I haven’t actually played any of the Saints Row games myself (I own... Saints Row 4 I think? but never got around to playing it), but I love how bonkers they got when they stopped trying to be GTA clones. I hope whatever new one this is ends up being just as offbeat.

Holy moly, glad I dropped around when clan battles were getting a bit too serious to be fun and a lot of the weird holiday things started popping up. Something about the game in general just lost its fun, including just pub matches because at higher tiers people always played such and such, and you never got on with…

So basically to get this ship for free, you had to commit to a six hour per day grind, for an ENTIRE MONTH, on top of all of the other requirements. If you chose to just buy all of the tokens without doing any grinding at all, the total cost was about 300 dollars. There was no direct purchase option.

Welcome to War Thunder.

The terrible part is you’ve still only touched on part of what’s going on. And every time they make a statement about ‘We’ll reflect on this and try to do better in the future.’ Then the next development is worse than the last. I enjoy the game, probably not quitting, but I’m definitely not spending money on it until…

This is a very good summary of the game. I play also and am strictly f2p. Ships are ridiculously expensive and the gacha mechanics are present in every corner. Personally I am not lured by them and the game can be fun, so I play it. People have been known to spend hundreds of euros on loot boxes, though, the odds of…

What would you call paying for and passing off letters of intent from at best, barely legitimate businesses as sales?

This didn’t really strike a chord, until I saw that photo of Trump practicing his air-concertina. Then I was thought, “Oh. Right. Now it makes sense.  It’s a grift, as per usual.”

Calling a letter of intent which explicitly states it is non-binding and not requiring money changing hands a “sale” isn’t normal business though. That’s deception, and deception to raise investor money is fraud.

Their report on Nikola was entirely legit, so I’d lean towards this report being accurate as well. Particularly with the CEO’s past history of dodgy behavior (which was the same with Nikola btw.)

Something Trump liked was a BAG OF LIES!?!? Perish the thought!

Not trying to be flippant or contrarian, but if I were in the business of choosing what businesses to buy or short, I would pay particular attention to ones that will either be worth $100 billion or $0 in short order. If I’m making those kinds of bets, I want to know more about their business than they know themselves.

I thought that too, when Hindenburg’s Nikola research came out. It’s worth noting however that pretty much every single thing Hindenburg said about Nikola turned out to be true.

Except they would be liable for some nasty lawsuits if they released information that they couldn’t back up somehow

I asked my friend Tony (that’s right, Tony the Car Salesman) what the sign meant. He said it meant when they tell you they’re just looking, it’s a lie. When they tell you they can’t afford an extra $50 a month, it’s a lie. When they tell you anything, the only thing that matters is to get them to sign on the line that…

That doesn’t excuse them for treating customers like shit, though. 

I was about to say this. We had the bubble Taurus. Best family sedan I had ever encountered. It did 135 thousand miles before the transmission blew.

Maybe my Mom’s late 90's Taurus was the exception, but that fucking bubble mobile would never die. It must have been the pinnacle of Ford manufacturing for that year. It literally went almost 300k miles with almost zero serious issues. I hated that car but was honestly kinda sad when she eventually traded it in.

As someone else noted, sending someone off without an absolute approval is common. Especially, like in the instance of my mom, if the deal is being done on a Friday or weekend. If they really want to get that “sale” they’ll send the customer off by convincing them everything is fine while waiting until the next…

So sorry to hear about that awful experience your mom had, but I’m happy that she won her case and made them look like the fools they were. I worked in sales at a dealership for 2 years, and being up close with salespeople I can tell you that they are the most 2 faced people you’ll ever meet. Acting cordial and nice…