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FloridaGuy66

07-15-2024 12:23 AM

This whole ploy is common. "Leftover" things delivered to neighbors. "Extra stock". "We happened to be working/doing a delivery in the area". All common sales scams used to trick people into thinking they are getting a "deal".

oneclickplus

07-15-2024 04:17 AM

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Originally Posted by jayerose (Post 2349986)

I was outside when someone let me know that he had just delivered steaks to one of our neighbors and they all couldn't fit in the guy's freezer so if I wanted to buy some steaks at $3 each...

I didn't.

Has anyone been in contact with this guy and brought the steaks?

I guess it's a way to make a living!!

It's the same ruse as "we are working in your neighborhood .... and can offer you a great deal". There is no guy next door and no over-filled freezer.

dewilson58

07-15-2024 04:52 AM

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Mfalls

07-15-2024 05:42 AM

Common scam up north

SeaCros

07-15-2024 05:42 AM

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Originally Posted by jayerose (Post 2349986)

That would be like buying things on TeMu IMO so nope.

jimdecastro

07-15-2024 05:53 AM

The OP clearly says he ran into the guy, not that the guy knocked. The key question is, which neighbor? No name, no address, no sale. By the way, for me no sale anyway.

Rocksnap

07-15-2024 06:01 AM

Made the mistake of buying frozen “steaks” of a truck in Georgia last year. Some package deals he had going.
Trouble is, I didn’t do a package count. The vacuum packed/sealed frozen steaks were already very thin, about 1/4” thick. Then I opened our first package at home to cook. 2 steaks in a vacuum sealed package! Looked like one…. Buyer beware…

Cuervo

07-15-2024 06:02 AM

I'm a true New Yorker and we are accustomed to buying things from that have fallen from the back of a truck, but food FORGET ABOUT IT.
I question the meat I buy at Publix.

BlueStarAirlines

07-15-2024 06:02 AM

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Originally Posted by jimdecastro (Post 2350106)

The OP clearly says he ran into the guy, not that the guy knocked. The key question is, which neighbor? No name, no address, no sale. By the way, for me no sale anyway.

Thats an easy answer... There are many folks with their names hanging from their lamp post. Pick one 5-6 houses up....

retiredguy123

07-15-2024 06:10 AM

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Originally Posted by BlueStarAirlines (Post 2350110)

Thats an easy answer... There are many folks with their names hanging from their lamp post. Pick one 5-6 houses up....

I don't understand why people in The Villages put their name on their lamppost and their golf cart. I never did it anywhere I have lived and I don't here.

Stu from NYC

07-15-2024 06:19 AM

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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 2350077)

As I understand it, almost all shrimp is frozen immediately after it is caught. It is virtually impossible to buy fresh, never frozen shrimp, except off of the boat. When buying shrimp in the grocery store, you should buy it frozen, and thaw it yourself. It is better than the previously frozen shrimp sold by the store in their seafood case. Publix sells never frozen fish, but they never claim to sell "fresh" shrimp.

Brother in law was in the wholesale fish business. Other than a fishing boat out for the day and selling immediately on its return, there is almost no such thing as fresh fish anymore.

Boats stay out for days or more at a time and immediately freeze and often filet their catch.

What we get can be called fresh frozen. The one major exception I can think of is farm raised fish.

Sandy and Ed

07-15-2024 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Normal (Post 2350004)

Bought plenty of lobster tails in California back in the 80s off of a guy who was out every Friday and Saturday afternoon for a couple of hours. They were always delicious. That said, we are in a different era and you probably don’t have the guy that raised the “beef”. In our case, the seller dove for the tails.

Lobster? OK. Would do that all the time when we had our Maine summer house (as long as they are still moving)! “Beef” steak?? Now that’s another thing entirely. Can’t even be sure it came from a creature with four legs!!

Sandy and Ed

07-15-2024 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 2350114)

I don't understood why people in The Villages put their name on their lamppost and their golf cart. I never did it anywhere I have lived and I don't here.

…..more sociable? More approachable?? Friendlier? Inviting?? I don’t know for sure but probably something along those lines

Two Bills

07-15-2024 06:30 AM

In the UK, we have Irish Travelers who have just finished a big contract nearby and always seem to have some asphalt leftover, which they could resurface your driveway with at a very reasonable price.
Cash of course!

mrf6969

07-15-2024 06:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Shipping up to Boston (Post 2350040)

Something maybe one of our Commissioner candidates can respond to or clarify

All the roads in TV are County roads except those roads in the Patio Villas, not sure about the Courtyard Villas. I found this out when they were paving in the villas by our house. I called to see why we did not get new paving and the county person said villas are maintained by TV not the county. I still find this strange.

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