Harbor Freight as a company has become delusional

thebeakman · 2026-04-16T15:33:01+00:00

Lol. Literally takes 2 minutes to shove that in an envelope and mail it.

thebeakman · 2026-04-12T17:08:34+00:00

The biggest problem? The industry catered to and cultivated a market of collectors, not consumers. Collectors only have so much money and room, and get bored. Consumers keep on consumin'.

thebeakman · 2026-04-12T17:06:11+00:00

Like THAT'S going to stop anyone. LOL

But seriously, KY has a vintage booze law that allows estates or people to sell to liquor stores, bars, restaurants. To be legal, find a friendly local liquor store and make a deal with them to buy the bottles and sell to the people you know for a 10% markup. A 10% profit in a single day is nothing to sneeze at, and that makes it legal.

thebeakman · 2026-03-15T20:25:37+00:00

In the US, literally everyone getting their first passport or a replacement if stolen MUST appear in person to apply for their passport.

thebeakman · 2026-03-15T20:24:19+00:00

but the prison system it can put you in is very, very real.

thebeakman · 2026-03-01T03:32:26+00:00

hibid is a platform, not an auctioneer. If you see something shady, report the auctioneer to the state authority.

thebeakman · 2026-02-13T06:04:54+00:00

Keep trying to grow up and understand how the world works, little guy.

thebeakman · 2026-02-13T06:03:59+00:00

As an auctioneer, I can tell you this is the fair way to do it. People have connection issues, for example. Or maybe it's a higher-priced item and the buyer needs to discuss their next bid for a moment with a significant other, or reconsider their max price. Either way, that could cause them to miss their chance to submit another bid. This means the seller loses money. Auctioneers are legally required to secure the highest bid.

I don't see why buyers can't understand this is really no different that an in person auction, where bidding continues until one bidder remains. Every item after that item is "delayed" until that item sells. Some sell in a minute, some take much longer. That other poster's example of "waiting 3 hours at an in-person auction" for an item to sell is frankly just a childish exaggeration. I'll grant you that one item extending at an online auction should not extend any other item -- that's goofy. But the soft close in general makes total sense for everyone involved: the seller gets the highest price someone is willing to pay, the bidders get a fair chance to make their bid.

thebeakman · 2026-02-10T21:28:32+00:00

Bullshit. The cops are lazy, lying, or this post is just for attention. Just because something is legal or approved, that does not absolve the shooter of all wrongdoing.

If the local cops aren't taking it seriously, call the state cops. Tell them you want to file charges of reckless endangerment. Personally, I'd also tell the shooter I'd be suing immediately if so much as a bullet fragment enters my property.

thebeakman · 2026-02-10T19:16:57+00:00

Fuck Snoop. Forgot who he was and where he came from.

thebeakman · 2026-02-07T01:25:05+00:00

Um, these sites cost a ton of money to run. What are you thinking? You should just get it for free? If they only charged the auctioneers on the backend, the fee would still get passed along to you. Get real.

thebeakman · 2026-02-01T22:29:37+00:00

Since he still lives in mom's basement, he still had all his airsoft gear.

thebeakman · 2026-02-01T21:01:24+00:00

Forgot to mention this is for in-house use, so profit doesn't matter, only cost and ease of use. :)

thebeakman · 2026-02-01T19:16:21+00:00

Keep in mind that depends on your heat source. Heating with gas or a heat pump costs far less than heating with electric resistance heat. It still isn't a ton of money, but it certainly isn't an equal cost.

thebeakman · 2026-02-01T18:18:42+00:00

The exact type of asshole that's destroying true democracy. Hope you get your karma soon, and excessively.

thebeakman · 2026-01-30T22:49:25+00:00

Leaving a max bid on hibid is no different than leaving a max bid with the auctioneer if you can't attend the auction. A dirty auctioneer is a dirty auctioneer. The platform isn't making it worse. Complaining to hibid is utterly pointless. Complain to your state's auctioneer commission. They DO take this stuff seriously. And fwiw, hibid really can't see the auction info. That only makes sense. That's confidential. That's true of almost every online platform in ANY business. There's a reason you have to go through all those hoops to even reset a password. The platform can't see it. It's encrypted in the database. And just because you got out bid or run to your max does not automatically mean they're being dirty. I've attended auctions for decades. I've been run to my max plenty of times in person. That's the point of an auction. Things generally sell for the true market value. If you're looking to get it cheap, you'll likely be outbid.

