Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Andrzej Matuch Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: "The first Copilot+ PC has been tested and it destroys the MacBook" Date: Mon, 27 May 2024 08:41:00 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 81 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 27 May 2024 14:41:05 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="6babf353eeecdfc0c2aeb1a910fdae9f"; logging-data="23282"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/8/7OxDMW77SJI3RJh2hJZb8jMr2XuO6w=" User-Agent: Betterbird (Windows) Cancel-Lock: sha1:6uNUiLXfGsAzgcg2Apn2958QdcQ= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 5932 On 2024-05-26 10:15 p.m., RonB wrote: > On 2024-05-26, Andrzej Matuch wrote: >> On 2024-05-26 8:16 a.m., RonB wrote: >> >>>> Had I known how annoying it was going to be to sell on Ebay, and how >>>> much I would have to sacrifice of the price in fees, I might have just >>>> kept it. The cut eBay takes is a crime. >>> >>> I haven't sold anything on eBay for a while now. They've got everything >>> against the small seller. >> >> It's precisely that. You'll put your item up for sale or a price, do >> your best to be as accurate as possible, but you're at the mercy of the >> buyer who will claim that there's a scratch, dent or whatever which >> wasn't mentioned in the original ad. At best, they'll want a small >> refund. At worst, they'll demand a complete refund but never send your >> item back. People really have to be careful not to refund until they've >> received their item back because people are definitely gaming the >> system. In fact, that's what happened with this buyer whose behaviour >> was sketchy from the beginning. He claimed there was a dent, wanted a >> complete refund, didn't get his money back immediately because I >> researched him and found out that he once never returned a laptop and >> some music device, so he settled for a small rebate because he realized >> that I wasn't going to allow him to have the machine for free. > > The last thing I sold on eBay was a cell phone. It was like new. (I didn't > like it so it went into the box for about a year.) The person who bought it > gave it to his father. The buyer said it didn't work. I repeatedly asked > him, what's not working on it? Finally he said, his father "didn't like it." > I told him I didn't refund for buyer's remorse. eBay had other ideas and > forced me to take it back, so I had to buy postage. Somehow they sent it > back to the wrong address. I told eBay I never got it back, they said it was > "delivered" and deducted the full price. So not only did I give away my > phone, I paid for shipping both ways. > > By the time you pay the fees and shipping it's definitely not worth the > hassle (even if you do get paid). That is apparently a common scam. I am glad that I didn't have to suffer that problem. However, I will never use eBay for selling again. >>>> At work, I've become so annoying with telling the kids to put their >>>> phones in their pockets that they do so at the sight of me. Some kids >>>> actually asked me what I have against them. First, they're not supposed >>>> to be using them in the hallways or certain rooms; there are designated >>>> locations for their drug. However, the real reason is become the kids >>>> have become shockingly uninteresting as a result of social media, and >>>> they are in worse physical shape than a man three times their age (me). >>>> I keep telling them that my confiscating that crap would be doing them a >>>> favour. >>> >>> I think kids are so used to not listening to anyone (including their >>> parents) that they become genuinely shocked when someone actually forces >>> them to do what they're told or obey the rules. >> >> Yep, and they're not used to the fact that some teachers (me) don't mind >> confronting them about their idiotic behaviour. Many of my co-workers >> not only never show up for their monitoring duty (and I assume they >> never get penalized either), but they do a half-assed job if they do. >> They apply none of the rules, don't move from their initial position >> (guaranteeing that someone will do something idiotic), and turn a blind >> eye to kids using their phones right in front of them because they don't >> want to be the bad guy. When the kids see that I am in their face and >> that I don't care that they feel disrespected by my approach, they are >> genuinely shocked. > > What's funny is that often is the teachers who maintain discipline who are > remembered well once kids grow up. It's the teachers who want to be the > kids' "buddies" who are ridiculed. (At least that's the way it was when I > went to school — many years ago.) I tell my students all the time that I am not desperate enough to want their friendship and that I truly don't care whether they like me or not. I am doing a job and paid to do it well. If they want a friend, they can go to the park. -- Andrzej (Andre) Matuch TG: @AndrzejMatuch Catholic, paleoconservative, Christ is king.