So I have two job offers I'm debating on and would like some of our expert knowledge here on them.
First is the wal mart job as the meat department manager, and second is assistant store manager at a radio shack.
Both are hourly positions and pay roughly the same across the board.
I've worked for wal mart before and recently left back in June of this year, and loved it. Radio shack is a new opening for me and my love of technology and the ability to play with phones all day but I'm stuck between the two.
Wal mart has some decent employee discounts on cell phone contracts, and airfare etc. I don't know what radio shack has to offer tho.
So if it was up to you guys who would you rather work for? Give me some facts and opinions on the two companies.
Thanks!!!
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Have you taken in consideration health benefits package?
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I have, radio shack offers full health and dental, and so does wal mart.
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I think I'd lose my mind working in the refrigerated section of a store.
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I think I'd lose my mind working in the refrigerated section of a store.
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Refrigrigated section is not to bad. Frozen, now that sucks.
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Maybe look at it from a potential customers you'd have to deal with standpoint?
Radioshack: Not particularly tech-savvy (since they didn't order online instead) and stuck in the 90's or tech savvy people looking for one particular obscure component that they couldn't wait to have shipped from an online order.
Walmart:Since you're in the meat department you wouldn't have to deal with as many customers.
At least that's how I'd see it.
I've worked meat department in a store before and hated the way I smelled after work. It cuts social life after work completely unless of course you go home and shower. I've also worked as Sprint lead tech and loved that position way more since I could still go out after work. In fact I proposed to my fiancee after a 10 hour shift at Sprint; there's no way that would've happened after a 10 hour shift at a meat market lol
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Refrigrigated section is not to bad. Frozen, now that sucks.
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I worked frozen dairy for 7 months let's just say I had the coolest job in the summer in swfl lol
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A meat dept manager? Try getting on with Kroger, or another grocery chain?
I'll keep my snide comments about your former department to myself.
Good luck in your hunt.
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I am thinking about geting a vette or 911 soon. what would you pick?
I am in the sub 25K range so it would have to be used, but one day I will shoot for new if only one time.
I can get 06 vette 40k miles or a 2000 911 60k miles both in like new shape so those are my picks. Time frame 1/2-1 year so listing the cars would do no good.
Update:
911: 11 votes, A guy I know and XDA
Corvette: 12 votes XDA
Update 2: It's 50/50 now( Edit: well it's 10 to 8 with the Vette winning)
the top 5 things I want out of the car first to last:
1) Ride better than kia
2) best 0-60 for the I-roads and more
3) Nice looking car/Coolest car. ( The vette looks better to me, but thats just me.)
4) Handing
5) Top speed
The ORB says 911, but it's still one vote.
If your buying used and live in the States , I'd but the vette for parts availability and less expensive repairs.
definitely the vette
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Thanks for the vote!
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http://www.chevrolet.com/corvette-zr1-sports-car/
911
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Vette all the way, my uncle has 3 2001 ZO6's for racing and just got a 2012 Grand Sport
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Get the corvette. The extra years of newness will pay off in the long run. Also, bore thru the catalytic converters for some extra hp.
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I'd say the 911 but go for the vette for parts and maintenance which are both cheaper for the Chevy than Porsche
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I'd say the 911 but go for the vette for parts and maintenance which are both cheaper for the Chevy than Porsche
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+1...
You can gift me the 911 though...
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fleurdelisxliv said:
SUPER NASTY
http://www.chevrolet.com/corvette-zr1-sports-car/
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I want one of those so bad and if I ever get the $ I will buy one. ( So unlikely, but I can dream right?)
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I'd say the 911 but go for the vette for parts and maintenance which are both cheaper for the Chevy than Porsche
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The guy I know said they both cost the same to fix and maintenance. why would you go for a 911 and do you have one?
911 rulz
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911.
Why? Yhe 911 handles like a boss. The Corvette is known for the lack of handling, but if you like to drag race, then the Corvette will do a better job, but if you want a car that can handle corners, then you won't find anything better than the 911 (in this class).
I just want a car that rides better than a kia and can do 0-60 in under 5 sec. top speed and better handing are nice too. I know the 911 is cornering king, but thats not all I want and is not #1 on my list.
I may track this car some times, but it will be my only car so I will not be dragging this car.
Hey, get a Crown Vic. Built like a tank, and if you take care of it, you can pass it down to your children's children.
