Handyman Club of America - WTF?

ROTFLMAO I always get a kick out of these bozo's who feel such need to annound their 'plonk'. ;-)

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Craig
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Right. - Had my experience not seemed quite unusual I would not have bothered to post about it. The book I sent them the ten bucks seemed worth it - might have considered it worth even more had I not already know 90% of the stuff in it. - But there is couple things and some reference that I thought WTF - is about the price of a couple magazines. First time that anyone ever sent me a book and it had return postage guaranteed too. - That is after it had been opened.

Yea - I like the credit card glue spreaders the best. - I even thought to try cutting one with pinking shears - but would like smaller notches than that I guess. - Little sawtooth edge might be nice for soem things

- hacksaw sized serrations maybe. - Have to give some thought how to easily accomplish that. - But then I suppose a broken piece of hacksaw blade might serve well enough ..... whatever.

Oh well. If they do me good enough I suppose I will come back and mention it. If they do me poorly or amusing I will come back and mention that too. - For the most part it appears that folks of this group is into woodworking to level that is over my head or ambition regarding wood work for the most part.

I'd be almost tempted to send them one time the 'initiation fee' installment. - I finally took a look at the letter. They want twelve payments of $27.09. - Little fantasy runs though my head that would amount to three dollars over the $24.00 and they might send me something worth more than three bucks in the meantime. ;-) - What did that fellow say about 'hook - set'? :-)

I recall reading that stuff from some years back where folks was carrying on about the glue spreaders and wire gage with a great few sizes of +/- tolerance. I recall that some had actually sent the five bucks that they wanted for something and they never got anything more than more glue spreaders - which I gather is as much as folks who never sent them squat.

Hey! I just thought that I do have something to contrubute of advice. Don't be trying to cut some inch thick nylon on a table saw unless one can figure how to slow the speed or soemthing. I got a delightfully large scar - about 2" x 1/2 inch to attest to the folly of it. - Kicked that piece so far that it took a week before I finally found it at other side of the yard in some brush. I was inventing me a jig to cut me a cutter to cut some threads on my lathe. - Worked fine when when I eventually got it together.

Reminds me that I got to work up something in that lathe like an idler gear or some such. - Being lathe dumb when I bought the cheap thing from Harbor Freight I thought that 'reverse' meant that one could cut reverse threads. - All reverse does is that the motor rund the other direction, and that ain't worth squat. - But I figure that an extra gear of any size anywhere in the works would do the job just fine.

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Craig

I think it's 12 dollars a year, (or was). I thought the magazines were worth that. I still have a bunch of them. I got into the habit of misplacing their invoices, and eventually the magazines and invoices stopped coming. Of course the "free gifts" are usually crap except for the handydandy plastic drill size gauge. I actually use that on occasion. I think they make most of their money endorsing woodworking tools and other products. They didn't strike me as scammers like the bogus credit card losers, etc.

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Tom Dooley

Just touch the raised number with a black magic marker and they show up well.

Hey, maybe they'll pay me $24 for that tip or make me a lifetime member. Ed

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Edwin Pawlowski

They must make money somewhere. I can't imagine there being enough silly people to take them up on their offer for the lifetime membership. I don't recall what the magazine subscription might be. They took a notion that I had subscribed and have been sending it to me. I finally got around to reading their letter. - Well, looked it over. I guess the $24 was that they have faith that I am going to give them three hunnerd dollars for lifetime membership and for that I get three hundred and some dollars worth of free tools. What a deal!!

I wonder if anyone has ever gotten the tools to test? I recall that being one of the things that folks went on about some years back. Everybody and his grandmother got glue spreaders. Some folks got some kind of sandpaper thingy. Well, so far I got my glue spreader but can't find it. Maybe it is drill *and* wire gage? - I thought someone talked as if wire gage was a different gizmo. ?? Maybe same thing. I dunno. I didn't pay much attention to the thing. It got holes in it and numbers. ;-) I got my free gift flashlight that popped the reflector out through the lens popping out when I put batteries in it. Super glue fixed that. Got the Swiss Army Pliers that a jaw broke off cutting a weedeater string. Got a pencil with this last stuff. I won't count the patch and window sticker. - Hell, I would not even put Harley patches that folks gave me on my clothes. I like my Sportster when I got it running but if Harley wants me to be a billboard they can pay for the advertising space. Got the six little screwdrivers that claimed to be ten dollar value. I forget if that was gift - I think it was gift - or tools to test. They seem to be of good enough quality - though I have not given study what the tips might do on tight screws. I twisted the dickens out of one of my cheap set on a tight screw once. Most of that 99cent set needed a bit of JB Weld to solid up the bit in the handle.

Anyway - Maybe I will take look at Google again for them posts I looked at from some years ago. Seems I recall that some did send money and didn't get any of them tools to test. Oh well, I would not have a lot of use for them "free" gifts they would send with the lifetime membership even if they did send them. Cordless drill would be a bit more handy than dragging cord here and there - but not handy enough that I'd pay much for one. - I suppose there was one time that I might could have used this Forstner bit set they offer as a free gift if I send them $27 a month for 12 payments. They got another free gift bit set that probably has most every wood bit a guy could want

- but then I already got most every bit I seem to need. Oh! Looked closer. It is screwdriver and bit set. - Would probably up my odds of finding the screwdriver I need. I must have ten of just about every size there is but they always hide from be.

