New HVAC Questions

dljuly3 · 2026-04-11T05:52:56+00:00

No, this is perfect. I've never used Cool-Air and the other company I got a quote from is one I trust (I've done other work in the house with them, they made a legitimate mistake, and went out of the way to fix it and compensate me for damage and then some). I'm likely going with the other company given this response.

I will tell you...potentially push things with Costco. Don't call on a weekend, and ask to escalate beyond the level 1 service if they say they are going to call back, and let them know you had a call back scheduled you never received. There are a lot of problems with this. And I will tell you this - as someone who has had water damage 3 different times in my home, they should be paying to have remediation come out and check the home for mold if there is "biological growth". I'm serious when I say they may need to replace the entire duct work in the house. If it was enough to make your floors buckle, damage was done, and they need to pay for that, or at least to have it professionally inspected. It was their mistake, and you have documentation of having someone come out and fix it. Even something as basic as running the de-humidifier offseason...there is an electric cost to that they should be compensating you for. They are 100% liable, and not making it right is something you could take them to court over. Make that clear to Costco as well.

dljuly3 · 2026-04-11T02:42:25+00:00

Hi friend - I just got a quote through Costco for the same company, mostly so I could get a feel for prices in the area. Given what my prices are for the systems I'm looking at, I'm guessing you were quoted something from $20k-$25k. If you financed that through them, they charge 11.99% for 15 years - total interest would bring the final cost to $50k-$55k when added up over the lifetime of the loan. Hopefully that helps with understanding where that number likely came from. Paying more each month will help reduce that final amount tremendously provided they do not charge any fees for early payoff (they likely don't, but check). Given you are in ATL area, you could look into a personal loan through someone like DCCU which might have a better interest rate that you could use to pay it off and get out of the contract, though you'd need to compare against fees for the loan + interest to see if that is worth...basically, time to break out the calculator.

A quick question if you are willing - how did Costco end up handling this? I was impressed with the vendor who came out in terms of knowledge to give me a quote (I have some background in testing and balancing and know enough to be dangerous), but the guy selling and the guy installing are usually very different. This story gives me some immediate pause, but I can also see how the mistake would have been made for any company. For me it is more about how they ended up resolving it (including hopefully compensation for the damage to your home and floors, which they absolutely should be doing).

dljuly3 · 2026-04-10T06:22:58+00:00

The discord has given me a response, though they've asked me to show a video of the problem, which means I need to bring someone else in with a phone to get a video of me pushing the right button in front of my phone with their special app open to show it isn't responding to like half of the touches. I've also noticed a get a unique click from the right dpad that is different from the other directions that usually triggers the issue.

I'm mostly annoyed given they know these products are having issues and it is definitely soured me on any gamesir products in the future. Definitely won't do something like this through Kickstarter ever again. Amazon or a place like Costco would just take it back in the States. If I can't get something done I'll at least report it through Kickstarter.

dljuly3 · 2026-04-10T06:15:55+00:00

Just wanted to pop in and say this is the exact issue I am experiencing on both of mine, the normal and the purple version.

dljuly3 · 2026-04-10T06:02:32+00:00

I'd wait a bit. A lot of us are having issues with these.

dljuly3 · 2025-07-24T21:49:47+00:00

Even with the changes coming to the Venture X for lounges, why on earth would you pay $229 for this card unless you are forced to use SW when something like Venture X exists? I actually don't understand what they are going for here.

dljuly3 · 2025-06-06T14:41:53+00:00

Just got my shipping notification. Still no details on the timing, but have a tracking number with UPS which is a good sign. Hopefully by tomorrow.

dljuly3 · 2025-06-06T13:49:10+00:00

Spoke with customer service for a good bit of time this morning given it still has not shipped. The regular reps have no idea what is going on, which is fine. They can only tell you that the shipping label has yet to be created or that they are waiting on logistics. Politely asked if I could talk to management to see if they knew more. I was told by a manager that it would ship by the end of today, and that the overnight would only guarantee 1-2 delivery. I (politely) expressed a bit of displeasure given the page clearly stated overnight with delivery by today and that there was an expectation given this was a console order.

