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by phpthrowaway99 4y ago
This entire war has been an exercise in Ukraine using other people's resources to attack Russia. If they wanted to I'm sure the US and Ukraine could figure out how to get this done.
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by phpthrowaway99 4y ago
A decent portion of EU citizens think going without Russian gas is a terrible idea. And that's this summer. Just wait until it gets cold. Going back is very easy. Most of the public wants to go back, and you can go back.
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by phpthrowaway99 4y ago
This could be the same for the US or Ukraine. So considering that, all things being equal, it sounds pretty terrible for the main Russian goals, so I'm going to say no it wasn't Russia.
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by phpthrowaway99 4y ago
I see huge positives for Ukraine and by proxy the US by removing leverage from Russia.
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by phpthrowaway99 4y ago
How does a union welder get saddled with debt trying to stay afloat during covid? What was the thing he was taking on debt for to keep afloat? What does keeping something afloat even mean? He took on new debt to make payments on his old deb
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by phpthrowaway99 4y ago
And it's a great way to make the rest of Europe never give in to Russian no matter how much they suffer. If enough people in Europe saw their grandmother shivering in January, they might rise up and say hell with it, we need our gas ba
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by phpthrowaway99 4y ago
This makes zero sense to me. What does Russia get by destroying their own pipeline? If they wanted to shutoff gas, thats just a turn of a valve. Russia looses massive leverage by no longer being able to deliver gas, even if they wanted to.
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by phpthrowaway99 4y ago
Russia's greatest leverage was Europe needing their gas, and eventually agreeing to stop supporting Ukraine in order to get the gas turned back on. Now if the pipelines are destroyed, no matter how cold and angry citizens in the EU get
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by phpthrowaway99 4y ago
I would assume in a real crash, especially if we're comparing it to the 2000s tech crash, someone must get destroyed. I personally think companies that can't even make a car drive for a demo, something most at home diy ev hobby bu
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by phpthrowaway99 4y ago
I guess I would say that a crash is when the market shifts to being illogical towards the negative side, where even seemingly good companies are struggling. I wouldn't call it a crash if there is positive irrationality.
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by phpthrowaway99 4y ago
In the previous crash, even viable companies that were growing and made sense were brought close to crisis. Currently Nikola motors is worth a few billion. In a crash they'd be dead.
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by phpthrowaway99 4y ago
Toyota was just my random example. Point being, if you offer to pay the asking price, it's pretty painless at most places just like at Tesla.
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by phpthrowaway99 4y ago
No, I didn't know of apparently a popular user named ironic name. However, I'd still argue that ironic name is just a username like most. A username that says throwaway in the actual username is always going to be considered basic
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by phpthrowaway99 4y ago
Isn't Jewish also a race, not just a choice of holy books? When he said it I assume he meant it regarding the race, not that reading the Torah makes you better with numbers.
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by phpthrowaway99 4y ago
Can you think of any possible reason I would do this on a basically new account, labeled throwaway, basically making it worthless as a long term account anyway? Furthermore, I said early on I was top 1% in the country (for my brand atleast,
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by phpthrowaway99 4y ago
Do we really need to moderate the fact that while listing proof of how smart and good my team was, I used Jewish accountant as a descriptor? (That I only said because he constantly joked about this himself and it just stuck with me). It was
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by phpthrowaway99 4y ago
This only leaves the potential for massive paperwork and back due fee issues. Surprisingly common on craiglist. A spare current registration sticker gets slapped on that belongs to another vehicle of theirs, and you buy the car not knowing
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by phpthrowaway99 4y ago
Yes that's true about any sales really working, but I thought car sales was an interesting mix of volume and high dollar sales. Obviously selling a $1M Saas enterprise contract is even higher dollars, but you probably don't get to
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by phpthrowaway99 4y ago
Beyond even what you mentioned, there's crazy payment bonus (holdback) structures based on so many variables it really doesn't make much sense to try to figure out what a dealer paid for a car. A dealer for example will get more b
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by phpthrowaway99 4y ago
I appreciate that you understood exactly what I meant, giving a medschool outsider some benefit of the doubt. Yes it was one of the board exams he couldn't pass. Others instantly assumed I was lying or exaggerating, as if I need some s
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by phpthrowaway99 4y ago
Car salespeople say a lot of culturally inappropriate things constantly to each other. The sales manager I mentioned constantly referenced himself being a Jewish accountant to us as a fun way to remind us he's good at his job. Somehow
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by phpthrowaway99 4y ago
He used to joke about him being Jewish as part of why he was so good with our numbers. I meant it in a good way? I guess my sales skills are a bit rusty.
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by phpthrowaway99 4y ago
I meant some type of board exam, not mcat. Got the words mixed up.
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by phpthrowaway99 4y ago
I mistook boards, for mcat. He obviously had a decent mcat since he got into a medical school.
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by phpthrowaway99 4y ago
You mentioned you liked dealers that don't negotiate. So I mentioned you can buy without negotiating at any dealership. The advertised price is pretty fair at 90% of dealerships. Beyond that, their advertised specials are spectacular d
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by phpthrowaway99 4y ago
To be honest, so was I. Selling you something stupid is a lot more work, and riskier, than selling you what you want and works well. I personally had more leads than I could handle, because I didn't burn my leads. So if you came in wan
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by phpthrowaway99 4y ago
I personally don't think what the dealer paid matters. If a car is desirable, a few are available, we're going to sell for as much as possible. If a car is undesirable, and many are available and we need to move them, we will sell
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by phpthrowaway99 4y ago
A German brand luxury dealership yes, but honestly just about everything applies the same at a Chevy dealership. The pay per vehicle is less on average, but the vehicles and customers are so much easier to deal with that you sell more per h
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by phpthrowaway99 4y ago
Very few franchise dealerships would ever sell a car with problems knowingly. It does happen, because people trade in cars with intermittent problems without telling the dealership. Compared to Craigslist where there is no shortage of peopl
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by phpthrowaway99 4y ago
Op here, selling 3000 cars. I've never bought a car at a dealership, and neither has anyone in my family in 25 years. But then again, I know cars inside and out (even from before my car sales career) so I feel pretty safe not accidenta

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