Things That Are Bullsh*t (6 Viewers)

ekricket said:
Is it

Their product is the best buy around
or
You had best buy now, before they run out
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Live look at Blockbuster’s meeting about Best Buy.
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Hate on Best Buy if you must, but their stock price has outperformed the S&P500, and has a 4.2% dividend yield.

Not something to invest in if you are a buy-and-forget investor, but if you are willing to put in a little time reading corporate reports, it's fair game. Long term, I think we're losing everything big box that isn't selling lumber and if Amazon starts delivering 2x4s, it's game over for those big boxes as well.
 
Chips for sale with no pics
Chips for sale with no face pics
Chips for sale without edge pics
Chips for sale that aren’t in the possession of the seller
And an oldie but goodie:
Chips for sale with pics of MORE chips than included

I feel a little better now :)
 
cpiaaq said:
Chips for sale with no pics
Chips for sale with no face pics
Chips for sale without edge pics
Chips for sale that aren’t in the possession of the seller
And an oldie but goodie:
Chips for sale with pics of MORE chips than included

I feel a little better now :)
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Any chips for sale... Conus only.
So exclusionary from the hobby.
 
Theres a meme called chill guy and I try to be like him and not get upset over small things.

Someone harvested a TP $100 NCV from tonights event. On average how many chips do you lose a year? Maybe one or two a month?

Might have to buy legolds ncv as backups.
 

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MC_CPA said:
Theres a meme called chill guy and I try to be like him and not get upset over small things.

Someone harvested a TP $100 NCV from tonights event. On average how many chips do you lose a year? Maybe one or two a month?

Might have to buy legolds ncv as backups.
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Uhh....

Me? 0.2 per year (and that one is probably here somewhere) 1-2 per month is effed up.
 
MC_CPA said:
Theres a meme called chill guy and I try to be like him and not get upset over small things.

Someone harvested a TP $100 NCV from tonights event. On average how many chips do you lose a year? Maybe one or two a month?

Might have to buy legolds ncv as backups.
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Lock the doors.. no one leaves until the chip is returned!
 
MC_CPA said:
Theres a meme called chill guy and I try to be like him and not get upset over small things.

Someone harvested a TP $100 NCV from tonights event. On average how many chips do you lose a year? Maybe one or two a month?

Might have to buy legolds ncv as backups.
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Wow, that sucks…I assume you looked everywhere and under rail as well. I would be ticked off x 100
 
You can't know until after the event I believe it's just pray no one walks out with them.

Lets say you lose half a barrel a year thats about $4/event overall which I don't think anyonr would sweat about.

And they went straight for the good stuff too lol not the $1s.
 
Send a group text to everyone that attended tonight with that photo. Say that a chip is missing and that anyone that may have walked out with it needs to return it at the next game. They can leave it in your mailbox anonymously with no hard feelings. Anyone caught taking souvenirs will be banned from the game for life.
 
MC_CPA said:
You can't know until after the event I believe it's just pray no one walks out with them.

Lets say you lose half a barrel a year thats about $4/event overall which I don't think anyonr would sweat about.

And they went straight for the good stuff too lol not the $1s.
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I would be immediately sending out a message to every attendee asking them to make sure they did not “accidentally” put one in their pocket and requesting it be returned. At the very least it will get the message out that such a loss is immediately noticed which may prevent recurrence from someone thinking “he will never miss just one”.

Edit: was typing this when JMC was posting. I like his idea as well.
 
MC_CPA said:
Theres a meme called chill guy and I try to be like him and not get upset over small things.

Someone harvested a TP $100 NCV from tonights event. On average how many chips do you lose a year? Maybe one or two a month?

Might have to buy legolds ncv as backups.
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I lost one of my custom chips many years ago at the end of a game.

I host at my office as I don't have room for more than about three guests at my small studio apartment.

