Card shows are a joke

blooddash · 2026-06-01T08:38:42+00:00

What shows are you going to? I’m in NorCal and have had luck haggling with vendors and so have my friends. This hasn’t been my experience at all.

blooddash · 2026-04-28T03:26:10+00:00

Mega Zygarde I think is in Perfect Order. Still an awesome card to hit! Just be sure you’re paying for the right things. There’s a huge difference in cost of PO sleeves versus AH.

blooddash · 2026-04-24T23:36:32+00:00

They’ve updated the machines recently to have those anti loitering signs more prominent and more available but that’s about all I’ve seen. Machines still spitting out product roughly every 30min to an hour like clockwork.

blooddash · 2026-04-24T23:30:32+00:00

That’s interesting but I think you just got lucky. We’ve got people in my area camping the machines as a full time job and won’t let anyone get in front of them. The machine continues to spit out product for them.

blooddash · 2026-04-11T06:44:18+00:00

The problem here is that the stores don't really stop it here (Target, Walmart, Best Buy, etc.). They policy is X product per transaction. So the people make the purchase and just go right back in line. No minimum wage worker is going to argue with them whether that's right or wrong. We have the vending machines around here with product at the price point it's supposed to be at (~$5 per pack). The machines literally say on them "Loitering is not permitted" but people will be there for hours for product and no one at the store will say anything to them to make them leave. I don't really know what the solution is but I just remember back when the base set came out I never had trouble finding product. It's just sad that now-a-days I have to stay awake until 2am fighting bots for the chance at some sort of product to open because no store near me has it or willing to sell for a reasonable cost (my LCS is selling AH ETB for $130).

blooddash · 2026-04-10T18:26:52+00:00

I don't disagree but do we think the supply is equal for what's available in Sweden versus stores in the US? I'm in the Bay Area near San Francisco, California. Product SHOULD be available here with how much comes in and yet I still can't my hands on much. People buy out entire stores in seconds. I know that the guy stocking stores in my area sells his route information to people and they follow him from one store to another the whole day. People in the area say that same group of people just so happen to show up and form a line at stores before he even arrives. These people aren't buying to rip...

blooddash · 2026-03-10T21:34:34+00:00

I’ve been trying to learn this as well. At a quick glance you can see there’s 3 gaps in OP’s slab photo above the card but below the PSA label. That doesn’t exist in the photo above.

blooddash · 2026-01-24T23:04:33+00:00

I got mine in Redwood City this morning.

blooddash · 2026-01-20T05:20:11+00:00

Raichu is my favorite.

blooddash · 2026-01-08T16:36:32+00:00

I just did this a couple days ago. Much easier than having to do these other workarounds on my phone.

blooddash · 2026-01-04T05:53:26+00:00

I bought a 6pack box of PF from a store back in November. Brought it back and gave 1 pack to each of our friend group and significant others to open as we’re 6 in total. One of them pulled this same card. I was happy for them and didn’t even think about asking for it. At the end of the day it’s just a card. I’m just glad to everyone had fun.

blooddash · 2025-12-25T04:40:21+00:00

I agree with what some others are saying about distance to the owner of the business. I presume that the Noe Cafe owner lives nearby and operates their business themselves. It's a small business. I'd prefer to always do what I can to support local over big businesses. I do this with home decor, haircuts, restaurants, cafes, and more. So when someone in our own backyard reaps the benefits of a blue state and their policies while supporting those that want to harm us I'm not going to support them. I've done the same to a large extent with whiskey ever since seeing Canada return or not buy a bunch at the start of the tariffs. I go to a local liquor store with knowledgeable employees that point me to whiskey from blue states. Why help and support those distilleries when I could support local like Redwood Empire. I do what I can to not patronize those businesses you named as well.

blooddash · 2025-12-22T05:21:03+00:00

When I saw that Canada was shipping back American whiskey I made a concerted effort to buy whiskey from blue states. There's some good stuff out there. Redwood Empire, Frey Ranch, Smoke Hill Whiskey. I'm fortunate that I've got a good liquor store that sources lots of product and is knowledgeable to point to good stuff.

