Linda Townsend
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I concur with Scarlet on her warnings. When you treat your "hobby" as a "business," such as advertising your wares or talents here on p.com (even if passing business cards), then you really need to look into business licensing and other factors.
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I have to get a flu shot every year because I have a family member who takes Humira and it causes them to have a low immune system! Catching this flu could kill someone like that! Yes, for people in this catagory the sky could be falling!
True enough about those with compromised immune systems and exposure to this virus.
However, everyone in my family who gets regular flu shots for prevention, get the flu with far more frequency and intensity more than those of us who do not, as if the shots themselves compromise immune systems. Just something to think about.
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Sellers of used children's products, such as thrift stores and consignment stores, are not required to certify that those products meet the new lead limits, phthalates standard or new toy standards.
Could you please provide the url so we can verify this information?
Oh! I just found this:
http://www.abc2news.com/news/local/story/C...fA.cspx?rss=702
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Happy Birthday, Pubby, and thanks!
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This one instance is really different. Different enough that you feel like you need to prevent them from advertising their business here on P.com? Different enough that you think this business could never do a good job for anyone else, ever, period?
I'd have to question your ethics. What you're trying to do is called cock blocking where I'm from.
Let the injured party take it up with the business. And then let the business and it's work stand for itself.
I appreciate you opinion very much. It is not my intention to make this combative. I am honestly interested in what people think about this subject.
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Basic rule is once you file for legal charges, then you can complain. Complaints with no merit aren't accepted too well.
Good point. Unfortunately, some people don't like to cause a greater problem due to being neighbors. It is almost like the nicest people are the ones getting taken advantage of the most, KWIM?
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Uh, what's it got to do with you, or P.com? I'm sure that there's at least one complaint about every single business out there. Does that mean that the business should be forever labeled by that one complaint?
Let folks find out for themselves whether or not they'd like to do business with this person. Who are you to save the world from a job that's not up to your standards?
I have been in a business and I know it happens. I am usually the first one to say that it probably was just a misunderstanding between two parties or someone was having a bad day or just you cannot please everyone, but this is really different.
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Sounds more like a BBB issue or something to me rather than a PCOM issue...
I have to say that the BBB is a nice idea, but I used a business that really had hundreds of complaints against them that were not on the record and I learned that the complaints do not show up until the cases are "resolved," which in the case of this one business the cases were not "resolved" until the business was out of business. Sorry, but I don't have much faith in the BBB anymore. Besides, I did not have any work done by the business after seeing the work that was done.
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I usually don't ask these kinds of questions, but there are times when you see people being treated badly that you wonder if you should get involve so the next person has, at least, fair warning.
What is the ethical thing to do when a business owner/neighbor is acting unethically?
Let's say that someone is running a service-oriented business in your neighborhood and you know that this person did a very poor job for one neighbor and, outside of the business aspect, that is, just being a neighbor, caused damage to a neighboring property without compensation or even an apology to the owner, none of which happened to you personally, but that you witnessed...and there has been many more ongoing things than just these two incidents, but I am not going to divulge anymore information than I have already given. And...yes, neighbors have tried talking to him/her face-to-face, but he/she avoids them.
Now for the real question: What would you feel is the ethical thing to do if this person became a commerce member here on p.com?
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I'm pretty sure that's been lifted until the shortage is over, and that tankers are bringing in the non Metro Atlanta gas.
Or I think I heard that...
It was told that as well, but it takes time for all the ripples to dissipate apparently.
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Someone, who is more knowledgeable about this things than I am, mentioned to me that the shortage has more to do with the special formulation of gas required by law in the Atlanta area. In some other parts of Georgia there are no problems. I also know some who has traveling to north Georgia all this week. There are no lines, no shortages in any of the grades of gas, and regular is around $3.79.
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I don't understand your thought process. How can you compare a church and a retail store. A store is the business that is making the profit so it is their responsibility to supply things such as dressing rooms. This sale is not the responsibility of the church. You make it sound like it is okay to abuse this church. It is more than just a building. This is a house of worship and it should be treated as such.
I am not comparing a church to a retail store, I am comparing retail shoppers to consignment sale shoppers.
However, technically, to me, a "house of worship" should be used as a "house of worship." If it is open to being used by a business, even one that nobly serves the community, it should be understood that most people are not going to treat it any differently than a business. That is not to say that I agree with how people have treated the church (on either side), only that the expectations on both sides most likely will be met with disappointment.
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As far as taking hangers off sold items, if you wanted the hangers all you needed to do was ask for them. We remove the hangers so they can be returned to sellers for future sales (just ask for them) and because it is easier to bag them.
I did ask! It was not a choice, it was just done.
Personally, I feel it that it is one of those common sense decisions--treat the party dresses as you would wish your own party dresses to be treated--that should not require me to ask anyway, but then I may have a different perspective since I worked in retail clothing for some years long ago. By the way, as bad as people treat the church while shopping there, it is the same in retail stores and, at least, you do not have dressing rooms to contend with as well!
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The best sale I ever participated in did not have an upfront seller fee. If you were a seller and worked 2 shifts you were only charged 30% and you got to shop 2 hours early. If you were a seller and worked 1 shift you were charged 30% and shopped 1 hour early. If you were a seller who did not volunteer or neglected to show up for your shift you were charged 50%. This particular sell had more volunteers than they needed.
I have found that quality items come from limited items. If you limit the number of items a seller can bring they are forced to make decisions about what will really sell and at what price. If you do not limit the items you will find more stained, torn or broken items.
Interesting suggestions. I think it would make for a great sale for a buyer, but as a seller, I would not waste my time. Volunteering time is not something everyone can do beyond just getting all the clothes ready to sell. Limiting items will limit the number of sellers, who have other nearby sales without limits. However, if that is the goal, then I suppose it would work.
