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Read the book Radium Girls last winter They used to pump radiation into absolutely everything in the early 20th century, good to see it's making a comeback
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I thought NFTs weren’t really linked to individual objects, and you could make a bunch of NFTs of that diamond? I really don’t understand this NFT thing.
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Aug 25, 2021 13:19
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Residency Evil posted:I thought NFTs weren’t really linked to individual objects, and you could make a bunch of NFTs of that diamond? Yeah isn’t it like - you go to sell your house and Zillow makes an NFT of the listing. Actually they make 5 NFTs of the listing and they all sell out. Redfin and Zillow do the same thing. Now 15 people own the listing of your house on various websites, but nobody bought the actual house and also anyone can look at the listings still. It’s like crypto in that I don’t see a realistic use case outside of Number Go Up. At least with crypto you can buy real drugs or whatever, though.
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Aug 25, 2021 13:41
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Pretty sure poo poo's exactly the same now, turns out debt doesn't actually matter unless you're of the peasant class because as long as you have the right dad you'll get infinity extra lives. B-b-but I've had to work hard and deserve everything I got everyone else was just lazy! Residency Evil posted:I thought NFTs weren’t really linked to individual objects, and you could make a bunch of NFTs of that diamond? NFTs are like the reverse of quantum mechanics. If you don't understand NFTs, it means you understand NFTs
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Aug 25, 2021 14:05
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I know nothing about NFTs, other than my sister's boyfriend bought one for $800 and sold it for $90k
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Aug 25, 2021 15:10
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Omne posted:I know nothing about NFTs, other than my sister's boyfriend bought one for $800 and sold it for $90k I bet every time he tells the story those two numbers change
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Aug 25, 2021 16:06
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Less Fat Luke posted:I bet every time he tells the story those two numbers change The worst that could happen is that I could spill coffee all over this $3,000 suit. Come on. Yeah, the guy wearing the $4,000 suit is holding the elevator for the guy who doesn't make that in four months. Come on. Yeah, like I'm going to take a whiz through this $5,000 suit. Come on.
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Aug 25, 2021 16:11
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Omne posted:I know nothing about NFTs, other than my sister's boyfriend bought one for $800 and sold it for $90k 90k actual USD or 90k crypto that has a theoretical value of 90k USD assuming his crypto exchange doesn't exit scam or simply close his account when he tries to cash out? Because I'm betting the latter.
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Aug 25, 2021 16:24
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An article about a timeshare that's not a timeshare that are playing "I'm not touching you" with the law to get around prohibitions on AirBnB style renting https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2021/08/24/1030151330/a-unicorn-startup-is-turning-houses-into-corporations
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Aug 25, 2021 16:40
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PurpleXVI posted:90k actual USD or 90k crypto that has a theoretical value of 90k USD assuming his crypto exchange doesn't exit scam or simply close his account when he tries to cash out? Because I'm betting the latter. This; when he sold it he got Ethereum back
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Omne posted:This; when he sold it he got Ethereum back Well.. at least that’s one I know people have successfully converted into FIAT MONEY. I was hoping for Ripple or similar.
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Aug 25, 2021 17:21
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DarkHorse posted:An article about a timeshare that's not a timeshare that are playing "I'm not touching you" with the law to get around prohibitions on AirBnB style renting "We're not a time share!" insists company selling fractional portions of homes with an app so that the owners can schedule how they will share time in it.
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Aug 25, 2021 17:35
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Omne posted:I know nothing about NFTs, other than my sister's boyfriend bought one for $800 and sold it for $90k The key to coming out ahead when making risky bets is stop betting. Reversion to the mean catches is a certainty if you keep playing long enough.
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Aug 25, 2021 17:38
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DarkHorse posted:An article about a timeshare that's not a timeshare that are playing "I'm not touching you" with the law to get around prohibitions on AirBnB style renting No heroes in this story. One group is bothering rich people, which is good. But that same group is either buying or selling timeshares, which is bad.