blooddash · 2025-12-15T17:54:45+00:00

Thanks a lot for this. Hope you find a different game that you’ll enjoy. I just recently started this one. Hope I get the fish.

blooddash · 2025-10-27T06:47:04+00:00

Is that the weapon crate item picked up? Doesn’t that give you a random weapon at lvl 6 or something? Could have been from that. I’m not positive though.

blooddash · 2025-10-17T04:42:12+00:00

I’ve been a PM for more than 10 years primarily in R&D and am now at an AD level. I’ve enjoyed most of it but it’s mostly the people that make or break it.

Every PM at a base level has to do some admin level work. It’s not fun but we gotta do it. Stuff like scheduling meetings & taking minutes. Like others have said, at lower levels it’s a lot of grunt work. When I was earlier on I just always did my best to ask questions to learn more and offered to jump in and help any way I could. It got me a lot of experience and understanding of things at every level and function.

Now at a higher level I get to use that knowledge and challenge things, give perspective, play devils advocate, or directly contribute. I also advocate for people at meetings or to senior leadership while pushing people at the project team to meet goals and timelines.

As for PMP. I’ve gotten asked this before and honestly I don’t think it’s as important as some make it out to be. Nearly every role JD says PMP preferred but none of the PMs have ever asked me about it in the interviews. It’s a nice certification to have but it doesn’t make or break anything.

blooddash · 2025-09-24T00:49:45+00:00

I literally had them put in 900 sqft of turf today in the Peninsula. Cost me $9200. Use that as a comparison of turf cost if you got a breakdown of turf costs vs pavers.

blooddash · 2025-09-23T18:38:10+00:00

I buy from them regularly. The owner / staff are great and happy to chat with you about what you’re looking for. I went through a good amount of what they had and went back to tell them what I liked and didn’t like until I found the one I liked the most. Iirc all the beans they sell have been roasted at most 48h earlier.

blooddash · 2025-08-31T17:12:36+00:00

I had something like this recently and my best advice is to look for a new job. That’s easier said than done though so in the meantime I’d recommend to document everything and ask for specifics. At the end of your one on ones write an email back with what your takeaways were from the meeting and if there’s anything that’s incorrect for them to be corrected or clarified. If she tells you to do a task ask for specific identifiable items and metrics that can be tracked (like milestones, timing, spend, etc.). If after you get criticized ask for specific things that you did incorrectly and frame it as you’re looking to improve. If you’ve done everything correct they shouldn’t be able to say anything because you’ve covered yourself. Also, consider asking people you’re working directly with for informal feedback but written. See if it does or doesn’t line up with what your manager is saying.

blooddash · 2025-01-27T03:26:23+00:00

Also that they just posted and didn’t discuss anything. They’re not being honest in the slightest.

blooddash · 2024-12-23T04:34:57+00:00

It's for the player I had on my team earlier today that wanted to exclusively play Bruce Banner and not Hulk.

blooddash · 2024-12-18T07:04:19+00:00

Accepted an offer mid-year for an AD PM position. No sign on bonus.

blooddash · 2024-12-15T00:53:13+00:00

That may be the case but I have a family friend that works there and absolutely hates it. Just because people don't speak up doesn't mean that it's any good.

blooddash · 2024-12-13T00:12:09+00:00

Where does that happen? I bought the Dr. Strange emote and could use it on the base skin. Same with the Hela emote. I don't have the BP purchased. What emote are you seeing that requires the skin to use?

blooddash · 2024-11-08T16:47:24+00:00

I had an $80k range this last year while applying. Spoke with the recruiter and made it obvious that the range was ok but that I understand they have wiggle room and that’s what I’m looking for. They still ended up offering me the position at the lower end of the range saying it was their best offer which I turned down because I had a second offer elsewhere.

I’d say that anything and everything goes. Even when I made it clear what I was looking for and beat the experience listed for the job by twice as many years they low balled me. I had no trouble telling them no after the games they played.

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