Even though I haven't worked in the car parts industry for, like, 3 years I still deal in parts an aweful lot.
Lately I have been trying to clean out parts i have been accumilating over time. Performance BMW parts are at a premium right now i guess. Several people overseas want some of the parts I am selling at this moment. In particular one buyer in the UK and one buyer in Hong Kong stick out. here's why:
USPS is the only reasonable shipper for international shipping so I go to usps.com and get some shipping quotes for these guys. Hong Kong- less than $20. UK- $170.
Who is smoking the crack here? the UK is technically closer to me by hundreds of miles and yet the shipping cost is almost TENFOLD that of mainland Asia!? WTF.
-G
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Are you tired of media? I sure am.
First off; my condolences for the families of the deceased from the recent VA Tech incident. The world gets more and more complex every day and it is sad when innocent people get mixed up in it.
Now on to my rant of the day-
What the fuck is wrong with the media? Some people died...innocent or not there are only 32 of them. How many people died that day in Iraq/Afghanistan? How many people died that day from traffic accidents? From AIDS? I am sorry but this media frenzy is totally misplaced and overinflated!
It was a random serial killing. They are only going to get more complex and more devastating as time goes on, people. You better come to grips with that soon. The amazing technologies and social climates that we live in today provide for a ridiculously volatile mental state for nearly everybody and when somebody whose not all there to begin with gets put in that mix things like this shooting are going to happen. I heard a guy on the radio today commenting on how "he was surprised this doesn't happen more often considering the freedoms Americans have," like access to guns&ammo, access to drugs, access to a million things that other people around the world don't have access to.
I hate the media most of the time and this is just another event for them to blow up on. laddy-frickin-da.
-G :/
Now on to my rant of the day-
What the fuck is wrong with the media? Some people died...innocent or not there are only 32 of them. How many people died that day in Iraq/Afghanistan? How many people died that day from traffic accidents? From AIDS? I am sorry but this media frenzy is totally misplaced and overinflated!
It was a random serial killing. They are only going to get more complex and more devastating as time goes on, people. You better come to grips with that soon. The amazing technologies and social climates that we live in today provide for a ridiculously volatile mental state for nearly everybody and when somebody whose not all there to begin with gets put in that mix things like this shooting are going to happen. I heard a guy on the radio today commenting on how "he was surprised this doesn't happen more often considering the freedoms Americans have," like access to guns&ammo, access to drugs, access to a million things that other people around the world don't have access to.
I hate the media most of the time and this is just another event for them to blow up on. laddy-frickin-da.
-G :/
I'm back.
I've been back since last Monday actually but haven't realized any writing, much less posting, since.
Being in AZ was an absolute blast and the weather was nearly perfect, sadly the trip itself sucked and cost me somewhere in the $1000+ range thanks to not one; but TWO automotive mishaps during the drives. I survived thanks to capital one, patience, and Buffalo Wild Wings.
Perhaps I will post a more in depth post later but i need more pictures first.
-G
Being in AZ was an absolute blast and the weather was nearly perfect, sadly the trip itself sucked and cost me somewhere in the $1000+ range thanks to not one; but TWO automotive mishaps during the drives. I survived thanks to capital one, patience, and Buffalo Wild Wings.
Perhaps I will post a more in depth post later but i need more pictures first.
-G
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