tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post4604684531201091500..comments2023-08-15T06:33:53.114-07:00Comments on Bison Prepper: yeti sightingJames M Dakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-58863445372271036002017-09-14T12:45:36.503-07:002017-09-14T12:45:36.503-07:00The great thing about that section is it is almost...The great thing about that section is it is almost completely empty of humans. Of course, there is zero water. Hmmm, with rain catchment I could live there and salvage bikes for a business. Until they cancel Burning Man and I'm screwed.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-10806049323639793462017-09-14T11:22:41.309-07:002017-09-14T11:22:41.309-07:00I bet our Lord Bison is wishing just once that he ...I bet our Lord Bison is wishing just once that he was a bit closer to the Burning Man party. If this is not a sign of the idiocy of consumers I don't know what is..<br /><br />http://www.sfweekly.com/news/thousands-of-abandoned-burning-man-bikes-saved-from-dump/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-80545002700774036672017-09-14T07:06:35.968-07:002017-09-14T07:06:35.968-07:00Ah, you sell the swimsuits? Ah, you sell the swimsuits? James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-9832439490317191232017-09-13T18:28:55.606-07:002017-09-13T18:28:55.606-07:00There can't be anywhere inland with the densit...There can't be anywhere inland with the density of credit-fueled yuppie-puke buy-dump-move-rebuy than Portland Oregon. I find TREASURES every day in curb free-piles, almost beyond my ability to hoard them. Frequently, opened-only New-In-Box items that were too much trouble to return in a timely manner to credit the account or get a gift card for. Traffic does suck in pdx, so making a trip to return a $30 item is kind of marginal in your Audi TDI SUV with an $849 for 104 months payment. Totally worth while on my bicycle (one payment of $100 ever, in 1988 + cheap parts) package rack. Most favorite recent find was an All American pressure canner along with 15 cases of quart jars (all in original cardboard boxes!). Huge quantities of "sporty" clothing from Nike and Adidas (much is "samples" from the corporate HQ's nearby) so much that I only keep the super-awesome high-tech materials models, not corporate-logo poly-cotton crap. Same with swimsuits, which are crazy-expensive-but-dumped-like-new,(weight change for the ladies? fashion?). PDX has about 6 days a year suitable for a swimsuit outside and a person needs a fair amount of leisure to have/use a pool regularly. Consider cost per pound/volume of a swimsuit, and a shoebox can have a grand in MSRP easily. I like to get 1/6th of MSRP on items I get for near-zero (move-sort-clean-sell), so this is a deal.<br /><br />pdxr13 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-66091353785745685302017-09-12T11:06:49.936-07:002017-09-12T11:06:49.936-07:00Should have added; I'd call about 2008-2012 th...Should have added; I'd call about 2008-2012 the time they started crapping on quality, by my purchase dates.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-59234906394971945922017-09-12T11:05:29.145-07:002017-09-12T11:05:29.145-07:00Yours is grandfathered in with quality. My first ...Yours is grandfathered in with quality. My first Ozark propane camp stove lasted five years. The next was about the same-if a little less stil lclose enough. But then, five months. Tried again in case it was a lemon. Nope. Five months, again. Other minor products of the same brand are crap, also. No, they intentionally decreased quality significantly. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-40893930564362259112017-09-12T10:50:38.920-07:002017-09-12T10:50:38.920-07:00My Ozark is at least 10 years old, and seems to be...My Ozark is at least 10 years old, and seems to be holding up. So there's that.<br /><br />Can you tell us what specifically failed that made you dump them?ghostsniperhttp://www.deadcenter.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-49721560633674510472017-09-11T18:35:09.729-07:002017-09-11T18:35:09.729-07:00Thanks! Come back tomorrow-every day wonderfulnes...Thanks! Come back tomorrow-every day wonderfulness.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-79694290990925826162017-09-11T16:17:35.911-07:002017-09-11T16:17:35.911-07:00I’m not that much of a online reader to be honest ...I’m not that much of a online reader to be honest but your <br />blogs really nice, keep it up! I'll go ahead and bookmark your site to come <br />back in the future. All the bestAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-8830391150983234182017-09-11T11:46:08.568-07:002017-09-11T11:46:08.568-07:00I'm in the wrong area for cheap used anything....I'm in the wrong area for cheap used anything. Yuppie pukes. I did get good trash picking on Y2K items six to ten years afterwards, so that was nice.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-37108302102313824312017-09-11T10:02:41.364-07:002017-09-11T10:02:41.364-07:00I love people who buy expensive things like a Yeti...I love people who buy expensive things like a Yeti cooler. When they go bankrupt and lose their house, I can pick up there "treasures" for pennies on the dollar at their yard sale.<br /><br />The year after Y2k, the yard sales were incredible! I picked up $1000's worth of stuff for mere dollars. Unfortunately, people didn't get near as paranoid for the Mayan calendar.<br /><br />Idaho HomesteaderAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-46906007774328662502017-09-11T08:50:17.523-07:002017-09-11T08:50:17.523-07:00Ozark Trail USED to be good-now their stuff is cra...Ozark Trail USED to be good-now their stuff is crap and not recommended.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-54106482570882998042017-09-11T08:38:12.943-07:002017-09-11T08:38:12.943-07:00Last year my son gave me a big stainless Yeti drin...Last year my son gave me a big stainless Yeti drinking vessel for fathers day and I gave it right back and told him to take it back to the store. I don't know how much he paid for it but I know that Yeti stuff is insanely expensive and not worth it. Besides, I already had the same vessel but in the Ozark Trail brand, from Walmart for about $7. <br /><br />Yeti is the kind of company I'd like to see fail. Not really, I just rather see them get competitive with their pricing. <br /><br />I don't really want to see anyone fail, I want to see them get better. <br /><br />See, if Yeti got competitive with their pricing then Ozark Trail would have to get more competitive with their pricing and all the rest of us win.<br /><br />Yeti failing doesn't benefit me, 'cept maybe in a childish envyish sort of way, but if they became more competitive in their pricing maybe I would benefit.ghostsniperhttp://www.deadcenter.comnoreply@blogger.com