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Rates vary so please send me a chat with the following information: * Store and value of card * How the gift card was obtained * Payment method you take I am only buying gift cards for **US stores** including: * Amazon * Apple * Barnes & Noble * Banana Republic * Best Buy * Bloomingdales * Chick-Fil-A * Costco * Crate and Barrel * Dicks Sporting Goods * eBay * Gap * H&M * Home Depot * Ikea * Lowes * Macys * Nordstrom * Pottery Barn * Saks Fifth Avenue * Starbucks * Target * Uber * Walmart * West Elm * Williams Sonoma .. and many others including prepaid visa, mastercard Not looking for: McDonald's, Steam, Xbox, Playstation, Fortnite, AM...

Rates vary so please send me a chat with the following information: * Store and value of card * How the gift card was obtained * Payment method you take I am only buying gift cards for **US stores** including: * Amazon * Apple * Barnes & Noble * Banana Republic * Best Buy * Bloomingdales * Chick-Fil-A * Costco * Crate and Barrel * Dicks Sporting Goods * eBay * Gap * H&M * Home Depot * Ikea * Lowes * Macys * Nordstrom * Pottery Barn * Saks Fifth Avenue * Starbucks * Target * Uber * Walmart * West Elm * Williams Sonoma .. and many others Not looking for: McDonald's, Steam, Xbox, Playstation, Fortnite, AMC Message me here: https://www.red...

No Fun To Be Had by David L Gordon From the Case Files of Helena Handbaskit, Agent of ECCO If you’re reading this, it means one of three things has happened. 1. I’m dead. 2. I’m missing. 3. I’m bored enough to let you rummage through my professional laundry. All three are equally likely. Life is funny that way—though not “ha-ha” funny. More like “the universe is a drunk uncle who won’t stop telling the same story about entropy” funny. My name is Helena Handbaskit, and I am what polite society calls a Private Investigator and what impolite society calls that meddling woman who won’t stay bought. I work for a little outfit called ECCO, which is either a clandes...

I ordered a couple of items from a store in Scotland, to deliver to Canada, the items sat in a UPS warehouse in Glasgow for 6 weeks... luckily I paid with PayPal so I am able to challenge the supplier. Basically, UPS is useless, they made a huge error, and their customer support really doesn't want to hear from the receiving party. They start an investigation, because of my challenge in PayPal, and discover the item is still in a Glasgow warehouse... but there were no efforts to get that package moving to the receiving party... for over a week! Then in the PayPal chat ***the company's accountant comes on the chat and tries to get me to cancel my challenge in PayPal.*** Quick AI que...

Many people use same-day delivery without truly understanding what happens in the background. It might seem simple on the computer, but there is quite a bit of coordination needed from the time an order is placed. When someone confirms a purchase online, the system immediately scans the nearest warehouse or store for the item in stock. The order information is sent to that location in seconds. The employees choose the item off the shelf, scan it, and appropriately pack it. At the same time, the system selects a delivery partner based on the location, traffic circumstances, and delivery time slot. After wrapping, the parcel is handed over to the delivery person. Most companies use route...

Sometime ago, I was discussing with some people about the possibility of making a meat/living creature based warehouse supplement. The idea being that instead of the warehouse being an actual place, it would be the insides of a creature kind of like the National Flesh Pit web video series. Now, I had settled on two options for the warehouse to be: I- A Giant Creature came out of an omniverse and ate you, for some reason you were not digested while being inside of it and found out you can use the creature's inwards as a storage room. The creature is endless on the inside but it will require \*some\* sustence from you, meaning you will have to take care of the thing like a symbiotic rel...

Been wanting a cap and beanie since the game but couldn't justify paying $50+ for them on the team store to myself. I've found bits and pieces of the gear at various stores (e.g. hoodies and youth size T-shirts at Costco) but no hats and very limited sizes until I happened to find them at Target. Cap and beanie were $25 each. Didn't check the prices on T-shirts but they had quite a few options, as well as posters and conference champs shirts. ****'s downstairs had some shirts and hoodies too, but they were pricy and I didn't like the designs much. They were on the bottom floor of Target, near the elevators, along with UW/Mariners/Kraken stuff.

I only finished High School. I never went to college because of anxiety and not knowing what I should do. During a summer in High School I worked at my states geological survey. At first I did data entry in a dark room with no windows deep in the middle of the building. It felt like a prison. I ***** it. Eventually I got moved to work in their library which was in the corner of the building and had windows. I sorted and put away library materials. I tolerated doing this work much better. The librarian ended up retiring shortly after my intern job ended. He recommended me for his job. I didn't give it a try because of my anxiety. I always kicked myself for not doing it. Then I worked at...

