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I called my card company and they started a dispute process. Normally that means I don't have to pay the amount while it's in dispute but since I already have, I'm not sure where that leaves me. No big deal either way. I was able to upload the emails for both the order and the cancellation (I printed them both to PDF files) to the card company's site under my account for their investigator to review. Now I guess I sit and wait. The attendant noted I cancelled on 8/30, so I suspect they'll let it sit for a few days into next week before really doing anything, but that's not my concern. I just wanted to make them aware of the situation more than anything else and have it on record that I didn't wait to tell them.

It's crazy how actions taken by a company can hurt them so badly. His site went down for a bit this week, then came back up. In and of itself not a big deal. He pulled his phone number and other stuff from his page, and the Atlas Facebook page is now hidden. I'm pretty sure that was because he was being overwhelmed by Rokslide group buyers. But doing so just made the problem worse. Honestly, if he hadn't started to digitally disappear and I was able to call him and get the story straight from him, I probably would have let the order stand. But by trying to save himself some annoying phone calls, it leaves me wondering if he's going out of business. I do want the coolers and waiting until December isn't a big deal to me, but so much of this has been feeling rinky-dink this week that I just don't know if he'll actually be in business by then. If I could just talk to the guy (made impossible by him) I would have kept the order. But since that's not possible, this is where we are. I messaged Atlas through their site early this morning asking for an approx. date for the refund to process. No reply yet, so I called my CC company to put the transaction into dispute. We'll see where it goes from here. I know it has only been a couple of days but it's clearly not an automated process via Shopify so I wanted to go ahead and put my CC company on notice. Hopefully the refund will process next week. Once I get this all settled, I may try RTIC when they get their backorders caught up. They seem to be still running a few weeks behind but appear to be making headway. They're in Houston too. Wouldn't that be a hoot if all of these Texas companies are getting their products from the same factory in China and are all waiting on the same ships to arrive.

Minivan? You HAVE to trick it out.

The 2017 TRD Sport is available with the long bed, V6, and manual, but only in the Access Cab not the Crew Cab. The single cab is gone now.

Several Tacoma models above the base model get the manual as a choice.

Plus the Tacoma and the new Chevy Colorado/GMC Canyon. Those twins from GM are nothing like their 1st gen versions. There's certainly no shortage of good choices in the small truck market right now. If only Nissan would release a new Frontier....

I wouldn't be caught dead in a 1st gen. That thing's just ugly. But the new 2017 is a complete redesign, including a larger bed and they got rid of those butt ugly buttresses. It looks a lot more like a Pilot with the back chopped off now. It doesn't have the chops of a full size work truck, or the off road abilities of a Toyota Taco, or the performance of a street truck, but if you need a vehicle with road manners and good mileage that can occasionally haul some stuff (but not really heavy stuff) and don't mind some of the weird things Honda always does that nobody but them seems to understand, it's worth a look.

If you want one that goes bang, you won't go wrong with either. Beauty is subjective, but I think (and I think many agree) S&Ws are much better looking.

I found this pretty good review of lots of different brands over on F&S. http://www.fieldandstream.com/articles/fishing/2016/03/ice-chest-throwdown-12-top-end-coolers-ranked-and-reviewed

Most places have already renamed it "The Value Menu" or similar. Lot's of stuff on them is now >$1.

That would still count as lying on the fed form.

Whether it's phrased in a way to make the product or the action the illegal part makes no difference in fed law. As OS and xsub said, if a person uses marijuana for any reason (medical, recreational, religious, or other), they're using an illegal drug and using a drug illegally as far as the feds are concerned.

Depends on whose laws you're looking at. Though some states have decriminalized it, the fed has not. Since it's a fed form, rephrasing that question makes no difference.

The crazy thing is that they spelled "biscuit" correctly.

Honestly, I don't know, but if it was clearly a firearm and not a laser pen? I'd have probably fired and would almost certainly be legally justified in doing so. If that doesn't rise to the level of a reasonable fear of life, I don't know what does. I hope I never have to find out.

ORCA is based here and used to be made in Sparta by Jackson Kayak. Jackson Kayak started making their own line called Orion and I don't know if they still produce coolers for ORCA or not. I can't find any info online about where ORCA coolers are made these days except "Made in the USA". Maybe it's still Jackson Kayak making them, but I don't know. The company HQ is based in Franklin. As much as I'd like one, I just can't justify the cost. I was planning on 3 coolers from Atlas for the price of 1 from ORCA.

For the OP I'm assuming that the shower water washed the Icy Hot all over the place, giving him that magical tingling feeling in places he didn't want it.

I'm out. Cancelled and keeping my fingers crossed for a refund before I have to escalate with the CC company. I noticed something odd today. Under each cooler in their Shop is a list of features. One of them is a URL labeled "Perfect Storage Capable" but that URL links to a different brand, absolutezerocoolers.com. AZC has the same kind of Shopify website but has a PO Box address in a suburb of Houston. Atlas has a PO Box address in Fredricksburg, TX about 5 hours apart. The products are pretty much identical except for some color choices and a few add-in doodads. It makes me wonder if Atlas is going to be lights-out and simply reincorporate as this Absolute Zero company. Or maybe it's two different people like brothers or something. Who knows at this point. Either way, it's not worth the risk to me.

You can cancel the order via their site. Just login to your account and cancel. Shopify will immediately cancel. Rokslide folks were getting refunds within a few days, but that may or may not have slowed down this week. Unknown. If you didn't create an account when you ordered, you can create one using the same email address you used for the order. It will automatically link your order to your account based on the email address.

Hey, that guy has the same tattoo I have, and has the same holster and gun I have, and he has the same shoes, and he was shopping at DG on Saturday too. What are the odds of that?

Merry Christmas?

I agree with DaveTN. Wearing a firearm and holding a firearm are two different things. You did the right thing.

I was, but KahrMan hit on the specific incident I was referring to. http://nashvillecitypaper.com/content/city-news/rex-radnor-lake-rambo-returns

Was it an Army or Navy pistol carried on or about the hand?

I like to think he's back with Gilda. He really loved her a lot.