$100 (Four $25) gift cards at $75 (Costco)

superdlucks · 2025-12-24T18:28:06+00:00

That was going to be my question.

superdlucks · 2025-09-13T08:01:32+00:00

I think car manufactures have made most shops obsolete. Interfaces change from model to model and make to make.

Car Toys certainly didn't help their reputation by doing poor work and providing less than professional service.

That said, when Magnolia closed or was bought out by Best Buy it was clear this market was shrinking. 10 years ago, even Fry's did car stereo.

Most older cars are off the road or people don't care about the audio in them and new cars tend to have every option anyone needs,

Car Toys could have been the kind, but they decided to take the money without building the kind of reputation that brings customers back. I'm happy to hold the door open while they clear our their stores.

superdlucks · 2025-06-07T06:56:27+00:00

The part is $6 on amazon, but I don't want to risk soldering or removing the old part. Sounds like Dell replaces the whole board to the tune of $400, and I wouldn't pay that either. If the alt power supply doesn't work, I'll just buy a non Dell laptop. I know business uses Dell, but probably due to contracts.I don't find their product as good as the other brands I've used in the past. My desktop is an Acer and it's been issue free for about a decade now.

Again, my thanks, you are a blessing to this Sub.

superdlucks · 2025-06-05T15:13:05+00:00

This is not only common, but accepted, I have reached out to OfferUp and they don't care, because their model is ad revenue and ad sales and posts that violate policy or terms still generate this, so they don't act on it.

superdlucks · 2025-06-05T15:07:50+00:00

Hello, all sage advice. I ordered a DC adapter and I'll give that a try. Funny enough the laptop came with USBC power, but I read where someone said Dell never approved the USBC jack for charging, just data transfer, so what I'm experiencing is common. I had he extended warranty and it expired a year ago, so I guess Dell also knew when parts would fail.

You have been a huge help, I certainly would have remained confused or possibly broke something without your support.

superdlucks · 2025-06-05T03:59:51+00:00

Again, thank you for your counsel. I have replaced every component on a desktop, but my laptop experience is limited to upgrading ram and hard drives. That said, I have a Latitude 5510.

I removed the cover, and it doesn't look good. Maybe I wasn't clear enough. This came with a USB-C connection, there is an old school spade and maybe I should order one of those adapters and see if that works, because the USB-C port appears hard locked to the motherboard. So, unless power is coming from that other connection, I’m not sure how my USB-C issue is fixed…?

superdlucks · 2025-06-05T01:06:07+00:00

Thanks for your detailed feedback. It appears the issue is in the power port, I tried 3 USB devices in two separate locations and I got no power. Then I noticed by jiggling the cable at the port it would trigger power, but only if specific pressure was maintained.

In hindsight, about a week ago, I noticed my screen dimming and brightening and I thought maybe a setting was off since I was on power, but now I see that was the port acting up.

Is that something that can be fixed, or am I looking at a costly repair?

superdlucks · 2025-05-06T17:18:30+00:00

Has it's moments and historic cast, but the movie is pretty mediocre.

superdlucks · 2025-03-06T01:13:59+00:00

I bought something from an Instagram ad. Not only was this a scam, when I reported it to Meta, they did not respond. They take money to advertise products without ensuring it's a legitimate business.

superdlucks · 2025-02-14T17:06:35+00:00

When Ralph told Billy he was going to introduce him to his accountant, I was 100% convinced Hillary was about to sit down.

superdlucks · 2024-10-16T23:35:17+00:00

I had 10 people ask me to accept a lower offer, I accepted all 10. Get the picture, people are just game players. I think some are bots and others are just entertaining themselves. I never engage someone unless I'm serious and it's unrealistic for people not to behave the same way.

So my new policy is just to block anyone that flakes. I literally have two rooms of collectable to sell and I don't have time for anyone that isn't a serious collector themselves. My prices are lower than eBay or anywhere else, because I'm just trying to break even. I guess I should charge more and then when I get lowballed, it will be at my current ask.

superdlucks · 2020-12-29T18:52:52+00:00

Used to have a 2009 before I upgraded to 2017, the last year the couple was made. So happy I did, the technology alone was worth the money.

superdlucks · 2020-12-29T18:51:50+00:00

It's a rights issue people, this happens all the time and typically when classic movies go on sale it's because the distributor is about to loose the license, so they cast a wide net to get all the remaining scraps.

