PayPal is my friend

Dana found a couple of shirts she really liked being sold by a company out of Hong Kong, a TEMU wanna be. The three of them were only $25 and that included shipping. I'm not a huge fan of this kind of thing. The people that make clothing (fast clothing?) like this have to be underpaid. I buy coffee specifically from a group that ensures the growers are fairly treated. Same with the eggs I buy (chickens, in that case but still).

But I've also been married for 28 years to the same woman and am not stupid.

So I bought the shirts. I used PayPal for the payment and good thing. The tracking number I got back from Hong Kong never did appear on the USPS system. I guess the package never made it out of Hong Kong. They might be a legit company (and the internet seems to think so) but the result to me is the same as if they were a scam.

I wrote them and they replied that I should have received the package. I told them the USPS did not have tracking info so could they please send what they had for tracking and got the email equivalent of a mumble. The offered to refund the cost of the clothing but wanted me to cover the shipping. The shipping of something I never got. I told them that was not satisfactory and gave them 24 hours to respond.

PayPal has a great dispute system. It required me about five minutes to add all the info the result of which was: A refund is headed your way.

I immediately got my refund in PayPal and moved it into savings. At the $25 amount I guess they figured they could afford it. They will probably send off one inquiry to the Hong Kong company and then it will expire. Not worth the money.

But it is to me. Got my $25 back and am happy with PayPal. It is like having a policeman working for me when I'm out in the wild west.

Absurdly happy with my haircut

I had them cut my pony tail on the 18th of June. My hair has been growing since then and for the past week or so I've been trying to figure out how to get it cut. This is why I grew it in the first place. I hate places like SportsClip. I don't want to watch sports. I don't want a massage. I don't want to buy 'product'. I just want a damn haircut.

There is an Army base north of here and I had a plan to go there last Friday. Dana suddenly had an appointment breakthrough with a doctor she'd been wanting to see and then there was the car and the water. So, that plan was out the window.

We have a Sports Clips place in our HEB shopping center two minutes from our house. I was going to just grit my teeth and do it but they made the process so hard to get an appointment I couldn't do it.

Turns out in the next building of the same shopping center was a 'Great Clips'. Never paid any attention to the chain before but it is a stripped down shop. No sports. And they have a senior discount. $18 for a haircut which is right in my ballpark.

I downloaded their app and got on the waiting list and five minutes later was in a chair.



Your basic haircut. Should have gotten a before picture. My hair was pretty wild. Not that I care too much but my pickleball ball cap wasn't fitting well.

I should be good until just before Christmas.

I did tip the lady $5 figuring a $23 haircut now days is pretty good and I want them to stay in business.