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2 slices of sourdough, rye or multi-grain bread
1-2 strips bacon, lean, thick-sliced, maple-smoked (optional) pork, turkey, beef or vegetarian all work equally well)
Cheddar, Swiss and Gouda cheese, very thinly sliced
2 slices medium-sized meaty tomato, set aside on paper towel to remove excess juice
1 tsp. butter (optional)
pepper, salt, granulated garlic
1. Fry bacon to desired crispness. Remove from pan, pour out some of the drippings. Or wipe out quickly with a paper towel, depending on amount of crispiness desired on outside of sandwich.
2.Turn pan down to medium low.
3. Quickly swish one side of each slice of bread in pan to lightly coat bread. Or very lightly butter one side of each slice. Leave bread in pan, side by side, dry sides up.
4. Add 1 one layer of each kind of cheese.
5. Cover with layer of tomato and layer of with fried bacon strip(s).
6. Sprinkle to taste with black pepper, granulated garlic. Use salt if bacon isn't salty enough for your taste.
7. Cover with second slice of bread and cook over medium low heat, turning several times until cheese is melted to taste. Depending on amount of cheese, heat source and type of pan, anywhere heat might be best from medium to low.
Optional: Heat a half cup to one cup of marinara sauce on the stove or in the microwave as a dipping sauce.
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I'm excited to see this and I enjoyed the graphic novel but I'm more amped about Flashpoint which is scheduled to be thier next release. Looking forward to see what they do with it.
The Nerdist posted an exclusive trailer for the next DC Universe Animated film. Check out the trailer for Superman Unbound below.
The Plot: Superman Unbound, based on Geoff Johns' 2008 Action Comics story arc, finds the Man of Steel squaring off against the planet-destroying alien machine, Brainiac, while balancing his responsibilities to Lois Lane and cousin Kara (Supergirl). The voice cast includes White Collar's Matt Bomer as Superman, Fringe's John Noble as Brainiac and Castle's Stana Katic and Molly Quinn as Lois and Kara, respectively.
Superman Unbound will premiere at WonderCon 2013 in Anaheim.
I'm excited to see this and I enjoyed the graphic novel but I'm more amped about Flashpoint which is scheduled to be thier next release. Looking forward to see what they do with it.
John Noble as Braniac. Sweet. You could almost pretend that Walternate is behind it and this was one of his Fringe experiments.
Animation looks kind of goofy, but at least it ain't anime. I'll check this out.
(I hope the Best Buy exclusive figure for this is Supergirl or Brainiac, but I bet it will be Superman).
I hate the art style. Looks like shit. Not as good as all the other DC animated movies I have seen. Story looks cool though. But the art makes me want to cry. Supes head looks to small for his body and his jaw looks all jacked up. Not good at all DC, not at all. :(
John Noble as Brainiac is effing awesome!! Looking forward to this one.
Hell!! Yes!!! ...this should be okay.
John Noble...."flee! flee for your lives!!!"
I prefer cory burton from s:tas.
I totally agree with axia777 the artwork is garbage. I'm afraid it's going to effect the way I feel about the film. I didn't like the artwork in the Batman:The Dark Knight Returns either. I don't get it. DC does better work on their Saturday morning Cartoon Network shows than in their feature length animated movies. After looking at the creative 3-D animation in the trailers for DC themed video games (Injustice Gods Among Us) I can't bear going back and looking at the Superman Unbound Trailer it's like watching Huckleberry Hound.
At least DC is trying to keep the Superman Machine oiled.....they know this is a tentpole year for them to get it together after being squashed by Marvel. I'll take it for what it's worth and just try to enjoy it. I do agree that the artwork is a bit suspect, but hey, at least they're tyring...
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Pololu Qik 2s12v10 Dual Serial Motor Controller
This powerful motor controller allows variable speed and direction control of two large, brushed DC motors using a simple serial interface and provides several advanced features, such as motor acceleration control and configurable current limiting. Automatic baud detection up to 115.2 kbps and inputs for both RS-232 and TTL serial make it easy to add motors to your microcontroller- or computer-based project. The operating voltage range is 6 to 16 V; the continuous current per channel is up to 13 A (30 A peak).
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The qik 2s12v10 adds a comprehensive yet easy-to-use, high-power option to Pololu's line of motor controllers. The compact board—it's almost the same size as the dual VNH2SP30 carrier board by itself—allows any microcontroller or computer with a serial port to drive two brushed DC motors with full direction and speed control, providing up to 13 A (continuous) per motor channel without a heat sink and tolerating peaks as high as 30 A.