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I was there on Thursday morning. My only criticism as a buyer was that the checkout process. If the sale requires scanning the labels and presenting a print out of the items (a very nice feature, by the way) I think it is overkill to have to remove the labels. AND what's up with removing the hangers! I purchased two party dresses that were stuffed into a bag so they could have the hanger? I have never been to a sale that did that.
I have got to say that many things there were priced so they would not sell but that is not uncommon. When I am a buyer at a consignment sale, I pass up most things that are just a dollar or two too much, particularly when I have about five sales within my errand-running territory from which I can choose, but that is me.
If I had been a seller at this one, I think I would have taken into consideration that this particular sale is toward the end of the fall consignment sale season when I priced my items. I mean, by the time it was offered, I was looking only for very specific things as a buyer, because I had already shopped at a few others offered earlier.
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I totally get a police officer needing to be in traffic and wearing an bright orange or yellow vest, but three years ago I saw this one on Barrett Parkway stepping out into the middle of a lane in front of a speeding car wearing the regular dark uniform with NO vest. I was startled by it every time and I am still amazed I did not witness this man getting hit. It is just plain crazy to do that!
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Thank you, Subby, for your concerns. We have weighed getting another used vehicle, which is not affordable for us, with a potential of unknown problems in comparison to fixing the one we have with its known problems.
Nick at Unique Auto. Behind Home Depot in Hiram.Good honest man.
Thank you, Guard dad!
Call Marty at C&G, he did a minivan for me a couple years ago. I weighed the cost of putting a junkyard engine in vs payments on a newer one and I went with the replacement.Thank you, hitch!
Seeker we are the same with our vehicles...if it's cheaper to fix it then replace it, we will do that no matter the $$ of the fix. Dallas Auto on hwy 61 is where we take our cars.Thank you, MAJKMom!
OH NO!!! That just sucks!!!! I'm sorry, I don't know of anyone......... I sleep with my mechanic....... and we aren't set up to do big stuff like that. I hope you find someone reasonable.Thanks, Pam. I completely understand. My husband can fix most of the mundane things, but this job takes the right equipment. Our neighbor and my husband could do it together, but... no rack. So....
I guess we have to pay for the labor, which is typically as much as the engine.Being that we only have this one vehicle now, it is just a necessity to have it running well.
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If it's a Ford Windstar run it off a cliff.
It's not! If it was I might have said the same thing.
I've asked at least twice.....are you gonna tell us what it is? Make. Model. Year. Mileage.......????It's a Dodge Caravan. Do you know someone who works on them with a rack?
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Honey, it depends on a variety of things....mostly the age of the vehicle....need the mileage, useage, and things like that...and make and model.
According to the book price based on the make, model, year, mileage, usage and things like that...and the consideration of the difference in cost to replace the engine to buying a replacement vehicle, it is worth it.
Do you know of someone?
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Gimme some spec here.....mini-van engine replacement can cost more than it's worth in most cases.
Perhaps, however it is most likely cheaper than buying another... unless, you know where a reliable mini-van for less might be found.
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Looking for someone that is really reliable with a good reputation. Cheaper than the car dealership would be a big plus!
Thanks in advance!
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I am sorry, but I may have not been very clear on one issue. The sitter stated that she is not blaming the 18-month-old child at all for the death of the gerbil, but she is blaming the mother of the child for not disciplining her child about grabbing things previous to or since the incident. However, I thought it was rather odd that the sitter also complained that the mother said nothing when the child grabbed the sitter's snow globe five times, when both the sitter and the mother were present. I was wondering why a daycare sitter would have something like that where a child could grab at it even if she was right there at that time. After the first grab, I would have moved it out of the child's reach--but then I am obviously from a different era.
I always thought that the one thing you can predict about a child is its unpredictability.
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My response to the sitter was that she could not control the parent's actions, just her own. If I was in the mother's position, I would be concern that the cage was in reach of my child in the first place and I would hope that the sitter would apologize to me, as she was the adult in charge. So, if I had been in her situation, I would apologize to the mother for the potential harm, because I was the adult in charge of her child, and I would not expect any apology from her nor base my decision on her disciplinary methods or lack there of in this case. I would also apologize to my daughter, because even though it was just one of those accidents, it was my personal responsibility to make sure that everyone is safe while under my care, including the gerbil.
The sitter did not appreciate my perspective... at all.
I just am not sure I am getting it.... She stated that she spends 50 hours a week on average with the children in her care, but also felt she had no real influence on the children as to whether their actions are appropriate or not in her own home, because the parents don't discipline the children.
I would love to hear from some daycare sitters on this.
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As explained to me:
The sitter has been caring for an 18-month-old child since she was an infant. The sitter placed the child in the playpen for her nap, which is in the classroom (as the sitter also homeschools her own children). The child usually fusses a little bit, before she goes to sleep. When the sitter went to check on her about twenty minutes later, the sitter found the child sitting up awake holding the dead body of her daughter's gerbil. Apparently, the child had stretched up and reached the cage, which the sitter believe was well out of the child's reach. The sitter described the mother as not disciplining the child when she grabs for things. Days later, the sitter's daughter is still bursting into tears over the loss of her pet. When told about the incident, the mother of the child did not respond, which upset the sitter the most, she explained. The sitter is thinking that she should discontinue sitting for the child, because the mother was not apologetic.
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The questions:
Should sitter continue sitting for the child?
Should the sitter expect an apology from the mother?
Should the sitter blame the parent because of the lack of discipline in the 18 month old?
Should the sitter feel responsible for the incident?
Should the sitter apologize to the mother for the potential harm to her child, cage falling on her, bitten by gerbil, etc.?
Should the mother fire the sitter?
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