06.23.08
Best Buy
Best Buy has some bad
policies…. Normally, I would not
> share this
> with others, however, since this could happen to you or
> your friends , I
> decided to share it. If you
purchase something from,
> Wal-Mart, Sam ’s
> Club, JC Penny , Sears etc. and you return the item with
> the receipt
> they will give you your money back if you paid cash, or
> credit your
> account if paid by plastic. Well, I purchased a GPS for my
> car, a Tom
> Tom XL.S from ‘Best Buy’. They have a policy that
> it must be returned
> within 14 days for a refund! So after 4 days I returned it
> in the
> original box with all the items in the box, with paper work
> and cords
> all wrapped in the plastic. Just as I received it,
> including the
> receipt.
>
>
> I explained to the lady at the return desk I
did not like
> the way it
> could not find store names. The lady at the refund desk
> said, there is a
> 15% restock fee, for items returned. I said no one told me
> that. I said
> how much would that
be. She said it goes by the price of
> the item. It
> will be $45.00 Dollars for you. I said, all your going to
> do is walk
> over and place it back on the shelf then charge me $45.00
> of my money
> for restocking? She said that’s the store policy. I
> said if more people
> were aware of it they would not buy anything here! If I
> bought a
> $2000.00 computer or TV and returned it I would be charged
> $300.00
> dollars restock fee? She said yes, 15%. I said OK, just
> give me my money
> minus the restock fee. She said, since the item is over
> $200.00 dollars,
> she can’t give me my money back!!! Corporate has to
and
> they will mail
> you a check in 7 to ten days.!! I said ‘WHAT?!’
> It’s my money!! I paid
> in cash! I want to buy a different brand..Now I have to
> wait 7 to 10
> days. She said well, our policy is on the
back of your
> receipt. I said,
> do you read the front or back of your receipt? She said
> well, the front!
> I said so do I, I want to talk to the Manager!. So the
> manager comes
> over, I explained everything to him, and he said, well, sir
> they should
> have told you about the policy when you got the item. I
> said, No one,
> has ever told me about the check refund or restock fee,
> whenever I
> bought items from computers to TVs from Best Buy. The only
> thing they
> ever discussed was the worthless extended warranty program.
> He said,
> Well, I can give you corporate phone number. I called
>
corporate. The guy
> said, well, I’m not supposed to do this but I can give
> you a 45.00
> dollar gift card and you can use it at Best Buy. I told him
> if I bought
> something and returned it, you would charge me a
restock
> fee on the item
> and then send me a check for the remaining 3 dollars. You
> can keep your
> gift card, I’m never shopping in Best Buy ever again,
> and if I would
> have been smart, I would have charged the whole thing on my
> credit card!
> Then I would of cancelled the transaction. I would have
> gotten all my
> money back including your stupid fees! He didn’t say a
> word! I informed
> him that I was going to e-mail my friends and give them a
> heads up on
> this stores policy, as they don’t tell you about all
> the little caveats.
> So please pass this on. It may save your friends from
>
having a bad
> experience of shopping at Best Buy
>
>
> It’s true! read it for yourself!!Best Buys return
> policy
>
> Restocking feeA restocking fee of 15% will be charged on
> opened
> notebook
computers, projectors, camcorders, digital
> cameras, radar
> detectors, GPS/navigation and in-car video systems unless
> defective or
> p
> rohibited by law. A restocking fee of 25% will be charged
> on Special
> Order Products, including appliances unless defective or
> prohibited by
> law.
I Didn’t Write It
The next time you hear a politician use the
word ‘billion’ in a casual manner, think about
whether you want the ‘politicians’ spending
YOUR tax money.
A billion is a difficult number to comprehend,
but one advertising agency did a good job of
putting that figure into some perspective in
one of it’s releases.
A.
A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
B.
A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
C.
A billion hours ago our ancestors were
living in the Stone Age.
D.
A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.
E.
A billion dollars ago was only
8 hours and 20 minutes,
at the rate our government
is spending it. While this thought is still fresh in our brain…
let’s take a look at New Orleans …
It’s amazing what you can learn with some simple division.
Louisiana Senator,
Mary Landrieu (D)
is presently asking Congress for
250 BILLION DOLLARS
to rebuild New Orleans . Interesting number…
what does it mean?
A.
Well… if you are one of the 484,674 residents of New Orleans
(every man, woman, and child)
you each get $516,528.
B.
Or… if you have one of the 188,251 homes in
New Orleans , your home gets $1,329,787.
