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  • E Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

    Because the previous T.V. was delivered broken (shattered) I insisted on inspecting the delivery before signing for receipt (you know, my right, bill of lading rules all that shazazz). He insisted that I couldn't do that and as I has kneeled over to unlatch the bottom clips on the T.V. he pushed me to the ground. Having kids in the house and not wanting a bad situation worse I stood up and threw him out of the front door and dead bolted it. All-in-all a very bad situation. He was lucky, every single one of my neighbors are gun nuts and the first question they each asked me was why I didn't just shoot him.

    Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation." --Stephen Crane

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    Paul Conrad
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    Holy shit, dude. I'll make sure those guys don't deliver anything to my house. I do have a sign that says "Never mind the dog. Beware of owner." with a smoking revolver :rolleyes:

    "The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham

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    • E Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

      Not because of their prices, not because of their policies, not because the 58" inch T.V. they sent the first time was broken. No, they have joined the boycott list because when I sent them an email complaining about how I was physically assaulted by the AIT delivery driver in my home and had to spend an hour an a half discussing the situation with pretty much the entire sheriff's department their response was a form letter. Oh, by the way, AIT is on the list too. Never again. In the future I will just answer the door with a gun in my hand.

      Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation." --Stephen Crane

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      hayrob
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      Is this a joke? "Never again. In the future I will just answer the door with a gun in my hand." Good grief - where do you live?

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      • E Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

        Not because of their prices, not because of their policies, not because the 58" inch T.V. they sent the first time was broken. No, they have joined the boycott list because when I sent them an email complaining about how I was physically assaulted by the AIT delivery driver in my home and had to spend an hour an a half discussing the situation with pretty much the entire sheriff's department their response was a form letter. Oh, by the way, AIT is on the list too. Never again. In the future I will just answer the door with a gun in my hand.

        Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation." --Stephen Crane

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        Steve Mayfield
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        Didn't you mean New Egg has been added to your boycott list :confused:

        Steve _________________ I C(++) therefore I am

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        • P Paul Conrad

          Holy shit, dude. I'll make sure those guys don't deliver anything to my house. I do have a sign that says "Never mind the dog. Beware of owner." with a smoking revolver :rolleyes:

          "The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham

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          FyreWyrm
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          You need the one that says "We don't dial 911, we dial .357".

          Don't blame me. I voted for Chuck Norris.

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            Is this a joke? "Never again. In the future I will just answer the door with a gun in my hand." Good grief - where do you live?

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            FyreWyrm
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            The USA, where it's our given right by the 2nd Ammendment. Moreover, he's in Florida which has the Castle doctrine that gives him the legal right to use deadly force on anyone on his property that he feels is threatening him or his family.

            Don't blame me. I voted for Chuck Norris.

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            • F FyreWyrm

              The USA, where it's our given right by the 2nd Ammendment. Moreover, he's in Florida which has the Castle doctrine that gives him the legal right to use deadly force on anyone on his property that he feels is threatening him or his family.

              Don't blame me. I voted for Chuck Norris.

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              Colin Rae
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              Good Grief! If I lived somewhere that I felt I needed a gun to answer the door I'd move. Quickly! (BTW I live in Texas...)

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              • C Colin Rae

                Good Grief! If I lived somewhere that I felt I needed a gun to answer the door I'd move. Quickly! (BTW I live in Texas...)

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                TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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                Colin Rae wrote:

                live in Texas

                Then you better move! Or get some guns!

                Fight Big Government:
                http://obamacareclassaction.com/
                http://obamacaretruth.org/

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                • E Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

                  Not because of their prices, not because of their policies, not because the 58" inch T.V. they sent the first time was broken. No, they have joined the boycott list because when I sent them an email complaining about how I was physically assaulted by the AIT delivery driver in my home and had to spend an hour an a half discussing the situation with pretty much the entire sheriff's department their response was a form letter. Oh, by the way, AIT is on the list too. Never again. In the future I will just answer the door with a gun in my hand.

                  Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation." --Stephen Crane

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                  hammerstein05
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                  Did anything come of the discussion with the Sheriff's department, or was that a formality so you had it filed that he had assaulted you? I've only recently bought stuff from Newegg and aside from choosing the cheap option of UPS for shipping (dump on doorstep with scuffed boxes) I didn't really have an issue. I did email them to ask why their website let me put through an order on the preferred account to ship to my work address but this wasn't permitted so the order was cancelled, they never replied. I probably wouldn't blame NewEgg in all this. But I do think their customer service could have at least sent you a formal apology and put forward the facts to the delivery company themselves. I'm pretty sure they hold more weight with them than you as an individual.

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                  • C Colin Rae

                    Good Grief! If I lived somewhere that I felt I needed a gun to answer the door I'd move. Quickly! (BTW I live in Texas...)

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                    FyreWyrm
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                    Colin Rae wrote:

                    I live in Texas

                    Me too. I have guns, but I don't answer the door with them.

                    Don't blame me. I voted for Chuck Norris.

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                      Colin Rae wrote:

                      live in Texas

                      Then you better move! Or get some guns!

                      Fight Big Government:
                      http://obamacareclassaction.com/
                      http://obamacaretruth.org/

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                      FyreWyrm
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                      You don't need guns in Texas. Haven't you heard, Texas is the friendly state. As you cross over the Texas border (except from Mexico) you are greeted by a sign that says "Welcome to Texas, the friendly state." Followed closely by another sign that says "Don't mess with Texas". We have a sense of humor.

                      Don't blame me. I voted for Chuck Norris.

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                      • F FyreWyrm

                        You need the one that says "We don't dial 911, we dial .357".

                        Don't blame me. I voted for Chuck Norris.