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DarkHorse posted:An article about a timeshare that's not a timeshare that are playing "I'm not touching you" with the law to get around prohibitions on AirBnB style renting quote:The night after they closed on the house, Allison says in a promotional video, he and his wife sat around a fire "thinking how appreciative we were to be second homeowners. And, from that moment, I've always been inspired about making the dream of second home ownership possible for more people."
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quote:The night after they closed on the house, Allison says in a promotional video, he and his wife sat around a fire "thinking how appreciative we were to be second homeowners. And, from that moment, I've always been inspired about making the dream of second home ownership possible for more people." This is a great, infuriating story with no side worth rooting for. SettingSun fucked around with this message at 20:14 on Aug 25, 2021 |
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Aug 25, 2021 20:05
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The part about the new timeshare owner showing up and realizing everyone hates them is pretty funny.
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Aug 25, 2021 20:13
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Jesus loving Christ. I am approaching hour two of a conversation with Ebay support. I'm going to screenshot some of this conversation when it is over. Ebay took down almost a dozen of my listings and hit me with the full fees for all of them - over $600 for early cancellation, 22% of total list values, shipping, and fees for cancelling auctions with an active bid - for violating their policy against selling "counterfeit currency" by selling... coins from the U.S. Mint. The Ebay support guy is currently trying to argue that, just because it is legal tender printed by the U.S. Mint, that doesn't prove it isn't counterfeit. I'm telling him that I don't think it is even legally possible for the U.S. Mint to issue counterfeit currency. Two. Hours. & $600.
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Aug 25, 2021 20:37
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Jesus loving Christ. I am approaching hour two of a conversation with Ebay support. haha, wait they're not trying to argue you minted your own fake silver eagles, they're saying that silver eagles in general aren't real money? like cashiers that refuse to take two dollar bills?
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Aug 25, 2021 21:25
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GhostofJohnMuir posted:haha, wait they're not trying to argue you minted your own fake silver eagles, they're saying that silver eagles in general aren't real money? like cashiers that refuse to take two dollar bills? Ebay is currently asking me to get proof from the U.S. Mint that the U.S. Mint is not issuing counterfeit money or they will keep my $600.      
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Aug 25, 2021 21:39
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pretty decent Catch-22 fan fic
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they're secretly trying to steal the lucrative silver-reselling racket from you
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Aug 25, 2021 21:42
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He isn't a native English speaker and can't get most of the sense of what you're saying. "This is not counterfeit. It is made by the official US Mint. Let me talk to your manager" will get you farther than using more logical reasoning or complex sentences.
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Aug 25, 2021 21:46
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i like nice words
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Aug 25, 2021 21:48
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Cyrano4747 posted:Yeah you need to be escalating. I got it escalated and Bryan saved me. Jerome refused to escalate me and I had to file a new ticket to get Bryan. 
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Aug 25, 2021 21:49
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gently caress it, reach out to the US Mint to get a statement. Someone there should get a hell of a laugh about it.
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Aug 25, 2021 21:50
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So, uh, why do people buy stuff from the US mint from you for a premium instead of buying from the mint? It seems like a pretty low barrier to entry endeavor.
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Velius posted:So, uh, why do people buy stuff from the US mint from you for a premium instead of buying from the mint? It seems like a pretty low barrier to entry endeavor. I imagine the coins in question were made in limited quantities, so you can't get any more from the Mint.
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Aug 25, 2021 22:11
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Velius posted:So, uh, why do people buy stuff from the US mint from you for a premium instead of buying from the mint? It seems like a pretty low barrier to entry endeavor. Because they only mint ~100k of the coins, they sell out seconds after they become available, and the U.S. mint will not sell more than one set to any household in the U.S. So, you have to get lucky and park yourself on the buy page, and mash F5 to make sure you get in before it crashes. Some of them launch at 5 am on the West Coast, so there are people who want them, but can't get them and will pay a premium to get your order. Demand has crashed. Ebay really hosed me with the week suspension, because some of them were selling for $300+ on release day, but those same coins have tons of listings at $125 with 0 bids today. FOMO and exclusivity on launch day is where the money comes from. There are also a lot of crazy people who want to buy silver and gold online because they think the government is going to make owning silver and gold illegal soon and they want "off the record" dragon hoards of it. Some of them you get unlucky with. I have a set of coins that cost me about $800 that won't sell and I am probably going to be stuck with. But, I made enough from the first round to cover the costs of them.
