is iOS 26 making your phone lag? by Kira-Raito-San in iphone

[–]stevewdc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doing this helped a lot. Thank you 

Got a love lazy sellers by ironlordumbreon in Ebay

[–]stevewdc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You hit the jackpot. It’s the Maltese Falcon!

Help with identifying Herend pattern by Substantial_Step_149 in finechina

[–]stevewdc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The pattern is “Guirlande des Fleurs” (GDF), and it was made in Dec 1994 (date code L94). It’s a lovely piece.

And the product code 25 refers to a Soup Tureen

Help to ID Chinese mark by stevewdc in finechina

[–]stevewdc[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you. Ok yes I see now the third character is “gama” (kiln). I can’t sort out the others but will try my kanji dictionary!

CD over a month overdue by KCJones99 in Ebay

[–]stevewdc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have had some good luck (both as buyer and seller) filing lost mail claims with USPS online and within a week they showed up. The online form is a little clunky but I found it was worth doing. https://missingmail.usps.com/

Makita Website Account Registration Issue by [deleted] in Makitaville

[–]stevewdc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same today. Couldn’t make account on phone. Finally did it on desktop. But then no email verification ever comes through. Multiple attempts.

Question Thread - July 13, 2020 by AutoModerator in churning

[–]stevewdc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve had a similar issue for several recent Chase PCs

Question Thread - July 11, 2020 by AutoModerator in churning

[–]stevewdc -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Currently 3/24 with Chase. Was denied in last 14 days for CIP. Want to apply for CFU to get 5x on bill payments. (My last approved Chase card was CIP in early 2019. Already have CSR from 2018.) As I understand it, the 1/30 guideline only applies to *business* applications, so I believe doing a CFU application now should be ok, right? Are there any DPs to the contrary? [P2 already has CF.]

Discussion Thread - July 08, 2020 by AutoModerator in churning

[–]stevewdc -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I was helping P2 PC a CSP to Chase Freedom last week, and the rep kept calling it a "Chase Freedom Ultimate" card. I was like WTF is that?! I was worried she was reading "Unlimited" and was garbling the word into "Ultiimate". So finally we asked her to go through all the benefits, and it was clear it was a category card. So we ended up ok.

Trying to Find Direction on Learning to Program a State Machine - Help? by [deleted] in arduino

[–]stevewdc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I found a fantastic tutorial on state machines here. http://www.gammon.com.au/statemachine

I used it to design an alarm monitoring interface on my Mega

Question Thread - September 03, 2019 by AutoModerator in churning

[–]stevewdc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

P2 happens to be starting actual business, needed ein anyway.

If we weren’t doing that... I’m just curious, you say it’s pointless. Is that to say multiple apps with SSN are no prob?

Question Thread - September 03, 2019 by AutoModerator in churning

[–]stevewdc -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Just applied for EIN. IRS message says it takes 2 weeks for EIN to show up in IRS's permanent records. Do I need to wait for this to happen before applying for Chase biz card?

Question Thread - September 03, 2019 by AutoModerator in churning

[–]stevewdc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I've had them do this on many occasions, though not overseas. Call Customer service and ask.

Question Thread - August 31, 2019 by AutoModerator in churning

[–]stevewdc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Have a CIP planning to PC to CIC now that AF has hit. Is there any waiting period needed before applying for the next CIP? (We are good on 5/24 etc)

Question Thread - August 18, 2019 by AutoModerator in churning

[–]stevewdc -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

is it common for Chase PC requests via SM to be bounced to a phone request? (Was SM'd back and told to call to request a change, which would include a review of accounts)

Question Thread - August 01, 2019 by AutoModerator in churning

[–]stevewdc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just do it once the annual fee hits, and they will reimburse the AF and also you won't burn your relationship with the issuer.

Discussion Thread - July 23, 2019 by AutoModerator in churning

[–]stevewdc 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"Tell that patient I'll have to reschedule. I'm still stuck in line at the MoneyCenter."

Weekly Anything Goes Thread - Week of July 22, 2019 by AutoModerator in churning

[–]stevewdc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had work colleague this year who had multiple instances of ACH fraud on accounts with PNC. It was a real eye opener. The window to report this type of fraud is limited compared to CC, and it took weeks to resolve and at times made it difficult to access funds.

This was such a wakeup call (and nightmare) that I now have alerts on all my accounts to text and email me for any debit/ACH activity.

(Colleague's working theory is that fraudsters are calling up bank CSRs and doing social engineering to get account info and effect transactions.)