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

nolaegghead

blind99 said:

apparently i'm buying a new furnace.  grumble.....

What's wrong with it?  How old?  It may or may not be economically sound to repair, but I always want the details. 

fishlessman

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Tspud1 said:

SonVolt said:

TEXASBGE2018 said:

TTC said:

Property taxes 

I’m about to do the same. Sucks doesn’t it?

I know it does in Dallas. A coworker just moved there and assuming he's not exaggerating, he claims his property tax is as much as his mortgage each month. Our homes cost relatively the same yet my property tax was 6% of his. 

Is that due to county taxes being different from his to yours? Been thinking about relocating to TX and wouldnt mind knowing which areas to cross off the search

All of Texas is this way if you want to live in big cities. Moving to just outside the main suburbs is your best bet. In Dallas this would be areas such as Rockwall County where I live as well as Wylie, Northern McKinney, Rowlett, Greenville. In Austin that would be Leander, Georgetown, in Houston it would be far western Katy, Conroe.

the country is where the new people are going to move to, they dont want to be in the cities and suburbs.  then they will want more law enforcement, new firehouses for the new bigger trucks, new schools,  new hospitals etc.  thats going to cost some money. lets raise the taxes

Gulfcoastguy

ColtsFan said:

SonVolt said:

Oh we're 600 miles away from each other. My property taxes are ~$800 in a rural area. He's claiming his are $13k, but he lives somewhere in the DFW area. I have no idea what he's actually paying - he could be full of bs. 

I can drive 8 miles into town, buy a 2k sq ft house and pay 7-10k in property tax. I pay a quarter of that 

If they don't get it out of your left pocket they will take it out of your right pocket but the Tax Man will not be denied. Still it might be better to compare the total State and local tax burden between the two states.

Gulfcoastguy

blind99 said:

apparently i'm buying a new furnace.  grumble.....

We need a "sympathies offered" button. At least the new furnace will probably be more efficient. Have you checked for rebates and tax incentives?

bubbajack

Chicken thighs, $.82 a pound.

northGAcock

Botch said:

  Today, I bought an Einstein's toasted 6-cheese bagel, with veggie schmear, for $4.20.  
 

.....but you ate good brother.

Lit

Local bourbon here in Atlanta. Buddy had good things to say about it so gave it shot. Will know shortly.

Tspud1

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Tspud1 said:

SonVolt said:

TEXASBGE2018 said:

TTC said:

Property taxes 

I’m about to do the same. Sucks doesn’t it?

I know it does in Dallas. A coworker just moved there and assuming he's not exaggerating, he claims his property tax is as much as his mortgage each month. Our homes cost relatively the same yet my property tax was 6% of his. 

Is that due to county taxes being different from his to yours? Been thinking about relocating to TX and wouldnt mind knowing which areas to cross off the search

All of Texas is this way if you want to live in big cities. Moving to just outside the main suburbs is your best bet. In Dallas this would be areas such as Rockwall County where I live as well as Wylie, Northern McKinney, Rowlett, Greenville. In Austin that would be Leander, Georgetown, in Houston it would be far western Katy, Conroe.

Thinking Hill Country area, New Braunfels, Canyon Lake, Fredericksburg

TEXASBGE2018

Tspud1 said:

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Tspud1 said:

SonVolt said:

TEXASBGE2018 said:

TTC said:

Property taxes 

I’m about to do the same. Sucks doesn’t it?

I know it does in Dallas. A coworker just moved there and assuming he's not exaggerating, he claims his property tax is as much as his mortgage each month. Our homes cost relatively the same yet my property tax was 6% of his. 

Is that due to county taxes being different from his to yours? Been thinking about relocating to TX and wouldnt mind knowing which areas to cross off the search

All of Texas is this way if you want to live in big cities. Moving to just outside the main suburbs is your best bet. In Dallas this would be areas such as Rockwall County where I live as well as Wylie, Northern McKinney, Rowlett, Greenville. In Austin that would be Leander, Georgetown, in Houston it would be far western Katy, Conroe.

Thinking Hill Country area, New Braunfels, Canyon Lake, Fredericksburg

You should be better off there. You are just far enough away from Austin and San Antonio.

QDude

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Tspud1 said:

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Tspud1 said:

SonVolt said:

TEXASBGE2018 said:

TTC said:

Property taxes 

I’m about to do the same. Sucks doesn’t it?

