What Are You Buying Right Now? (non-OT version)

Battleborn

nolaegghead said:

Everything in my Parish that is pawned or sold to a pawn shop is done with a valid ID.  The description/serial numbers are recorded and provided to the police and they have to sit on it for x weeks before it goes on sale. 

If you have had property stolen from you here and it ends up in the pawn shop, you can claim ownership if you have any unique identifying marks on it, scratched initials, sharpie scrawl or whatever that you can show is uniquely yours.  My buddy got some of his stolen stuff back by identifying one item of a bunch and having the other stuff on a list.

Anyway, it's not all stolen, but it's presented to LE for recovery. 

The prices usually aren't great, but every once and a while I do find and haggle for a good deal and I don't feel bad paying my money for items in a legal transaction that's fully transparent.  You have to have an ID to buy stuff too.

I was mostly joking. Governments really cracked down on pawn shops and most do a really good job of making sure they are getting things legitimately.  

nolaegghead

Battleborn said:

nolaegghead said:

Everything in my Parish that is pawned or sold to a pawn shop is done with a valid ID.  The description/serial numbers are recorded and provided to the police and they have to sit on it for x weeks before it goes on sale. 

If you have had property stolen from you here and it ends up in the pawn shop, you can claim ownership if you have any unique identifying marks on it, scratched initials, sharpie scrawl or whatever that you can show is uniquely yours.  My buddy got some of his stolen stuff back by identifying one item of a bunch and having the other stuff on a list.

Anyway, it's not all stolen, but it's presented to LE for recovery. 

The prices usually aren't great, but every once and a while I do find and haggle for a good deal and I don't feel bad paying my money for items in a legal transaction that's fully transparent.  You have to have an ID to buy stuff too.

I was mostly joking. Governments really cracked down on pawn shops and most do a really good job of making sure they are getting things legitimately.  

Oh, yeah, I wasn't thinking you were serious. 

I hate predatory lenders and pawn shops are exactly that.  But you're right, social media - FB Marketplace and Craigslist, even eBay are big violators of fencing stolen goods.  There's legislation on the docket in congress to start regulating those outlets so they're not abused for fencing stolen sheet.

The worst thing you can do as a citizen is buy somethig out the back of a van in a parking lot.  That's 100% stolen.

WeberWho

nolaegghead said:

Battleborn said:

nolaegghead said:

Everything in my Parish that is pawned or sold to a pawn shop is done with a valid ID.  The description/serial numbers are recorded and provided to the police and they have to sit on it for x weeks before it goes on sale. 

If you have had property stolen from you here and it ends up in the pawn shop, you can claim ownership if you have any unique identifying marks on it, scratched initials, sharpie scrawl or whatever that you can show is uniquely yours.  My buddy got some of his stolen stuff back by identifying one item of a bunch and having the other stuff on a list.

Anyway, it's not all stolen, but it's presented to LE for recovery. 

The prices usually aren't great, but every once and a while I do find and haggle for a good deal and I don't feel bad paying my money for items in a legal transaction that's fully transparent.  You have to have an ID to buy stuff too.

I was mostly joking. Governments really cracked down on pawn shops and most do a really good job of making sure they are getting things legitimately.  

The worst thing you can do as a citizen is buy somethig out the back of a van in a parking lot.  That's 100% stolen.

Where am I going to get new sweet speakers from? 

Legume

Even parking lot meat?

lousubcap

This is for @The Cen-Tex Smoker:
@nolaegghead has provided the following pearl, "The worst thing you can do as a citizen is buy somethig out the back of a van in a parking lot.  That's 100% stolen."  

The Cen-Tex Smoker

I assure you at the prices I paid for most of that, I was the one getting robbed lol.

alaskanassasin

I sold some honey in a parking lot yesterday 

nolaegghead

alaskanassasin said:

I sold some honey in a parking lot yesterday 

Stolen, from bees!

fishlessman

nolaegghead said:

alaskanassasin said:

I sold some honey in a parking lot yesterday 

Stolen, from bees!

i heard he even captured the bees and and put them in forced labor camps

Ozzie_Isaac

nolaegghead said:

Everything in my Parish that is pawned or sold to a pawn shop is done with a valid ID.  The description/serial numbers are recorded and provided to the police and they have to sit on it for x weeks before it goes on sale. 

