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

Botch

^^^ And the "Agree" button proves its worth!  

WeberWho

bradleya123 said:

SamIAm2 said:

This 2022 GMC Canyon Crew Cab just before Thanksgiving. 

Made the trip over to Tampa for Thanksgiving to spend time with  with Niece, Great Niece, and Great Great Niece. I'm that old.

Still getting used to all the bells and whistles and where the shifter is located. 

It is going back to the dealer in a week to replace the cloth tonneau cover that will not last in the Florida sun. Ordered the hard plastic trifold but dealer put this on.  Successfully cancelled Sirius and the emails to restart it have already begun. 

FYI...Sirius has free listening going on until Dec 5th...

@botch

Langner91

I love Sirius XM.  I pay $7.42 per month.  Less than Netflix, less than a couple of trips through Starbucks.  I spend a lot of time in my car(s), so I really enjoy not having to fiddle with streaming, scanning FM for a clear signal, listening to more commercials and talk than music.  I guess it is a personal preference. 

But, it is a hassle to set a reminder to make a phone call once a year, threaten to cancel, and wait for someone to offer me the service for $6.99 a month.  Takes about 20 minutes a year.  I wish they would just keep giving it to me for $6.99 and not make me have to threaten them.  The first time they charge me the going rate, I will also be done.

lousubcap

My favourite (nod) radio station is "SCAN."  Turns out Asian car manufacturers have that station available on every make/model I have owned.  The Europeans won't go near it.  
It's especially entertaining for those long distance road trips.
A couple of years ago I received a snail mail form from Nielson asking me to fill out a radio listening survey.  Questions about local radio listening etc.  Coincident with the survey we took a road trip of around 5.5 hours drive one way for a weekend.  Yep-I explained "SCAN" in the comments as I recall to count as "listened" it had to be 5 continuous minutes.  I'm sure my partially useful data was trashed.  

Ozzie_Isaac

Langner91 said:

I love Sirius XM.  I pay $7.42 per month.  Less than Netflix, less than a couple of trips through Starbucks.  I spend a lot of time in my car(s), so I really enjoy not having to fiddle with streaming, scanning FM for a clear signal, listening to more commercials and talk than music.  I guess it is a personal preference. 

But, it is a hassle to set a reminder to make a phone call once a year, threaten to cancel, and wait for someone to offer me the service for $6.99 a month.  Takes about 20 minutes a year.  I wish they would just keep giving it to me for $6.99 and not make me have to threaten them.  The first time they charge me the going rate, I will also be done.

A Platinum Amex card gets you $20/month rebate back for SiriusXM.  Don't even need to play the game.

Legume

$700/year.  What else you got?

U_tarded

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Langner91 said:

I love Sirius XM.  I pay $7.42 per month.  Less than Netflix, less than a couple of trips through Starbucks.  I spend a lot of time in my car(s), so I really enjoy not having to fiddle with streaming, scanning FM for a clear signal, listening to more commercials and talk than music.  I guess it is a personal preference. 

But, it is a hassle to set a reminder to make a phone call once a year, threaten to cancel, and wait for someone to offer me the service for $6.99 a month.  Takes about 20 minutes a year.  I wish they would just keep giving it to me for $6.99 and not make me have to threaten them.  The first time they charge me the going rate, I will also be done.

A Platinum Amex card gets you $20/month rebate back for SiriusXM.  Don't even need to play the game.

Perks of that card are pretty good, we use the monthly Uber credits, streaming credits, and many others that easily cover the annual cost.  It’s a big recommend from this house 

JohnInCarolina

Legume said:

$700/year.  What else you got?

Did you just ask Ozzie “What’s in your wallet?” 

nolaegghead

lousubcap said:

My favourite (nod) radio station is "SCAN."  Turns out Asian car manufacturers have that station available on every make/model I have owned.  The Europeans won't go near it.  
It's especially entertaining for those long distance road trips.
A couple of years ago I received a snail mail form from Nielson asking me to fill out a radio listening survey.  Questions about local radio listening etc.  Coincident with the survey we took a road trip of around 5.5 hours drive one way for a weekend.  Yep-I explained "SCAN" in the comments as I recall to count as "listened" it had to be 5 continuous minutes.  I'm sure my partially useful data was trashed.  

