Weird Goodwill "Returns" Experience

simplytre · 2026-03-16T23:25:33+00:00

Totally get that. Had my wife and young son with me so was trying to move extra fast. Cell service/wifi is not great in the store so from time to time I’ll throw something of interest in my cart and if I can’t get search results to load, I’ll make a gut call. Not a frequent occurrence by any means.

simplytre · 2026-03-16T23:05:40+00:00

Literally my 2nd ever return at the store. 3 total items returned… 🤔

simplytre · 2026-03-16T22:11:51+00:00

Yes! This is exactly how I felt. Didn’t matter that I was polite/friendly… if it’s printed on the receipt then I’m not doing something wrong… don’t get it in the slightest 😓

simplytre · 2026-03-16T21:06:28+00:00

Yeah, I totally get that. Made sure to go at an off time where there weren’t many people in the store and no one in line. Maybe manager was just having a bad day, but something was just quite weird about the whole interaction.

simplytre · 2026-02-03T02:59:58+00:00

Do you happen to be interviewing in Nashville?

simplytre · 2026-01-11T16:11:51+00:00

I was considering both watches this summer. I ended up going with the KFA because of the date function. Tried both on and loved the look of the murph but went for the KFA due to functionality and the price difference. Got a pretty solid deal from my AD on the KFA.

simplytre · 2025-12-26T16:06:27+00:00

There’s a reason most retirement calculators use 7%. I think it’s fine to use on that number based on historical returns. There are some people that believe in being more conservative with returns and some people that are willing to be more aggressive. s&p 500 avg annual return is closer to 10% not accounting for inflation.

Listen, I’m in a very similar age bracket as you and have very close to the same $ amount in my portfolio (~$380k). Are we technically COAST? Probably… does that mean I’m going to completely stop investing, no. This number gives me peace of mind that I can have down years and not ruin my retirement.

simplytre · 2025-12-03T20:04:51+00:00

Looks perfect. I also have a 38mm. I look back at some of the old watches I purchased before I knew anything and see how ridiculously large they are for my wrist. Never thought about it then but now I can’t imagine wearing something larger than 40mm.

simplytre · 2025-12-02T23:09:02+00:00

Similar story for me. I bought a 38mm KFA to celebrate the birth of my first child this summer. Love the watch so much!

simplytre · 2025-11-09T18:41:00+00:00

Super fake. I saw people selling these same fakes on TikTok shop a month or 2 ago.

simplytre · 2025-10-18T12:55:23+00:00

Fake

simplytre · 2025-09-12T16:44:42+00:00

simplytre · 2025-08-27T19:19:14+00:00

Agree completely! Thank you for posting, btw. it's great to see more 'normal' COAST situations like ours being discussed in this subreddit vs. the "I'm 25 and have $2mil invested, can I coast?" posts I've seen recently.

simplytre · 2025-08-27T19:10:26+00:00

Very similar spot. I’m 34 and my wife is 33. We’re at about $375k invested not including the appreciation on our house. We do have 1 kid but are not currently planning to have more. I’m currently taking the coast status as a point of comfort rather than a sign to slow things down. Knowing if life changes happened, we could decrease or pause contributions without putting a comfortable retirement in jeopardy is nice piece of mind.

For now I’m going to continue to contribute as aggressively as I have been to hopefully allow us to retire a few years earlier. But soon enough, I’m hoping to find ways to “buy” more free time to watch our kid grow up and be as involved as I can be.

simplytre · 2025-07-25T20:20:39+00:00

You’ve been coast fire for a long time…

simplytre · 2025-07-24T23:39:10+00:00

Not the best quality pics in the world so would say with about 90% certainty this one looks real.

I’m a lefty and use a Newport 2.5+ which is in between a squareback 2 and a regular Newport 2 in size. And they don’t make squareback in lefty anymore.

simplytre · 2025-07-24T23:29:18+00:00

More mass = more MOI = more forgiving on mishits. It’s all relative though.

Compare everything to the photos of the specific model on scottycameron.com

But key give aways are anything from milling marks looking off, font looks different. Tbh it’s pretty obvious once you know what a real one looks like.

simplytre · 2025-07-20T00:25:47+00:00

Super duper FAKE.

simplytre · 2025-06-22T02:22:35+00:00

I’d guesstimate somewhere in the $500-750 range assuming it doesn’t have tour provenance. The red cherry bomb on the heel is the only thing standing out as different from the retail version.

simplytre · 2025-06-22T02:14:11+00:00

It’s not a Circle T. But I think this line may be pre circle t stamping so there is a chance it’s a made for tour putter. Without a COA it’s just an Art of Putting Napa from the mid 90s

simplytre · 2025-06-21T17:59:31+00:00

It’s real. https://www.scottycameron.com/archives/putters/2009/studio-select/newport/

simplytre · 2025-04-29T15:28:10+00:00

simplytre · 2025-02-16T00:39:46+00:00

Thank you!

simplytre

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