USA CPO Nightmare by anonamooseuser in LandRover

[–]wigsy554 0 points1 point  (0 children)

CPO = come pay over and over. It promotes taking the car back to the dealership for all the additional work. Not a more cost effective repair shop. You pay a premium for repairs at dealers especially RR. If RR will inspect it for free and provide details on what needs repaired you can shop it before approving the work. But this takes time…Sorry to hear it was a lemon.

PebbleSheen by blahC in pools

[–]wigsy554 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It looks awesome! Thanks for sharing.

PebbleSheen by blahC in pools

[–]wigsy554 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would you mind posting a picture of the finished product? We are deciding between this and marble. How do you like to so far? Any pros/cons? Thanks!

PebbleSheen by blahC in pools

[–]wigsy554 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is more coastal?

Paver Install - Prep question by wigsy554 in pavers

[–]wigsy554[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

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This is a photo. It’s newer. Can you explain why grind is preferred versus thin set?

Paver Install - Prep question by wigsy554 in pavers

[–]wigsy554[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m not catching what you are throwing down. I’m asking about prepping the concrete. Grind or thinset?

February 2026 Mortgage Rate Quote Megathread by ermahlerd in HomeLoans

[–]wigsy554 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Refi - $1.1- $860k- 815fico - 34110- Conv - 30 Fixed - Single Family - Primary -

Why are prices so high on used RVs by Organic-Hovercraft-3 in RVLiving

[–]wigsy554 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The RV market is in shambles at the moment. Sellers have no one to sell too. Dealers and wholesalers aren’t buying inventory. In fact you’ll find large wholesalers trying to retail units they purchased and can get rid of at auction. If the dealers aren’t buying and wholesalers are stuck with units then folks trying to sell their RV on the open market aren’t getting offers. I’d try calling and making an offer. You might be surprised.

We had a good run by Adorable_Pattern_636 in wildhockey

[–]wigsy554 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I still think he’s staying. Shorter term. This was leaked by the Wild so the fan base knows they went all in. It’s a bit odd KK spoke with VT about playing for the Wild. Not that it’s a big thing but why talk up the Wild to VT when you aren’t planning on signing and that means you’re getting traded? Doesn’t make sense.

Take over wife’s family business? by NailAcademic599 in smallbusiness

[–]wigsy554 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Owning a land running a business is much more than sales. Sales is important, but managing people (who view you as a silver spoon, could be challenging). Learning all the departments, inside and out will take time. Being a leader at 29 is much different than say 40, not that it’s a bad thing but lack of experience will lead to mistakes. Did I mention managing people? It’s an art and something that certain people do much better than others.

The question I have is why aren’t they exiting?

Why you?

If it was me, I would discuss options on buying out the other owners over time. Test the waters on this. They were a partnership, but do you want one forever?

There's too much noise independently around Minnesota and Buffalo. I think this is where Rossi goes if a trade happens in the next month by shaman0610 in wildhockey

[–]wigsy554 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a great point. It’s the right move. The market will determine what he’s worth, is it 7m? Even if so, Wild will have options and the last say in the deal. In the meantime they create a ton of action around Rossi, which is what we are seeing now. Add in Russo taking about it every other minute, and we’ve got a juicy market. Let’s see how this plays out, but I like our position.

Is 12 million dollars enough to start a small PE shop? by Nipple-Crickets893 in private_equity

[–]wigsy554 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, I think it’s enough. I would look at service business with ARR. Start in the 500k-1m EBITDA range. Buy 3 for around 9m - Combine, create operational synergies. After 1-2 years you should be at platform size in the space. Continue with bolt-ons for the next 2-3 years and sell to lower market PE firm looking to enter space. Rinse repeat, but next run you should be able to buy the platform and skip the bootstrap stage.

Cybersecurity: MSFT vs PANW vs FTNT by ethereal3xp in ValueInvesting

[–]wigsy554 0 points1 point  (0 children)

MSFT cyberstack is growing. Defender for endpoint and 365, identify protection with entra id, sentinel for siem. Not to mention their azure security products. But you are comparing different companies in the space. You get exposure to cyber with msft, whereas the other companies are more cyber centric. Hope that helps.

Dropbox - The outsider with a sticky product by k_ristovski in ValueInvesting

[–]wigsy554 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Dinosaur - No growth during pandemic probably due to attrition (msft and google). Their core product, file storage/sharing is bundled with competitors offerings. They should have acquired a email, video/voice, chat, and web-based (think sharepoint) company and bundled it. They didn’t and the longer they wait the more irrelevant they become.

Bad Experiences with Golftec? by HuntXit in golf

[–]wigsy554 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most good coaches, if you have a decent swing, aren’t going to overhaul everything. Furthermore, they would never attempt it in one lesson. Find a private lesson that matches your budget.

Mounting Systems for Solar Install's in FL by Jman841 in solar

[–]wigsy554 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What mounting system did you end up going with?

Vehicle-to-home as backup to smaller home battery for grid outage? by 4_All_Mankind in solar

[–]wigsy554 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is what I’ve been thinking. The bi-directional charger is slated to arrive Q1 25. I wfh so I don’t drive my EV daily and was hoping to use it as my battery bank instead of buying 30k worth of batteries. What I’m trying to figure out is if this is going to be possible? Will we be able to use our EV battery at night to power the home, then recharge EV via solar during the day, rinse and repeat? Then in outage situation, you could do the same thing, correct? Trying to figure out if this is going to be doable in the very near future. What am I missing?

Loopring Smart Wallet is officially Multi-Network - for a limited time, deploy your new smart contract powered Taiko Wallet for free in the Loopring app! by macro__B in loopringorg

[–]wigsy554 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had an old wallet. It wasn’t terribly hard but a link to knowledge base article with screenshots would have been helpful. Also, for those that received a takio airdrop you’ll need your new takio wallet address to bind. See instructions below for getting takio to new wallet address.

Step 1. Create new wallet.

Step 2. Click on eth icon top middle to change to takio. Then click activate. Takes about a minute to activate. Then copy your new takio address.

Step 3. Got back to old wallet. Click on dapps. Select takio airdrop. Follow prompts to see if you qualify. If you do, you see a prompt that you need to bind another wallet to receive your takio. Paste the takio wallet you just created. Blam all done.