If you have had property stolen from you here and it ends up in the pawn shop, you can claim ownership if you have any unique identifying marks on it, scratched initials, sharpie scrawl or whatever that you can show is uniquely yours.  My buddy got some of his stolen stuff back by identifying one item of a bunch and having the other stuff on a list.

Anyway, it's not all stolen, but it's presented to LE for recovery. 

The prices usually aren't great, but every once and a while I do find and haggle for a good deal and I don't feel bad paying my money for items in a legal transaction that's fully transparent.  You have to have an ID to buy stuff too.

Just checked my local laws.  Apparently they are supposed to provide daily pawn tickets to the police.  That has item description, seller, and valid ID.  The ones I have been in did not seem to follow those rules, maybe LEO is starting to crack down.  I guess Craigslist and FB market place is probably a release valve for stolen goods.

Selling 15 dewalt batteries for $50 is probably a sign something isn't on the up and up on FB marketplace.

JohnInCarolina

alaskanassasin said:

I sold some honey in a parking lot yesterday 

But were you in a van?

alaskanassasin

Ozzie_Isaac said:

nolaegghead said:

Everything in my Parish that is pawned or sold to a pawn shop is done with a valid ID.  The description/serial numbers are recorded and provided to the police and they have to sit on it for x weeks before it goes on sale. 

If you have had property stolen from you here and it ends up in the pawn shop, you can claim ownership if you have any unique identifying marks on it, scratched initials, sharpie scrawl or whatever that you can show is uniquely yours.  My buddy got some of his stolen stuff back by identifying one item of a bunch and having the other stuff on a list.

Anyway, it's not all stolen, but it's presented to LE for recovery. 

The prices usually aren't great, but every once and a while I do find and haggle for a good deal and I don't feel bad paying my money for items in a legal transaction that's fully transparent.  You have to have an ID to buy stuff too.

Just checked my local laws.  Apparently they are supposed to provide daily pawn tickets to the police.  That has item description, seller, and valid ID.  The ones I have been in did not seem to follow those rules, maybe LEO is starting to crack down.  I guess Craigslist and FB market place is probably a release valve for stolen goods.

Selling 15 dewalt batteries for $50 is probably a sign something isn't on the up and up on FB marketplace.

Where did you see that deal I just paid 169$ for a two pack of 6mah

alaskanassasin

JohnInCarolina said:

alaskanassasin said:

I sold some honey in a parking lot yesterday 

But were you in a van?

Close. I told her the price and over the phone and she said “whoa that’s spendy liquid gold” you know like the bees fill the jars themselves. Then when the deal went down she’s like “ you got them in a box or what” you know like I have ten pint jars rolling around my faux van… so she said I’ll meet you in the parking lot, I try to hand her the box and she says “are there 10 in there?” 
 At this point… do you want them or not lady I have other parking lots to hit

Ozzie_Isaac

alaskanassasin said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

nolaegghead said:

Everything in my Parish that is pawned or sold to a pawn shop is done with a valid ID.  The description/serial numbers are recorded and provided to the police and they have to sit on it for x weeks before it goes on sale. 

If you have had property stolen from you here and it ends up in the pawn shop, you can claim ownership if you have any unique identifying marks on it, scratched initials, sharpie scrawl or whatever that you can show is uniquely yours.  My buddy got some of his stolen stuff back by identifying one item of a bunch and having the other stuff on a list.

Anyway, it's not all stolen, but it's presented to LE for recovery. 

The prices usually aren't great, but every once and a while I do find and haggle for a good deal and I don't feel bad paying my money for items in a legal transaction that's fully transparent.  You have to have an ID to buy stuff too.

Just checked my local laws.  Apparently they are supposed to provide daily pawn tickets to the police.  That has item description, seller, and valid ID.  The ones I have been in did not seem to follow those rules, maybe LEO is starting to crack down.  I guess Craigslist and FB market place is probably a release valve for stolen goods.

Selling 15 dewalt batteries for $50 is probably a sign something isn't on the up and up on FB marketplace.

Where did you see that deal I just paid 169$ for a two pack of 6mah

FB Market place.  All day long.  Lowe's and Homedepot apparently have a no stop shoplifter policy.

Ozzie_Isaac

pgprescott

Ozzie_Isaac said:

In all seriousness, those 2.0 batteries are barely good enough for a housewife. No pro would have them because you’d need all of them to get through the day. I exaggerate a little but only a little. 

nolaegghead

alaskanassasin said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

nolaegghead said:

Everything in my Parish that is pawned or sold to a pawn shop is done with a valid ID.  The description/serial numbers are recorded and provided to the police and they have to sit on it for x weeks before it goes on sale. 