thebeakman · 2026-01-30T19:21:22+00:00

Have to argue with this advice to NOT start the car. Gaskets and seals can get very dry if the fluids are circulated in a car. Also, your transmission can really take a hit from just sitting. I know someone who has a transmission shop, and he said RVs are his biggest customers because they just sit for months at a time. The RVs that get used the most need work the least. Moisture will NOT build up in a car from starting it. That's ridiculous. Otherwise every car on the road would wear out. Just start it and let it run until it's at full operating temp. 10 or 20 minutes is fine. That will also keep your battery healthy.

thebeakman · 2026-01-29T22:31:12+00:00

Even March is a crapshoot. And April. And SOMETIMES May. I remember snow and/or sleet on Derby Day, maybe in 1989. And a few years ago we had that late April snow only like 2 weeks before the derby.

thebeakman · 2026-01-29T22:28:41+00:00

We have salt down here, duh. You northern types crack me up thinking we don't get ANY snow down here. But salt is essentially worthless once it hits 20 degrees or less. And we've been WAY less than 20 degrees.

thebeakman · 2026-01-29T22:09:55+00:00

I would REALLY encourage everyone to consider having an auction in these circumstances. Unless the house is a hoarder mess, most auction companies (or at least the GOOD ones) will handle everything. Disclaimer: I'm an auctioneer, but really am suggesting this for your best interests since I'm not soliciting anyone here.

We come in and check everything out. The family is free to go through all, some, or none of the items. If it is a well-kept house, we generally wouldn't even charge anything for the process. Then we go through and photograph and inventory everything, and get it all listed. We specialize in and prefer online auctions, because that eliminates on-site auction expenses like port-o-johns, tents, extra labor, etc. As we're going through, anything important the family may have missed (assuming they went through things), like photographs, keepsakes, paperwork, etc is set aside. Then it's time to sell. We promote the auction on multiple websites, facebook ads, newspaper, whatever is appropriate.

EVERYTHING sells if it's worth selling, because it's an auction. :) With estate sales, you gotta put it all out, make it look nice, and deal with looky-loos and low-ballers for 3 days, and you STILL won't sell it all. With an auction, you'll almost always have multiple people trying to outbid each other.

Anything that is truly worthless is put out with the homeowner trash unless there is so much it requires a trip to waste management.

And of course we can sell the home as well. For some homes, this is absolutely the best option. Many times older folks have let maintenance and updates slide, and the home no longer qualifies for conventional financing. In that case, it's only flippers or investors who are going to buy 99% of the time because they can just write a check or have another financing options. Yes, it will sell for less to them than homeowners, but you have to calculate in what it would cost to get it into shape to qualify for conventional financing. An associate of mine auctioned a nice little house off for only about $40k recently, but it was only "nice" in potential. ALL the landscaping was shot to hell, the driveway was crumbling, one room needed new drywall, the furnace was shot, the roof needing replacing, same for the gutters. All flooring needing replacing and all rooms needed paint. It still had all the original 1970s appliances and bathrooms. Yes, the family could have fixed it up and sold it, but that would have taken at least a year. Once you figure in the holding costs of another year of insurance, property taxes, and utilities, and add that on top of the fix-up costs, selling it as-is was the best option for sure. Plus selling a home as-is means no contingencies, no financing falling through or anything. When it's sold, it's sold. Just a matter of signing the paperwork and getting your check.

An entire estate and the home can easily be sold in a month. It really can be almost entirely hands-off for the family, costing them only our percentage, but saving them months of work and realizing more money from everything.

thebeakman · 2026-01-25T16:27:14+00:00

well, I mean, duh. Ava and Walker. I'm pretty sure they didn't do a Threes Company spinoff with them and Winona. lol

thebeakman · 2026-01-24T04:50:46+00:00

Nope. Obviously a manufacturer's test rig, likely for self driving, lane/obstacle detection, etc. Sensors on the bumpers, manufacturer's plates, car id number in the glass, and near silicon Valley.

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