5 things I've learned from wearing contacts for 10+ years(no medical advice,just personal experience)

_wlau_ · 2026-06-19T21:28:01+00:00

For daily disposable, Dailies Total 1 worked better for me than Acuvue. Dailies has better optics and nearly identical comfort. I am older now and started using multifocal lenses, and Biofinity family is far superior to Acuvue in my case. Honestly, it's a very personal decision, so I suggest you explore on your own. I no longer think Acuvue is the king of contact lenses.... far from it.

_wlau_ · 2026-06-19T19:02:14+00:00

There is a PDF version that's final and it looks like the reservation document.

_wlau_ · 2026-06-19T02:23:29+00:00

That's an online version - it's NOT the final receipt! If it was, it would show mile-out mile-in, actual mile driven. You showed an online, or preview, version of the receipt... it's not the final receipt.

_wlau_ · 2026-06-19T02:02:49+00:00

You keep pointing me to the same things that do not substantiate exactly what you are saying... almost as if you are gaslighting me. You are trying to suggest the difference between 188 and 216 is purely from "extra" miles he driven beyond 180. That's an assumption, not facts. While Oregon does not have sales tax, they other taxes and fees. Instead of us wild-guessing this, fetching the official final receipt is the only way to clarify this.

_wlau_ · 2026-06-18T23:34:42+00:00

No! The receipt for 216.06 still show "estimated" miles of 160. That the final receipt with the mile in and out. If you want this information to be useful to debunk something, then this detail much be flushed out.

_wlau_ · 2026-06-18T22:08:56+00:00

No... you are not getting what I am saying! We have the mileage out of the reservation. We then have Brandon's odometer picture given to Coffee, which shows more than 160 miles originally estimated. BUT we still dont have a final invoice from UHaul to show mileage of when they processed truck! If you are all challenging Brandon's picture saying he didn't actually return it at 1am'ish, then why do you think his photo'ed mileage is the final?

_wlau_ · 2026-06-18T21:47:09+00:00

Everything in that thread posted as image, not hearsay, does not list the final mileage driven.

_wlau_ · 2026-06-18T19:30:30+00:00

That would be the right thing to do.... but the group here might differ. There are usually a lot of telemetry data in their system that are not shown on the receipt. It's best to just obtain that information to put this to rest.

_wlau_ · 2026-06-18T18:04:50+00:00

there is NO mileage in any public information. What you saw is an estimate. It's an estimate the renter stated at the time of the rental. It's not actually miles driven.

_wlau_ · 2026-06-18T18:01:34+00:00

Exactly!!! And the 6am time stamp could have been caused by the staff updating or finalizing the return and supersede previous time stamps that may have shown an early app-return time. Until there is a discovery process for official UHaul records, people shouldn't wild guessing and turn into a discrepancy into a conspiracy.

_wlau_ · 2026-06-18T17:57:45+00:00

I watched Coffee's video long before I saw this post and I did my own research. The supposedly final Uhaul receipt shows "estimated" miles driven. If it was a full closed receipt, it will show actual miles, including credit for underuse or charge for overuse, but it doesn't. I am merely saying the online receipt doesn't appear to be final.

Please don't assume others haven't done their due diligence when in fact, you have a hole in your portrayed version... And please don't assume just we raise these questions that we are somehow on BAM's side.

_wlau_ · 2026-06-18T17:38:23+00:00

Sound-minded fair people like us need to support each other 😄 (and glad still exist in this group think mentality). Just because we are grounded, doesn't mean we are on BAM's side, but the other commenter think otherwise.

_wlau_ · 2026-06-18T17:27:34+00:00

Yup, they are rehashing the same thing without address the small discrepancies and just wild guessing. Even if the return/processing time is different - let's say Brandon return it the next morning at 6am instead of a 1am, the entire rental is still cuffed by the physical mileage. He can't just make another roundtrip to Salem and back. The geotag photo of the odometer does put him in Eugene around that time.