Corvette! Love em.
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For handling, I am almost certain the 911 is better. Plus, it's a Porsche.
Proof of rich spoiled children having everything.
Sorry I can't give any more details, I don't have the coin to drive any of the two, but if you were to buy them for me I would gladly provide a detailed review .
Buuut, if you really want speed and acceleration, try a motorcycle. On that I can give a detailed review as I've eaten up a lot of R8's and S8's.
ps: If you say you won't drag this car, why do you want it to do 0-60 under 5 secs?
Both would be nice to have, but it would be better for maintenance to go with the vette. And besides the vette sounds more sinister with a really nice exhaust.
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Why do all of you say the vette would be cheaper to fix?
The guy I know says they cost about the same to fix and that the vette rides like crap, but I don't thinkthats true for the c6 vettes.
I think I will go for the vette, but test drive before I buy.
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I think I will go for the vette, but test drive before I buy.
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That's a given. You'd have to be nuts to buy any car, especially a used car, without going for a test drive first. I can tell you, from having already taken approximately 100 test drives before making a purchase, the vast majority of used vehicles sitting on car lots are there for a reason. And that reason certainly is not to see you get a fair deal. And the ones that have nothing wrong with them, and don't smell like cleaning fluid are so overpriced........
I got so disgusted that I ended up buying new. Buyer Beware.
Hi, I'm mostly active in the htc rezound forums but I just want some perspective from someone who knows about my situation.
Here's what happened.. I was traveling home from a town an hour out. My wife, infant son, and I were all in the car. I saw cars ahead pulled over and people outside theirs cars, so instinctively I attempt to slow down.. Big mistake.. The road was all black ice and I instantly began to spin sideways. I was only able to slightly correct the car and still ended up going off the side of the road at 70mph (going the speed limit) . We flipped about 2 3/4 times landing on the passenger side.
Everyone was ok, baby was still asleep
Anyways, I am only insured with liability.
My car was paid off, but now I'm stuck without a car, no way to get to and from anywhere. I don't know anyone in my area besides Co workers and I need a car.
Is there any thing I can do to squeeze some very needed money out of this situation? I will probably get about 300 for the totaled out car. I feel so wronged like I was jipped out of my car and almost lost my life and/or family
Anyone who has had something like this happen (icy roads) I need some advice please. There was nothing I could do, there was no salt on the road, multiple accidents occurred before they finally shut down the highway a few miles back.
Any feedback is appreciated
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Have you called 911 and your insurance company?
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Have you called 911 and your insurance company?
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Yes and yes, made an insurance claim.. I'm waiting on a call from the agent now. I told them about the ambulance ride we received and that they checked out all three of us at the hospital.
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Are you suggesting advice on how to sue your city to get a new car?
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Are you suggesting advice on how to sue your city to get a new car?
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Just seeing if anyone else has been in this situation.. Not looking for insurance fraud or advice on suing the city. Just maybe if there's any other type of claim I can file... Like I said I just feel wronged because the roads should have been maintained.. The last time there was precipitation was about 5 hours before the accident.. It just seems like there should have been some type of warning or precautions or something :/
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Just seeing if anyone else has been in this situation.. Not looking for insurance fraud or advice on suing the city. Just maybe if there's any other type of claim I can file... Like I said I just feel wronged because the roads should have been maintained.. The last time there was precipitation was about 5 hours before the accident.. It just seems like there should have been some type of warning or precautions or something :/
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Well, my sister got hit by a Oakland city bus. She is ok now, it knocked her off her bike, bad cut on her elbow, and a dislocated shoulder. It was clear it was the bus drivers fault. Witnesses and everything. Despite all this the lawyer says it's still going to take at least a year for her to see any money, probably longer. The moral of the story, getting money from a city is no easy or short process.
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I doubt you're going to get any kind of money since you only have liability and black ice probably falls under an act of nature or some such. I don't see how the city would be on the hook for anything.
I don't think the city is liable to pay anything, though maybe you can squeeze out some more money from the insurance company.
If you have a lawyer friend, have him read all the clauses, terms, conditions etc of the insurance agreement and see if there is any scope.
Insurance companies only pay the depreciated value of your car. You need to check up whether the depreciated value of your car is what they are paying you.
Having your insurance claim fully accepted is rare. Best of luck.
