u/chrisinmtown

I sell very occasionally on eBay and there the system nags me relentlessly to ship the next business day after the sale. I work near a post office so it's easy to meet that deadline. I guess that is my expectation on private sales.. like Discogs.

On a recent Discogs purchase of a common album, all of $15 and available from many other sellers also, I didn't notice the seller terms of "1-7 days" shipping. I waited 48 hours after payment to ask about it. They waited another 48 hours to say "we're on it" and finally handed the LP to the USPS after one week, 5 full biz days. So they met their service level agreement lol.

Do y'all check those terms to avoid slow sellers? Am I ridiculously impatient to be unhappy about slow shipping? Thanks.

I'm trying to start new Internet Air service. I used the front door web site. First step, it has to verify my email. After waiting 7 minutes, the email with the confirmation code finally arrived, whew. Next step, it has to verify my identity. Site accepts SSN or driver license number, but my credit files are frozen, so the step fails. I call in to ask, which service should I unfreeze? The rep says, I don't know, could be any of the three.

Is this a typical experience for new customers? Not a great start.

I'm no expert but the tree looks in distress. It's trying to grow its new leaves right now in the spring. I'm in New Jersey and planted this tree - our State tree - a few years ago. Many branches show this pattern of dried dead crunchy leaves right next to shiny new leaves. We have received some rain, probably not enough. Nobody has been digging anywhere near the tree. I don't see insects or pests growing on the leaves. First picture is the leaves, second picture is the whole tree. Please suggest, thanks in advance.

Dead leaves next to new leaves

the whole tree