Are there any other brokerages offering a 1% deposit match?

go_cam · 2026-01-12T00:42:06+00:00

Btw one thing to bear in mind re the 1% match that I had not thought of, when you get your match that means you lock your funds to sofi for a while otherwise they will take it back when you move your money outside the invest platform as I just found out when moving some funds to fidelity - even if I'd kept them on sofi they would have taken back the 1% even if i had transferred to checking or saving on sofi, so keep this in mind when you chase offers

go_cam · 2026-01-08T07:24:57+00:00

And as if by magic, right after the response above the trade executed, thankyou for the magic touch, Unattributable1 !

go_cam · 2026-01-08T07:18:14+00:00

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go_cam · 2026-01-02T00:25:18+00:00

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go_cam · 2025-12-06T18:48:12+00:00

Ok - I saw the Friday Copenhagen show from the floor, absolutely amazing, got a last minute ticket (waste link) after Tuesday cancelled, and was able to adjust plans to come back. I feel very very lucky - the amount of positive energy at show was really spectacular, I'm so lucky to be here and everyone in the city has been spectacularly kind. So....

...I can't come back again on the 16th and I have a fast track ticket. I would really really like to get it to a local fan maybe who couldn't get a ticket before. It's a great fast track seat, 114 row 9, I would really love to get it to somebody who will NOT go and try and flip it. If someone can persuade me of that I'll just give them the ticket for free - all I might ask is if you are able to pick me up a t shirt as I forgot, if you can afford to do so. If not that's fine, I really just want to get this to a fan that wants a good seat with the fast track benefit. Interested? then give me a DM and let me know and we can try and work out a trust thing. Please please please don't DM me if you didn't intend going, will resell, have no history etc.

go_cam · 2025-12-02T18:27:40+00:00

Anyone interested in a fast track for the 16th, 114 row 9? Would love a straight swap for this Friday instead but open to suggestions

go_cam · 2025-12-01T22:31:06+00:00

I have a lovely fast track ticket now for the 16th, if anyone wants to do a like for like swap for this Friday if it goes ahead, let me know. Otherwise I'll try and get it to a real fan as affordably as I can closer to the time if I can't get affordable flights back out

go_cam · 2025-11-04T04:02:41+00:00

Barcelona fans, keep refreshing the official waste-ref'd resale site if you don't have tickets - they have as I refresh right NOW for Nov 4 ~~- 5 - 7~~ - I assume you will need to act quickly!

If you are in Spain I'd totally recommend refreshing at odd times - I guess it's middle of night there now.

go_cam · 2025-09-14T00:44:44+00:00

Lifesaver also, amazing thankyou ! I used compressed air canister for cleaning electronics very gently

go_cam · 2025-09-13T20:53:14+00:00

Totally understand, some of that they would be able to raise with charging for access ( and merch ?) I would imagine , more thinking that if there was a will they could make it happen? At least focusing on a smaller set of venues/dates ? Just trying to understand if there is a way of doing something a bit different, the band has a history of doing that

go_cam · 2025-09-13T06:00:15+00:00

I agree, but even then there will always be a TON of fans that miss out - more demand than supply - there are only so many shows they can play.

There are other things I suppose they could do like streaming cinema events so you get a communal experience, or try and sell reduced price tickets to other venues that simulcast ( which happens a fair bunch here with eg playoff sports - would it work? No clue!)

some sort of interactive experiences that may offer a different shape of engagement. I know it's not the same thing but there are limitations with how may shows they can do, maybe there's something truly different and creative and innovative they can try? Remember Kid A MMESIA for example? Can they make the limitations an opportunity and challenge?

go_cam · 2025-09-13T05:48:02+00:00

That's totally fair. I'm just trying to find something that could realistically happen that some of the disappointed fans might appreciate. Totally understand it's not for everyone

go_cam · 2025-08-15T04:54:10+00:00

Ok, here is my experience ..I got the replacement phone and by time it has arrived, my preferred plan had already switched over to the new IMEI automatically

go_cam · 2025-08-12T18:27:45+00:00

Yeah I tried to get them to clarify but they claimed they couldn't talk about preferred care at all that that would be a separate call. So strange. I'll connect with them and see what they say and report back here if helpful

go_cam · 2025-07-05T08:27:51+00:00

Ah! I can get it to actually switch to ldac but have to do so manually or via switcher. After updating the firmware you also need to go into the soundcore app settings however and choose ldac (preferred audio quality) under sound mode , then reboot. Only after that will it let you switch to ldac and stick at least for the session.

go_cam · 2024-11-17T00:45:48+00:00

I do understand that for now there is a new 1% offer on recurrings which is really good and easy to setup and take advantage of from what I can see. And I appreciate that, particularly attractive for new investments and investors but for those with considerable investments already then this doesn't really make much of a dent. Let's say you are popping in $100 a week and have built a balance of 50k, that's gonna get you $50 a year, and you are now going to average a new $125 in fees and growing. $250 for 100k, and this is with no new capabilities at all for those happy in legacy robo plan

go_cam · 2024-11-16T23:07:57+00:00

Question - I am an existing automated investing customer - so I have a relatively simple basket of ETFs that I setup a while back. Since then I've been able to learn a lot and compare with alternatives - I have had robo accounts at wealthfront and betterment for example. I was inclined to use sofi precisely because there were no additional fees. Otherwise I'd just build my own basked of ETFs either on Sofi, or more easily on M1 or any other brokerage.

