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Forbush-Man

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Just a comment - if someone asks me to pull a book down off of an auction site I had it listed on and asked to pay a little later,, to my mind, that is the other person "committing to buy the book." The seller would be doing the buyer a favour by not letting anyone else have the opportunity to buy said book, and backing out of it, for any reason, is screwing the seller.

 

(shrug)

 

 

 

-slym

You spelled "favour" correctly. Are you a Commonwealth ex-pat living in the States?

 

xoxo

 

greggy

 

Oh, SNAP! :eek:

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Taz007-migration

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As an uninvolved bystander, I see it as ranking up there with the dog ate my homework excuse.

 

First off, a drunk hit his car, was he insured? was it a hit and run? does he have insurance? Since he was not at fault, the drunk would have to pay for the damages with no out of pocket to the owner of the parked vehicle. If it was a hit and run and he has no insurance, then it might be a different story, but as it stands the whole story is too weak and smells foul.

 

Why can't people be honest and say, I made a mistake, I can't afford those books right now, I thought I could, but I was wrong. To me, an excuse is worse than just telling the truth in most cases.

 

rantrant over, continue on :grin:

Why would I do that to multiple people all at the same time?

Why would I sell all my books that I have spent months tracking down for close to nothing compared to what I payed for them?

I was at the movies and my car was parked in the first row of cars, when we came out my hole front-end was smashed in. I said it was smashed by some random drunkard cause I didn't see it go down and the angle of the hit had to come from somebody whipping in at 20+ MPH cause my car was in the other lain. I know this is your guys only way of keeping this site safe to buy and sell in but I really don't appreciative you all jumping down my throat for something that I really couldn't control.

 

 

California requires that all motorist carry automobile insurance at all times. It doesn't matter whether or not you find the guy who hit you. If you are in California (as your profile says you are) you have to have insurance, and you can file a claim for your loss regardless of whether you find who did this.

 

You should have filed a hit and run accident report with the PD, and you can give that to your insurance company and what for the adjuster to send you your check.

 

If your car was parked and he hit your car hard enough to total it, his car would not be driveable unless you were driving a go-cart and he was driving and M-1 Abrams. That's pretty much a fact. Without your car being in motion, all of the momentum and force would be coming from his car and to destroy your car it's more than likely his car would be sitting there smoking next to yours when you came out.

 

So it's possible your car was not totally destroyed and you "might" be able to get the insurance company to repair it. Either way if your car was destroyed in a parking lot by a car going 20 or so miles an hour might I suggest you not buy that same brand of death trap.

 

Your insurance should cover it either way. Then you can keep your comics, get your replacement car, and still keep all your commitments without reneging.

 

C

Thanks for the positive comment dude. lol

Well I'm done talking about this but I don't have insurance, I'm a full time student and do what I can even if it does bite me in the in the end. I was driving a 89 Toyota corolla btw, which only cost me 1k two years ago and fixing that kinda damage would cost me three of my cars.

 

So not only are you an ininsured motorist by choice you freely purchase comics instead of following the rules and getting yourself insured. You are going to college, right? They teach you things in college, right? Who is paying for college? No wonder California is broke.

 

Now I'm just pissed off at you. Pay the man what you owe, get yourself insured and quit buying comics until you graduate life.

lol screw yourself dude, you don't know me. I worked hard for two years doing construction after high school before going into college. I'm the one paying for these books not California.

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Taz007-migration

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As an uninvolved bystander, I see it as ranking up there with the dog ate my homework excuse.

 

First off, a drunk hit his car, was he insured? was it a hit and run? does he have insurance? Since he was not at fault, the drunk would have to pay for the damages with no out of pocket to the owner of the parked vehicle. If it was a hit and run and he has no insurance, then it might be a different story, but as it stands the whole story is too weak and smells foul.

 

Why can't people be honest and say, I made a mistake, I can't afford those books right now, I thought I could, but I was wrong. To me, an excuse is worse than just telling the truth in most cases.

 

rantrant over, continue on :grin:

Why would I do that to multiple people all at the same time?

Why would I sell all my books that I have spent months tracking down for close to nothing compared to what I payed for them?

I was at the movies and my car was parked in the first row of cars, when we came out my hole front-end was smashed in. I said it was smashed by some random drunkard cause I didn't see it go down and the angle of the hit had to come from somebody whipping in at 20+ MPH cause my car was in the other lain. I know this is your guys only way of keeping this site safe to buy and sell in but I really don't appreciative you all jumping down my throat for something that I really couldn't control.

