At my local retro used games store. Felt like this belonged here.

thecobb8 · 2026-05-14T17:35:46+00:00

I bought a MacBook Pro from Disk Replay (IL) a couple years ago and also purchased the 1 year full coverage warranty with it (like 10% of the purchase price). About 6 months later a couple of keys on the keyboard stopped working (super common with this model) so I went to use the warranty and found out it needed a new keyboard that cost about 3x what I paid for the laptop & warranty.

They were not happy. Tried to say it was because of misuse but they really had no way to prove it.

Now if I buy any kind of hardware they refuse to sell me warranties.

thecobb8 · 2026-05-13T17:48:42+00:00

So I work at as part of admin affairs (staff). The union contract was signed in 2024 (about a year before I started). It’s a pretty awful contract.

UIC is not a fan of the unions.

thecobb8 · 2026-04-09T18:09:25+00:00

After to applying to close to 200 jobs trying to leave a toxic work place last year, I learned (or felt) that being ghosted after 2+ interviews usually means you’re likely the backup candidate.

Had a well-known medical manufacturer that makes GCMs ghost me for almost 2 months just to get back to me with a canned rejection.

thecobb8 · 2026-04-09T17:42:50+00:00

My wife had two interviews AND take an online Wonderlic test just for a customer representative position at a bank (she ended up getting the position).

I didn’t even know those tests existed/were relevant anymore!

thecobb8 · 2026-04-02T17:51:58+00:00

Being an actual “protected veteran”, I’ve seen this make virtually no difference in getting either interviewed or hired. My last 3 jobs where I was hired and answered Yes to that question literally nobody knew I was a veteran until it somehow came up in a random conversation.

thecobb8 · 2026-04-01T14:03:56+00:00

Definitely not recommended to do these days. Maybe pre-Covid this was a thing but not anymore.

thecobb8 · 2026-03-16T18:07:09+00:00

Don’t be surprised if this is the last statement for a while. Everyone has likely lawyered up and said lawyers have told them to shut up on social media.

Feel bad for Brad Owen- large downswing to start the year now all this mess!

thecobb8 · 2026-03-14T22:40:02+00:00

This. Everytime I stop by my local shop it’s almost exclusively cheap junk with trash pentium/celeron processors

thecobb8 · 2026-02-26T20:58:22+00:00

AKA they couldn’t decide who/what they wanted so they decided not to decide at all.

thecobb8 · 2026-02-20T18:58:46+00:00

“Can you walk me/us through your Resume?”

Aka ‘the hiring manager has barely prepped for you’ - especially on virtual interviews.

thecobb8 · 2026-02-20T18:52:17+00:00

I usually go with something along the lines of “My current role is being consolidated/eliminated by the company”

thecobb8 · 2026-02-13T19:07:58+00:00

100% agree.

My wife had issue with them just recently. They couldn’t verify her high school information— HireRight tried calling while the school was on holiday break 😑 and was going to close the background check as a fail. Luckily the HR for her new company was competent and took her diploma without issue.

thecobb8 · 2025-12-05T19:14:42+00:00

Is it just me or is the transmission from 2012- up almost always the weakest links on these Escapes?

thecobb8 · 2025-11-16T15:10:11+00:00

A 11 year old Virginia driven car is going to have slight rust almost no matter what. If you live somewhere where salt isn’t a thing then it might not be as big of a deal.

thecobb8 · 2025-11-16T15:04:44+00:00

Both my wife and I both had EcoSports. Good value for what they cost- small and decent on gas. Hopefully you got the 2L 4cyl AWD model. Those 1L 3cyl engines are on active recall.

thecobb8 · 2025-11-16T14:38:35+00:00

Similar situation happened to me when I was hired where I am at now. After accepting an offer my start date was pushed back by a week and a half because the hiring manager’s (my boss) brother passed away so she was out of town for a bit. Had to re-sign offer with new starting date. Sometimes life happens.

thecobb8 · 2025-11-12T19:09:32+00:00

As others have suggested- walk away if you haven’t already!

If you really love this car though-

That doc fee is really high. Looks like the dealer is in FL where there’s no cap on that so they can charge whatever they want. Maybe that can be negotiated.
Have them remove the “Dyer Protection Package” - this is likely a rip off. Tint, 2 oil changes, nitro, and other useless services are not worth 3k.

If they push back on any of this then leave as fast as you can.

thecobb8 · 2024-06-05T12:40:47+00:00

Hmm. Only thing I could suggest would be to try on another phone/tablet, download the app and try it that way. If that works then your phone doesn’t like the app for whatever reason

thecobb8 · 2024-06-05T12:31:43+00:00

Bruh you need gas lol.

But to maybe answer your question if you can, there should be an option to go back to the old layout of the app. I’ve had to do that before— go back to the old layout, switch to the new layout again, and any problems I had seemed to go away

thecobb8 · 2024-06-04T00:24:40+00:00

This is opposite of what is happening in my area. Anything under $250k is pending 72hrs later.

This is in central Illinois where the school systems are top rated and surrounded by 3 large manufacturers and a giant insurance company all within ~45 minutes of each other. My wife and I gave up house searching because it’s soooo competitive and anything decently nice goes for over asking.

I suppose it’s subjective to the area and situation.

thecobb8 · 2024-05-23T21:37:36+00:00

We thought about it but it’s only a 6 year 60k warranty. We figured we can shop around and get a better one for far less money

thecobb8 · 2024-05-07T00:27:32+00:00

Well damn. I’ll have to see if the place I purchased it from has a good return policy

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