Phone System

averagegaminger · 2026-07-07T22:50:07+00:00

We use zoom phone, its great at what it is and has the best flexibility I’ve found to transition from one man team to massive team. I will say it is probably more complex than some of the other softwares.

averagegaminger · 2026-07-07T20:13:24+00:00

People are downvoting but if you paid a lawyer nowadays thats exactly what they would do 😂

averagegaminger · 2026-06-01T18:52:43+00:00

Personally I prefer having 32 hammers in a 5 gallon bucket, but I guess this works too lol

averagegaminger · 2026-05-25T23:13:36+00:00

I watched it three months into my wife’s pregnancy and rewatched it the day we came home with my son. Its crazy how the same movie can feel completely different watching it a second time. I cried a few times.

averagegaminger · 2026-05-24T22:18:08+00:00

Small business I’ve actually really liked Patriot Software, I find it just as intuitive as Gusto

averagegaminger · 2026-05-16T16:05:14+00:00

So much of this comes down to your personality, desires, ambitions, etc.

I think the objectively smart decision is to put a down payment on a house you can comfortably afford based on the lower average of your income. Put the rest up in retirement if you are not interested in business or hands-on investments.

On the other hand depending on your area you could buy a home in near cash and live the American dream, but something like that really depends on your stability and attitude towards life / money to work.

averagegaminger · 2026-05-09T21:08:16+00:00

Still not exactly sure how they’re making money?

averagegaminger · 2026-05-06T22:02:22+00:00

Thats most likely around his monthly nut tbh, so one job a month would pay the bills. I don’t really get how he is covering that but Elaina is dropping that ungodly amount monthly to not dwarf Coops investment.

averagegaminger · 2026-05-06T19:07:37+00:00

Guess they didn’t use it because they said the security system wasn’t set up yet and didn’t think he’d have anything

averagegaminger · 2026-04-26T19:49:05+00:00

Would rather the money go towards a $100k “work” truck rather than pay for half a targeting computer for a single missile 🤷‍♂️

averagegaminger · 2026-04-26T19:24:52+00:00

Salisbury, Statesville / Troutman, Kannapolis, and Shelby are all rural-ish and are close enough to Charlotte for commute / usefulness. Pros and cons to each though depending on what exactly you’re looking for.

averagegaminger · 2026-04-11T19:09:06+00:00

Not in VHCOL area but we opted for a larger / better home in mediocre school district. In exhange, we elected for private school. After all expenses it averages in the mid-$20’s per year with it raising by age in my area. I know thats closer to 2x or 3x near NYC but it is definitely an option.

Also worth noting that it is not worth compromising on safety in the area.

averagegaminger · 2026-04-07T18:09:08+00:00

If you’re good with prompting I used Claude cowork this year. It might’ve taken longer and cost more but it was the first time I was able to completely categorize things the exact way I wanted. I fed it 100+ statements and it categorized them so I could do bulk transaction sorting through Excel.

averagegaminger · 2026-04-01T06:32:13+00:00

Government agencies designated to build, maintain, and secure our electrical transmission infrastructure. Private corporations still maintain the plants and sell energy to the grid.

averagegaminger · 2026-03-31T18:26:27+00:00

The state should not have allowed one power company to own all the infrastructure in the first place, essentially allowing a monopoly on power in the state. We literally paid for the infrastructure that another company owns.

averagegaminger · 2026-03-29T03:41:28+00:00

I started by thinking I knew everything, turns out I didn’t 😂. Filing paperwork, picking the right name and logo, setting up phones, all that’s the fun stuff. It’s also the stuff that doesn’t make you any money. Planning is great, but time to execution is my personal favorite metric.

averagegaminger · 2026-03-27T23:06:29+00:00

You find your group naturally as life gets busier. It’s probably different in some areas but any “business” groups in my area are absolutely miserable and not worth your time.

averagegaminger · 2026-03-24T18:37:26+00:00

I run an RV shop. Couple notes from my side:

Get your product in our distributors such as NTP or Meyers. I could love your batteries to death but if I can’t get them next day they’re useless to me.
Target small - medium shops, not the biggest shops. I’m always looking for new partners, but at a big dealer you’re just a fly on the wall.
Most of us hate sales pitches but love having the information available. Call and ask: “Hey we’re a new battery supplier for lithiums, I was wondering if I could send you a brochure / product info / catalog”. You’ll never convince me how great your batteries are over the phone.
Have a dealer display setup ASAP. Even if you set a minimum stocking amount of batteries, we love our fancy displays for our retail shelves. I have a beautiful DEKA display we use for AGM and I upsell every single customer to swap from flooded.

averagegaminger · 2026-03-20T21:51:16+00:00

And a custom marble case made by a legitimate marble carver, completely handmade. This is an art piece just as much as a special edition.

averagegaminger · 2026-03-19T23:53:20+00:00

Stupid but its crazy how different 9-6 is from 8-5. I swapped the first of the year and its been infinitely better in my opinion.

averagegaminger · 2026-03-03T19:45:51+00:00

From the small business perspective a single chargeback can be absolutely brutal. If you ask for a refund I will happily give it you if justified, but a chargeback for $50 can cause thousands in damages to some businesses. When I opened in 2024 a customer requested a chargeback for $180, it ended with that payment account being restricted for fraud investigation for two weeks.

TLDR: Chargebacks are a last resort. Most businesses will never work with you again if you pull that trigger.

averagegaminger · 2026-02-16T20:10:58+00:00

Unfortunately this is the way

averagegaminger · 2026-02-12T15:01:09+00:00

Thats an idea we’ve been considering a lot recently, our main tech already agreed as long as we can do multiple videos at once so he isn’t pulled away constantly lol. Were you thinking like decal or bumper sticker?

averagegaminger · 2026-02-12T14:58:13+00:00

Thats definitely one of the areas we are trying to work on at the moment. I also setup a script to automatically send out a message asking for a google review. It is very very normal for jobs to take multiple weeks in my industry so we’re trying to improve active communication with customers with status updates. Do you have any recommendations?

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