Sometimes you just need to scream!!!

[Krakosky]

Our a/c was out from wednesdsy of last week until this past Monday. It annoyed me when we told the landlord about it on Thursday and she said the guy would be coming to look at it on Monday. It was a little cooler this past weekend, but still mid to high 80s in the house. I think the highest it got up to was 87. None of the rooms have ceiling fans. We had one floor oscillating fan. Anyways, the a/c guy and landlord came by on Monday. The a/c guy said he had been here back in June to fill it up with refrigerant. Apparently it has several leaks but the landlord keeps paying to have the refrigerant refilled rather than replacing the parts.

 

[MA_PE]

Our a/c was out from wednesdsy of last week until this past Monday. It annoyed me when we told the landlord about it on Thursday and she said the guy would be coming to look at it on Monday. It was a little cooler this past weekend, but still mid to high 80s in the house. I think the highest it got up to was 87. None of the rooms have ceiling fans. We had one floor oscillating fan. Anyways, the a/c guy and landlord came by on Monday. The a/c guy said he had been here back in June to fill it up with refrigerant. Apparently it has several leaks but the landlord keeps paying to have the refrigerant refilled rather than replacing the parts.

you (the landlord) should schedule another visit 3.5 months from now. those leaks aren't going to just go away.

 

[Krakosky]

I know. It's very frustrating. My last landlord would just ok us to get things fixed and deduct it from the rent. This landlord seems more involved, which is ok, but also cheap.

 

[Supe]

I know. It's very frustrating. My last landlord would just ok us to get things fixed and deduct it from the rent. This landlord seems more involved, which is ok, but also cheap.

As I found out in short order, the cost of refrigerant for older AC systems is astronomical. He won't recharge too many times before he replaces the unit...

 

[mudpuppy]

You could move somewhere cooler . I haven't run the AC or heat since September 12.

 

[Krakosky]

If I was in MI, I'd probably have the heat on.

 

[mudpuppy]

It's only been down to 57 degrees in my house.

 

[Krakosky]

Brrrr.

 

[Road Guy]

I thought I would enjoy my year of renting but it really does suck...

 

[Krakosky]

My car has a pretty major oil leak. My brother's friend who fixed my a/c let me know about it back in aug/sept. Car started making weird noises this past weekend. It was really low/out of oil. The guy said it would be $900 to fix since it's in a location that's hard to get to. Idk if this car's going to make it to 200k miles like I had hoped. 130k currently.

 

[Road Guy]

yeah those are a bitch to work on! Keep a few quarts of oil in your car.. How many "drips" are on your driveway each day?

I had to replace an oil pan on the jeep once (that was bent and leaking) an entire weekend under the car, wished I would have just paid the $700 they wanted to do it at the shop.

 

[Krakosky]

There aren't any drips on the driveway so I'm sure that makes it even worse.

 

[matt267 PE]

No drips? Does that mean you're burning oil?

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

Depends on the location and type of leak. I've seen cars go through a quart of oil in a day but not a single drip on the driveway. Because these systems are pressurized, you can develop a leak that only activates when the car is under hard acceleration or going up hills but will remain dry when idling.

 

[Ship Wreck PE]

I had a 2001 impala and it used around a quart every 1000 miles with no leaks,, found out later it had a defective head gasket and water from radiator was mixing with it in combustion chamber and causing oil to be consumed. Also was loosing coolant with no leaks in garage.

 

[MA_PE]

Depends on the location and type of leak. I've seen cars go through a quart of oil in a day but not a single drip on the driveway. Because these systems are pressurized, you can develop a leak that only activates when the car is under hard acceleration or going up hills but will remain dry when idling.

yup and it keeps the whole undercarriage rust free with the nice oil coating all over it.

 

[snickerd3]

Qdoba's new Extra's aren't Extra anymore pricing is a bunch of BS. Yes they are still extra, you just raised the price $2 so we are paying extra, it was just built it into the base price. So now I pay $2 more and get no extras because what they previously charged extra for came standard on the vegetarian burrito that I always ordered.

If you want to raise prices thats fine, but don't call it something it isn't.

 

[engineergurl]

If you want to raise prices thats fine, but don't call it something it isn't.

But then it wouldn't be effective marketing...

 

[snickerd3]

it's an insulting marketing ploy to those that can do simple math!

 

[engineergurl]

it's an insulting marketing ploy to those that can do simple math!

Not really, I've never eaten there so I wouldn't have noticed any price change, but the not paying extra would be an incentive compared to other restaurants, especially if their price over all is lower... most people also wouldn't take offense to a marketing ploy, they would also just assume that everyone else in the world must be stupid if they fell for it and move forward either by not ordering or ordering their food