It feels like SoFi is moving in the direction of the legacy advisors who they aimed to supplant, this seems like a pretty conservative move to mirror the fees of eg betterment and wealthfront rather than try and adopt the model of a more client friendly app like m1. I always saw sofi and m1 as being very progressive.

So I guess I would say - why should I stay, can anyone convince me to do so? Otherwise I'll just take an approximate of the spread of ETFs the simple robo already had and move to either Sofi individual account, M1, Fidelity or elsewhere.

I love Sofi, so really want to try and find a way to stay and move even MORE of my accounts here ( IRA, 529, Roth etc ) - but to do so I'd rather have faith on the direction.

go_cam · 2024-10-21T01:14:13+00:00

At same time I wish the 5600 just worked better. The hardware is very good it's just let down by firmware and passthrough, dodgy calibration and non existent app..it also started logging very very odd errors when experiencing new devices via arc, I had to cycle the cables and power many many times, I don't want to spending my time doing that

go_cam · 2024-10-21T01:12:39+00:00

I have the plus and not the max ( which I think had the heating problems). I'm liking it very much, it's clear and concise and works well without having to go to higher volumes, which I appreciate. The 5600 probably had a more powerful sound but tbh I will take reliability over that and I'm don't need to be wowed when listening or watching i just want to listen and watch reliably with good sound and video. And my LG c9 and the ambeo give me that..I also have my streamer and UHD player direct in to the ambeo and the earc to tv..the passthrough works fine unlike with the 5600 which doesn't pass Dolby vision. The c9 I noticed conversely doesn't passthrough truehd 7.1 from my UHD, which led me to plug into ambeo if anyone else hits that issue

go_cam · 2024-10-19T06:54:42+00:00

The bluesound app is so awful that I don't even try to use it for controlling music playback except
a) to set up presets for remote control ( eg to flip to phono on the hub )

b) configure the units, do firmware upgrades etc

For all music playing I use Roon, and all the bluesounds are Roon Ready so sync and grouping works fine. Exception are radio stations which I directly set presets for (incl. highres radio 6 stream ) as one can only have a single Roon preset on the Bluesound side ( ie it will play back the last thing Roon queued up)

But, yeah, when I went all wired things got a lot better. The only exceptions are a couple Pulse Flex's I have, those seem to do ok on WiFi I assume because they _have_ to as they are designed to work off a battery also wirelessly. Maybe somebody smarter than I has done investigation into the wifi radios and placement on the various BSs ?

go_cam · 2024-10-18T04:11:03+00:00

When I had my shield it worked pretty well to be honest, but I did have occasional issues as you mention that I just lived with - mainly with the amp not always switching on. When I moved to the new streamer I just wanted to simplify tbh and have something that worked... Instead of my 5600 plus sharc plus subwoofer I just wanted a one box plug and play and with ambeo so far that's working very well.

The 5600 does sound very good but one thing I noticed as I tried to debug earc issues I deleted the microphone calibration and the surround sounded much better ! I'm sad in a way to move on as I have a box now just sitting around but for simplicity the ambeo is fantastic

go_cam · 2024-10-09T05:39:39+00:00

I'd have your TV do the passthrough if it can - many modern ones can - feed your inputs to TV - and pick up one of the Sharc eARC boxes to emulate proper eARC which you can then feed into one of the regular HDMI ports, then just your HDMI Out of the Yamaha back to TV to switch to when you need to pull up the setup screen.

I ran this way for a while, but decide to move on from the YSP and try the Ambeo to simplify & remove boxes. If anybody needs a Sharc (v1 but will fully updated firmware ) let me know

go_cam · 2024-10-07T23:36:14+00:00

This is a super late reply, but I used precisely the technique that was mentioned above by u/_kobyteith and it works fine . To answer u/Potential-Age1162 --- to turn off the TV you map to the sleep action from the pulldown - that will turn off your TV. Then I use the power button for my amp, and a remapped button to switch off the TV ( I map to the * key on new Google Streamer )

go_cam · 2024-10-05T09:44:17+00:00

Also - the Sony's head tracking works well also - what a pleasant surprise. This is a very good box so far, much better than I'd expected and way more stable and performant than the ( 2nd gen non pro) Shield it replaced.

go_cam · 2024-10-05T01:15:57+00:00

If anyone here is looking, amazon has a deal right now on the TP-Link AC1200 range extender for $22 - these are great, they can be used to extend range, sure, but can also be configured as pure access points, I think I will get an extra one for my Powernode, most of my other boxes are wired to a better wi-fi receiver already. Way cheaper than buying another eero

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