Bought a $12 string trimmer at a flea market three summers ago thinking I was some kind of small engine genius. Spent another $20 on a carb kit, a spark plug, and about four hours of my life watching YouTube videos of a guy with a way cleaner workbench than mine. It ran great for one afternoon, then quit for good the next weekend. My wife still brings it up every time I eyeball the tool section at a garage sale. Now I just do the math first: if the fix costs more than half a new one, I walk away. Learned that lesson the hard way, twice actually.

Did you hear the portal logs you out after 15 min?

Wait, they actually kicked you out of the lobby? That's so frustrating, especially since everyone and their mom tells you to meet at a police station for safety. I did a deal in Sacramento last year and the cops there were totally fine with us using the parking lot, they even had cameras pointed at the "safe exchange zone" spots. But I've heard from people in other towns that some departments straight up stopped letting folks do it, or they never had a program in the first place. It's rough because you're trying to do the right thing and then you get treated like a problem. So now what are we supposed to do, meet at a Dunkin and hope for the best?