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7 votes
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I set out on a journey to the high north of Greenland to meet the Inuit communities that brave the harshest winters in the world
3 votes -
The best childcare in the world? Maybe so, but new parents in Iceland are holding out for better.
7 votes -
Kids’ reading scores have soared in Deep South states
13 votes -
‘This is real. We need to hide’: How the Allen mall shooting unfolded
7 votes -
The last gamble of Tokyo Joe
5 votes -
The hidden toll of military labor on noncitizen soldiers. For immigrants, linking citizenship to using up one’s body and mind exerts an additional pressure to downplay damage and push through pain.
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The rise of the "trauma essay" in college applications | Tina Yong
10 votes -
From gross to gorgeous: The incredible restoration of a mould infested rug
4 votes -
Snapshots from small-town Russia
11 votes -
Trendy neighbourhood in Copenhagen bracing for major protests over anti-ghetto law – critics say it's racist and pushing out remaining social housing
5 votes -
How Urban Company built an empire of female Indian gig workers
4 votes -
Vacant housing lowest in US census history
6 votes -
The union debate over housing in California
4 votes -
Welcome to America’s most elite girls boarding school. Let the hazing begin.
11 votes -
The ‘open secret’ in most US workplaces: Discrimination against moms is still rampant
10 votes -
Murhaf raises $230,000 selling charity flower pins in Sweden – sales skyrocket after a viral post about the boy, and a racist backlash, only brings in more money
2 votes -
DIY ‘90s van to modern tiny house
4 votes -
Life in Ny-Ålesund, the world's northern-most research station – in pictures
7 votes -
How American HOAs became an unnecessary necessary evil
7 votes -
Escorts are the ER doctors of relationships
10 votes -
Swedish retirees demand fairer pensions for women – The Old Lady Patrol's protest against the country's pension system enters its tenth year
5 votes -
Chile's Congress passes bill to cut workweek to forty hours
5 votes -
Playing on the edge – football in Greenland
2 votes -
I'm going to spend 12 days doing new things. Day 1: Town firsts
5 votes -
An anonymous critic played cat and mouse with Beijing for twelve years. Then he got caught.
12 votes -
Solitary confinement
4 votes -
Across the whole of Europe, a lot of women are pregnant or have conceived children from sperm donors through Danish sperm banks
7 votes -
More Swedish mothers are having babies after the age of forty-five than teenagers, new data from the Scandinavian country shows
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Residents of Greenland have switched to daylight saving time this weekend for the very last time
11 votes -
Cold, remote and short of women – a portrait of life on the Faroe Islands
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Japan’s ‘evaporated’ people: Inside an industry that helps people disappear
6 votes -
Job listings abound, but many are fake
17 votes -
For the sixth year in a row, Finland is the world's happiest country, according to World Happiness Report rankings
10 votes -
Legal expert Anna Singer is investigating whether Swedish authorities were aware of falsified child origins as they approved the adoptions of thousands of South Korean children
4 votes -
Child labor laws are under attack in states across the country
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The reaction economy
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What is a fun or interesting fact about where you live?
Partly posting this because I love those little nuggets of local lore, and partly so I can share this local fact that I just discovered. My city's cathedral has this amazing double-bowl copper...
Partly posting this because I love those little nuggets of local lore, and partly so I can share this local fact that I just discovered.
My city's cathedral has this amazing double-bowl copper font (different angle here) which I had assumed was ancient - the cathedral is almost 1000 years old - but it turns out that until 1994 these bowls were being used at a local chocolate factory to make caramel to go inside Rolos and was gifted to the church when the factory closed.
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The Economist’s glass-ceiling index
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Why Japan is giving away eight million free houses
7 votes -
'Landlords are a scum class': Everything I've learnt about London renting
27 votes -
I'm buying my first ever new car tomorrow
EDIT: See final update here ...and I'm a little worried the dealership might try to screw me over. Some backstory: In 2021, Chevrolet announced the Bolt EUV -- a slightly larger version of their...
EDIT: See final update here
...and I'm a little worried the dealership might try to screw me over.
Some backstory:
In 2021, Chevrolet announced the Bolt EUV -- a slightly larger version of their Bolt EV.
Right after it got introduced, all Bolt EVs and EUVs underwent a battery recall. Dealers were unable to sell these until their batteries were replaced, despite the high demand for the vehicle.
In June 2022, Chevrolet announced a $6,300 price drop for the EV/EUV.
My current car was due for replacement (it's a 2003, lol); I wanted my next car to be an EV; the price drop made this something I could really afford; and it turns out that the EUV is literally the only electric vehicle at that price point that I can actually fit in (my head hits the ceiling in a Kona, for example).
In June 2022, I attempted to buy an EUV, only to find out that there were waitlists everywhere because the price drop increased demand, while the recall decreased supply. As such, I put in an order for a 2023 EUV with a deposit.
2023s went into production in July, but it turns out they're not made in order (which makes sense: the factory makes batches of similar types) and it also turns out that different dealerships have different "allocations" which means that they only get so many of a certain type of car -- even if it's been directly ordered by a customer.
I didn't know this at the time of ordering, but, the dealership I went with had a very low allocation for EUVs.
I have waited this entire time (which is not uncommon), and my car has finally arrived at the dealership. I'm slated to pick it up tomorrow and finish the purchase.
My concerns:
The dealership knows right now that they have me over a barrel. I've waited eight months for this thing. There is no other available inventory anywhere, as the EUVs sell immediately or, in most cases, are already spoken for before they arrive due to waitlists. People trying to get them complain about huge markups because of this.
I have a "motor vehicle purchase agreement" from the dealership from when I ordered the vehicle and made my initial deposit. That paper shows that I'll be paying MSRP for the vehicle, which I'm happy to do.
My question is: is the dealership going to try and make me pay something different, knowing that I'm not going to walk away from this? I feel somewhat comfortable that I have an agreement for the MSRP in black and white, but is that enough?
My other question is: is there some other way they're going to try to get one over on me? Something more subtle or that I don't expect? The last time I bought a car was ~15 years ago, and I pretty much stood there while my dad did the talking (also the car was used and super cheap).
I will be financing a loan through the dealership to pay for the car.
Basically, what can I do to make sure tomorrow goes as smoothly as possible? I'm hoping that it's easy, cut and dry, and there's no funny business, but I've also heard some horror stories -- especially from people trying to buy the particular car I'm getting.
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Party patellas: The knee makeup fad of the '20s and '60s
10 votes -
Alone and exploited, migrant children work brutal jobs across the US
11 votes -
The jock/nerd/prep/goth test
28 votes -
The campaign to sabotage Texas’ public schools
13 votes -
How to offer help when you don’t know what to say
7 votes -
100 days ago I built a terrarium and documented my little chunk of the desert. Watch as it transforms from a barren wasteland into a thriving ecosystem.
9 votes -
The people who live inside airplanes
11 votes -
When Leo Babler was born with a deadly genetic disorder his parents built an adventure van, and made sure their son experienced the most beautiful wild places in the country during the time they had
4 votes