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Aug 25, 2021 22:16
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Lol at anyone that thinks these screenshots aren’t heavily edited in mspaint.
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laxbro posted:Lol at anyone that thinks these screenshots aren’t heavily edited in mspaint. They are, but just to cover the names and order numbers. Here's a screenshot of my desktop I just took with my browser open. Not sure why you think I needed to make it up. 
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Aug 25, 2021 22:26
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eBay customer service is uh, not the best and brightest. It’s one of the reasons I stopped selling on eBay.
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tumblr hype man posted:eBay customer service is uh, not the best and brightest. It’s one of the reasons I stopped selling on eBay. Yeah. I bounced out hard when they screwed me out of $10. I can't imagine having $600 on the line.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Not sure why you think I needed to make it up. Uh, says the poster who has been caught red handed on multiple occasions taking artistic license with copy/paste reddit material. I mean, I'm not doubting you in this case, but lmao dude come on, you've got a history here.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Some of them you get unlucky with. I have a set of coins that cost me about $800 that won't sell and I am probably going to be stuck with. But, I made enough from the first round to cover the costs of them. maybe that one dude from indiana will still drive over to get them from you
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ChickenOfTomorrow posted:maybe that one dude from indiana will still drive over to get them from you That’s the guy that reported him to ebay, because he was mad OP wouldn’t take his money order.
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Aug 26, 2021 02:10
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Other than an employee somehow running the machines to make coins without authorization, is it literally possible for the US Mint to make counterfeit coins? Or what if an employee DOES somehow run the machines without authorization - do they count as counterfeit? What a weird thing to think about.
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Elysium posted:That’s the guy that reported him to ebay, because he was mad OP wouldn’t take his money order. I doubt that guy did. But, how does the Ebay process work? I assume it is automated, but surely not triggered by a single report? Lots of other people had the same listings and didn't get dinged. Someone has to approve those or the auto-trigger threshold has to be high, right? Otherwise, it would be ridiculously easy to get anyone suspended and on the hook for fees with a single report.
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AceClown posted:there's a good BMW post in the r/relationships thread that I'm going to cross post here From pages ago, but I think it’s worth pointing out that this is quite literally the difference between 28 year old and 35 year old me. At 28 I was all ambition and career advancement and “I want to run this company!” Now at 35 I’m like, nah that’s cool, I’m good at my job and I like it and this is fine, why would I take on more stress? The speed of my life changed more dramatically over the past 7 years than it did in the decade before that. This couple obviously has bigger problems but the age gap probably doesn’t help. I love these posts about how much work it is to create a part-time job for yourself buying and selling collectors items. Cool if you can make some money and enjoy doing it, but lolol that all just looks exhausting.
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Velius posted:So, uh, why do people buy stuff from the US mint from you for a premium instead of buying from the mint? It seems like a pretty low barrier to entry endeavor. Also, here is a pro-tip for stuff like this: Sign up for the newsletter from one of those commission-based sites that buy tons of products when they have limits on household sales like Pointsmakers or some partner site on Swagbucks. When you get the emails telling you to opt in for a commission on an item, see which ones they are offering high commissions for or spamming you with multiple emails encouraging you to sign up to provide it for them. Use that to figure out what to buy and go flip it on Ebay instead of signing up to sell it to them. So far, it has worked for me for a bunch of coins, a couple of limited release Apple products (including a $50 Apple Pencil that sold for $120 - I have no idea why), and some various computer parts. I've had to eat the cost for one or two things that won't sell, but have come out pretty far ahead overall with minimal work. Although, sometimes people (or Ebay) are insane and turn it into a chore that is way harder than it needs to be. Leon Trotsky 2012 fucked around with this message at 05:37 on Aug 26, 2021 |
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