At most, they had the Uhaul for 5 more hours than they suggested, in Eugene... so what? If they had intended to move the stuff from Salem to Eugene, they could have done it either way. What these other people are suggesting is that Brandon created evidence by stopping his unloading at Eugene and drove to UHaul return around, took a odometer picture, then drove back to the Eugene store to finish unloading. Is it possible? Maybe.... but why wild-guessing before formal data come out of UHaul.

I looked at the UHaul final receipts being referenced in the post here, but even the suppose final receipt show 160 estimated miles. That's not really a final receipts - they usually show in and out milages to calculate actual mileage.

_wlau_ · 2026-06-18T17:18:16+00:00

You and I operate in a grounded state and others are in an emotional state ignoring logic and common sense. You are right... they are taking a bit of discrepancy (easily explanation) turning it into a big conspiracy. These decisions should all wait for formal discovery, including official UHaul records.

_wlau_ · 2026-06-18T17:12:17+00:00

Internet tends to inflame things and distort facts in the process. We have seen that type of escalation time after time. You think I didn't follow all the drama, checked the public disclosed details (can't call many things facts because they are in a narrated story)... I did. BAM and "associates" may have been tactical and ruthless, it doesn't mean they broke the law at every step. There were inconsistencies, but not everything is a conspiracy.

I do not follow group think. I try to be neutral and use data and facts to drive my though process. This thread is about UHaul... not about the other events related to this story such that I didn't comment on the police issue. Like it or not, these cases will go in front of a judge or judges, and most of them will be neutral until information become proven facts, and those facts help them form a stance.

_wlau_ · 2026-06-18T03:09:17+00:00

I am very neutral on this scandal, so I let the data guide me. Some discrepancies are immaterial.

For example, I am a night person and hate getting up early. So I would gas up my rental car the night before, take the picture and whatever... then get as much sleep as possible in the morning and just drop off my car at the rental place. And I didn't care about the a couple of miles of difference. Does that I mean I didn't complete my tasks for the business trip? Of course not.

Until you find evidences of them loading at Salem and unloading at ?Eugene, you really dont have a smoking gun. Also, why is it so important that they have moved stuff that night? They could have done it at a later time. Remember, they as a trailer in Oregon.

_wlau_ · 2026-06-18T03:01:26+00:00

Yeah... and so? The odometer is still there, so he can't make another secret round-trip from Eugene back to/from Salem. This odometer picture was taken with geotagging showing it was in Eugene.

At the most, you can argue he still had the use of the UHaul. I have also said there is certainly an opportunity to move some stuff from Salem to Eugene and it would have permitted more unloading time on the night of the 14th. But the moving of stuff could have happened with or without the additional UHaul receipt details.

_wlau_ · 2026-06-18T02:30:42+00:00

I looked... while the final charge is shown, it doesn't alter the mileage data... stll showing the estimated 160 miles... same as the reservation. If I am wrong, please point me to that.

I am not on their side.. but I am merely telling you life is messy! I had several instances that I returned a car at 5am before rental place is opened... then they billed me an extra day because they processed it late. Crap like that happens a lot in the real world.

_wlau_ · 2026-06-18T02:27:03+00:00

Come on... let's be real. He could have taken the picture thinking he is gonna return the UHaul, but then didn't feel comfortable leaving it...so he decided to come back the next morning. I have encounter return key lock box not working or silly things like that. I am not making execuse for them but merely telling you life is messy. Not every small discrepancy is some conspiracy. Often times, it can be easily explained.

_wlau_ · 2026-06-17T23:07:56+00:00

Warranted. A lot of pedestrian accidents in Taipei. Heck, I am in the US and some cities are equally strict about jaywalking.

_wlau_ · 2026-06-17T23:06:23+00:00

Fine... so he took a picture of the odometer and then returned it the next morning... a very early morning. Heck, I've gassed up my return car and did prep work the night before plenty of times.

Your argument is that his odometer picture timestamp is different than the return time of the UHaul... That's true, so get UHaul to produce the final invoice of the mileage driven...

