The “Water Cooler” is a feature on Claycord.com where we ask you a question or provide a topic, and you talk about it.
The “Water Cooler” will be up Monday-Friday in the noon hour.
QUESTION: What’s one thing you don’t mind overpaying for?
Talk about it….
Claycord
In terms of tipping, excellent service.
PG&E
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhahahaaaaaaaaa
must be a stockholder
@S
Your Hahaha… reads more like you are sounding out your frustration and not the other way around.
NAHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
🙂
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Actually, we did well with their stock…. LOOOOOOOoooooooooong time ago we bought a mess load of shares kinda starting our portfolio 1980… it was cheap It split in ’83ish???? So we had a whole lot more….
was time to put or savings into less risk stuff…
Cashed out a few year before it tanked with all the fires and such; glad we did….
Retired life is GOOOOOOOOoooooooooood !
so guess HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa all the way to the bank on that one.
do feel bad for the average investors who lost money.
things seem so hard for young people these days trying to save; feel sorry for them.
Excellently prepared meal with excellent service.
A meal at the Olive Garden.
Toilet paper.
Lifes too short to deal with the cheap stuff
There’s a lot of truth in what you said Bob!
Some of the more expensive brand, like Charmin clog your pipes.
I dont like overpaying for anything
Quality and quantity. Too many companies are making their products cheaper and offering less of their product in order to keep their prices low. There’s even a word for it, “shrinkflation.” I’d rather see them raise their prices accordingly, and not change the quality and quantity. When the quantity has been changed, it means I have to buy more of the same product, so I’m not actually saving any money. When they make a product cheaper, I will not buy that product again, and that company just lost a customer.
The privilege of living in California! Well worth over paying for. I’m sure every regular Claycord commentor will disagree with me, but you’re all still here. Despite prices, politics, homeless, or personal safety issues, you haven’t left yet. Clearly this amazing state has something that keeps you all here.
The weather, further south hotter further north colder. And probably coastal air feels better than dry inland. But why leave if the higher prices are the results of scoundrels trying to try people away. Fight back instead. Time to take a stand.
The weak lack courage, and will run away from their problems. A person who loves, and supports their community will stay and defend it for what they believe in.
Besides that I have family here!
Nothing. I don’t like to “overpay” for anything. Tipping is a different matter.
The concord spirit poles
All nature of lubricants.
You win.
Seems like we are overpaying for everything. I agree with Rollo on tipping but on nothing else.
Good customer service…..once standard now rare. Don’t like overpaying for anything but don’t like paying for terrible service either so would go a little more for great service.
joking of course (badly) but I think customer service was there when please and thank you held hands and jumped.
A Good fitting BRA!!, … or Shoes, …or Blue Jeans.
Roz
Don’t forget panties that don’t bunch up, Cheap ones always bunch up
My iPhone. There are cheaper phones, but the Apple ecosystem is the best.
There isn’t one thing that I would want to overpay for
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NOTHING.
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That would be just a waste of money.
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We are already over paying for EVERYTHING!
20% interest on credit cards! Thank you crazy uncle joe biden.
The (p)resident of the White House doesn’t deserve to be capitalized.
Pay off your credit cards each month so you don’t get charged interest. I a 2 credit cards, plus my Macy’s card (that is how I get my employee discount) I don’t think I have paid more in interest than $50.00 or so in the past five years. I bought a mattress from Macy’s in January of 2020, I did split the payments over 2 or 3 months. Basically if I can’t pay for it up front I don’t buy it, Wasn’t always the case, but I learned my lesson,
High-quality woodworking tools and machines. Mrs. Pablito might disagree ever so slightly.
Fundraisers. I know the money is going towards a worthy cause. Everything else, I want a really good deal.
@Kentucky Derby
One time when my mom was sick, my dad attended a fundraiser alone and had instructions from mom to bid on a German Chocolate cake that she knew was going to be auctioned. Well, he ended up getting that cake for $135.00. Like you said, a good cause. 🙂
My hair retouch. It grows fast. I tip her well. She moved from Clayton to Willows and has a beautiful studio all her own. She said I’d lost a lot of weight in eight weeks. It’s the one thing I don’t mind overpaying for. Not that much gray underneath, so I make sure it stays that way
I’m not “cheap” but I am frugal, I don’t like paying for anything that seems overpriced. That being said, I wouldn’t mind paying a little extra for a perfectly ripe cantaloupe or watermelon. Since I couldn’t grow tomatoes this year a perfectly ripe store bought tomato or avocado I don’t mind paying a little extra.