If you have had property stolen from you here and it ends up in the pawn shop, you can claim ownership if you have any unique identifying marks on it, scratched initials, sharpie scrawl or whatever that you can show is uniquely yours.  My buddy got some of his stolen stuff back by identifying one item of a bunch and having the other stuff on a list.

Anyway, it's not all stolen, but it's presented to LE for recovery. 

The prices usually aren't great, but every once and a while I do find and haggle for a good deal and I don't feel bad paying my money for items in a legal transaction that's fully transparent.  You have to have an ID to buy stuff too.

Just checked my local laws.  Apparently they are supposed to provide daily pawn tickets to the police.  That has item description, seller, and valid ID.  The ones I have been in did not seem to follow those rules, maybe LEO is starting to crack down.  I guess Craigslist and FB market place is probably a release valve for stolen goods.

Selling 15 dewalt batteries for $50 is probably a sign something isn't on the up and up on FB marketplace.

Where did you see that deal I just paid 169$ for a two pack of 6mah

6mah will run a digital watch for about 2 days....

Ozzie_Isaac

pgprescott said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

In all seriousness, those 2.0 batteries are barely good enough for a housewife. No pro would have them because you’d need all of them to get through the day. I exaggerate a little but only a little. 

Agreed on that.  I have a couple, they are good for quick fixes and small jobs.  For my bigger stuff, 4ah is my go to size.

alaskanassasin

nolaegghead said:

alaskanassasin said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

nolaegghead said:

Everything in my Parish that is pawned or sold to a pawn shop is done with a valid ID.  The description/serial numbers are recorded and provided to the police and they have to sit on it for x weeks before it goes on sale. 

If you have had property stolen from you here and it ends up in the pawn shop, you can claim ownership if you have any unique identifying marks on it, scratched initials, sharpie scrawl or whatever that you can show is uniquely yours.  My buddy got some of his stolen stuff back by identifying one item of a bunch and having the other stuff on a list.

Anyway, it's not all stolen, but it's presented to LE for recovery. 

The prices usually aren't great, but every once and a while I do find and haggle for a good deal and I don't feel bad paying my money for items in a legal transaction that's fully transparent.  You have to have an ID to buy stuff too.

Just checked my local laws.  Apparently they are supposed to provide daily pawn tickets to the police.  That has item description, seller, and valid ID.  The ones I have been in did not seem to follow those rules, maybe LEO is starting to crack down.  I guess Craigslist and FB market place is probably a release valve for stolen goods.

Selling 15 dewalt batteries for $50 is probably a sign something isn't on the up and up on FB marketplace.

Where did you see that deal I just paid 169$ for a two pack of 6mah

6mah will run a digital watch for about 2 days....

Haha AH*

pgprescott

Ozzie_Isaac said:

pgprescott said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

In all seriousness, those 2.0 batteries are barely good enough for a housewife. No pro would have them because you’d need all of them to get through the day. I exaggerate a little but only a little. 

Agreed on that.  I have a couple, they are good for quick fixes and small jobs.  For my bigger stuff, 4ah is my go to size.

Yep and 5.0 for the win. Heck we’re running 60v in the saws and stuff now. Real time savers. 

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Ozzie_Isaac said:

I love how they are pre-selling the saw while still on the retail shelf. That way they know exactly how many they need to steal ahead of time. Pretty genius. 

nolaegghead

Battery capacity - the total amount of work that battery can do - is usually measured in amp-hours, same as 1000 miliamp-hours.  Having a larger work capacity also gives you more current to do work (less of a voltage drop when drawing a load). 

If your requirements have a high load, like spinning a big hole saw, you want a large Ahr battery.  

If your requirements aren't so high, like an IR thermometer, you can use a smaller battery, keeps the tool lighter.

The other side of this is how long you can go between switching to a charged b battery.

Botch

Pretty soon every brick-n-mortar store will have everything behind locked cages, like we now have cigarettes and high-end liquor, and smash-n-grab targets will probably disappear.  
It's almost as if Amazoid is organizing all thi....
 
 
Hey.  