 

 

California requires that all motorist carry automobile insurance at all times. It doesn't matter whether or not you find the guy who hit you. If you are in California (as your profile says you are) you have to have insurance, and you can file a claim for your loss regardless of whether you find who did this.

 

You should have filed a hit and run accident report with the PD, and you can give that to your insurance company and what for the adjuster to send you your check.

 

If your car was parked and he hit your car hard enough to total it, his car would not be driveable unless you were driving a go-cart and he was driving and M-1 Abrams. That's pretty much a fact. Without your car being in motion, all of the momentum and force would be coming from his car and to destroy your car it's more than likely his car would be sitting there smoking next to yours when you came out.

 

So it's possible your car was not totally destroyed and you "might" be able to get the insurance company to repair it. Either way if your car was destroyed in a parking lot by a car going 20 or so miles an hour might I suggest you not buy that same brand of death trap.

 

Your insurance should cover it either way. Then you can keep your comics, get your replacement car, and still keep all your commitments without reneging.

 

C

Thanks for the positive comment dude. lol

Well I'm done talking about this but I don't have insurance, I'm a full time student and do what I can even if it does bite me in the in the end. I was driving a 89 Toyota corolla btw, which only cost me 1k two years ago and fixing that kinda damage would cost me three of my cars.

 

So not only are you an ininsured motorist by choice you freely purchase comics instead of following the rules and getting yourself insured. You are going to college, right? They teach you things in college, right? Who is paying for college? No wonder California is broke.

 

Now I'm just pissed off at you. Pay the man what you owe, get yourself insured and quit buying comics until you graduate life.

lol screw yourself dude, you don't know me. I worked hard for two years doing construction after high school before going into college. I'm the one paying for these books not California.

Why are you so into this when it has nothing to do with you?

Micheal and David both said there peace now there done, as am I.

 

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slym2none

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:o

 

Greggy spoke to me!!! This is the first time, too!!!

 

:acclaim:

 

Seriously, no, I was born, raised, and have lived in North Carolina all my life. My spelling of those words (neighbour, colour, sympathise, etc.) came from ticking off my teachers in junior-high and high school. They'd tell me I mis-spelled the word and I would then correct them by showing how the dictionary calls it an alternate spelling or some such thing.

 

I really was too hard on my teachers.

 

Thanks for making my day, Greggy!!!!!

 

 

 

-slym (now, if G will go into a sales thread of his and say "junk," life would be complete)

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:o

 

Greggy spoke to me!!! This is the first time, too!!!

 

:acclaim:

 

Seriously, no, I was born, raised, and have lived in North Carolina all my life. My spelling of those words (neighbour, colour, sympathise, etc.) came from ticking off my teachers in junior-high and high school. They'd tell me I mis-spelled the word and I would then correct them by showing how the dictionary calls it an alternate spelling or some such thing.

 

I really was too hard on my teachers.

 

Thanks for making my day, Greggy!!!!!

 

 

 

-slym (now, if G will go into a sales thread of his and say "junk," life would be complete)

Here is a suggestion.

 

RUN! NOW! WHILE YOU CAN! rantrant

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For what it's worth, they really don't teach things like getting car insurance and following those particular practices while in college. That's more of a life skills issue and that's typically not what people go to college for. Just saying. :grin:

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For what it's worth, they really don't teach things like getting car insurance and following those particular practices while in college. That's more of a life skills issue and that's typically not what people go to college for. Just saying. :grin:

It's against the law to drive without insurance.

Willoughby will when nobody will. :P

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cloudofwit

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For what it's worth, they really don't teach things like getting car insurance and following those particular practices while in college. That's more of a life skills issue and that's typically not what people go to college for. Just saying. :grin:

 

Truer words have never been spoken. :whistle:

 

cloudofwit who knows the leanings of academia land (while giving a tip o' the hat to a certain 3rd person name dropper who's in absentia).

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comix4fun

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For what it's worth, they really don't teach things like getting car insurance and following those particular practices while in college. That's more of a life skills issue and that's typically not what people go to college for. Just saying. :grin:

 

 

Well, this isn't about being smart, or dumb, or in college for that matter.

 

I don't know how Taz got plates for this car or registered it at all in the first place.