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For a lower-power version of this controller, please consider the qik 2s9v1. For similar devices that support additional features and control interfaces, please consider the Simple High-Power Motor Controllers, TReX motor controller, and jrk 12v12 motor controller with feedback. For a robot controller based on the qik's drivers, please consider the Orangutan X2 robot controller, which connects the VNH2SP30s to a user-programmable ATmega1284 AVR microcontroller.
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The qik ships with a 12×1 straight 0.100" male header strip, a 3×2 straight 0.100" male header strip, three 2-pin terminal blocks, and three red shorting blocks.
For the most compact installation, you can solder wires directly to the qik pins themselves and skip using the included hardware. For high-current installations, you should avoid using the supplied terminal blocks, which are rated for up to 15 A, and instead directly solder the motor and power supply wires to the pads.
The included hardware allows you to make less permanent connections. You can break the 12×1 header strip into a 6×1 piece and two 2×1 pieces and solder these strips into the qik's logic pins where you plan on making connections, or you can use a pair of pliers to pull out the two header pins in the original 12×1 strip for which the qik has no holes and solder the entire strip to the qik's logic pins. You can see this latter approach in the picture above. You can then make your own cables that have female headers on them and plug these onto the male headers on your qik, or you can solder the pins to the other side of the board and simply plug your qik into a breadboard. You might also consider using a 0.100" right-angle male header strip (not included) for a lower profile.
The 3×2 header strip can be soldered to the jumper pins as shown above, which lets you make use of the included shorting blocks, and the included terminal blocks lock together to make a single, 6-pin strip that you can solder to the power side of the board.
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Don't Buy Tabeo
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Tabeo Sucks
My daughter was overjoyed to receive a Tabeo Tablet for Christmas. I was not as thrilled as I noticed right away there was a problem with the batter holding a charge. It would be charging all day and then she would only get maybe 45 minutes of playing time before it had to be plugged back in to charge. I wanted to return or exchange it right away but my daughter was reluctant because she didn't mind that it had to be constantly plugged in to charge. Then less than two weeks after having it the charging mechanism inside the Tabeo came loose and was moving around inside the tablet. We can no longer even plug it in to charge it because that mechanism is broken. As if its not bad enough that Toys R Us is selling what it knows is a defective product they are handing it like a non issue. The store refused to do an exhange for us even though we had the receipt because it was past the 30 days allowed to do exchanges and because the gift giver had purchased a protection plan. I had to have the gift giver file a claim online to replace this defective product. We have to mail the defective Tabeo back and then wait a week to get a gift card in the mail so that we can go and purchase another defective product! (Please note that you will never ever get your cash back from Toys R Us even if the defective product is their fault!! They will only exchange for another bad product!! Is this customer service really ??) What about the poor people that didn't get the protection plan ? They are out $150.00 for something that Toys R Us knew was defective ? This is a HORRIBLE COMPANY! So now when we get the gift card in and go back to buy another defective product because we have no other choice we also have to buy another protection plan because the chances of this happening again are 100% because they have not fixed or even acknowledged this issue !! What a SCAM!!! I will never buy from Toys R Us or any of their affiliates and I will tell everyone I know not to buy from them!! Awful experience for myself, my daughter and the gift giver!
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Order Online for in Store Pick---All Emails in Regards to Item Had a Different Total Amount
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JOHNSON CITY, NEW YORK -- I purchased an item online for store pick up and was told and emailed that total was $24.06 (for Wii game and protection on disc). Second email from Toys R Us stating confirming purchase stated total $23.88. Email stating item ready for pick up stated total was $21.59. I waited much longer at store (after getting ready for pick up email) for item then if I had just gone to the store and purchased item off the shelf. Noticed a sale on the same game that I had purchased online with in store pickup so I decided to purchase the same game again as well as a few others due to the sale being buy 1 get a second game for $2. After making that purchase I went to customer service to return the online order, she had trouble getting the refund bar code on my printed email slip, mumbled about refunding my money via gift card, (which was NOT going to happen since I had the receipt!). She was able to process my refund and I left the store.
While I walked to my car, I noticed that the refund receipt was for only $19.16. I knew that this was the incorrect amount but since it was cold out and I had my two young children with me I planned on returning in a day or two for correction of my refund. When I got home I got to thinking that I paid quite a bit more via PayPal for the item, so I printed up all my emails in regards to this purchase and called the store. I spoke with some manager who told me to return to the store with my emails and he would look at it. So I loaded the kids back into care drove back to store, had to tell story to customer service representative before she would get the manager. The manager arrives, I showed him the emails with the 1st one stating total was $24.06, PayPal was charged $24.06, second email stated total was $23.88, 3rd email stated total was $21.59 and my refund receipt showing cashier only refunded me $19.16. He acted like I was trying to cheat the company by commenting after looking at all the emails that the $21.59 sounded more like the total. Which [snip] me off, seeing that I had the email from PayPal showing I was charged $24.06 for item. I then had to go back out to the car for my license and wait while he refunds my card $5.29.