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                        Paul Conrad
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                        That is a good one. Some folks down the street from me have one of those :D

                        "The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham

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                        • E Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

                          Not because of their prices, not because of their policies, not because the 58" inch T.V. they sent the first time was broken. No, they have joined the boycott list because when I sent them an email complaining about how I was physically assaulted by the AIT delivery driver in my home and had to spend an hour an a half discussing the situation with pretty much the entire sheriff's department their response was a form letter. Oh, by the way, AIT is on the list too. Never again. In the future I will just answer the door with a gun in my hand.

                          Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation." --Stephen Crane

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                          AspDotNetDev
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                          Keep delivering stuff to Chuck Norris until that delivery guy eventually slips up again.

                          [Forum Guidelines]

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                          • F FyreWyrm

                            The USA, where it's our given right by the 2nd Ammendment. Moreover, he's in Florida which has the Castle doctrine that gives him the legal right to use deadly force on anyone on his property that he feels is threatening him or his family.

                            Don't blame me. I voted for Chuck Norris.

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                            Lost User
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                            Despite all the bashing, I think that makes a whole lot more sense than being sued by a burglar because you "severely maimed" (a couple of bruises) him when you kicked him out of your house.. as is common in the EU. And the burglar would win.

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                              Despite all the bashing, I think that makes a whole lot more sense than being sued by a burglar because you "severely maimed" (a couple of bruises) him when you kicked him out of your house.. as is common in the EU. And the burglar would win.

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                              Joerg Wiedenmann
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                              harold aptroot wrote:

                              being sued by a burglar because you [...] kicked him out of your house as is common in the EU.

                              Which is what justice is about. Everything else would not be very...just. Every individual by their birth have been given the same rights...same justice for everyone. Someone committing a crime does not allow someone else to commit a crime against them or another. Doing so would be self-administered justice and at least in the EU, justice is subject to a law court and not to some random people. As for the burglar, just because he sued you for kicking him out, doesn't mean he doesn't get sued for burglary.

                              harold aptroot wrote:

                              And the burglar would win.

                              If he was the victim of your violence then yes - which would be just. If you bruised him in defense then he would not.

                              Regards, Jörg

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                                The USA, where it's our given right by the 2nd Ammendment. Moreover, he's in Florida which has the Castle doctrine that gives him the legal right to use deadly force on anyone on his property that he feels is threatening him or his family.

                                Don't blame me. I voted for Chuck Norris.

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                                Joerg Wiedenmann
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                                FyreWyrm wrote:

                                the Castle doctrine that gives him the legal right to use deadly force on anyone on his property that he feels is threatening him or his family

                                [generally spoken] That means in your country/state you have a given right, on your property, to use deadly force on anyone you got the feel is a threat? :omg: What about the given right to live? And what about, not that it would matter to the dead guy, if 'they' were shot "by accident" - if it turned out 'they' were not a threat?

                                Regards, Jörg

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                                • J Joerg Wiedenmann

                                  harold aptroot wrote:

                                  being sued by a burglar because you [...] kicked him out of your house as is common in the EU.

                                  Which is what justice is about. Everything else would not be very...just. Every individual by their birth have been given the same rights...same justice for everyone. Someone committing a crime does not allow someone else to commit a crime against them or another. Doing so would be self-administered justice and at least in the EU, justice is subject to a law court and not to some random people. As for the burglar, just because he sued you for kicking him out, doesn't mean he doesn't get sued for burglary.

                                  harold aptroot wrote:

                                  And the burglar would win.

                                  If he was the victim of your violence then yes - which would be just. If you bruised him in defense then he would not.

                                  Regards, Jörg

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                                  Lost User
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                                  Yes, that is current situation. But I do not agree that it is just. This whole "you are born with rights" thing is just unnatural - someone just made it up someday. Calling them privileges would be more realistic - and of course that burglar has just wasted some of his privileges by being a burglar and doesn't even deserve the air he/she breathes anymore.

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                                    Yes, that is current situation. But I do not agree that it is just. This whole "you are born with rights" thing is just unnatural - someone just made it up someday. Calling them privileges would be more realistic - and of course that burglar has just wasted some of his privileges by being a burglar and doesn't even deserve the air he/she breathes anymore.

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                                    Joerg Wiedenmann
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                                    harold aptroot wrote:

                                    Yes, that is current situation. [] someone just made it up someday

                                    Yes, that's true...and it is a good one. In my understanding 'just' in the connotation of 'equal' means 'same' and treating all people the same way.

                                    harold aptroot wrote:

                                    and of course that burglar has just wasted some of his privileges by being a burglar

                                    This is a very subjective point of view - and an opinion and many people might have the same opinion. But opinions are not justice. But opinions and justice are not necessarily the same.

                                    Regards, Jörg

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                                      harold aptroot wrote:

                                      Yes, that is current situation. [] someone just made it up someday

                                      Yes, that's true...and it is a good one. In my understanding 'just' in the connotation of 'equal' means 'same' and treating all people the same way.

                                      harold aptroot wrote:

                                      and of course that burglar has just wasted some of his privileges by being a burglar

                                      This is a very subjective point of view - and an opinion and many people might have the same opinion. But opinions are not justice. But opinions and justice are not necessarily the same.

                                      Regards, Jörg

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                                      Lost User
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                                      Fair enough, but then "justice" was defined after someone's opinion as well, so yea..

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                                      • L Lost User

                                        Fair enough, but then "justice" was defined after someone's opinion as well, so yea..

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                                        Joerg Wiedenmann
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                                        No, not really. If you get attacked, you can press charges against them. If you attack them, they can press charges against you. But then again I guess you're right. I guess there is a difference between 'justice' and 'justice as defined by law'...

                                        Regards, Jörg

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