Comments on: Gold star wheels… http://www.footnoted.org/gold-stars/gold-star-wheels/ Michelle Leder's guide to what's hiding in SEC filings Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:39:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: alan http://www.footnoted.org/gold-stars/gold-star-wheels/comment-page-1/#comment-2527 alan Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:39:50 +0000 http://footnoted.org/gold-star-wheels/#comment-2527 The Home Despot is evil indeed. While Lowes might do the same,the more you buy there the weaker the Despot becomes.I have been know to drive a long way to spend at Lowes since there is not one around here,yet. TrueValue is a good choice as well. Try joining Grainger (GWW) and while you pay a bit more,there is no messing around with inventory and quality. You need a business card and they do (from msg boards) seem to engage in some sort of age discrimination but one look at the catalog and you know that they have what you will need. Take the "burned out" pumps back for a full refund and get the water away from the house. The pumps should not be burning out--there is something wrong. Check TERRYLOVE plumbing website for remedies. The Home Despot is evil indeed. While Lowes might do the same,the more you buy there the weaker the Despot becomes.I have been know to drive a long way to spend at Lowes since there is not one around here,yet. TrueValue is a good choice as well. Try joining Grainger (GWW) and while you pay a bit more,there is no messing around with inventory and quality. You need a business card and they do (from msg boards) seem to engage in some sort of age discrimination but one look at the catalog and you know that they have what you will need.
Take the “burned out” pumps back for a full refund and get the water away from the house. The pumps should not be burning out–there is something wrong. Check TERRYLOVE plumbing website for remedies.

]]> By: footnoted.org http://www.footnoted.org/gold-stars/gold-star-wheels/comment-page-1/#comment-2525 footnoted.org Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:59:16 +0000 http://footnoted.org/gold-star-wheels/#comment-2525 Greetings from Waterworld! What a day! Two sump pumps later and my basement is dry -- at least for the moment. When I got to my local Home Depot (<strong>HD</strong>) this morning at around 7:30 am, it was already picked clean. Oddly enough, they had plenty of sump pumps, but none of the connecting hoses. Even odder was that the Wet-Dry Vac that was $58.97 early Monday morning was $10 higher when I returned to the store at around 2:30 pm. When I asked about the sudden price difference, the guys on the floor plead ignorance and sent me to the front-end manager. First, he told me I must have been looking at a different model. Then he told me the price was incorrect this morning. But he insisted -- without me ever mentioning the words -- that the store was positively absolutely not price gauging. And then he knocked $10 off the price without me even asking. Hmmm...sounds a bit like a guilty conscious to me! Greetings from Waterworld! What a day! Two sump pumps later and my basement is dry — at least for the moment. When I got to my local Home Depot (HD) this morning at around 7:30 am, it was already picked clean. Oddly enough, they had plenty of sump pumps, but none of the connecting hoses. Even odder was that the Wet-Dry Vac that was $58.97 early Monday morning was $10 higher when I returned to the store at around 2:30 pm. When I asked about the sudden price difference, the guys on the floor plead ignorance and sent me to the front-end manager. First, he told me I must have been looking at a different model. Then he told me the price was incorrect this morning. But he insisted — without me ever mentioning the words — that the store was positively absolutely not price gauging. And then he knocked $10 off the price without me even asking. Hmmm…sounds a bit like a guilty conscious to me!

]]> By: Ulricii http://www.footnoted.org/gold-stars/gold-star-wheels/comment-page-1/#comment-2524 Ulricii Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:31:24 +0000 http://footnoted.org/gold-star-wheels/#comment-2524 Good luck with the sump pump, Michelle. Come back soon. In contrast to your view, I have some understanding of high-priced country club fees winding up on the corporate benefits list but absolutely no sympathy with YMCA level dues being paid by the corporation. So no gold star from me. One could argue that pricey golf and country clubs are where a CEO mingles with similar high power folks, so the membership could benefit the corporation. But just who is the Comfort Systems CEO going to meet at his local exercise club? Guys like me, who are of no possible benefit to the corporation. This CEO should be paying his own gym membership fees. I can see no reason why it is on his corporate benefits sheet. Good luck with the sump pump, Michelle. Come back soon.

In contrast to your view, I have some understanding of high-priced country club fees winding up on the corporate benefits list but absolutely no sympathy with YMCA level dues being paid by the corporation. So no gold star from me.

One could argue that pricey golf and country clubs are where a CEO mingles with similar high power folks, so the membership could benefit the corporation. But just who is the Comfort Systems CEO going to meet at his local exercise club? Guys like me, who are of no possible benefit to the corporation.

This CEO should be paying his own gym membership fees. I can see no reason why it is on his corporate benefits sheet.

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