Pet Peeves

Ken Anderson said:
Unfortunately, Amazon often filters out negative reviews when sellers complain, which skews its comments and rating system considerably.
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I suspected that. I'll often read many reviews, especially the negative ones. I also suspect some negative reviews are posted by competing companies that sell similar products.
 
Ken Anderson said:
Unfortunately, Amazon often filters out negative reviews when sellers complain, which skews its comments and rating system considerably.
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My peeve is actually about the product questions, where you post a question and (supposedly) people who have purchased the item will respond. The ones saying "I don't know" for whatever reason are just a waste of everyone's time. If you don't know, then simply don't respond.
 
Beth Gallagher said:
Have y'all seen that new "product locator" function that the Walmart app has? Apparently when you're searching for an item in the store, you can pull it up on the app and it will flash a blue blinking light on the shelf so you can find it. (I have not tried this yet, but I do spend a lot of time hunting stuff on the shelf.)
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I was in Walmart today and thought to look for this. They are almost finished remodeling and I did not see this technology on the shelves I looked at. The girl overseeing the self-checkout corral had not heard of it.
 
John Brunner said:
Yeh, it's interesting that they seem to be pushing towards Pick Up and Delivery, yet expand the self-checkouts. My local Walmart is remodeling and they also expanded the number of self-checkouts. I prefer self-checkout wherever I shop anyway, so that's fine with me.

As an aside, Sam's Club (same ownership as Walmart) is migrating all of their stores to having no cashiers at all. If you want to shop there, you gotta install their app and use their automated checkout/payment process (I believe the technology scans all of the stuff in your cart en masse.) We'll see how that goes. It's an interesting tradeoff between alienating some of their older (in terms of age) customers and going with younger customers who may prefer that technology but who may not shop there in the first place. I guess Sam's Club knows what they're doing. Maybe they'll be some kind of marketing campaign following each conversion.
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I occasionally buy on line from Walmart and get free delivery. I have not 'joined' anything. It seems they are following after amazon, or hope to.
 
Mary Stetler said:
I occasionally buy on line from Walmart and get free delivery. I have not 'joined' anything. It seems they are following after amazon, or hope to.
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That used to be the case here; if you bought $35+ you got free delivery. That option seems to have gone away and replaced by shipping charges or their regular delivery with a fee, unless you are a Walmart+ member. I can see how someone who orders a lot from Walmart would benefit from the annual membership, because it includes a streaming channel (Paramount?) and a discount on gasoline.

Our Home Depot and Lowe's offer free delivery except on heavy stuff. I wanted to get some bagged river rock and the delivery was quite hefty... like $79 for 10 bags. If I buy light bulbs and furnace filters, they'll deliver for free.
 
Stupid wind. I went to Hobby Lobby and parked 2.8 miles out in the lot as usual. When I got back to the car a rogue shopping cart had apparently been left to its own devices and the wind pushed it across the lot and into the side of my car. Now I have a nice crease in the thin sheet metal, but at least the paint wasn't chipped. 🤬 :poop:
 
Not new vehicles but technology. Or maybe pet peeves. Why do we have 20 million various chargers in a box on my counter? Ones for phones, ones for garden tools, ones for different manufacturers of similar tools,...
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Mary Stetler said:
Not new vehicles but technology. Or maybe pet peeves. Why do we have 20 million various charges in a box on my counter? Ones for phones, ones for garden tools, ones for different manufacturers of similar tools,...
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I have had to resort to using my label maker to keep up with all the charging cords, rechargeable batteries, etc. That helps a little but it's still a bunch of junk to keep up with.
 
Our Groceries app (on Play Store )is the only app I have ever paid for in my life, I have used it for years. You do not have to pay for it, or did not have to at the time. I love it and use it constantly here in the wilderness of Kansas.
I only have 3 additional apps on my phone, all have US email addresses. I use fake email address or refuse to give out. I did not do that years ago and still have unwanted spam, so its low process to rid of all.
 
One of my pet peeves is when I have been buying something for years then they change it. I have been wearing the same style bras from the same company for a long time. I ordered the same style last week and they have changed them to what seems to be a pushup bra. I don't want cleavage like a young woman; I want the girls to be held in comfort like the old lady that I am.
 
Does anyone else have this problem-
Watching TV Live or streaming, u bump a control or even if you do not it downloads Netflix or Disney or Hulu on its own? Most of the time it is Netflix. this drive me nuts!
 
Hedi Mitchell said:
Does anyone else have this problem-
Watching TV Live or streaming, u bump a control or even if you do not it downloads Netflix or Disney or Hulu on its own? Most of the time it is Netflix. this drive me nuts!
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I read that Netflix has a "Downloads For You" feature that can be turned off, but it seems to be for portable devices like phones or tablets. It automatically downloads shows/movies. Dunno if your TV has that, or if Disney & Hulu have it.
 
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