A really good shop with mechanics who know how to rebuild engines from the 60’s & 70’s
(I am open to recommendations).
@DR. JELLYFINGER….Main Machine in Concord always did me right with price and excellent work. Thanks Kurt.
Thanks for the tip, Nytemuvr – my go-to mechanic doesn’t work on older cars any more.
I’ll check out Main Machine for my 1966 Custom 500.
@ANCIENT MARINER….I’ve got 27 years on the rebuild for my small block Mopar they did, did a valve job on it about 10 years ago and a new timing chain a year ago and it still runs like a top.
@ANCIENT MARINER….I’ve got 27 years on the rebuild for my small block Mopar they did, did a valve job on it about 10 years ago and a new timing chain a year ago and it still runs like a top.
@ANCIENT MARINER….I don’t think they have mechanics as such, it’s a machine shop not a garage. They are an excellent one though. I’m in the same boat as you looking for a old school knowledgeable mechanic. Hard for me to handle turning my vehicles over to someone to work on.
Health coverage if it were good.
Now more than before, medical front desk employees are rude (attitude) and unwilling to help patients. Doctors aren’t far behind. Many people feel uncomfortable and overwhelmed when sick and going to a medical practice where patients get patronized adds to the stress.
So, the cost of medical “care” is too high now but if it were about healing, good beside manners from both front desk and doctors, and keeping patients healthy, perhaps paying more for it would be worth it.
Girl Scout cookies.
Redbreast 21 year old Single Pot Irish Whiskey. If you can find it, about $400 a bottle. Add $50 and they’ll custom engrave the bottle.
Mercedes S 580 Sedan, AMG Line, Night Package.
Tater Tots.
Good service for lots of things – food, air conditioner repair, car repair, fence-building, etc.
Good products in an ocean of poor-quality merchandise.
My rule: if you find something you like, buy two of them because, if it’s any good, they’ll quit making it.
If it is something I really want I will pay the regular price. I rarely buy clothes, handbags etc. that is not on sale, since sooner or later it usually goes on sale. I use to be willing to pay a fairly hefty price for a good hair cut. I have very short hair and not everyone can cut short hair well. However, right now I go to someone reasonable, I go a little more often, but it’s close to where I live and I don’t need an appointment. For awhile I was going to Parish Beauty School on Willow Pass, and most of the time I got a good hair cut, I would get compliments on it, and people were always surprised when I told them where I got it cut and what I paid for it. For years I had a hair dresser in the City, and he was a little pricey, but worth it. I started going to him when I lived in the City and continued when I moved first to Marin, then Foster City and Benicia. He retired about 15 years ago, so I had to find someone else.
Alcohol
Private school. I value a quality education with no indoctrination, so I will pay. Our local public schools are overpaid with our taxes, but I certainly DO mind that.
I agree. It was financially tough, buy my two went to private school K through college. They both tell me it is the best thing that I could have done for them.
I would never overpay for anything. If it doesn’t seem like a fair deal, then I’m walking away. Anybody that pays a markup for an automobile or expensive cell phones or any tip above 10% is throwing money away. The only place where price is no object is where guns and ammo are concerned. I will always pay the going rate for something that I may have to stake my life on someday.
Because I’m overpaying for everything now, I really don’t feel anything is worth the current prices. In the past, I used to say I don’t mind paying for organic milk because it tastes so good. But now when some of the prices are close to $10…
Good wine and Frey Ranch Whiskey
Low miles all original 1960s~early 1970s cars … Impalas, Vettes, Cameros, Firebirds, Chevelles, Novas, etc … there are still plenty out there … love me some barn find videos.
JoJo
I have a small investment I’m willing to cash in if/when I find my perfect black 1966 or 67 GTO or red 68 Firebird.
@WELL FOLKS _ Are you looking for a finished car or one to restore?
Anybody that pays for TV is a schmuck. So much free stuff out there.