C.
Or… if you are a family of four…
your family gets $2,066,012.
Washington , D. C < HELLO! >
Are all your calculators broken??
Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax < BR>Federal Unemployme nt Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax)
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Tax
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service charge taxes
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax (Truckers)
Sales Taxes
Recreational Vehicle Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Tax
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago…
and our nation was the most prosperous in the world.
We had absolutely no national debt…
We had the largest middle class in the world…
and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.
What happened?
Can you spell ‘politicians!’
And I still have to
press “1″
for English.
06.18.08
Remember When?
It took five minutes for the TV warm up?
Nearly everyone’s Mom was at home when the kids got home from school?
Nobody owned a purebred dog — except maybe George S. ?
When a 57 Chevy was everyone’s dream car…to cruise, peel out, lay rubber or watch submarine races, and people went steady?
No one ever asked where the car keys were because they were always in the car, in the ignition, and the doors were never locked?
Lying on your back in the grass with your friends – and saying things like, ‘That cloud looks like a… ‘?
And with all our progress, don’t you just wish, just once, you could slip back in time and savor the slower pace? Share it with the children of today.
An Old Joke
WHY DID THE CHICKEN CROSS THE ROAD???
BARACK OBAMA:
The chicken crossed the road because it was time for a CHANGE! The chicken wanted CHANGE!
JOHN MCCAIN:
My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road.
HILLARY CLINTON:
When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross the road. This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure — right from Day One! — that every chicken in this country gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really isn’t about me…….
DR. PHIL:
The problem we have here is that this chicken won’t realize that he must first deal with the problem on ‘THIS’ side of the road before it goes after the problem on the ‘OTHER SIDE’ of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he’s acting by not taking on his ‘CURRENT’ problems before adding ‘NEW’ problems.
OPRAH:
Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I’m going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.
GEORGE W. BUSH:
We don’t really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.
COLIN POWELL:
Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road…
ANDERSON COOPER – CNN:
We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.
JOHN KERRY:
Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken’s intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.
NANCY GRACE:
That chicken crossed the road because he’s GUILTY! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.
PAT BUCHANAN:
To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.
MARTHA STEWART:
No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer’s Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.
DR SEUSS:
Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I’ve not been told.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY:
To die in the rain. Alone.
JERRY FALWELL:
Because the chicken was gay! Can’t you people see the plain truth?’ That’s why they call it the ‘other side.’ Yes, my friends, that chicken is gay. And if you eat that chicken, you will become gay too. I say we boycott all chickens until we sort out this abomination that the liberal media white washes with seemingly harmless phrases like ‘the other side’. That chicken should not be crossing the road. It’s as plain and as simple as that.
GRANDPA:
In my day we didn’t ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.
BARBARA WALTERS:
Isn’t that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its life long dream of crossing the road.
ARISTOTLE:
It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.
JOHN LENNON:
Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace.
BILL GATES:
I have just released eChicken2007, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your check book. Internet Explorer is an integral part of the Chicken. This new platform is much more stable and will never cra…#@&&^(C% ……… reboot.
ALBERT EINSTEIN:
Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?
BILL CLINTON:
I did not cross the road with THAT chicken. What is your definition of chicken?
AL GORE:
I invented the chicken!
COLONEL SANDERS:
Did I miss one?
DICK CHENEY:
Where’s my gun?
AL SHARPTON:
Why are all the chickens white? We need some black chickens.
06.05.08
Governmental Blondes
A Washington, DC, airport ticket agent offers some examples of why our country is in trouble!
1. I had a New Hampshire Congresswoman ask for an aisle seat so that her hair wouldn’t get messed up by being near the window. (On an airplane!)
2. I got a call from a candidate’s staffer, who wanted to go to Cape Town. I started to explain the length of the flight and the passport information.Then she interrupted me with, “I’m not trying to make you look stupid, but Cape Town is in Massachusetts.”? Without trying to make her look stupid, I calmly explained, “Cape Cod is in Massachusetts, Cape Town is in Africa.”? Her response – click.
3. A senior Vermont Congressman called, furious about a Florida package we did. ?I asked what was wrong with the vacation in Orlando.? He said he was expecting an ocean-view room.? I tried to explain that’s not possible, since Orlando is in the middle of the state.? He replied, “Don’t lie to me. I looked on the map and Florida is a very thin state!” (OMG)
4. I got a call from a lawmaker’s wife who asked, “Is it possible to see England from Canada?? ” I said, “No. “She said, “But they look so close on the map.” (OMG, again!)
