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Ghost of Huey Long

(322 posts)
30. it IS a scam, just like this example in the auto industry
Thu Jul 12, 2012, 12:26 PM
Jul 2012

And they do it because they can, because people are too trusting and cannot do things for themselves.

And it is across the board, when they can screw you they will. Look at our medical industry. Hospital costs are ridiculously absurd and all everyone talks about is insurance costs. They charge that much cause they can...what are you going to do....die? (you might do that afterward after from the stress upon receiving the bill)

Meanwhile teachers and child care workers caring for 30 -40 children get paid crap.

Why do we all have to strive so hard to be 'rich' that we toss everything else aside like common decency?

'Treat people how you want to be treated'...do these scammers every stop and consider this?

I wish this were a Christian nation.

When you just think about the environmental damage this gouging does as well, people replacing cars and computers because they are too expensive to fix. We are filling up the landfills with toxic crap, and wasting precious natural resources because of this.

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Dude... jberryhill Jul 2012 #1
That and some WD-40 will solve any problem. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #2
Would that it were so... MineralMan Jul 2012 #5
Not familiar with PD Blaster. I usually resort to 3-in-1 first. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #12
Try it. It works great, when it can work. MineralMan Jul 2012 #15
WD-40 got me through a number of doughnut gasket changes. Good shit, Maynard. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #19
"PB" Blaster. Ikonoklast Jul 2012 #31
Ah, if only... MineralMan Jul 2012 #4
Well MM, there is no finally NO DOUBT that you are a "True Progressive" ™ MicaelS Jul 2012 #3
It has a Wellstone bumper sticker on it, too. MineralMan Jul 2012 #6
Oh God, a "Card Carrying One"™, too. n/t MicaelS Jul 2012 #14
I'm a true progressive, I think grasswire Jul 2012 #17
Props to you for doing your own wrenching Blue Owl Jul 2012 #7
I'd sure rather not, though. MineralMan Jul 2012 #9
Damn, I feel sorry for anyone who has to do this. I went through this hell when I was poor. Zalatix Jul 2012 #8
No HOA in my neighborhood, MineralMan Jul 2012 #11
I quit working on cars with my current one... MicaelS Jul 2012 #18
About that shop not getting your work, I had 4 cars in the shop in the last month. liberal N proud Jul 2012 #10
Yah, cars suck, pretty much. MineralMan Jul 2012 #13
I don't work on my car myself any more. kentauros Jul 2012 #16
Yes, that's the ideal. Sadly, my world is rarely ideal, it seems. MineralMan Jul 2012 #22
I have found saving myself from injury kentauros Jul 2012 #28
I loved your post ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2012 #20
Yah, beer and a couple of clueless buddies standing around MineralMan Jul 2012 #21
lol! HappyMe Jul 2012 #23
yep... phantom power Jul 2012 #24
Nice. It's absolutely correct, too. MineralMan Jul 2012 #25
That's not the way it works FarCenter Jul 2012 #27
I just recently put a larger hard drive into a computer here at work. Ganja Ninja Jul 2012 #26
it IS a scam, just like this example in the auto industry Ghost of Huey Long Jul 2012 #30
Both places were charging you too much Ghost of Huey Long Jul 2012 #29
OEM Cats for the Volvo are very... meaculpa2011 Jul 2012 #32
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