No apologies for their massive screw up, no apologies for trying to cheat me out of my $5, no apologies or explanation as to why 3 different emails showed 3 different totals and no apologies for cashier giving me wrong refund amount. No apologies for the huge waste of my time and gas on this, let alone the long wait that I had to endure when waiting for the pick up of original item after receiving order is ready email.
I'm totally disgusted with the poor shoddy customer service at Toys R Us. No where else was I ever treated so poorly. Other stores, when I have had issues with something (which was simple issues with wrong items being sent to me etc and was not cheated on my refund due to me) they bent over backwards to make me happy with a sincere apologies and a small gift card for my troubles with promises that my issue would be passed on to higher authority. Not at Toys R Us! They do not care!
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Not Happy With the Protection Plan!
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WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA -- I'm not very happy with the Buyer Protection Plan that was sold to my husband and myself when we purchased our Graco Ready2Grow stroller. I bought the stroller in Feb 2013 and after getting a 25% discount for trading in an old pack n' play the sale price was $149.99. Then I added the protection plan for $24.99. The cashier explained how the plan worked and we thought it was great to pay $24.99 instead of full price of the stroller ($199.99) if we ever had to replace it for whatever reason.
At the beginning of July I noticed that the basket bellow the stroller had a rip on the side and I figured I could easily sew it back up and put duck tape over it since I never really carry heavy stuff in there (although it would've counted as wear and tear). Around a week later I noticed there was a small tear on the front canopy, but it was so small that the sun didn't come through and it did not bother my daughter so I figured I would let it go and just report it if it became any bigger.
Yesterday July 21st I opened up my stroller since we were going to the park and when I opened the same front canopy I realized that some of the plastic was broken and now it is difficult for me to make it work. I decided to finally call it in today July 22nd. At first I received great customer service, but at the end of filing my claim I was told by the representative that I needed to go back to Babies R Us and purchase another stroller, then send them a copy of my original receipt and a copy of my new receipt and in 10-15 business days they would send me a check for the purchase amount.
Since I don't have anything else to turn into Babies R Us to get the 25% discount I have to pay the full price for the stroller which is $199.99. My husband informed me that we would not have the money to do that for about two weeks and he brought up a good point when he said that when the cashier explained the process to us she said we would get a card sent in the mail with the purchase amount so that we could go back into the store and replace the product (of course we would have to pay taxes again but that wasn't an issue).
I called back and explained to the representative how I would not have the money to go buy another stroller for a while, since I don't just have $200 lying around, and I asked if there was anything they could do like just send me the gift card for the amount since that is what we were told would happen if we needed to call in and make a claim for the product. The representative was then very rude and said if they didn't get two receipts, one from Feb 2013 and one from after July 22 2013 that there was nothing they could do.
After this happened I looked up other reviews that were somewhat related to my situation and I found one that was exactly like mine, but in a different state. A woman, who used part of her rent money to replace the stroller out of pocket as instructed to do so by the buyer protection plan rep, sent in her first and second receipt but since it would take approximately 2-3 weeks for her to receive her reimbursement she figured she could do without the stroller for a few weeks but not without her rent money for that long. She then went and returned the stroller and got her rent money back, but never received her check for the original purchase price in the mail.
I am now worried about going and spending money out of pocket to replace the stroller and not receiving my reimbursement. Not only would I be out $50 plus tax (which I would have to spend anyway when replacing the stroller for full price [even with the gift card with the replacement amount of $149.99]) but I would be out $149.99 for the stroller and the $24.99 for the protection plan (which should be covering at least $149.99 of the $199.99 that I will have to spend to replace it). In total I would be out $224.98 instead of just $50. This would all be avoided and I would be much happier and much more satisfied if they would just sent me the gift card with the replacement amount of $149.99 like we were told would happen if we ever needed to call in and make a claim on the item.
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Extremely bad customer service based on pure assumption
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BURLINGTON, CALIFORNIA -- To all consumers,
As I work at a company that has strict policy and procedures, I would like to start off with the fact that I am fully aware of return policies and what items are not returnable. I had a difficult labor of 20 hours and upon arriving home from the hospital I wanted to do everything possible to breast feed, I began to nurse. The same day, I advised my husband that in the event that I would like to pump and store the milk, I would like to look into purchasing a breast pump and keep it handy for when I can use it. So, he went to Baby's R Us and spoke to a really nice informative sales person who gave him enough information about the product. My husband also called me from the store in which I as well spoke with the saleswoman who explained the products features, she informed my husband not to open it unless we are surely going to use it, otherwise the item cannot be returned.