 

He said he bought the car 2 years ago which would have been 2007.

 

California passed a law in 2006 requiring proof of insurance when a car is first registered to a new owner, and proof of current insurance when registration is annually renewed. You can't get plates or renew them without it.

 

And if you have insurance and cancel the policy, insurance companies are tied into the DMV in CA and report cancellations when they occur. If you don't replace the policy within 45 days your registration is suspended.

 

California's Mandatory Insurance Info...

 

If he didn't have insurance, I can see why the accident might not be reported. If the cops find out he didn't have insurance when the accident report was made his plates would probably be suspended and up to a $1000 fine issued.

 

I don't know how he got plates for this car or kept his plates.

This just doesn't make any sense, and it doesn't matter whether he's at Berkeley or at Barber College.

 

C

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Mac Man

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For what it's worth, they really don't teach things like getting car insurance and following those particular practices while in college. That's more of a life skills issue and that's typically not what people go to college for. Just saying. :grin:

 

 

Well, this isn't about being smart, or dumb, or in college for that matter.

 

I don't know how Taz got plates for this car or registered it at all in the first place.

 

He said he bought the car 2 years ago which would have been 2007.

 

California passed a law in 2006 requiring proof of insurance when a car is first registered to a new owner, and proof of current insurance when registration is annually renewed. You can't get plates or renew them without it.

 

And if you have insurance and cancel the policy, insurance companies are tied into the DMV in CA and report cancellations when they occur. If you don't replace the policy within 45 days your registration is suspended.

 

California's Mandatory Insurance Info...

 

If he didn't have insurance, I can see why the accident might not be reported. If the cops find out he didn't have insurance when the accident report was made his plates would probably be suspended and up to a $1000 fine issued.

 

I don't know how he got plates for this car or kept his plates.

This just doesn't make any sense, and it doesn't matter whether he's at Berkeley or at Barber College.

 

C

 

I agree--it isn't about being smart, dumb, etc, etc. I was just making a comment about someone's remark that this sort of thing should be taught in college. It's going to be a sad day when I need to fit in this sort of common sense stuff into my college curriculum. Heck, it's bad enough some of the stuff I need to address with my high school kids let alone my college students! :tonofbricks:

 

But Taz, just some friendly advice, okay? Please get insured for your own benefit and others on the road. Heaven forbid anyone get in an accident and then they can't afford the medical bills, etc. Not something you want to have happen to yourself or someone else. I know time's are tough, but this is a heckuva gamble that could make them a whole lot more tough.

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For what it's worth, they really don't teach things like getting car insurance and following those particular practices while in college. That's more of a life skills issue and that's typically not what people go to college for. Just saying. :grin:

 

 

Well, this isn't about being smart, or dumb, or in college for that matter.

 

I don't know how Taz got plates for this car or registered it at all in the first place.

 

He said he bought the car 2 years ago which would have been 2007.

 

California passed a law in 2006 requiring proof of insurance when a car is first registered to a new owner, and proof of current insurance when registration is annually renewed. You can't get plates or renew them without it.

 

And if you have insurance and cancel the policy, insurance companies are tied into the DMV in CA and report cancellations when they occur. If you don't replace the policy within 45 days your registration is suspended.

 

California's Mandatory Insurance Info...

 

If he didn't have insurance, I can see why the accident might not be reported. If the cops find out he didn't have insurance when the accident report was made his plates would probably be suspended and up to a $1000 fine issued.

 

I don't know how he got plates for this car or kept his plates.

This just doesn't make any sense, and it doesn't matter whether he's at Berkeley or at Barber College.

 

C

 

I agree--it isn't about being smart, dumb, etc, etc. I was just making a comment about someone's remark that this sort of thing should be taught in college. It's going to be a sad day when I need to fit in this sort of common sense stuff into my college curriculum. Heck, it's bad enough some of the stuff I need to address with my high school kids let alone my college students! :tonofbricks:

 

But Taz, just some friendly advice, okay? Please get insured for your own benefit and others on the road. Heaven forbid anyone get in an accident and then they can't afford the medical bills, etc. Not something you want to have happen to yourself or someone else. I know time's are tough, but this is a heckuva gamble that could make them a whole lot more tough.

 

It is possible Taz had Liability insurance and did not have the optional Collision insurance. On a $1000 car I wouldn't bother paying the premiums for Collision.

 

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