u/ilovetrouble66

Besides getting a lawyer, which I’ve done and they agree the 3PL has been charging fees not in our agreement for 5+ months.

I discovered this a few months ago and pulled previous invoices - the total is almost $7-8k in overcharges.

We keep paying our bills because otherwise they can put a lien on our inventory.

At this point, is it just best to find a new 3PL? It’s so annoying to move and as a 3PL functionally they’re great but they started fee stuffing when they lost financing. Anyone been in a similar situation?

I feel like the only leverage I have to get the fees credited is threatening to leave.

Hello! I have stage 3/4 endo diagnosed by MRI and am having robotic minimally invasive surgery to excise the endo off my bowel, bladder etc and remove my uterus, fallopian tubes and cervix in a month.

There will be an endo specialist and a colorectal surgeon present in case I need a resection (they said unlikely). I’m staying overnight in hospital but said if I have bowel surgery will be 3-5 days.

A couple of questions

1. Can I bring stuff to the hospital? Ie iPhone, iPad etc or will it get stolen?
2. Has anyone recovered at home alone? I live in an apartment and have a ton of friends in the building and nearby to support but no one living with me. Is that ok?

I could go live with my mum but would be more stressful if I’m honest.

Any tips and ideas would help or tools (red light? Reached tool? Pregnancy pillow?) you had around to make life easier post surgery!

I’m having laparoscopic surgery in a month to excise my stage 3/4 endo (already confirmed by MRI), remove my uterus (I have adenomyosis non focal), and remove my tubes and cervix.

There’s two surgeons my endo specialist and a colorectal specialist due to some lesions on my bowel. I was told overnight in hospital due to hysterectomy and possibly 3-5 days if they have to resect my bowel (though was told that is a low probability). It’s a robot assisted surgery.

Question - I live alone in an apartment. What sort of support did you need post hysterectomy? Bonus points if you had bowel resection 😮‍💨

Staying with my mum would be stressful. I have friends who can come over to help…should I hire a PSW? I can order meals, groceries etc. no stairs. A friend offered to fly in but it’s a lot to ask and she wants to bring her pets.

Thanks for any input!

An elderly relative who grew up near Russia wants me to help him sell his Russian rubles. He’s aging and needs the money for his care. I’ve done preliminary research online - they’re genuine and worth quite a bit but I have no idea where to begin to sell.

Is it best to sell direct via eBay? Or another platform? In person?

The only coin stores I know of are the “I buy your gold types” and he’d rather these go to someone who would cherish them as a collector.

He has both 5 and 10 rubles pre 1900.

Thanks!

My ‘22 Santa Fe calligraphy with 56,000kms died on Friday. The transmission is cooked. Thankfully under warranty so will be replaced this week.

Anyone had a transmission replaced in this generation of Santa Fe’s? (The 2017-2023s). I’m worried about future replacements (cost) as this car is not that old but will be out of warranty next year. I can’t extend as I’m second owner.

I love driving this car but given I’ve put like 10k on and it’s already had a handful of problems (horn, media system, electrical and now transmission) I’m not sure I want to keep it.

Should I just trade it in?

Does anyone here have a USPS business shipping account as a Canadian business (without US corporation?)? If so, can you share how you registered and how you pay bills?

Our returns provider in the US just discontinued the use of their account for returns and is forcing us to use their UPS which is wayyy more expensive. I’ve tried to setup USPS myself but am totally stuck and their website is like from 1995.

Thoughts?

Bought this car 1.5 years ago, checked dealer records - was serviced well, all recalls done including transmission-related one. Yesterday, the transmission failed and car wouldn’t move. It was in for service a month prior. Thank god I was at a gas station and not on a live highway.

It’s a 2022 Hyundai Santa Fe Calligraphy still under warranty. Dealer won’t pay for rental until parts ordered and claim approved (said maybe Wednesday or Thursday next week).

1. How long do transmission replacements take to do? Are they ordering parts from Korea??

2. Has anyone had this done on a similar year Santa Fe? Did car work normally or did transmission fail again? Trying to figure out if I should cut my losses and trade this in when repaired. I own it outright.

3. Should I be pushing the dealer to pay for the rental including the pre-approved claim period?

4. Car is under warranty but a claim needs to be filed and approved. Is it likely this is approved?

Thanks! I’m freaking out I thought this was my dream car and now I’m worried it’s a lemon 🍋

My conversion rate is WAY down for ONLY US customers. I cannot figure out why.

It’s about 60% down in the last 30 days. I checked the other day and we had 5 add to carts on 1000 visitors and 0 completed checkouts. We’re an established store/not a drop shipper so this sudden decline is shocking.

Incidentally, I’ve heard in ecomm community there’s a checkout and possibly system wide issue intermittently appearing on US only cart and checkout but Shopify won’t confirm or deny it.

Anyone seeing similar results?

I run a Premium apparel brand (AOV above $260). I’m struggling with ads last 3-6 months and wondering if I need to change my structure to adapt to andromeda

Currently I have us and Canada together in a TOF campaign that uses bid caps on 7 day click attribution.

Using anything but 7 day click way overspends and over attributes

What’s everyone using that works? Should I give up on bid caps? I’m finding it hard to get them to spend despite immense creative testing

Our ads are so dead now post andromeda we need a new term for dead 😭

I’ve cut my budget 2/3rds vs last year

Meta seems to be targeting all repeat customers despite exclusions

I run a premium women’s apparel brand online only. Anyone in same boat with ads that are working? What strategies have worked?

I’m starting the process of selling my ecommerce brand which I should be able to get decent proceeds from but I’m midlife and will still need to work. I’ve thought about starting something else but I feel I want a break from entrepreneurship. The challenge? I’ve been running this brand for 10+ years (prior to this I had years in strategy consulting, an MBA, CPG marketing etc).

Has anyone pivoted to go back to work for someone else? How did you fill the gap in your resume?

If I hadn’t started my own biz I’d probably be at C level executive level now in corporate but I feel I’ll have to take a step back because of working for myself for so long. What do you think?

I’m thinking of selling my brand - it’s been as high as 3 million in revenue a year but sales have dropped a lot post pandemic. In a niche in women’s apparel. Where are the best places to sell it?

I looked at flippa and empire flippers but seems like smaller brands. It’s an established brand that I think someone could turn around if they have the passion (I’m tired!) and move the supply chain. Thanks!

I’d love to test more creator white listed ads but want to know more about how these are structured financially. Often people say you should do them but don’t give insight into the cost.

I’m assuming a few things but correct me if I’m wrong- you hire a content creator, provide them with a hook, script and product and they film and edit the ad. Send you the creative and you buy rights for a specified period of time? Like 60 days?

- Are whitelisted ads run from your account or their account?
- Is it better to go fairly unscripted?
- What’s the approx cost per ad? We’ve been pitched a lot lately and people are pitching $800 an ad which seems a lot if you don’t know it works
-Should you be running different angles of same ad?
- are there any ways hacks to find creators open to this?

I won two tickets to the game tonight at 7pm. They’re in section 111. I can’t go - free to someone who wants them. Just let me know if interested. I’ll need your email to transfer them to you! Go Marlies!

*tickets are gone!*