It was quite the investment at $500.00 but we made the purchase determined that I will use this product one day. My husband brought it home but I never decided to look at this item because I had a full description when I spoke to the lady on the phone, so there sat a $500.00 item completely untouched in the bag with the receipt. Within the next 3 days I had excruciating pain from the recovery and was given high meds to cope, I was told I could not give my baby breast milk because of the meds in my body. I told my husband that day to return the breast pump to the store and we can always buy it another time. I did not expect the following events to take place.
As I was at home dealing with my pain and trying to care for my first newborn child, my husband calls me all upset, they were NOT accepting the breast pump back. I was furious! As my husband entered the store with their clear bag, an older lady at the counter automatically told my husband, " you cannot return that" already jumping to a conclusion that the item was opened, I fell sick to my stomach when he told me this. She had not even seen the box. Then my husband said what are you talking about? Yes I can, the item is not opened? She then proceeded to call her manager, yet another ignorant employee. The manager looked at the box and accused my husband of tampering with the box. (Meanwhile I was on the phone hearing this) Despite the pain I was going through I told my husband, let me speak to her, I explained how we never looked at the box when we purchased it, what was wrong? She said the seal looked as though it was tampered and the box edges were not flush? This only got me more furious! It's not our problem that the box had a manufacturing defect! She accused us of something we did not do. I even mentioned my personal situation and who in their right mind could even afford to do something like that when they know that they cannot return it once opened, it sure as heck was not cheap!
Apparently all the breast pump boxes were dented in some manner, they also had the spider rope that presses the box inwards. I put through a complaint, again nothing was done. I called back, starting my story off that I was returning a breast pump, she too on the phone automatically assumed I opened it and started telling me the policy, before she continued, I stopped her and mentioned I understood the policy, angry even more, I mentioned, The item was not opened or even viewed for that matter!
That day my husband decided to go to another location to return it, and the funny thing was that the manager there looked at it carefully and said everything was fine, she gave our money back. Weirdly, we mentioned what happened at the other store location and she carefully looked at the seals and said it does not look touched, because of the spider rope, that is what was the cause of the dents and is not the customer's fault!
Going back to the bad Baby's R Us location, The customer service line served as no help, she mentioned a complaint will be put through and it will be brought to the store managers attention, as far as I am concerned, nothing was ever done. Be careful when purchasing any big item with the spider rope or even just the regular sticker seals, the boxes even get damaged coming off the truck which is Not the customers fault! I felt so degraded, insulted and hurt to be accused of something I did not do. Based on my rating below, it is not all store locations, just the one in Burlington.
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Worst online experience
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ONLINE, NEW JERSEY -- I mailed the below letter to Toys R Us today.
Toys"R"Us, Inc.
One Geoffrey Way
Wayne, NJ 07470
To Whom It May Concern:
I placed on an order on your website on Tuesday, August 4th. After I placed the order I called to make sure that it would ship yesterday. The items are for my daughter's birthday this coming Sunday, September 9th. The associate on the phone assured me that the items would ship out yesterday or today. He provided me with the warehouse zip code. UPS Ground is a guaranteed 2 business days in transit from your warehouse to my home.
This morning when I had not received tracking I called your service line back. This time I was told that my order would arrive between the 9th and the 14th. They stated that there was no way to determine when it would arrive.
What this means is that my order might not ship today. There was no way to cancel the order (even though it has not shipped yet) and refund my money. I am now unable to simply go to the store and purchase her presents in person. No one was able to assist me and I truly was tired of hearing the word unfortunately which the associate used at least 15 times.
So now my daughter's birthday is approaching and I might have to tell her that she will not receive any presents from her mother. I shop online all the time and this is the 1st time I have run into such a wall when dealing with customer service. It seems that Toys R Us does not know the meaning of going above and beyond for the customer.
If my daughter does not receive her presents on time for her birthday this weekend I will be sure to follow this letter with pictures of her tear stained face as well as post the pictures on your Facebook page with a nice thank you from us. I have been a loyal customer for the past 20yrs. Every Christmas and Birthday I buy presents for my 5 children from Toys R Us. Well no more. The little guy might not count for much for the big corporation but you have just lost this little guy!