5. An aide for a cabinet member once called and asked if he could rent a car in Dallas.? When I pulled up the reservation, I noticed he had only a 1-hour layover in Dallas.? When I asked him why he wanted to rent a car he said, “I heard Dallas was a big airport, and we will need a car to drive between gates to save time.” (Aghhhh)
6. An Illinois Congresswoman called last week. She needed to know how it was possible that her flight from Detroit left at 8:30 am and got to Chicago at 8:33 am.? I explained that Michigan was an hour ahead of Illinois, but she couldn’t understand the concept of time zones.? Finally, I told her the plane went fast, and she bought that.
7. A New York lawmaker called and asked, “Do airlines put your physical description on your bag so they know whose luggage belongs to whom?”? I said, “No, why do you ask?”
She replied, “Well, when I checked in with the airline, they put a tag on my luggage that said “FAT”, and I’m overweight. I think that’s very rude!”? After putting her on hold for a minute while I looked into it (I was laughing), I came back and explained the city code for Fresno, CA is “FAT” (Fresno Air Terminal), and the airline was just putting a destination tag on her luggage.
8. A Senator’s aide called to inquire about a trip package to Hawaii.? After going over all the cost info, she asked, “Would it be cheaper to fly to California, and then take the train to Hawaii?”
9. I just got off the phone with a freshman Congressman who asked, “How do I know which plane to get on?”? I asked him what exactly he meant, to which he replied, “I was told my flight number is 823, but none of these planes have numbers on them.”
10. A lady Senator called and said, “I need to fly to Pepsi-Cola, Florida.? Do I have to get on one of those little computer planes?”? I asked if she meant fly to Pensacola, Fl. on a commuter plane.? She said, “Yeah, whatever, smarty!”
11. A senior Senator called and had a question about the documents he needed in order to fly to China.? After a lengthy discussion about passports, I reminded him that he needed a visa. ?”Oh, no I don’t. ?I’ve been to China many times and never had to have one of those.”? I double checked and sure enough, his stay required a visa.? When I told him this he said, “Look, I’ve been to China four times and every time they have accepted my American Express!”
12. A New Mexico Congresswoman called to make reservations, “I want to go from Chicago to Rhino, New York .”? I was at a loss for words.? Finally, I said, “Are you sure that’s the name of the town?”? “Yes, what flights do you have?” replied the lady.? After some searching, I came back with, “I’m sorry, ma’am, I’ve looked up every airport code in the country and can’t find a Rhino anywhere.”? The lady retorted, “Oh, don’t be silly!? Everyone knows where it is. Check your map!”? So I scoured a map of the state of New York and finally offered,? “You don’t mean Buffalo, do you?”?
The reply? ?”Whatever! ?I knew it was a big animal.”
Now you know why the Government is in the shape that it’s in!
The Speeding Ticket
CHP vs USMC
Top this for a speeding ticket
Two California Highway Patrol Officers were conducting speeding enforcement on I-15, just north of the Marine Corps Air Station at Miramar . One of the officers was using a hand held radar device to check speeding vehicles approaching the crest of a hill.
The officers were suddenly surprised when the radar gun began reading 300 miles per hour. The officer attempted to reset the radar gun, but it would not reset and then turned off.
Just then a deafening roar over the treetops revealed that the radar had in fact locked on to a USMC F/A-18 Hornet which was engaged in a low flying exercise near the location.
Back at the CHP Headquarters the Patrol Captain fired off a complaint to the USMC Base Commander. The reply came back in true USMC style:Thank you for your letter. We can now complete the file on this incident.
You may be interested to know that the tactical computer in the Hornet had detected the presence of, and subsequently locked on to, your hostile radar equipment and automatically sent a jamming signal back to it, which is why it shut down.
Furthermore, an Air-to-Ground missile aboard the fully armed aircraft had also automatically locked on to your equipment location.
Fortunately, the Marine Pilot flying the Hornet recognized the situation for what it was, quickly responded to the missile system alert status and was able to override the automated defense system before the missile was launched to destroy the hostile radar position.
The pilot also suggests you cover your mouths when cussing at them, since the video systems on these jets are very high tech. Sergeant Johnson, the officer holding the radar gun, should get his dentist to check his left rear molar. It appears the filling is loose. Also, the snap is broken on his holster.
Thank you for your concern. Semper Fi.