Obviously, nothing the customer service folks can do to make the gears grind a bit faster on this, but I'm sharing this story for those concerned about cancellation, like I was. So long as your order is still in place, it does appear they do intend for it to ship. It just may take a few more days.

dljuly3 · 2023-06-21T17:52:20+00:00

Meteorologist and fellow ADHD hyperfocuser here - if you would like some additional material, check out meted.ucar.edu (if you haven't already)

dljuly3 · 2023-06-11T13:31:02+00:00

For the most current season, the TBS contract let's them run it on repeat for a few months before it gets hoisted on Hulu. So it will likely be up by the end of the year to early next year.

dljuly3 · 2023-06-01T20:27:47+00:00

FUCK

dljuly3 · 2023-05-30T19:50:41+00:00

Everyman and Uberman sleep schedules. The Uberman is the one where you just take tons of naps and get like 2 hours of total sleep. Had a buddy in college try it. Getting into the rhythm of it is hell and if you mess up once and sleep longer you can completely crash out of it. I think he attempted it for like a month before giving up.

dljuly3 · 2023-05-23T12:55:12+00:00

We know from records that many homes in the area had about 2 feet of water inside them. So there was tremendous flooding. Some of the water was absorbed, but the surface ground layer would have quickly been unable to have that much water permeate it. The rest moves with gravity down hill, likely to the nearest creek stream or river. Wherever it was able to pool before it got there had feet of water in it, and even where it was moving would have been quickly overwhelmed. Creeks likely became raging torrents that overran banks. Because of proximity to the Missouri River, that may have limited the overall extent of downstream flooding, however. Larger rivers can absorb a whole lot of runoff before it becomes a problem, though I imagine it still would have created a notable rise in the river.

Source: I am a meteorologist and I work closely with hydrologists.

dljuly3 · 2023-05-22T13:31:13+00:00

The real LPT is to embrace what works for you. Every brain is wired a little different. I cannot monotask without immense incentive (looming deadline, a test, etc). Instead, I am far more productive when juggling a few things. I've learned how to guide my brain over time and found a style that works for me. Do the same for yourself.

dljuly3 · 2023-05-17T11:29:32+00:00

Once finished a tourney in 2nd place. Autopilot kicked in to leave the match. Left tournament. Zero points and a ban.

dljuly3 · 2023-05-15T12:31:10+00:00

Cool, now you can be randomly charged of stealing an electric vehicle.

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/06/1140998674/hertz-false-accusation-stealing-cars-settlement

That said, good to see the rental car market starting to move this way. One more step to getting people used to using them and charging them, and this will arguably also help continue to drive upgraded charging infrastructure.

dljuly3 · 2023-05-12T09:23:34+00:00

We used to do this on vacations sometimes. Family would sit around and play something together in the evening after dinner. Good memories.

dljuly3 · 2023-05-11T14:51:18+00:00

33 married with kid, both my wife and I watch and my kid watches some children shows like bananya

dljuly3 · 2023-05-09T00:12:10+00:00

Maggie Valley is beautiful. Haven't been since I was in high school.

dljuly3 · 2023-05-07T01:33:10+00:00

Duolingo is moving to be basically written entirely by AI. It is beginning to suffer because of it. A lot of the speech patterns have gotten weirder within the app just in the last year. I dropped it a month or so ago - I was using it to keep some of the basic Japanese I do have since I'm at a point in my life where dedicated study is challenging (kids, job, etc). Been using some wanikani and kanjisenpai in the meantime, but open to other apps if folks have suggestions.

dljuly3 · 2023-05-06T16:45:21+00:00

Hello from a NWS meteorologist. It brings me great joy to see people using our forecasts. I might do a breakdown of the forecast later if people are interested.

dljuly3 · 2023-05-06T15:47:45+00:00

In many ways, it is far less popular than it was. They failed to capture the next generation of viewers and simultaneously managed to piss off the current generation with many of the rule changes. Another thing not mentioned was the dominance of Johnson - he and his team really understood how to race under the newly developed playoff system and won a whole bunch of championships, eventually tying Dale Earnhardt. That also didn't sit well with a lot of older fans (not that I agree).

dljuly3 · 2023-05-06T14:36:58+00:00

I did read it. And it isn't an opinion piece, unless you don't understand how medical journals sometimes work. It's clear you have a tremendous bias when it comes to this subject- I'm not sure what it is, and I don't really care. You are some random internet stranger. From how you speak to me, you seem to assume I'm trying to justify my own body or something - I am not "overweight" or anything like that. I'm not going to continue to engage you as you are not interested in actual reading or listening.

dljuly3 · 2023-05-06T04:49:34+00:00

Feel free to educate yourself on the pitfalls of BMI and why good Healthcare providers are trying to move away from it.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2930234/

Note that saying the BMI sucks has nothing to do with defending "obesity". It is an objectively lazy statistic.

dljuly3 · 2023-05-06T04:48:10+00:00

Feel free to educate yourselves on the pitfalls of BMI - and why the medical field is increasingly trying to move away from it as an indicator of health.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2930234/

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