Upset Mother
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Buyer Protection Plan A Fraud
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CLINTON, MARYLAND -- We bought 2 Ipod touch 4th gens from Toys R Us, we immediately were offered the buyer protection plan and told and shown on the brochure items under 300 dollars are replaced. 3 weeks after Christmas one of the Ipods begin to experience problems, and now the truth comes out about the buyer protection plan. IT DOES NOT GET replaced, you get a shipping label and have to return it to the buyer protection people, when they receive it, they will take a week to process it, then they will send you a CHECK for the original purchase price ... but wait .. that price is minus an gift cards or money off you used and minus sales tax, state tax, fed tax or any other taxes you paid. So since we had used a 10 dollar gift card we don't get that back or the taxes ... so now the buyer protection people will take 3 to 5 weeks (I was told probably 5 or 6 weeks because they are so busy) and they will mail the chceck to you, now we would have been out the 10 dollars, out of the sales tax, have to drive to drop it off, have to take a check to the bank, and have to pay extra to replace the item, their advertising is totally misleading and it is not a replacement plan. Instead of that hassel we went to an apple store used the 1 year warranty they give you free, and walked out with a new ipod since it was a software failure and hardware defect. THAT IS THE OTHER PART THEY WON'T TELL YOU AT Toys R Us they give you 1 use of the plan EVEN if it is a manufacturer defect once you use the plan it is over and you have to purchase a new plan, EVEN for a manufacturers defect that has nothing to do with you. As for the defective item, they fix it and resell it and that is straight out of the mouths of of the buyer protection people. You loose all the way around with a 25.00 Buyer Protection Plan.
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Your Workers Have Complaints Too
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Every day, I'm seeing more and more complaints about this company. For the return policy, its hard to know who was wrong or right, it depends on what happened. But this one is about working at the company, and why I'm actually happy for a lot of you that don't want to shop at our stores anymore.
The first complaint I have about them.... Is what my job is. I work as maintenance, but I made the mistake of working for Babies R Us being a guy. Not only do I have my own work to get done, but our women workers like to take advantage of "call the maintenance guy to help". My job isn't just to do my list of work that can easily fill my 4 hour shift (4 hours is what they like to schedule people), but I also have to make up for someone else's inability to lift something. I'm not saying only guys can lift, I work with a couple girls who can do my job better than me. But they get scheduled as a cashier, which means I make up for someone who cannot get any of their work done.
And you can tell a complaint about the 4 hour shifts was coming... The company likes to schedule us for 4 hours, and this isn't a morning shift or anything, we come in at 6 and work till closing and we'll do this 4-5 days a week. Now, when you're making 7.50/hr, that's $30 / day. Now, if it costs you $10 in gas to get to work and home every day, theres an idea of how much we're actually making.
And to go with our minimum wage $100 / week pay. Why do you think paying us every 2 weeks is going to encourage anyone to actually do any work? Every 2 weeks I get a $200 check. I pay bills with it, the next day, I'm lucky to have enough money to buy gas to get to work. For the horrible money that you pay, we need to be paid weekly.
Every day I listen to you "ad" about looking for workers...
You say you have a flexible schedule, but EVERYONE knows that you don't get a retail job if you need them to be flexible. Almost every one of us has our job because we could be there when the store opened, or be there until the store closes.
Exceptional benefits: We get a 10% discount that none of us can afford to use (see the 2 paragraphs about our pay). We're uninsured, or only covered for 911 calls. No actual schedule on raises (or reviews for the chance of a raise). We do get personal / sick / vacation time, but it adds up so slowly that after 1 year, we still don't have enough time to actually enjoy any vacation time. I'd love to see you people in corporate go to work every day with both a toothache and another injury and just have to deal with the pain because you give us NO medical coverage. Its sad, if I QUIT, I can be covered by the state, and also get some foodstamps and actually get to eat dinner every night.
And my last complaint.... I have no idea how to do the job I was hired for, and I get scheduled for it a lot. How many times do I have to call other people for help until your managers realize I NEED TRAINING. I know its more hours you have to let the store schedule, but common sense would tell you that sales wouldn't drop the nights that I'm in that department if I actually knew what I was doing.
AND.... getting a drink of water or going to the bathroom is NOT "stealing company time"
So for the shoppers. This is why the service is so bad a lot of times. To be honest, most of us just don't care about the job, especially the male workers. A landscape company that hires people to work painfully hard for less than minimum wage treats their workers better. The male workers have an unwritten line in their job description that says we have to make up for the slack of them scheduling someone that cannot lift 20lbs in a department with 80lb boxes that have to go up a ladder to the top shelf. We're underpayed for anyone out of high school, we're lucky if we can eat, we have no insurance, we're lucky to be able to afford to take a bus to work, and you threaten our jobs for getting a drink of water during our 4 hours of lifting heavy things...
And for the shoppers, I'm going to apologize for all the workers for the torture you have to go through when you try to buy something (asking if you want the credit card, the protection plan, and now the other card). These geniuses give us a quota on credits. Like, I'll go in and be expected to not just have 5 people apply for credit, but all 5 of them have to have good enough credit to be accepted. Yes, YOUR credit score is the difference between me being a good worker and a bad worker to them.
