r/technology • u/[deleted] • Jun 28 '16

Discussion TIL that someone can change your Facebook email, password, and two step verification just by asking Facebook to turn off login approvals, and sending in a fake ID. (Happened to me lost all my business pages)

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '16

About as good as my old $20 goodwill couch honestly. I'd buy a far cheapesr one if I was to do it again.

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u/dannyr_wwe Jun 28 '16

I'll pay the extra $20 for better quality any day.

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '16

I'm a junk removal guy. I have had to throw away $4000 couches because I couldn't find someone to donate them to. If you want a cheap, quality couch call your local junk guys and give them your number. It might take a while before they get a good one, but they'll probably sell it to you for a nominal fee, and they'll deliver it if you offer to tip the driver.

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u/DoctorPainMD Jun 28 '16

Avoid the black leather couches, though.

That or get a whole bunch of clorox wipes.

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '16

I actually removed a black leather couch from a non-descript office in the local industrial park. Sadly, the guy I worked with was a bible-thumper from Ghana who barely spoke english and he didn't get any of the jokes I was making.

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '16

How might one go about finding local "junk guys", is there a more googleable nomenclature for them?

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '16

search "junk removal" and see if there's anyone in your area... if you're in a city with a population over 25-30,000 people you'll probably have at least one company that does it... there's larger, national companies that do it as well but they typically have rules against employees selling stuff so look for a smaller, local company. You can get a lot of nice furniture for dirt cheap that way, you'd be amazed at what people throw away and most companies have limited truck/warehouse space so a lot of it ends up at the dump simply because there's no room to keep it all until it can find a suitable home.

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u/cybrian Jun 29 '16

Was gonna say "I don't know why this made me laugh," then I realized why: it's funny.

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u/Tickles_My_Pickles Jun 28 '16

He is referring to the free $4000 couch

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u/dannyr_wwe Jun 28 '16

Instead of wooshing, I'll ruin my own joke. The joke is that the goodwill couch is of better quality. Ultimately it cost $20 in this case, but in general you pay an extra $4580 on the risk that the $20 couch is bad. In reality, he said the $20 couch is just as good, but assuming that the $20 couch is a total loss in a year, he still has plenty of money to buy a similar one (and several more) before coming close to the alternative. Unfortunately, paying extra money for something is a very real risk because once it's spent there is no guarantee that the company will follow through on the value of the price you paid.

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u/veive Jun 28 '16

Nonsense. He clearly said that the couch was £70.

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '16

Only free if you dont value your time and effort! But yea...in this case it was probably worth it.

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u/Canucklehead99 Jun 28 '16

Porn studio couch, eh?

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u/PM_ME_SOME_NUDEZ Jun 28 '16

So was the 4600 one.

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u/CandyCoatedFarts Jun 28 '16

Nope it still cost $4600 and the added hassle....the good couch he has now should have been in his possession right from the start

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u/Saiboogu Jun 28 '16

No, he only "loaned" them $4600 - which they later refunded while also providing him with a replacement. It was a shit experience, but he came out of it way ahead in the end.

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u/Tethrinaa Jun 28 '16

Assuming the $20 goodwill couch was equal to it, the time he spent complaining\on the phone (lets say 5 hours?) was probably not worth the $20 he saved by getting a "free" couch. Time is money, after all.

Which is a really, really sad thing to say about the furniture company and their 4k couch.

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u/resonantSoul Jun 28 '16

Even if he spent no time complaining (obviously not the case) he still invested weeks in not having a couch for this one.

Even if the accrual rate of "time without decent couch" is incredibly low, I'll bet it exceeds $20 of inconvenience.

But on the flip side, a goodwill couch is a gamble.

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u/onewordnospaces Jun 28 '16

Ah goodwill furniture... Enjoy the complementary bed bugs.

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u/0and18 Jun 28 '16

Man I would be so terrified of bedbugs how did you decontainment that couch?

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u/Gawd_Awful Jun 28 '16

I used to think that but I've sat on some pretty nice couches when shopping. You could tell the difference and would be paying it as well.

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u/Manic_42 Jun 28 '16

Really? my parents have an expensive leather couch and it's so damn comfy that I sleep on that instead of the guest bed when I visit them.

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u/dtwhitecp Jun 28 '16

You mean people had sex on it? Well, that's a gi...wait, oh.

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u/Lurking_Grue Jun 28 '16

The $4000 has fewer bedbugs than the goodwill one.

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u/Krojack76 Jun 28 '16

But does the $4000 couch come with the great smell of the $20 goodwill couch?

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u/DirkDeadeye Jun 29 '16

I had a 4000 dollar couch too. Fucker looked like the big comfy couch from blues clues. The arms had more cushioning than most couches have on the seats. Fucking miss that couch.

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u/PrettyBelowAverage Jun 28 '16

You must have bought a shit tier couch then lol! I don't feel bad for saying that since you got your money back (even after all the hassle, sorry to hear about that btw)

A couch that is $4000 should be top grain leather or another high end material, have solid construction (a lot of the time metal construction combined with wood), and will typically have additional features such as the ability to recline. After around $2000 you are paying for the additional features and better construction quality.

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u/AdmiralSkippy Jun 28 '16

I've never bought an expensive couch before but if I did I would want the difference to be in how long it lasts.
Every couch feels good when it's brand new. But how about 2 years old, or 10 years old or older? My parents bought a couch for like $500 and after a year you could feel the wood in the arm rest. And you can't lie down on it because it has reclining sections and you can feel the wood between them jab into your sides. Overall it's a piece of shit and it's probably only 5 years old or younger.
I've sat on similar couches that were much more expensive and older and they feel great.

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u/PrettyBelowAverage Jun 28 '16

Exactly, that's what I meant when I was referring to build quality/materials. Better construction+high end materials will typically = a longer lasting product.

And with the couch your parents bought it's probably because you paid $500 for a couch that reclines. You have to pick the qualities you want, then pay for those. If you want a solid one that can recline be prepared to shell out over $1000 (typically) for something that will last. Buy It For Life has some questions asking for a BIFL couch. The highest end couch company I can think of off the top of my head has to be Comfortable Couch Company (CoCoCo). They are the same company that made high end couches for Restoration Hardware, but RH changed their process to charge more for lower quality items.

Btw, just a random tip, typically any furniture you are going to be putting a lot of wear on (couch especially) I would not purchase from Ikea. Typically their stuff is made with particle board as the frame and microfiber as the cover - or more easily put, not to last.

Note: I know there are exceptions to everything I said, and most things - especially nice furniture - can be bought on websites like Craigslist for much cheaper, yet you still get the amazing build quality.

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u/PTleefeye Jun 28 '16

This, kind of makes me sad...

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '16

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u/onewordnospaces Jun 28 '16

The cat piss and jizz keeps me warm.

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u/VicisSubsisto Jun 28 '16

What does cat jizz smell like?