I only finished High School. I never went to college because of anxiety and not knowing what I should do. During a summer in High School I worked at my states geological survey. At first I did data entry in a dark room with no windows deep in the middle of the building. It felt like a prison. I ***** it. Eventually I got moved to work in their library which was in the corner of the building and had windows. I sorted and put away library materials. I tolerated doing this work much better. The librarian ended up retiring shortly after my intern job ended. He recommended me for his job. I didn't give it a try because of my anxiety. I always kicked myself for not doing it. Then I worked at...

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I 23 F am ashamed to say I’ve amounted to nothing in life, I dropped out of high school right before the pandemic hit. Didn’t get my diploma. Did nothing during covid. Recently went to college for 3 weeks and dropped out. Haven’t held a job longer then a year. I’ve done welding, warehouse, factory, butchering, processing, convenience stores, retail stores and restaurants. Don’t have an interest in any of them. No interest in healthcare. I don’t have any passions. But I long to be a productive member of society and make something of myself. Those who have stayed in employment longer than 2 years with minimal call ins/sick notes, what’s helped you?

Another round of company write-ups taken from Substack within the last week. Not my work - sourced from Giles Capital's weekly compilation: [https://gilescapital.substack.com/](https://gilescapital.substack.com/) # Americas [**Asymmetric Ventures** ](https://open.substack.com/pub/asymventures)on [**PayPal**](https://asymventures.substack.com/p/paypal-whats-wrong) (🇺🇸 PYPL US - US$37 billion) Former payments darling at just 8x earnings after branded checkout growth collapsed to 1%. A 13% share buyback and 25% ROIC provide a floor, but Apple Pay and Google Pay present genuine structural threats. [**Jingshu’s Substack**](https://open.substack.com/pub/jingshu) on [**F...

I**ncredible Universe** was the name of a chain of American consumer electronics stores from 1992 to 1997. A typical Incredible Universe was 185,000 square feet (17,200 m2) of sales floor and warehouse, stocking around 85,000 items.[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incredible_Universe#cite_note-lubbock-2) The operation was conceived by former [Tandy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandy_Corporation) CEO John Roach. Many internal corporate philosophies of Disney theme parks were borrowed; in an Incredible Universe store, retail departments were "scenes", employees were "cast members", customers were "guests", uniforms were "costumes", and so fo...

Resently I've noticed new batches pop up shortly before closing of the store. For example today I saw the order from Costco with 25 items in it and it was 20 minutes before closing of the store. Since it's not possible to complete such batch in 20 minutes I am wondering what's happening with those batches if you accept them?

I only finished High School. I never went to college because of anxiety and not knowing what I should do. During a summer in High School I worked at my states geological survey. At first I did data entry in a dark room with no windows deep in the middle of the building. It felt like a prison. I ***** it. Eventually I got moved to work in their library which was in the corner of the building and had windows. I sorted and put away library materials. I tolerated doing this work much better. The librarian ended up retiring shortly after my intern job ended. He recommended me for his job. I didn't give it a try because of my anxiety. I always kicked myself for not doing it. Then I worked a...

I only finished High School. I never went to college because of anxiety and not knowing what I should do. During a summer in High School I worked at my states geological survey. At first I did data entry in a dark room with no windows deep in the middle of the building. It felt like a prison. I ***** it. Eventually I got moved to work in their library which was in the corner of the building and had windows. I sorted and put away library materials. I tolerated doing this work much better. The librarian ended up retiring shortly after my intern job ended. He recommended me for his job. I didn't give it a try because of my anxiety. I always kicked myself for not doing it. Then I worked a...

Hi all. I (30F) am really struggling with job searching right now. I have 2 degrees, a variation of strengths, and feel as if I wasted my late teens and all of my 20s making nothing of my life most days. I found it hard to find a stable job after getting my first degree. And to make matters worse, I struggled with alcoholism as a coping mechanism which resulted in an unfortunate arrest fresh out of undergrad. Don’t pity me. I take accountability for self in that regard. That being said, all charges have since been dismissed with my record expunged. I am also 8 months sober tomorrow. I recently graduated from my masters program and on paper, I look very good. I wish my insides matched ...

Curious what everyone spends on groceries per week. Our bill has jumped the last couple of months-probably because my daughter turned one and moved to all solid foods, but $300–$350/week for a family of three (me, husband, 15-month-old) at Harris Teeter feels high. This includes some household essentials like TP, dish soap, etc. We eat mostly fresh produce, fish, and some organic meats and very little junk or ultra-processed food, so I know that adds to the cost. I’m thinking about trying more affordable stores or a monthly Costco trip. editing to add I’m in a medium COL city and I’m a Sahm, so this is breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks for all 3 of us (I know daycares provide bre...