The customers are constantly complaining about the store, give us a reason to make them want to go back there to shop. Because right now, we're all looking for new jobs, and we're avoiding customers, because we really cannot afford to take the time to help anyone, because we have to go carry a crib out, help the girl in baby gear put 15 boxes onto the top shelf, the carry out an entire furniture set (some help getting that stuff off the shelves in the back room would be really nice, the boxes don't say "team lift" just to have some kind of decoration on them, and then we have to somehow get our work done. But I forgot our female workers in maintenance can get the work done with no problem.... but you'll call me out of my department because once again, you didn't schedule the girl that can lift for that department, because she's the one that called me to customer service to do that carry out.
You need to stop all these complaints. Because when the shoppers aren't happy, they don't shop there, then you give me less hours, and I'm not happy, and I cause more shoppers to be unhappy. Take some responsibility management... I know its a job, but try actually giving us something to let us care about our job, because right now to most of us, its not a job, its a waste of time, and if I had to pay rent..... I'd be homeless, because of you...
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1)That person behind the register DID go to college. No, he/she is not an idiot because they are paid to smile and take your money. In fact, most cashiers you've ever encountered are uniquely talented and possess exceptional self-control and problem-solving skills.
2)Taking store credit doesn't really do the store any favors if the product was not purchased from them in the first place. The person who gave you that Wii Fit paid GameStop $200 dollars and you would like us to give you $200 dollars worth of store credit to OUR store? That's why we need receipts.
3)Whatever you do PLEASE do NOT make ANIMAL NOISES/GIBBERISH TO IMITATE THE CLERK when they ask you if you need batteries or anything else. I am emotionally scarred from keeping myself composed during the MULTIPLE times this happened.
4)The cashier MUST ask EVERY customer a certain set of questions EVERY SINGLE time. Their jobs are on the line. For them to independently decide who to ask or not is discrimination. What if you really DID want to save 10% that day if only you'd known you had the opportunity? Would you rather they just took one look at you and decided FOR YOU that you shouldn't get a chance for 10% off that day?
5)Believe it or not, working in retail is not easy, was never easy, and will never be easy. Survival in retail requires a lot of skill. That is why there is so much turnover. The majority of us do not just sit/stand around twiddling our thumbs. We run a BUSINESS. There is always something to do.
6)"IN THIS ECONOMY..." In this economy would you like to pay our mortgages? Those working IN the stores are ALSO customers themselves. We take off the name tag, go out into the world, and make purchases of our own. The companies are holding more sales to accommodate the public but managers can not give you additional discounts JUST BECAUSE. Those situations essentially take money out of my pocket and put it in yours. And IN THIS ECONOMY, why would I want to do such a thing?
7)If you need a personal shopper, please hire one. Need to know if we carry an item? Sure. Want to know if we currently have it in stock? Not a problem. Rattle off a laundry list of items and demand that they are gathered and brought up to customer service ready for purchase when you arrive so you "don't have to wait"? No.
8)We can NOT return an item just because you didn't like it or got tired of it. That would be a RENTAL. We don't rent our merchandise. You bought it, its your property whether you liked the experience or not.
9)If you bought something five months ago, DROPPED it, and that delicate little plastic clip broke off, do NOT accuse me of selling you "faulty" merchandise. You can't just come in and exchange old items that YOU broke for brand new ones because you expected them to last forever(that's why we offer extended warranties).
10)For the love of god stop tearing the boxes open. PLEASE. The boxes provide all the information you need. They have pictures, dimensions, descriptions, manufacturers, phone numbers, and more. If you're going to open the item anyway, use your keys to cut the seal, do NOT use brute force to rip the box down the side, spilling the contents all over floor and make it impossible to sell. And if you DO decide to buy it, take the one you tore open! You know it has the pieces, you know it's fine because YOU were the one who mangled the package. Don't leave the shredded container on the shelf and pick up an untouched one. It is infuriating. It is selfish. When you get home you probably throw the box out anyway!
Note: Not all customer service associates are good people. Not all customers are cruel. With any and all sales transactions/experiences associates and customers alike PLEASE give each other the benefit of the doubt and remain kind, calm, and polite.
No matter what side of the fence you're on humanity is clearly going down the tubes. There is virtually no such thing as honesty anymore.