Ozzie_Isaac

Botch said:

Pretty soon every brick-n-mortar store will have everything behind locked cages, like we now have cigarettes and high-end liquor, and smash-n-grab targets will probably disappear.  
It's almost as if Amazoid is organizing all thi....
 
 
Hey.  

If you disappear, we will know why.  Stay safe and watch your back!

alaskanassasin

nolaegghead said:

Battery capacity - the total amount of work that battery can do - is usually measured in amp-hours, same as 1000 miliamp-hours.  Having a larger work capacity also gives you more current to do work (less of a voltage drop when drawing a load). 

If your requirements have a high load, like spinning a big hole saw, you want a large Ahr battery.  

If your requirements aren't so high, like an IR thermometer, you can use a smaller battery, keeps the tool lighter.

The other side of this is how long you can go between switching to a charged b battery.

Answers to questions nobody has asked?  

nolaegghead

alaskanassasin said:

nolaegghead said:

Battery capacity - the total amount of work that battery can do - is usually measured in amp-hours, same as 1000 miliamp-hours.  Having a larger work capacity also gives you more current to do work (less of a voltage drop when drawing a load). 

If your requirements have a high load, like spinning a big hole saw, you want a large Ahr battery.  

If your requirements aren't so high, like an IR thermometer, you can use a smaller battery, keeps the tool lighter.

The other side of this is how long you can go between switching to a charged b battery.

Answers to questions nobody has asked?  

I answer questions before they are asked and that you never knew you needed the answer to.  

(I also know you know the difference between miliamps and amps, I just wanted to f with ya, poleassasin)

alaskanassasin

nolaegghead said:

alaskanassasin said:

nolaegghead said:

Battery capacity - the total amount of work that battery can do - is usually measured in amp-hours, same as 1000 miliamp-hours.  Having a larger work capacity also gives you more current to do work (less of a voltage drop when drawing a load). 

If your requirements have a high load, like spinning a big hole saw, you want a large Ahr battery.  

If your requirements aren't so high, like an IR thermometer, you can use a smaller battery, keeps the tool lighter.

The other side of this is how long you can go between switching to a charged b battery.

Answers to questions nobody has asked?  

I answer questions before they are asked and that you never knew you needed the answer to.  

(I also know you know the difference between miliamps and amps, I just wanted to f with ya, poleassasin)

Got me with poleassasin! Local hardware store had a 2 pack of 5ah for $240, cpoputlet had 2 6ah for 169$.

” Having a larger work capacity also gives you more current to do work (less of a voltage drop when drawing a load). “
 
 this has more to do with the C rating of a battery, the charge or discharge rate can be the same for a large or small capacity battery 

Botch

Mebbe, "NorthPoleAssassin"?  

nolaegghead

alaskanassasin said:

nolaegghead said:

alaskanassasin said:

nolaegghead said:

Battery capacity - the total amount of work that battery can do - is usually measured in amp-hours, same as 1000 miliamp-hours.  Having a larger work capacity also gives you more current to do work (less of a voltage drop when drawing a load). 

If your requirements have a high load, like spinning a big hole saw, you want a large Ahr battery.  

If your requirements aren't so high, like an IR thermometer, you can use a smaller battery, keeps the tool lighter.

The other side of this is how long you can go between switching to a charged b battery.

Answers to questions nobody has asked?  

I answer questions before they are asked and that you never knew you needed the answer to.  

(I also know you know the difference between miliamps and amps, I just wanted to f with ya, poleassasin)

Got me with poleassasin! Local hardware store had a 2 pack of 5ah for $240, cpoputlet had 2 6ah for 169$.

” Having a larger work capacity also gives you more current to do work (less of a voltage drop when drawing a load). “
 
 this has more to do with the C rating of a battery, the charge or discharge rate can be the same for a large or small capacity battery 

The definition of current capacity is measured in C.  The capacity is C.  If the battery is 4 Ahr and it has a 10C rating, it will safely discharge at 40 A.   You're correct, but they don't put that spec on the cordless tool batteries.  For most tool battery packs, they increase the C by increasing the number of parallel cells which also increases the capacity.  Or putting larger cells in....18650 vs 20700...18650 is 18x65mm cylinder, 20700 is 20x70mm cylinder. But there are different designs also that are the opposite - low capacity high discharge and high capacity low discharge.  The cells in tool batteries are on the high end of discharge and they use the same types, in general because of the application.

nolaegghead

TGIF, mothahflippahs!

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