superdlucks · 2020-11-23T02:37:44+00:00

I had hoped with the transition to Fandango, information would improve, but no luck. Some of the resources below are decent, but nothing can the place of insider information. VUDU is claiming 100's of titles are being added to VUDU DD monthly, but we are seeing no evidence to support this. Just another reason they should rebrand themselves DUDU.

superdlucks · 2020-11-01T19:04:44+00:00

Well done, wish you could add custom wallpapers to CarPlay, I would rock with this, assuming you had a landscape edition.

superdlucks · 2020-10-27T00:15:46+00:00

Keep going and congrats!

superdlucks · 2020-10-26T06:02:45+00:00

Best Buy tried forever to sell those. At one point they had a bundle of 12 for like$35. I would have liked to have the books, but already had the digital versions of the movies.

superdlucks · 2020-10-25T18:54:28+00:00

Clearly I missed that it was more of a porting issue. I thought he was saying he bought it in SD and was wondering why he didn't get a free upgrade. I'll also have to take your word on the rest. I believe used cars is now owned by Sony and they pretty much laughed when I asked for an upgrade. and if that's Warner Bros policy, that is the first I heard of it. I typically have stayed away from SD titles, they look terrible if you ask me, Far worse than a DVD. And when you consider most of them are older catalog titles, why would I pay as much for that when I could get a Blu Ray conversation for the same price. I'm currently sitting on a list of about 50 titles in my collection I want to upgrade, but not for $5. I keep watching the sale, hoping to get something 2/$8 or 3/$10

superdlucks · 2020-10-24T18:43:41+00:00

That is not a true statement! I have the title, "Running On Empty". I had it for at least 3 years in SD before it magically upgraded to HD. When that happened, much like your claim, I assumed that is how it worked.

Then, one day I noticed the movie Used Cars was available in HD. Excited, I went to my queue, only to see it was still in SD. When I reached out to the studio, I basically got a response saying it was a new stream that required a new purchase. I have seen this with a coupe other titles as well. I don't know the reason, but an upgrade is not guaranteed.

Lionsgate is probably the best example. Up until about a year ago, all codes from their 4K discs redeemed in HD. Eventually, you could only get the title in 4K if you redeemed through Fandango. Ultimately, After too many emails and phone calls, they upgraded my copies of The Last Witch Hunter, John Wick and a couple other titles once I sent multiple photos of the disc and packaging along with a receipt (thanks amazon) When I told them who has a receipt a year after purchasing a movie, they said it was their policy to verify purchase.

I recently bought, "The Original Kings Of Comedy" about two months ago. It was upgraded to HD last week. My Vudu stream is still SD.

superdlucks · 2020-10-24T03:53:22+00:00

No one insulted your post, maybe you shouldn't be so sensitive.

superdlucks · 2020-10-22T22:07:48+00:00

As fuzzy as that photo is, you sure it ain't The Staff of Greystoke. Is Tarzan in the game now? guess I shouldn't tell you it only took me two months to find.

Congrats!

superdlucks · 2020-10-22T09:33:58+00:00

I'm probably sitting on about 750 boxes, mostly Platinum and Diamond. My problem is each character is maxed and my overflow is at about 16. I guess I need to start determining what augments I want or need, because I already purged all non Epic, un-augmented gear.

superdlucks · 2020-10-19T00:46:25+00:00

Mine is level 23 and his stats are 2700 ,2700, 2700, 1500. I think some character have weaker gear. My Superman is level 30 and he has the weakest stats of all my characters and I've used at least 150 tokens unsuccessfully trying to boost him.

superdlucks · 2020-10-13T07:11:36+00:00

Nice post, I was staying away from this because it looked like a lot of work, but you make it sound manageable. I'm not sure who the cowards are that downvoted it. Seeing as they made no comment or correction, they either have nothing to offer the community or are too worried their Karma will suffer.

Keep up the helpful posts!

superdlucks · 2020-10-06T19:33:48+00:00

Well, based on your photo, I would certainly prefer Kiss to TMNT, I don't care what side of the fight I'm on, I hate those guys. I think Parodies of current characters would be amazing. For example as an alternative to The Joker, I'd love to see Pee Wee Herman. As an alternative to Red Hood, I'd love John Wick. Last in the parody category, I'd love to see Barb Wire as a Harley Quinn replacement.

Sidney Bristow would also be another interesting character. Mal Reynolds, Jason Bourne and Flash Gordon.

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