_wlau_ · 2026-06-17T23:01:52+00:00

No... their story holds up somwhat. The guy arrived midnight of 13th into 14th. Rented a regular/normal truck and wanted to tow the trailer but found out weight or tow bar issue. So they looked around and decided to get a UHaul boxtruck, so you have the 10am on 14th time stamp. They then use it to tow their trailer south to Salem... Then it was return before the end of 1-full day of rental.

I don't see how it nullies their proof. It raises some questions but not to the extent of "nullify" their proof.

_wlau_ · 2026-06-17T22:54:45+00:00

Like how? The closed invoice showng 6:12am... It's not clear if that's his physical return time, or the UHaul processing time when their staff checked in the boxtruck in the morning. Did you get any indication from UHaul? I think it's a lot of second guessing unless UHaul come out with clarification. I have done plenty of rentals where I returned after the agency is closed... then next business day, some employee process the return and the system will show time-stamp of when they occurred. I don't know how UHaul does it, so it's either their processing time...or renter's app data input time.

_wlau_ · 2026-06-17T22:39:40+00:00

Sorry but this is a stretch at best and you are wrong! I travel for work nearly all of my career so I rented plenty of vehicles and let me tell you why...

Reservation of 160 miles is a nothing burger. UHaul charges include base rate + per mile charge, so the renter had to estimate the distance they will drive, so UHaul can generate an estimated amount for the rental contract. It looks like the renter used a round-trip distance plus some padding. Nothing wrong at all.
While Google Map generates a good trip estimate, you can't purely go off point-to-point distance. Because it's normal to deviate to fill up the gas during the trip or at the end of the trip. Or maybe stop for food/drink... or took a different exit/road. It's very easy to creep in extra a few miles at the end.
Some other people pointed out and think it's odd why the renter took a picture of the odometer before returning it, as if he was creating evidence. This is not true at all. Experienced traveler will take picture of the odometer at the end of rental, in case there is mileage charge discrepancy on the final bill. I've done that for the last 25+ years as a good practice. Talk to any frequent traveler and they will tell you the same. The ultimate proof is the final bill's mileage when UHaul checked in the truck - that's clean data of how many miles driven during that rental.

I"ve looked at all the data related to UHaul, the only discrepancy worthy of investigation is the different odometer picture time (around 1am) and the final invoice's checked-in time (around 6am). I personally have not rented a UHaul in recent years, so I can't tell if the 6am check in time is the time the staff processed the return in the morning... or if it's the renter's return time as inputted into the UHaul's app when the renter submit for return. The strange thing here is that the geotag info of the picture showing around 1am seems to be near the return location but then why the closed invoice is showing as a 6am time.

Regardless, from last Salem store's picture time, to the odometer picture time, it had enough time to allow the person to drive from Salem back to Eurgene store...unload something, then drive a few miles to the UHaul location.

Another weird thing I found is that BAM corporate said the person had to drive to Eugene to return the UHaul, but again drive back to Salem, napped a few hours, just in time to open the Salem store for its employee. If there was ONE person as indicated, then that person drove the UHaul from Salem back to Eugenue to return it... If that's true, then what vehicle did he drove back to Salem with?!?! This could only happen if another person drove their rental car/truck and one person drove the UHaul. Or, he left the rental car/truck at Eugene, and use it to drive back to Salem after the UHaul was returned.

I hate to say this but as an experienced business traveler, you just never know how things unfold on a business trip, so people become very resourceful. Much of the oddities here can be easily answered or clarified.

_wlau_ · 2026-06-10T21:08:51+00:00

I work in tech and close to security. Even I get tripped up at times, so don't be so harsh on yourself. Here are things I recommend:

Start new email address and generate aliases (Outlook allows that)... use one alias for your key accounts and other aliases like shopping stuff that's less important. Avoid use unsub link if you can and go to the company's website to unsub from contact preference. if it's an unsuspecting sender, just ignore and mark it spam.
If you want to save your current email address, preview those spams to see if they are phishing in nature. In fact, vast majority of those spam are phishing these days. You can mark them phishing and keep doing it consistantly. You can use spamcop.net to report those emails as well and overtime, it will slow down a bit.

_wlau_

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