All I get listening to SCAN on long trips is a message from screaming preachers that I’m going to heck or country music.  Equally dissatisfying.

On the road (and at home) I listen to NPR on the radio, maybe a football game.  Spotify for music.  Spotify is like Sonos in that you can “broadcast” whatever you are playing on any number of your devices, or all of them at once if you want.  Control it all with your phone

Botch

Langner91 said:

I wish they would just keep giving it to me for $6.99 and not make me have to threaten them.  The first time they charge me the going rate, I will also be done.

No; no, the first time they charge you the going rate, you'll be done about 4 months later.  
You'll tell them to cancel, maybe via phone AND letter AND email, like I did, but your CC will be charged the full rate.  Hopefully your bank/CU will take the charge off your CC, as mine did.  They'll charge it again the next month, and your bank/CC will take the charge off.  When you ask them if there's a way to block sirius from charging again, you'll possibly be told the only way to do that is to get a new CC with a new number, as mine did (and then you'll have to update every other company that has your number to the new CC).  It will happen again the third month, but then you will get phone messages and emails from sirius saying, "We understand you're unhappy with us, please call us at bla-bla so we can make it right".  You may reply to their email, telling them to GTH and cancel, and then they'll send you another letter saying, "We've refunding half your last payment, we will be keeping the other half in your account to apply to your next payment when you re-join sirius".  Hopefully your bank/CU will remove that half-charge too, as mine did.  
 
And then, and then, the very next *&$%^!! f*cking week you'll get a letter from sirius stating, "We want you back, please call blabla to rejoin for $5/mo for the next TWO years".  And then, like me, you'll be madder than a bear on cocaine and dedicate the rest of your life to telling your sirius experience on every damn forum you visit, every person you meet, every AA meeting, every sunday school class you teach, every extermination salesman at your front door, etc.  Those bastids could offer me guaranteed $1/mo for the next TEN years, and I would refuse to accept it.  Ph*ck them!  
 
Whew, I need a shower now.  

TEXASBGE2018

Bought this out of curiosity anyone had it before?

pgprescott

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Bought this out of curiosity anyone had it before?

Nope, but ship that and the other three sixers that make up the case up here and I’ll thoroughly evaluate it for you. 🍺

Langner91

Botch said:

Langner91 said:

I wish they would just keep giving it to me for $6.99 and not make me have to threaten them.  The first time they charge me the going rate, I will also be done.

No; no, the first time they charge you the going rate, you'll be done about 4 months later.  
You'll tell them to cancel, maybe via phone AND letter AND email, like I did, but your CC will be charged the full rate.  Hopefully your bank/CU will take the charge off your CC, as mine did.  They'll charge it again the next month, and your bank/CC will take the charge off.  When you ask them if there's a way to block sirius from charging again, you'll possibly be told the only way to do that is to get a new CC with a new number, as mine did (and then you'll have to update every other company that has your number to the new CC).  It will happen again the third month, but then you will get phone messages and emails from sirius saying, "We understand you're unhappy with us, please call us at bla-bla so we can make it right".  You may reply to their email, telling them to GTH and cancel, and then they'll send you another letter saying, "We've refunding half your last payment, we will be keeping the other half in your account to apply to your next payment when you re-join sirius".  Hopefully your bank/CU will remove that half-charge too, as mine did.  
 
And then, and then, the very next *&$%^!! f*cking week you'll get a letter from sirius stating, "We want you back, please call blabla to rejoin for $5/mo for the next TWO years".  And then, like me, you'll be madder than a bear on cocaine and dedicate the rest of your life to telling your sirius experience on every damn forum you visit, every person you meet, every AA meeting, every sunday school class you teach, every extermination salesman at your front door, etc.  Those bastids could offer me guaranteed $1/mo for the next TEN years, and I would refuse to accept it.  Ph*ck them!  
 
Whew, I need a shower now.  

Holy cow, @Botch.  I was going to ask you to show me on the doll exactly where XM hurt you, but you described it pretty vividly!