I know it does in Dallas. A coworker just moved there and assuming he's not exaggerating, he claims his property tax is as much as his mortgage each month. Our homes cost relatively the same yet my property tax was 6% of his. 

Is that due to county taxes being different from his to yours? Been thinking about relocating to TX and wouldnt mind knowing which areas to cross off the search

All of Texas is this way if you want to live in big cities. Moving to just outside the main suburbs is your best bet. In Dallas this would be areas such as Rockwall County where I live as well as Wylie, Northern McKinney, Rowlett, Greenville. In Austin that would be Leander, Georgetown, in Houston it would be far western Katy, Conroe.

Thinking Hill Country area, New Braunfels, Canyon Lake, Fredericksburg

You should be better off there. You are just far enough away from Austin and San Antonio.

That is a great part of Texas!

Tspud1

QDude said:

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Tspud1 said:

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Tspud1 said:

SonVolt said:

TEXASBGE2018 said:

TTC said:

Property taxes 

I’m about to do the same. Sucks doesn’t it?

I know it does in Dallas. A coworker just moved there and assuming he's not exaggerating, he claims his property tax is as much as his mortgage each month. Our homes cost relatively the same yet my property tax was 6% of his. 

Is that due to county taxes being different from his to yours? Been thinking about relocating to TX and wouldnt mind knowing which areas to cross off the search

All of Texas is this way if you want to live in big cities. Moving to just outside the main suburbs is your best bet. In Dallas this would be areas such as Rockwall County where I live as well as Wylie, Northern McKinney, Rowlett, Greenville. In Austin that would be Leander, Georgetown, in Houston it would be far western Katy, Conroe.

Thinking Hill Country area, New Braunfels, Canyon Lake, Fredericksburg

You should be better off there. You are just far enough away from Austin and San Antonio.

That is a great part of Texas!

close to good BBQ and seems like nice area, not to far from Austin or San Antonio

TEXASBGE2018

When we retire which is a long time from now our plan is to move to that area of the state. North Texas topographically and metaphorically speaking is the forehead of Texas, nothing but flat and plain with the occasional zit.

nolaegghead

Tspud1 said:

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Tspud1 said:

SonVolt said:

TEXASBGE2018 said:

TTC said:

Property taxes 

I’m about to do the same. Sucks doesn’t it?

I know it does in Dallas. A coworker just moved there and assuming he's not exaggerating, he claims his property tax is as much as his mortgage each month. Our homes cost relatively the same yet my property tax was 6% of his. 

Is that due to county taxes being different from his to yours? Been thinking about relocating to TX and wouldnt mind knowing which areas to cross off the search

All of Texas is this way if you want to live in big cities. Moving to just outside the main suburbs is your best bet. In Dallas this would be areas such as Rockwall County where I live as well as Wylie, Northern McKinney, Rowlett, Greenville. In Austin that would be Leander, Georgetown, in Houston it would be far western Katy, Conroe.

Thinking Hill Country area, New Braunfels, Canyon Lake, Fredericksburg

I spent high school in that area.  I love the hill country.  

SonVolt

TEXASBGE2018 said:

When we retire which is a long time from now our plan is to move to that area of the state. North Texas topographically and metaphorically speaking is the forehead of Texas, nothing but flat and plain with the occasional zit.

Yeah, I travelled there a lot last year for work and I had a great time and had some great food, but... by the end of the week I really missed the trees and rolling hills. It felt like I was stuck in a maze of office buildings, industrial parks and strip malls.  Of course I never got outside the DFW area. The diverse options for food though were insane.  

blind99

nolaegghead said:

blind99 said:

apparently i'm buying a new furnace.  grumble.....

What's wrong with it?  How old?  It may or may not be economically sound to repair, but I always want the details. 

@nolaegghead well this is a long story with many details an hvac buff would like. House is 15 years old, and the HVAC guy was some kind of mad scientist. Single furnace. He ran two ac units, feeding two coils, into it. Ductwork has 3 zones, one for each floor, controlled by servos. Waaaaay too complicated but man the house is comfortable. 

However, the fans /output of the furnace is too much if only one zone calls for heat. No pressure relief was added. So the furnace is dying at 15 years old. Trane technician said this furnace is young and if done properly it would easily still be going many more years. 

AC died last summer. We were able to simplify to one compressor and coil and it works great. Bosch inverter works awesome. 

Now the furnace is making nasty sounds. The inducer blower is dying. Secondary heat exchanger has a small crack. And one portion of the zone control electronics is dead. 

