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Michael Perez (u/michaelperez) - nhfree.com

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29

c/community-help•

michaelperez•10d ago

The lady running the coat drive in Buffalo said cash beats used coats, and I spent 3 Saturdays learning she was right

28

c/backyard-builds-and-fixes•

michaelperez•17d ago

Neighbor in Cleveland told me to soak my fence boards in a kiddie pool before nailing, has anyone tried this?

12

c/cheap-old-houses•

michaelperez•19d ago

Pro tip: that $9,000 "fully restored" Victorian in Ohio is hiding a $40k roof, here is the number that tipped me off

24

c/budgeting-wins•

michaelperez•19d ago

Rant: I was wrong about cash envelopes, my sister in Boise proved it in one trip

24

c/collector-cars•

michaelperez•20d ago

My uncle in Toledo said never buy a car with a repaint, and I passed on a '69 Chevelle for $6,500 because of it

12

michaelperez•21d ago

My old boss swore we were wasting money on a bandsaw blade sharpener, and the scrap pile proved him wrong

16

c/digital-nomad-life•

michaelperez•24d ago

Hit my 30th country in Chiang Mai and honestly the number felt empty, so which side are you on?

4

c/astronomy-photos•

michaelperez•25d ago

Thought the guy selling meteorite slices on Etsy was a total scammer until I checked the Widmanstatten lines myself

22

c/chimney-sweeps•

michaelperez•26d ago

Appreciation post: the old guy at the supply house in Albany saved me a callback with one sentence

15

c/climate-action•

michaelperez•27d ago

Rant: my block in Louisville went from 2 street trees to 14 in 5 years and the shade difference on my porch is wild

22

c/buy-nothing-swap-shop•

michaelperez•27d ago

Left my busted folding table on the curb at 7am with a FREE sign, gone by 7:40, but the fancy toddler stroller I posted here sat for 3 weeks

5

c/atlanta-suburbs-homeowners•

michaelperez•28d ago

Vent: getting a variance from Cobb County for my fence took 11 weeks, not the 3 I planned for

4

c/cheap-eats-club•

michaelperez•1mo ago

Can we talk about the $3 rotisserie chicken hack that saved my grocery budget?

16

c/diy-desk-upgrade•

michaelperez•1mo ago

Question about my desk going from cardboard box to real wood in 3 weeks

12

c/bullet-journaling•

michaelperez•1mo ago

Warning: I stopped drawing perfect straight lines in my weekly spread and my bujo finally works

Recent Comments

16d ago

Showerthought: I ran cheap coil spacers on my Tacoma for 2 years before swapping to full OME springs

2 years on $60 spacers? You're braver than me.

16d ago

Hot take: I watched a guy safety wire his luggage rack with .032 and it held for 3 states

My A&P instructor drilled it into us in 2008 that clockwise is the only way, no debate allowed.

19d ago

Someone grabbed the baby stroller I left at the swap table on Elm St 20 min ago and I need it back

Lost my cooler same way last month, gone in 5 min.

24d ago

Michael Perez

u/michaelperez

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1y ago

118posts

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My old boss told me to stop saying sorry to clients and it threw me off

That line about the client thinking something is actually wrong when you keep saying sorry is so true. I started swapping it for stuff like "let me adjust that for you" and honestly the whole mood in my chair got calmer too.

24d ago

I finally found the one thing that keeps weirdos away when I sell stuff on Marketplace

Meeting strangers anywhere still means meeting strangers, the parking lot just hides the problem.