Serenity Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 The Crafty Creative with Josh Foreman! Terrific Terrain Textures! Started at 2:00 PM. https://www.twitch.tv/reaperminiatures 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparrowMarie Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 Got hit with the snow last night and it's still going. Cancelled my doctor's appointment and am rescheduling my tattoo appointment too. Doesn't look like we'll be out of here for a couple days... 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haldir Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 I just read that Paizo is going to drop PaizoCon back to online only in 2023. They say it's due to health reasons, but also they want to make PCon, accessible to everyone. I'm wondering also if this is due to company isn't as popular aka profitable as it once was. I remember the year I had planned to go to PCon, even with it being on Memorial Weekend (funny they say accessible to all, but what about people that work or already have committed plans for that weekend???), then I ended up cancelling them. I've not thought about attending since that year. Hopefully, Reaper doesn't go back to Online Con, just not a convention if you ask me, more or less just a bunch of videos with people jabberin on about things. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteWulfe Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 2 hours ago, kristof65 said: Customer: I have half a dozen units where not all the keys are working. I need replacement parts. Me: <Sends quote for 6 replacement keypads> OK, that will be approx $800 and we can ship today. Customer: NO, I want the whole replacement faceplate with board, card reader and everything. Me: <revises quote, sends it> OK, that will be approx $12,000 and will take 8-14 weeks. That's just a bit different in price, wow. Kind of surprised they didn't start off with all that info 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Chaoswolf Posted December 1, 2022 Author Moderator Share Posted December 1, 2022 1 hour ago, haldir said: Hopefully, Reaper doesn't go back to Online Con, just not a convention if you ask me, more or less just a bunch of videos with people jabberin on about things. I agree. the whole thing that's special (to me, anyway) about Reapercon is meeting people. Live and in person. 8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegazus Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 Hoo boy. Got to hotel and got around to checking my email. Looks like I will be requested to stay at least four more days. They did this while I was in thr air! Uh, and it is less than a week before even if I wasn’t out here already. Gonna run out of clothes. 2 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristof65 Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 1 hour ago, WhiteWulfe said: That's just a bit different in price, wow. Kind of surprised they didn't start off with all that info It's basically the equivalent of buying a new desktop PC just because a couple of keys on your USB keyboard stop working. Based on the guy's initial emails, it sounds like all they need is replacement keypads - they're a known wear item - I sent him the quote for that, along with some other questions to make sure that's all he needed, and he got mad and responded with "I just want to replace the whole unit!" Haven't heard back from him since I sent the $12k quote. Even if all half dozen of the units do need more than a keypad, it would still be cheaper for him to order maybe one full unit, a few circuit boards, a few keypads and other parts. Heck, I just realized that more than likely, the cost of parts plus flying me out to his site to troubleshoot and repair would be cheaper than what he's asking for. But oh well - this is one of the sale's guy's direct customers, and he's being copied on all the emails. My defense is "I just quoted what your customer asked for". 1 minute ago, Pegazus said: Gonna run out of clothes. Time to expense some wardrobe to your employer? 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristof65 Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 OMG. I really don't know what this guy is doing - he just added some more to the order, bumping it up to $14k and said "please ship asap", while completely ignoring the portion of the quote that says it has to be prepaid. Glad I'm done for the day - I sent him the updated quote and told him to either provide a credit card or call the accounting department to make payment arrangements. I half suspect I'll come in tomorrow and have the sales guy yelling at me for telling him to prepay. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegazus Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 28 minutes ago, kristof65 said: Time to expense some wardrobe to your employer? I unpurpled that. It would be a legitimate expense, or I find a laundromat. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchemist Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 3 hours ago, Froggy the Great said: What's the term for when it feels like the bottom drops out of your consciousness and you feel like falling a couple inches before it catches you again? "Monday" 2 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Chaoswolf Posted December 1, 2022 Author Moderator Share Posted December 1, 2022 38 minutes ago, Pegazus said: Gonna run out of clothes. You could always make a toga out of the sheets off your hotel bed. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inarah Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 2 hours ago, haldir said: I just read that Paizo is going to drop PaizoCon back to online only in 2023. They say it's due to health reasons, but also they want to make PCon, accessible to everyone. I'm wondering also if this is due to company isn't as popular aka profitable as it once was. I think it's because for 3/4 of N America a trip to the Pacific NW is not affordable or accessible. With Reapercon, at least people from the midwest, southwest and southeast can get there in under a day. Quote Hopefully, Reaper doesn't go back to Online Con, just not a convention if you ask me, more or less just a bunch of videos with people jabberin on about things. And not even the people you want to take classes from, because many of the more talented teachers seem to feel their content is exclusive, and don't want it to be free on youtube. 1 hour ago, Chaoswolf said: I agree. the whole thing that's special (to me, anyway) about Reapercon is meeting people. Live and in person. Yup. And having personal interaction with a teacher who can SEE what you're doing. 37 minutes ago, Pegazus said: Hoo boy. Got to hotel and got around to checking my email. Looks like I will be requested to stay at least four more days. They did this while I was in thr air! Uh, and it is less than a week before even if I wasn’t out here already. WTF? 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haldir Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 13 minutes ago, Inarah said: I think it's because for 3/4 of N America a trip to the Pacific NW is not affordable or accessible. With Reapercon, at least people from the midwest, southwest and southeast can get there in under a day. I can see that also being the case as well. Thou, Paizo did scale back their GenCon presence as well. So who knows. I for one hope that Paizo can still be a very successful company. They do some things that I kinda roll my eyes at & have over the course of enjoying their products, but I'd hate to see them go under. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegazus Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 16 minutes ago, Inarah said: WTF? Eeeeeeexactly. Happily, my manager isn’t happy. Too many upper managers “directing” things without coordination with anybody else. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Eyed Monsty Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 (edited) 44 minutes ago, Pegazus said: I unpurpled that. It would be a legitimate expense, or I find a laundromat. Check if your hotel has laundry service through the Concierge. Send stuff out and have it billed to your room. With the schedule you have stated they expect you to work paying for laundry service for a stay extended while you were already airborne is legitimate and reasonable. Expecting you to "do laundry" on your already limited down time isn't. GEM Edited December 1, 2022 by Green Eyed Monsty 7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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