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There is probably nothing you can do and no additional money you can get. Having liability only is a dangerous game imo, full coverage can save your butt.
Hind sight is 20/20. Considering you have a family with a very small child, you should have had planned better for this. Liability only is for those who know if their car is wrecked, it isn't worth fixing and have money available for another car if something happens.
I have always carried full coverage on paid off cars since I hit a deer when I was 17.
Best bet is to buy another car. If you have really bad credit, best chance is probably drive time
Sorry for the bad luck
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Yep. Lesson learned. I'm just happy to be alive ill just have to bite the bullet and buy a new car. Thanks for the responses guys
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Sucks that it happened for sure . But you came out of it with your most valuable posession that money can't buy, the lives of you and your family :good:.
I'm haveing a hard time finding knowledgeable reps that even know what I'm talking bout one asks there manager and he said they won't be doing preorders on that phone. I hate when I know more than the people at the store but yet they are employed there and I'm not.
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Same here, I just went on wirefly and got a black one. Everywhere else is sold out of the black as far as I know. And it only cost $150
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Just searched the radioshack and just cannot found the preorder HTC One, maybe you should change to another place like this http://shop.sprint.com/mysprint/sho...e&isDeeplinked=true&INTNAV=ATG:HE:Smartphones
With every other company giving you extra for per ordering I was going for the RadioShack deal since it posed to come with $10 coupon and $50 Google play card with preorder. Still gunna hold off a bit longer to see if they release a new ad.
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My coworker said that he preordered from radioshack last week. We've been talking about the phone since it was announced.
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I work at Radioshack and we are not doing One preorders. At least not at my location (and we're a very high wireless sales store). I made a thread about all the info I know on the Radioshack release thing in the General section
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I work at Radioshack and we are not doing One preorders. At least not at my location (and we're a very high wireless sales store). I made a thread about all the info I know on the Radioshack release thing in the General section
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A radio shack employee called me today to tell me that they just started taking preorders. I'm honestly surprised they called me back, but that's at least One store that is.
I see what you did there.
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I see what you did there.
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Haha, I couldn't resist.
After hearing all the bad news about execs leaving HTC because the companys not doing well etc, etc!
Thought it's time for some good news:
HTC is close to 5 Million units sold (Shipped to carrier's) thats 50% of what Samsung claims.
The fact that HTC is having shortages is proof that those #'s are mostly in consumer's hands rather than retailers.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57...ches-about-5-million-units-sold-since-launch/
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Difference is, Samsung has a massive product line.
HTC, pretty much all they have is the One, since First was a utter flop (whodathunkit?!)
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Difference is, Samsung has a massive product line.
HTC, pretty much all they have is the One, since First was a utter flop (whodathunkit?!)
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Also remember the HTC One isn't avalible for Verizon... That is 5 million sales on the "smaller" carriers.
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Difference is, Samsung has a massive product line.
HTC, pretty much all they have is the One, since First was a utter flop (whodathunkit?!)
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I'm comparing the One to S4 (Apple's to Apple's)! Not whole manufacturer division sales.
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Also remember the HTC One isn't avalible for Verizon... That is 5 million sales on the "smaller" carriers.
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...yet.
This is still in the rumor mill. And it really does sound like it's gonna happen. They may not have released it to Verizon right yet because the demand would crush any opportunity of them meeting it. That being said, next month when the component providers kick up their orders, and HTC starts getting more produced, it's going to explode when it's been predicted to be released on Verizon. This will be huge.
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...yet.
This is still in the rumor mill. And it really does sound like it's gonna happen. They may not have released it to Verizon right yet because the demand would crush any opportunity of them meeting it. That being said, next month when the component providers kick up their orders, and HTC starts getting more produced, it's going to explode when it's been predicted to be released on Verizon. This will be huge.
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If they give Verizon one with an SD slot..
..omg, I'm going to be so pissed. Not only would they be kicking dirt in the face of the other users but completely prove themselves to be liars about the "not enough room" crap.
They would have such a gigantic **** storm. I'm sure they'd get **** if they got a 64GB version though..
...be careful how you announce the Verizon version, HTC. All I'm saying.
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S4 also has way more advertising and they bash apple in their ads. HTC just needs to kick up their advertising and promotions like Samsung has.