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Craig

I will have to read this literature a bit of better. - I think if you took a picture of the project and became a lifetime member they would allow you to submit it and maybe give you an award or something.

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Craig

snipped-for-privacy@aol.comnotforme (Charlie Self) Keillorophilated in message news:...

So let me get this straight: if you're American, you can't say "you can't say that" or you risk being un-American? Hmmm....

Jack Handey lives....

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Reply to
Hylourgos

... dunno Leon, that was pretty skunky bait. Good trolls usually are capable of stringing more than a couple of sentences together in a coherent fashion. This one kind of lost my interest after the first paragraph or so.

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Mark & Juanita

Lessee - you figure this to have been a troll and you lost interest so you felt it necessary to post to the thread to announce your lack of interest. ?? Cool.

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Craig

I'm with you, Leon. Somebody has way, way too much time on their hands typing gibberish to absolutely no effect.

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Mutt

On 25 Jul 2004 21:45:13 -0700, snipped-for-privacy@sewanee.edu (Hylourgos) vaguely proposed a theory ......and in reply I say!:

remove ns from my header address to reply via email

What's wrong with that? Nobody is saying you _can't_ say that. There will be consequences.

Simle logic byplay. I am not American, and I am not happy with the assumption that the freedom of speech issue is an "American" thing.

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Old Nick

Are you /sure/ you're allowed to say that? Whose assumption?

Reply to
Morris Dovey

Craig wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@enews4.newsguy.com:

Craig, so you don't have any money and you have either no credit or bad credit. Don't you want to be able to buy a house later at some point? Don't you want to make some money?

A friend of mine had the same attitude many years ago. He'd join book club after book club just to get the 10 books for a penney or some such. Then he'd ignore the invoices for the monthly books that were sent until they stopped coming. His credit was pure crap for a decade! It took five years from the time he wanted to buy a house 'til he was able to turn things around enough to get a bank to lend him the money for one.

It doesn't matter if there was anything on the check you cashed or not. They can still put your credit so far in the hole that it can take a long time to get out of it. Plus they can turn it over to a collection agency who can keep it on your credit report for the rest of your life or 'til you pay them what they say you owe by then. Interest continues to accrue over that long time.

So if you plan to continue being a pauper the rest of your life, then you can continue to act irresponsibly.

Reply to
Bob Muir

Two points.

First: A lifetime membership to HCOA is worthless even if it was free.

Second: Magazine hickies on your credit report carry about as much weight as doctor bills, which is almost zilch.

Ask any F&I Mgr.

Reply to
Brooks Gregory

Like I said in another post - maybe I ought to just unsubscribe this group - or maybe only look at it if I come up with a woodworking problem/question that I can't figure out on my own. Well, if I keep reading smart assed crap like what you just present I am likely to return in like sentiment. You and a couple other bozo's impress me as the sort who is determined to go through life timidly sticking to some path that you have been taught is the proper predetermined way to go. The stuff you said above is obvious of your own fearful fantasies and I doubt that you are even telling the whole story about your friend. As for myself I nearly wish they would give me some crap over the issue such that I might find some lawyer who would work for % and sue them if they really messed with me over the whole affair. As for irresponsible - I find your sort of arrogant fright mongering to be irresponsible. Even were I just 'joe-average' income I might consider carrying on with the outfit as I have - "Send me the stuff first." - If I could not break it within a few days of what I might consider fair and *heavy* test I would send them the money. But I do not expect you to adopt anything of my lifestyle choice and I would not display my contempt for yours until you bleat out such such contemptuous crap as you have. As it is I just see you as one taking the coward way through life and try to find some self justification in frantic advocating that others do as well.

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Craig

I got hooked into their scam several years ago. Sent away for the 'trial' subscription to a series of books (first one free -- "no obligation").

Book was marginally interesting, but not worth paying for.

I sent in the cancellation notice immediately, and kept the 'free' book. They sent the next book anyway. I returned it, with another cancellation notice.

They sent the next one anyway. I kept it, sent them a letter informing them that it was unordered merchandise, and I had no obligation to either pay for it or return it. They sent the next one, which I also kept, and send them another copy of the previous letter.

After about six months of threatening letters, which I quit answering, they gave up.

Guess I didn't do too bad. Three free books with some marginally useful information.

Reply to
Howard

Seven year, max, in California. (Not sure about the other 49)

Glen

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Glen

What you did is perfectly legal. My only recommendation for other readers would be to send the cancellation notice certified, return receipt requested. This would serve as proof should they ding your credit that they were properly notified. Otherwise it can turn into a he said/she said spitting match.

Glen

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Glen

In most cases they can only win judgements against you for 4 years, but they can keep it on your credit report for 7. The statute of how long they have to file judgements varys by state, but the 7 years on the credit report (with a few exceptions like student loans, bankruptcys) is federal.

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Todd Rich

Old Nick woke up, stepped out of his space capsule, and wrote in news:...

Earth to Old Nick, Earth to Old Nick, anybody there?

For some reason, there comes to mind a Steve Martin stand-up scene where he is being heckled. He smiles at the guy benevolently and comments, "Yea, I remember my first beer".

Enjoy the Papst Nicky, H

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Hylourgos

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