They recommended getting rid of the fancy zoning and simplifying. I’ve been spoiled with control of each floor. Looking forward to the repair/replace quote!

ColbyLang

Alarm goes off at 3 for work. Check email. Back in stock notice from Snake River Farms on the 13-15# black grade briskets. Delivers to me on Sunday....

My first purchase/attempt at wagyu......

QDude

I may pull the trigger on a Joetisserie today for my XL.

kl8ton

ColbyLang said:

Alarm goes off at 3 for work. Check email. Back in stock notice from Snake River Farms on the 13-15# black grade briskets. Delivers to me on Sunday....

My first purchase/attempt at wagyu......

Those were out of stock when I ordered my first SRF brisket a couple days ago.  It pushed me to buy Gold. My first Wagyu experience too. Is yours arriving before Christmas?  Is it for Christmas? 

ColbyLang

kl8ton said:

ColbyLang said:

Alarm goes off at 3 for work. Check email. Back in stock notice from Snake River Farms on the 13-15# black grade briskets. Delivers to me on Sunday....

My first purchase/attempt at wagyu......

Those were out of stock when I ordered my first SRF brisket a couple days ago.  It pushed me to buy Gold. My first Wagyu experience too. Is yours arriving before Christmas?  Is it for Christmas? 

Order confirmation says it’ll be here Sunday the 20th. I’m doubtful of that. 

Mine will be smoked in celebration of my 39th birthday on New Year’s Eve. Little ones make it tough to find a sitter on NYE. So we’ll stay home, eat heavenly and pop enough fireworks to make the cops show up. Oh, and I’m gonna try and drink my fill of either red wine or bourbon......

Langner91

Great birthday!  My 52nd is that day.  Happy Birthday!  Enjoy that brisket.

FarmingPhD

Local roasted coffee.

TEXASBGE2018

Not done yet but haggling on a new 4runner

kl8ton

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Not done yet but haggling on a new 4runner

Keep playing hard to get!  Is there a competing dealer in the next town?  Maybe you name drop that dealer to current sales guy.  Mention you are going there Monday to check out a couple that are the color you want, or the sales guy there is a friend of a friend of a friend that can get you better pricing. . . sometimes it works! 

TEXASBGE2018

kl8ton said:

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Not done yet but haggling on a new 4runner

Keep playing hard to get!  Is there a competing dealer in the next town?  Maybe you name drop that dealer to current sales guy.  Mention you are going there Monday to check out a couple that are the color you want, or the sales guy there is a friend of a friend of a friend that can get you better pricing. . . sometimes it works! 

Oh it’s like Gladiator between these 2 dealers and I’m Marcus Aurelius. Quite the show.

Wolfpack

The age of the internet has really dialed back the negotiation- pretty easy to go in armed with what the dealership has to pay for the vehicle. 

Depending on the popularity of the vehicle, you can expect to pay some small percentage over that. 

Dealerships don’t seem to make much on the actual vehicle sale- likely why they push financing, service, wheel insurance, etc. 

4 Runners are fairly popular so they may hold closer to their guns. 

Good luck and enjoy the new ride- maybe they can kick in a discount at the local bass boat shop😈

Buckwoody Egger

finally found some dizzy pig ghost

Battleborn

Bought some sushi for dinner. It was good. 

mEGG_My_Day

We did a big grocery store run today - Memphis is about to get shut down again.  Love Charles Chips and there they were. 

HeavyG

mEGG_My_Day said:

We did a big grocery store run today - Memphis is about to get shut down again.  Love Charles Chips and there they were. 

Many decades (late 70's) ago my office would have a Charles Chips guy stop by every few weeks. Haven't seen one of those cans in years.

Does Charles Chips still do the "door-to-door" sales anywhere?

mEGG_My_Day

HeavyG said:

mEGG_My_Day said:

We did a big grocery store run today - Memphis is about to get shut down again.  Love Charles Chips and there they were. 

Many decades (late 70's) ago my office would have a Charles Chips guy stop by every few weeks. Haven't seen one of those cans in years.

Does Charles Chips still do the "door-to-door" sales anywhere?

I don’t know. When I was a child in the early 70’s they would deliver to our house in Charlotte, NC. My saint of a mother would let me climb in the back of the truck and pick something out (they had more than plain chips).  I always picked out the pretzels, which were my dad’s favorites also.