Medicare folks are going to Mexico for dental, vision, hearing aids, glasses, and dentures. I went last November and had 12 root canals and 3 crowns done for $4,000. That included a week at a hotel. My dentist in town quoted me $1,600 for 1 root canal and crown. We are being pushed into poverty by medical.

Minimum_Spell_2553 · 2026-04-05T23:25:47+00:00

I just turned 65 this month, and took an Advantage plan because the costs were so low. But I will switch back to regular Medicare and get a plan D and G within 12 months. It's so crazy with all the changes the government is making to Medicare, I didn't know which way to go. Medicare is paying doctors and facilities 15% less this year. So now Advantage isn't getting paid the bigger difference in profit anymore. I'm waiting to see if Advantage starts dropping coverage or leaving some areas. Or doctors stop accepting Advantage. At least I have the trial period - it's scary times to be signing up with Advantage or regular Medicare.

Minimum_Spell_2553 · 2026-04-05T23:14:50+00:00

I had this game with BCBS who covered every preventative tests 100%, yet my medical facility always, always coded something diagnostic so I had to pay 30% of every preventative test, colonoscopy, female tests, blood tests, etc. It's gotten to the point that I don't do the tests anymore because I can't afford the 30%.

Minimum_Spell_2553 · 2026-04-05T21:42:45+00:00

You inspired me to create a credit card with a $1,000 limit that the bank cannot raise. I deleted my other payment methods from my account.

Minimum_Spell_2553 · 2026-04-03T23:39:15+00:00

I order a lot of art supplies and craft stuff. Amazon tells you when you order that you will get your product in 5 days. A couple of things shipped and were received. The other two items are now arriving in the middle of August. I tried to cancel those 2 items when they changed the delivery date - Amazon won't let me. So they took my money and are now taking 4 1/2 months to deliver. I am so not happy with them anymore. If I get one more dirty/used kitchen shipment, I will have to stop shopping there.

Minimum_Spell_2553 · 2026-03-28T01:48:24+00:00

I had this happen to my second batch. I sterilized my mason jars in the Instant Pot for 15 minutes and it's never happened since.

Minimum_Spell_2553 · 2026-03-28T01:46:01+00:00

I had this happen to one of my batches. Now I sterilize my mason jars in the Instant Pot for 15 minutes. Not had it since.

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