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Have you noticed, after waiting on a long line at WalStupid that the person in front of you seems surprised that they are expected, long after their order is rung up, to pay? They suddenly look all about them as if someone will rush up and help them and then they hunt for their money or credit card....very slowly, looking at the ceiling or some distant wall. Then they load their cart, slowly, and finally wander off. The store should have a special aisle, unmanned ....where you load your own cart and wait as long as you want before moving to a lane where you can pay. No charge for looking at the ceiling. Fred Habacht

Not sure about Mulitva's 12.05 rate for 120 day note. I am seeing it listed as a 360 day note for that rate. Either way, I have several personal horror stories about Actinver and endorse Mulitva as a more respectable institution to do business with.

CFE challenges especially in Ajiijc centro appear to be getting worse each year due to increased loads / demand on the aging grid which seems to be really struggling. Clients are reporting a lot of low voltage situations, outages, and spikes. Demand is increasing for backup systems (whole house or portable / plug-in type AKA "solar generator") and also for whole house stabilization / regulation, especially with the rainy season ahead. The good news......all of this is available and has improved greatly in cost and capability. One local customer had a CFE issue for 5 or 6 weeks, and their whole home ran fully "offgrid" the whole time on their new solar grid-tied hybrid backup system we installed with a lithium-ion powerwall battery of 10 kWh capacity. Was a great "test" of the capacity and automation of the system......even if it was unplanned.

Too humid for us. We wanted more green in our lives. Electricity too expensive as air conditioning was needed about 8 months a year. Real estate was selling quickly and we had the opportunity to make some money on our home that we built. After years, ready for a change.

I have been selling off a lot of our household items...both decorative and functional...with some success and some failures.: The best places allow my payments from sales to be picked up any day that they are open vs the ones that allow a certain day per week. My picks are for the ones that enter the items so that the items that are sold are easy to identify...I have experienced one Bazaar that couldn't find my items and would not pay for those that were missing....I will not use them again. I like a Bazaar that "thanks" me for bringing in items vs the ones that pretend they are doing me a favor taking the items. One Bazaar displayed the items so poorly that they didn't sell...but when moved to another Bazaar...all items were gone within a few days. One place showed my items so poorly that even I couldn't find my own stuff. Few will pay for clothing, shoes or books. Toda Bueno has been my best market for my items so far.......They use volunteer workers who want to be there rather than "have" to be there. Their suggested retail prices have been fairly accurate for quick sales....negatives: poor parking, no pick up of large items, and smaller sales space than some other outlets. I won't name the bad outlets as they just are not good business people but it is not deliberate on their part. Some places look and act as if they had no other use for their space so a Bazaar was the next best choice to leaving it empty. Fred Habacht

I'm with you Fred! A European grocery chain ( Holland?? can't remember) has recently installed special check-out lines for lonely people who crave a visit and some human interaction with the check-out cashie as in days gone by. In that lane, you can take all the time you want.... have a chat... etc. Not exactly the same as the "what... PAY? ME?" folks.... but you get my drift.

Checkout at Walmart has been pretty bad for sometime. I recently signed up for the Walmart Pass. I think its 400 pesos a year but you get a coupon every month to use at checkout. They have 200 pesos. That alone is worth the membership. With the pass you order online and they deliver to your house. These type things like Uber Eats, Rappi, are normally only available in the larger cities like Guadalajara but this works. I live near Santa Cruz. When you first order I would suggest marking favorites so on the next order it is much faster looking things up. If your good with apps. Download the walmart app and you can scan your items barcode. When finished you select a delivery time from a list of available tomorrow times. I have found that if you place the order at 2 pm or later it will be next day delivery. I give the Driver 100 pesos. But with the coupon I am still ahead. I am probably saving another 50 pesos in gas and hiw much is my time worth??? It has been excellent for me. My neighbors are even jumping in and asking me to get a few things for them. They love it. It takes them 2 buses to Walmart and 2 buses home and that takes hours. No more worries about the frozen food melting waiting in line. No more waiting in line. No more driving to the traffic zone in Ajijic. The pass has been great for me. They only reason we go now is to see something in person like looking at a TV or Microwave etc. I would think it would be good for those that have difficulty getting around and those that do not have a car and pay for taxi.

There is a very large number of young Mexican's with money. There has been for a long time. Visit any upscale restaurant in GDL at 9 at night and it will be packed with them.

It appears that others on the site have not had any problems with this place. We will not go back there because of what happened to us.

Fred, You have too much time on your hands, we do not need all this trivial info, on this site...

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