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HOUSTON, TEXAS -- I went to store # 7031 3/28/13. I asked the associate ringing up my item if the discount had been given – all he had to do was say yes instead – he was rude and inconvenienced me – Instead he said – "No, it's buy one get one 30% off – the sign clearly said all scarris dolls – 30% off – no bogo at all. He sent the manager to check it out – as she was gone he continued to be rude to me so I left to make sure she knew what the issue was. I was surprised to find she didn't care – Tonya does not require associates to know promotions – Tonya not know promotions even though she is the manager of the store - she made that clear – Tonya does not require associates to ring people up in order – I had to wait while he rung up several people who came after me – because I knew the price of the item and the associate didn't – Tonya doesn't require the associates to be friendly or helpful and she's fine with them being extraordinarily rude.
I went through all that for no reason – it turns out the discount had automatically gone through – so the associate gave me wrong information twice – the associate remained very confident and cocky in being allowed to give wrong information – he never apologized or showed any remorse and Tonya supported his actions and his attitude in full. She does not feel as the manager that she needs to know promotional information either – this promotion began four days prior to this incident on one of the biggest sellers they have – the monster high dolls and she had no knowledge of it even though the sign had been in her store for four days.
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HATO REY -- I had a very disappointing experience yesterday in Toys R Us Hato Rey Puerto Rico I recently purchased a 7 inch Tabeo Tablet for my daughter during the month of December. The thing is the equipment turned out to be defective tablet won't turn, the screen didn't work. So I went yesterday to the Toys R US Where I bought it the one in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, to have it exchanged by another tablet or for a refund. And not only did I wait sooo long in line I was attended by this obnoxious assistant manager, whom which after looking @ the tablet just simply told me she couldn't accept the tablet because the manufacturing company wouldn't accept it. I told her the Tablet had arrived like this yet she didn't do much or anything to help out in this situation. All I can say is that Toys R US.. should emphasize more on customer service which is very low quality, they don't seem to hire a lot of employees although the stores are very big. Sometimes you have to walk around for a while threw out the whole store in order to receive some assistance by a employee. As far as this situation I feel totally robbed/Scammed for my money. Employees are supposed to assist customers diligently and efficiently on any situation. But I just sensed they don't really care even though my daughter was next to me while I was trying to exchange the item ( Which obviously made her very sad, she wouldn't stop crying on the way back home.) I simply don't understand why wouldn't Toys R US exchange my item or give me a full refund it seems there always some sort of controversy or excuse to their own benefit when it comes to exchanges or refunds. Other stores like Game Stop, Electronics Boutique, Wal-Mart, Amazon won't give those obstacles when it comes to exchanging a item which they also sell a whole lot CHEAPER. Iam beyond indignated because the store manager totally wiped her butt with my receipt ( The purchase had been made less than a month ago) And even though she did admit the Tablets were in fact coming with defects she declined to offer any assistance or a exchange, refund, store credit whatsoever. Usually I never really buy often in Toys R Us... because there isn't located where I live & because I don't find the prices of the items cheap or affordable.. compared to Wal-Mart or K-mart or Game Stop, AMAZON. But this incident totally made it for Iam never BUYING ANYTHING ON TOYS R US ... EVER AGAIN.. and will give NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS to relatives and Close ones based on my Personal EXPERIENCE. I WILL NEVER BUY HERE EVER AGAIN. EVER AGAIN, EVER AGAIN. THEIR RETURN POLICE IS A VERY FICTIONAL POLICY.
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MechWarrior Online is a Mech-based MMO that has just left Open Beta and is now fully released. It's been developed by Piranha Games using the CryENGINE 3 and is published by Infinite Game Publishing. The game offers a wide variety of gameplay modes, from team death match, to capture-the-point, and a map domination campaign between the different factions in the MechWarrior/BattleTech universe. Utilizing the capabilities of the CryENGINE, Piranha has managed to create an impressive Mech Experience in a deeply loved franchise.
MechWarrior Online has just the kind of customization you would expect in a Mech MMO. You can customize your individual mechs with components bought with c-bills that you've gained through battle. You're also able to choose a faction, or join a player-run Merc Corp and fight for the highest bidder. Heck, you can even put some dash ornaments in your cockpit to give it a personal touch. But, lets be honest, the only thing a true mech fan will care about is the ability to customize the components, which is something MechWarrior Online offers and does quite well.
Pretty stunning. By far one of the best looking mech games ever made, surpassed only by Hawken as far as I am aware. At full quality, everything looks superb, at least outside of the cockpit. Some of the stuff in the cockpit has high quality textures, but there is one thing that totally ruined the cockpit immersion for me every time I saw it – the jumpsuit your 'pilot' wears is some of the most horrible, pixelated clothing I've seen in a long time. Excluding the horrible jump suit (that I hope will be improved SOON), I completely loved the level of detail put into MechWarrior Online.
