tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post5136861572368482038..comments2024-03-24T05:22:27.179-04:00Comments on Orthonomics: Orthonomicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07892074485262548496noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-12181449986076691612008-05-11T00:22:00.000-04:002008-05-11T00:22:00.000-04:00I had a customer bounce a $120 check on me. (it wa...I had a customer bounce a $120 check on me. (it was a luxury item) 2 days later she leased a new $22K+ car from my husband. When my husband reminded her about the bounced check, she said "she will take care of it" - that was over a year ago-all my phone calls remained unanswered. None of my goyishe customers ever bounced a check!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-73466648300397479532008-04-04T01:20:00.000-04:002008-04-04T01:20:00.000-04:00I think if I was a merchant I would go with NO CHE...I think if I was a merchant I would go with NO CHECKS, no exceptions. Pay cash only.Zach Kessinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04276155117746098546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-53330392976499778002008-04-01T14:29:00.000-04:002008-04-01T14:29:00.000-04:00I can't believe this hasn't received more comments...I can't believe this hasn't received more comments. This is appalling. I am so embarrassed to be associated with the NYC-ish orthodox jewish community. This brough a tear to my eye.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-40672612973107999642008-03-31T12:59:00.000-04:002008-03-31T12:59:00.000-04:00That is something else! People that are outright S...That is something else! People that are outright Steeling. There is no doubting it! They write a piece of paper not having one bit of doubt that they will never pay for something that they are 'buying'. <BR/> I used to work in a place where if a customer didn't pay we took care of it the old fashioned way. People from the company would go at night and get the money back by taking back what we've installed. I don't necessarily think its the proper way to do business. Yet, it does send the point home. You mess with us. We'll get our money either way. Guess what, that customer had no more difficulties paying us after that. <BR/> In today’s society of high tech I'm AMAZED that anybody takes checks, especially a small business owner and especially if they’ve been burned on it. If I were them it would be cash or credit. Yes some customers maybe deterred but probably the ones that won't pay in the long run anyways. So you lose nothing. In Canada there is a coffee shop called Tim Horton’s. It’s like the American version of Dunkin Donuts only with way better coffee. When everyone was starting to accept debt cards and then eventually credit cards they didn't switch. There motto is, its cash only. There were predictions on how there business is going to suffer...guess what...it’s only grown. There are always lines, and everyone has cash and if you don't. Then you don't buy it. My point is, the small shops have to protect themselves from these THIEVES in Frum clothing. I wonder if the same people that cheat small shops…I’m sure large ones to. I wonder if they feel like they shouldn’t pay taxes as well. Just a thought.concernedjewgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10361462141869154634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-19276455509060638682008-03-30T21:14:00.000-04:002008-03-30T21:14:00.000-04:00Advice for keeping Pesach costs under control:Buy ...Advice for keeping Pesach costs under control:<BR/><BR/>Buy in bulk. We order staples like potatoes in large quantities. We know people who share a side of beef with friends. No joke.<BR/><BR/>Plastic goods--bulk. <BR/><BR/>Also, don't underestimate the potato.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-33669338267243545282008-03-30T17:07:00.000-04:002008-03-30T17:07:00.000-04:00Go SL !Actually that publication recently ran a fe...Go SL !<BR/><BR/>Actually that publication recently ran a few letters from vendors who deal with the 'frum' community complaining about non-payment or difficulty in procuring such. A recent editorial also blasted such shenanigans. <BR/><BR/>Perhaps not enough, but I guess it has gotten so bad that it cannot be denied and hidden outright anymore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-2726608312927540362008-03-30T01:36:00.000-04:002008-03-30T01:36:00.000-04:00"And I also want to say it is time to stop sugar c..."And I also want to say it is time to stop sugar coating these aveirot by calling them a "chillul Hashem" because they are far greater than a chillul Hashem. Failing to pay someone is theft. I'm afraid "chillul Hashem" just doesn't pack enough punch."<BR/><BR/>i don't think you realize how many people don't consider this theft (i.e., cheating koreans) either morally or halakhically. fighting this activity by crying hillul hashem is the only recourse and not necessarily an attempt to sugar coat.Lion of Zionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10342299133387602141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-88405435777785010632008-03-28T09:24:00.000-04:002008-03-28T09:24:00.000-04:00I have a solution to this problem. It is simple. I...I have a solution to this problem. It is simple. It will work 100%. Too bad it would never be implemented...<BR/><BR/>Step 1. Hire someone to snap pictures of each and everyone with unpaid bounced check after a statement period (in case it was an oversight and this person rushed back to the store and fixed a problem).<BR/><BR/>Step 2. Print these pictures on 8.5X 11 paper with a sign Thief with large red letters on top. On the bottom in small letters there is a description of a theft.<BR/><BR/>Step 3. Plaster these pictures in his/her shul, schools/yeshivas, work place and on all four courners of the block around family's home.<BR/><BR/>The same punishment could be administered to men caught with prostitutes or abusing wives. Women who make their 5 year olds go shopping by themselves or something similar...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-70944226285682973232008-03-28T08:57:00.000-04:002008-03-28T08:57:00.000-04:00Thanks for bringing this up to public view Sefardi...Thanks for bringing this up to public view Sefardi Lady. It's been a problem for a long time. Before my son's Bar Mitzvah many years ago I was in a Brooklyn clothing store. When I went to pay for an item I asked the owner if he took checks. He asked me "Do you live in Brooklyn?" (I guess it was obvious that I wasn't one of the local chevra.) I thought he was being cautious because I didn't live in the area. I was wrong. I showed him my driver's licence showing I lived in Staten Island. He took my check. He also opened the drawer under the till and showed me three stacks of bounced checks, all from Brooklyn residents. It's horrendous when it happens to store owners but it doesn't stop there. I was active in a tzedaka organization and we regularly got bounced checks for insufficient funds. <BR/><BR/>Is it sloppy record keeping and inattention to details? Perhaps, but that doesn't excuse the end results of a store owner being cheated. I can't even think of a term bad enough to apply to those who do this on purpose.ProfKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17954446826821665314noreply@blogger.com