dan

Why are there so many moth posts these days? Isn't that an old meme?

(no taxes on charities).

What type of taxes are you talking about?

When you sign for something, they're supposed to verify your signature against the signature on your ID, credit/debit card, etc. Companies have gotten lazy about this, though. For example, the last time a store asked to see the signature on the back of my credit card was maybe 10 years ago?

Plenty of companies don't actually check signatures these days.

There's 29 Microcenters in the USA! One just opened near me.

They're independent contractors but they're still working for Amazon, and Amazon does the job of recruiting and training them. My point was just that they have to take responsibility rather than saying "that's Doordash's fault and you need to speak to them"

A lot of companies have moved towards using Uber or Doordash for same day deliveries.

I don't like buying stuff from Amazon, but they're the only company I'd trust for same-day at the moment. They directly employ the delivery drivers (via Amazon Flex) so you don't end up with issues where Doordash and Best Buy blame each other and neither takes full responsibility.

Even if there was a signature required, the driver could just forge it.

Does your FedEx still check signatures? In my area they stopped during it during COVID and never started doing it again. Even on packages that need a direct signature, they'll leave them without collecting a signature.

The standard window for a chargeback with both Visa and MasterCard is 120 days. Don't let the retailers bully you into thinking otherwise.

Usually just threatening to do a chargeback, without actually doing it, is sufficient to get them to comply. Every chargeback costs the company money (usually around $10 to $50 depending on the bank) and time (dealing with the bank, collecting evidence, etc) even if they win the dispute, so they try to resolve issues without the customer involving the bank.

If you pay for a device, you should be able to do whatever you want with it. Apple having so much control over it means that you don't fully own it.

had to upgrade due to DDOS

If you keep getting DDoS attacks, then I'd recommend getting DDoS protection from your hosting provider, or using Cloudflare. A lot of hosting providers can provide DDoS protection if you pay a bit extra per month.