At the end of the game, everything is cleaned up and racked up, but I'm missing a chip. I have spares for my customs, but for the first time in what was approaching a decade of hosting, it's the first time I've racked up and had a missing chip. Oddly, the bank checked out OK, so I chalked it up to my goofing on a count when I did the cash-outs, but I went home with one rack a chip short and it annoyed the f*@# out of me.

I opted to not not raise a stink with my group at the time as I assumed it was a "me" issue.


Fast-forward almost three weeks. We've played a couple game since then, but with different chips (I rotate the sets I have, and let the big winner from the night random-draw for the set for next week, but the set from the week in question has not come back into rotation). It's late, I'm too long into a data processing loop that should have been done last week and get to up to fire up the Keurig and while it's brewing, take a walkabout around the office to stretch my legs.


I meander into a rarely used cubicle next to the conference room we use for my game.


I catch something on the floor out of the corner of my eye just peeking out under the temporary cubicle wall.


It's the missing chip from earlier in the month!!


Somehow, it made it through the count when I did the cash-outs at the end of the session before it did it's best impression of David Caruso's Career:

https://clip.cafe/south-park-1997/ike-do-impersonation-of-david-carusos-career/

...rolled underneath the cubicle divider and parked itself there until I found it!


Our custodian went there rarely, at best, knowing how infrequently that space was used, so they never noticed it sitting there. If I hadn't needed to rest my eyes and chair for a little while, who knows how long it would have been until I stumbled across it.





The short story, first, sorry you are missing a chip! That always sucks, OCD or otherwise.

Second, do a complete sweep of where you play. That was the only chip I have ever lost in nearly 20 years of hosting and it turned out it was only a few feet (meters) from where I had last counted it. If chips weren't round, they'd be a little less likely to roll away to some unseen corner.



Hoping you find the chip and it's was innocently misplaced and not pocketed. If the latter, burn them.. burn them at the stake in public! :ROFL: :ROFLMAO:
 
chippitydoodah said:
Bad timing
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@smashed_potato the next nagb confirmed
AlbinoDragon said:
I opted to not not raise a stink with my group at the time as I assumed it was a "me" issue.
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Tonysquander said:
Wow, that sucks…I assume you looked everywhere and under rail as well.
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No it was 10:15 we finished early and left early. Next time if I have time i will count them all before leaving.

I asked one of my friends to go back and search for it (They live on campus) and they found it. Big money.

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MC_CPA said:
@smashed_potato the next nagb confirmed


No it was 10:15 we finished early and left early. Next time if I have time i will count them all before leaving.

I asked one of my friends to go back and search for it (They live on campus) and they found it. Big money.

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Score! Yes, it is always best to look everywhere and do it several times before sending out the hammer message. Glad you found it.
 
MC_CPA said:
@smashed_potato the next nagb confirmed


No it was 10:15 we finished early and left early. Next time if I have time i will count them all before leaving.

I asked one of my friends to go back and search for it (They live on campus) and they found it. Big money.

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I'd suggest making her aware to put it somewhere safe and not in a purse. Had a friend do this and put it in her purse. When the chip eventually came out it was like being in a rock tumbler.
 
Dibs not being honoured. Or am I misunderstanding how dibs works?

Dibs on 23 chips.

Get told in DM there is only 17 left because someone else dibsed (no such dibs in the sale thread).

Then updated by DM again, now there is only 14 left. Of course, the best chips gone.

This shit normal? Just unlucky on my first purchases?

I DM the PCFr that is getting the chips I think I dibsed... crickets.
 
drdr said:
Dibs not being honoured. Or am I misunderstanding how dibs works?

Dibs on 23 chips.

Get told in DM there is only 17 left because someone else dibsed (no such dibs in the sale thread).

Then updated by DM again, now there is only 14 left. Of course, the best chips gone.

This shit normal? Just unlucky on my first purchases?

I DM the PCFr that is getting the chips I think I dibsed... crickets.
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Was prob private pms.
 

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