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Mildly Infuriating @lemmy.world

24_at_the_withers @lemmy.world

3d ago

Just got this flyer in the mail today.

Is my are ready for summer?

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Starting at 8 grand?? Seems pricey and I live in a place with expensive labour
- Summer is ending up here in the Northern hemisphere, so I'm going with this being in New Zealand, which makes it about $4600 US.
  
  An ad in NZ would be in ºC that "75" looks suspiciously ºF.
  We'd also more likely call it a "heat pump" rather than "A/C".
  Though $8000 does sound about right for South Pacific Pesos.
  Also, OP said in another comment that it's US.
  
  Nope, Nevada. One of the other mildly infuriating things about this flier.
  
  Still crazy. Airconditioning is dirt cheap these days - a small bedroom aircon is like 300-400 usd these days.
- ...and I'm not sure about getting an A/C from someone that can't grammar, either
- AC replacements typically run 15-20K for a decent system, install and all. At least last time I had to check.
  
  Then I guess I'm never replacing mine. It's not like HVAC technology has advanced much in the past 100 years, beyond the switch to R-134A from Freon. Most tech advancements are made on the thermostat-end. The system itself is ridiculously simple; usually just 3-4 wires (A/C on/off, Heat on/off, fan on/off, and sometimes a separate power wire).

- Always upvote Killface.
- Wrong your
  
  You're wrong

Australia?
- Nope, USA. The third infuriating thing about this flier.
- I think a/c is mostly (entirely?) a north-american naming convention. It's been "aircon" in the other places I've lived in traveled.
- I believe the polite way to ask this in their culture is, "Do you come from the land down under?"

My split AC unit cost me 1350€ with installation. 8k USD is ridiculous.
- It’s probably for an HVAC system that runs trough the entire building. Not just a unit that cools one room.
  
  "starting at" and the thing in the front is a simple unit that shouldn't cost you more than 2k.
  
  Yeah mine was like 10k but it's for central heating.
- My dual head split ac (is that correct? Two indoor units, one outdoor) was 2000 eur with installation.
  That price is truly ridiculous, but maybe they'll make a typo in the final invoice in your favour.
- We bid ours out to four different vendors, lowest was $8K, highest was $13K.

My aren't 😔

Is you is or is you ain't my baby?
- Deleted my comment because I saw you beat me to it.
  
  That's okay though. Sometimes I do the same and don't even notice it already exists.
  
  There is no magic quantity of layers obfuscation that will hide the fact that you simply can not resist your obligatory urge to post "This!".

Yeah, sorry, we made a typo. It's actually $17,999.00.

That took me way too long to notice
- I was like "Yeah, starting at $8k is pretty bullshit"
- Yep, I was like ‘so what?’ Ooohhhhhhh….
- Your quicker then me.
  
  I see what you did their

It’s the er… European spelling. Don’t worry about it :/
That’s embarrassing. I’m not sure who owes them the bigger apology; The printing company or their high school English teacher.

Is I am ready for the season that’s over? No matter where you live, Summer is either over or a season away.

It's even underlined 😭

i dont think that will fit in a pc case
- Not with that attitude

Reminds me of the Tommy Lee Jones movie "Man of the House" (2005) where he installs a giant A/C to make the cheerleaders wear more clothes.

There's probably a lot of wannabe crypto bros in your area

Idk if I prefer spam emails or this, both are not environmentally friendly, maybe emails take less electricity, idk, but seeing mail ads feel less intrusive than most ad delivery methods used today.
- Emails are orders of magnitude less energy intensive than mailing flyers.

Every now and then, I can't help but wonder
Is me's AC ready for Summer?

Hm, not su're yet!

That's just how you know it's really trustworthy!

I'm not an AC, mr newspaper.

So that's what all that onlinetracking is for.

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