Controlling a mech can be hard. There are a lot of variables you need to pay attention to, such as someone trying to shoot you with lasers. Fortunately, Piranha seems to be doing their best to make it as easy as possible. WASD along with mouse will be used for your movement and aiming. By default, movement is done in a traditional FPS/TPS fashion, where you need to hold W to keep going forward. However, this is not the way a mech was meant to be piloted, and it is often suggested that you turn off this feature in favor of the "increment" system where you can set your speed and not have to worry about holding down W to maintain it.
One thing that a lot of people who haven't played a MechWarrior game in the past will have trouble getting used to is the difference between torso rotation and leg rotation. Where your torso is aimed won't always be where your legs are facing. If you've played games like World of Tanks, you'll be more used to this concept. Other than that, the only thing you will probably have a lot of difficulty with is weapon grouping, where you set weapons up in groups so you don't immediately cause a meltdown when you fire them all at once. Heat management is important and setting up efficient groupings of weapons for individual fire can help a great deal – I suggest you get a mouse with more than two buttons.
A majority of the MechWarrior Online community are MechWarrior enthusiast who have been playing these games since the beginning. They love mechs and have spent hundreds, if not thousands, of hours with them in one form or another. Luckily, a lot of them are extremely friendly and helpful, which means you've got access to all their knowledge to help you learn the game. I was completely surprised at how great and friendly this community was and I am happy I got to be a part of it. Out of all the matches I played, I've only run into a handful of bad apples and they were quickly put down by the others in the match and we all got a laugh from it.
Epic mech versus mech action. That's what MechWarrior Online is all about, and that's what it delivers. I'm borderline fanboying at this point, but the game (at least in concept) deserves it. I'll be one of those that has to admit that Piranha has had a couple of screw ups, and features aren't coming out as fast as people (such as myself) would like. However, the fact that you get to play in the MechWarrior universe with thousands of other people (in arena-type matches, mind you), battling it out in massive robots that contain immense destructive power is fantastic.
Currently there are two types of matches, one where each team has a base and the goal is to capture the enemy base while protecting your own or destroying all enemies. The other is a capture the point type game where there are multiple bases around the map and the goal is to hold them and accumulate points to win the match. There are eight or so maps, some with alternatives such as night time or snowy, to play these matches on. The end goal is to create a map conquest campaign where you play these matches for a chance to take control of territory for whatever faction you're a part of, or whichever faction has hired you or your merc corp to fight for them. That is the feature I'm looking most forward to.
As I mentioned in the pro's, it's possible to disable or destroy individual parts of a mech. For example, you can destroy an enemy mech's leg and slow them down immensely, possibly blowing up some ammo in the process as it's a popular place to store ammo on some mechs. If you destroy a part of a mech, whatever other components are on that part of the mech are also gone, be it weapons, ammo, heatsinks or jumpjets. This is great as it makes combat a lot more tactical and intense, while you try to destroy a specific part of the enemy to take them out as quickly as possible, while at the same time you're doing your best to reduce your damage. While being shot at, you might try twitching your torso in different directions to spread out the damage instead of having it all concentrated in one spot, or maybe you want it to be concentrated in one area that has thicker armor than other parts of your mech.
Nothing like blowing the arm off of a mech that is double your size, crippling his damage out-put.
Final Verdict: Excellent
MechWarrior Online has almost everything I've been looking for in a mech game. Ever since I played ChromeHounds back on the original xbox I've been searching for a similar game. The epic battles that can be found in MWO fit the bill almost perfectly. Things are looking up in terms of development, too. If you need a new mech game and Hawken isn't doing it for you, be sure to check this out.
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MechWarrior Online Official Open Beta Launch Trailer
MechWarrior Online First Look
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MechWarrior Online System Requirements
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MechWarrior Online Articles
- MechWarrior Online Launch Review – Mechtastic Combat - Posted on September 30, 2013
ApocaRUFF takes a look at MechWarrior Online after its launch. Read on to find out the final verdict on the return of the mech.
- MechWarrior Online Officially Launches Today - Posted on September 17, 2013
After a year of heavy tweaks and beta testing, Piranha Games is finally confident to slap the 'launched' tag on Mech Warrior Online.
- MechWarrior Online Fights Cancer with the Canadian Cancer Society - Posted on July 23, 2013
Today Piranha Games and Infinite Game Publishing honor the passing of one of the youngest and most talented Canadian pilots in the Inner Sphere, five-year-old Sarah Marie Alida Parries.
- MechWarrior Online Gets a New Mech and More in New Update - Posted on July 3, 2013
Piranha Games and Infinite Game Publishing unleashed a fury of new content in today's MechWarrior Online update as the Dragon Slayer Hero Mech becomes available in the Mech Lab.


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