JohnInCarolina

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Bought this out of curiosity anyone had it before?

Have not, but I’d be willing to bet that’s a lot better than many people would guess.  Let us know what you think.

alaskanassasin

That was hilarious @Langner91

Ozzie_Isaac

Ozzie_Isaac

Legume said:

$700/year.  What else you got?

The card is metal and pretty cool.  No limit/no hassle for big purchases is nice.

My wife uses it because she travels a lot.  The lounge access in airports is really nice, and as @U_tarded said, the cash back perks more than pays the annual fee, and all for things we buy anyway.

Ozzie_Isaac

@Botch

https://youtu.be/DuWEEKeJLMI

https://youtu.be/OHQP6GyXRGg

northGAcock

Langner91 said:

I love Sirius XM.  I pay $7.42 per month.  Less than Netflix, less than a couple of trips through Starbucks.  I spend a lot of time in my car(s), so I really enjoy not having to fiddle with streaming, scanning FM for a clear signal, listening to more commercials and talk than music.  I guess it is a personal preference. 

But, it is a hassle to set a reminder to make a phone call once a year, threaten to cancel, and wait for someone to offer me the service for $6.99 a month.  Takes about 20 minutes a year.  I wish they would just keep giving it to me for $6.99 and not make me have to threaten them.  The first time they charge me the going rate, I will also be done.

Same issues here. I’m a long time subscriber. Recently, they offered me an annual plan that would renew at the low price. Only catch, had to give them your cc number for annual draft. I couldn’t bite…..have to call back in 6 months. 

bbracey21

northGAcock said:

Langner91 said:

I love Sirius XM.  I pay $7.42 per month.  Less than Netflix, less than a couple of trips through Starbucks.  I spend a lot of time in my car(s), so I really enjoy not having to fiddle with streaming, scanning FM for a clear signal, listening to more commercials and talk than music.  I guess it is a personal preference. 

But, it is a hassle to set a reminder to make a phone call once a year, threaten to cancel, and wait for someone to offer me the service for $6.99 a month.  Takes about 20 minutes a year.  I wish they would just keep giving it to me for $6.99 and not make me have to threaten them.  The first time they charge me the going rate, I will also be done.

Same issues here. I’m a long time subscriber. Recently, they offered me an annual plan that would renew at the low price. Only catch, had to give them your cc number for annual draft. I couldn’t bite…..have to call back in 6 months. 

I just set a reminder yesterday to call and cancel… $5 + taxes a month is worth the PITA phone call I’ll have to make this time next year. 

shtgunal3

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Bought this out of curiosity anyone had it before?

I’ve had it. I think it’s very good. Good flavor, easy to drink, not overpowering like some are. I’d buy it again.

TechsasJim

Returning some Kuiu gear and ordering more.    Frustrating game some times with online only dealers.   

GrateEggspectations

Bought the tree. Up from last year, of course. Decorations going up tomorrow, at which point I may nauseate you with yet more photos. 

Not my dog. Watching for B-I-L. 

L

alaskanassasin

@GrateEggspectations Did he leave you any ponies to babysit? 

alaskanassasin

Assuming this is the BIL with the stable 

GrateEggspectations

@alaskanassin

Funny you should ask. I told him the car needed to stay with the dog, but he laughed it off. 

caliking

GrateEggspectations said:

@alaskanassin

Funny you should ask. I told him the car needed to stay with the dog, but he laughed it off. 

What if the dog needs to go somewhere??

GrateEggspectations

caliking said:

GrateEggspectations said:

@alaskanassin

Funny you should ask. I told him the car needed to stay with the dog, but he laughed it off. 

What if the dog needs to go somewhere??

Funny you should say that (part 2)….

When I made the joke about leaving the GT3, he told me the dog wasn’t allowed to ride in it. 😁 Presumably his excuse for not leaving it in my driveway. 🙃

SonVolt

I had no idea Serius was still in business. I thought it died along with Divx and HD-DVD.

Botch

SonVolt said:

I had no idea Serius was still in business. I thought it died along with Divx and HD-DVD.

We could only hope...