The s2 is a horrible device and I still get customers coming in asking for it because Samsung is advertising it still. I have to spend extra time to convence the customers that signing a 2 year agreement on the s2 is a terrible idea.
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It's going to be the DNA 2
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Supply and demand, Verizon should just announce it already. Remember the long lines Apple releases first created. It would be great if an HTC device could drive the same traffic to stores. If Verizon releases and says quantities are limited it very well could cause great success with a limited supply should the current devices in the market on other carriers (like the one I have on Sprint) continue to amaze everyone I show.
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Remember the long lines Apple releases first created. It would be great if an HTC device could drive the same traffic to stores.
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No, android fans are smarter than that. There are better ways of getting a bleeding edge device than sleeping on concrete at the stores doorstep.
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Been calling my Sprint store every day asking if i could purchase the m8 and today they said yes So i walked in to my local store and they sold it to me with the easy pay.So check your stores and dont wait for shipping:good:
Got mine at a Sprint store today
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Picked up mine yesterday
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Going to be getting my in less than an hour so hopefully it's as good as it looks
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Coming from the evo lte the m8 kicks the **** out of that phone in every way possible. Very glad I held out for this phone
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Local Sprint store on the campus of the Sprint World Headquarters has the M8 for sale. What a nice phone! Too bad I have to wait until the 28th to get it because I'm on someone's employee plan.
Picked mine up in-store yesterday, it's probably the only good experience I've ever had in a Sprint store. This after trying for a week to buy online/through telesales with their bull**** shuffling between departments Easy Pay problems. I happened to call the store telesales had sent me to originally that had told me there was no such phone. Now they had them in, but after further reflection I decided they were so clueless the last time that I should try another store so I called the other one in town. First girl said they didnt have them in, but I called back and talked to a second person at that location and confirmed they they had them and that he'd done Easy Pay upgrades with that handset already.
Had to wait 20 minutes to be seen by someone, which is annoying but not their fault if they're that busy. Once I got to talk to a rep everythign was great, done in 10 or 15 minutes.
How much did you guys pay in store to get the m8 with easypay?
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How much did you guys pay in store to get the m8 with easypay?
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No payment, just the activation fee. Didn't bother trying to have that waived, that used to be easier but not so much anymore. (I chose to pay activation in-store, but it's usually just added to your upcoming months bill.)
You didn't have to pay sales tax or first month?
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I had to pay 100 down plus the sales tax on the retail cost. Came up to about 150
I got mine yesterday from BB. I wanted to get it from Sprint, but they wouldn't let me use my upgrade! They told me easy-pay only with them...no upgrades! They really should re-think that as HTC can use all of the sales they can get. Would have been nice if they released it on all carriers 3/25/14, I would have got it then. No way am I gonna order online, I have no patience to wait! Love HTC and always buy their flagship phones, and that really skewed their sales numbers. Anyways, this phone is an absolute beast!!
Went online just to check. Apparently for an upgrade it's 100 down and a new customer 0 down. What bs. I'd just pay the extra and take my 2 year contract.
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Yeah, I used my upgrade and they also bought my M7 (which was actually submerged in a mud puddle last month and still worked perfectly) for $125! Hell yeah, got out of BB paying about $87 with tax...not bad. Great build quality on these things!
I got mine in store Friday paid sales tax and 20 for casemate case
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how do they determine what an individual pays down using "easy pay"
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scott_0 said:
how do they determine what an individual pays down using "easy pay"
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you shouldnt have to pay anything down on it. on the website it has 0 down on the M8 and S5
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they also bought my M7 (which was actually submerged in a mud puddle last month and still worked perfectly) for $125!
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A working used M7 is worth more than twice that, you were robbed.
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A working used M7 is worth more than twice that, you were robbed.
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Well, I guess I get robbed every time I sell back my old phone for the maximum buyback allowed! I'm ok with it, I don't have time to try to sell my phone to someone for top dollar, especially knowing it was submerged in water. I'm not comfortable trying to rob anyone. I was just happy about getting the max! Plus a couple of the corners were banged up.
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how do they determine what an individual pays down using "easy pay"
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Got mine today. The guy at the Sprint store said it depends on your credit/whether you have a spending limit on your account or not. After checking some paperwork, he said it would be $100 down, but when he checked my account, he said I wouldn't have to make a down payment. Just had to pay the taxes.