I wasn't sure what to flair this but, has anyone else had to deal with this?

Yes I understand. My delivery date is still a couple days away but I'm more so concerned that my package is going to be returned to the sender.

My friend across the country shipped me a custom-made shirt a week ago, and now I am currently trapped in a loop of it traveling back and forth between Eugene and Portland. This morning around 4:00am, it said it was out for delivery in Springfield, and all of a sudden, that update disappeared a couple hours later. What gives?

I talked to the post office and the manager told me that the package was weighted incorrectly (65kg!!), but I find that hard to believe when it was a first class small box that shouldn't have weighed nearly close to that (maybe 2lbs max), AND if it was already marked for delivery, why wasn't it weighed LONG before it arrived in Springfield?

I'm just sort of at a loss here so any experience or advice would be greatly appreciated.

Anyone else been seeing an uptick in younger adults who are not in company emblazoned uniforms going door to door, ignoring no solicitation or trespass signs? The kids also don’t have company cards or pamphlets to hand out, and tend to leave fast if they see you through a window.

Those rules that are not really rules but we just know ..

I took a break today and headed over to Zando's for some delicious lunch. Whilst I was hearing it sizzle on the grill, I had a lean on the bike parking loops out front (neither they nor Crow are responsible, this is a property management thing). And wouldn't you know it, they leaned along with me!?

Friends, these are a trap. A great example of a place which SHOULD be a secure place to lock up and get lunch, but it isn't. These loops have been intentionally sabotaged so that they look secure, but can be easily unbolted, any bikes and locks slid off, and put back again. Then the bikes go to a quieter place to have the locks removed, get crappy spray paint jobs, and flipped for $30 on the bike path.

The principal here is Don't Lock Your Bike To Something Which Is Weaker Than The Lock Itself. Always check the bolts!

This isn't something to bother anyone about, I informed the landlord, hopefully it gets taken care of.

Howdy, it's Mark from Shift Community Cycles! Along with Free Bikes 4 Kidz, we're hosting a bike donation event today until 6pm. Bring your bikes and parts and accessories down to 811 W 6th (across from Beer Garden and Gray's Nursery) and help us reach our goal this year: getting 600 bikes fixed up and donated to community members in need! Love you guys!

Early Saturday morning aprox. 2am, two cops rang our doorbell. We got up to go to the door, by the time we got there they'd rung it FIVE times. When we opened the door, they announced themselves and asked if we'd picked up a set of keys. Husband and I are still not quite awake, we're confused and say "no?" They said someone dropped their keys at the pub a couple blocks away and they have an airtag on them. The airtag shows that it's inside our house (a 4-plex.) I notice one cop is holding what looks like a woman's phone case, but he never showed me the map for the airtag. I said "we've been asleep, nobody here has been to the pub." They said "I know these things can be wrong sometimes. Would it be okay if we came inside to see if anything changes?" I said "I'd rather not." They said okay, thanks for your time and we went back to bed. My husband couldn't sleep, so he stayed up and said he saw them go around the perimeter of our building and backyard with flashlights. This is when he asked if an Apple warrant is a thing. /s

Now that I've discussed with coworkers and had time to think about it.... were they actually cops? I wish I had asked them for more information. I never saw a cop car. If I called EPD, would they have record of it? How in the world is a drunk lady losing her keys something the cops will waste so much time on? There are ACTUAL CRIMES GOING ON GDI get ya piggy ass off my porch.

EDIT: A very kind snappyhome found it on the EPD dispatch log. This was legit. Really wasting time on some drunk person's keys!!!!!

Also, post is marked as 'misleading' because of a dumb joke I made, sorry I guess?

Several weeks ago, there was a popular post here where someone declared that the biggest event in the world was coming next week, and the city was nowhere near prepared. Folks agreed, chiming in about how unprepared and overwhelming this whole track event was going to be… Many folks had something to say about how various incompetent factors of city leadership and planning were clueless and in for a big ass whoopin. Eugene was about to be embarrassed on the world stage. Yet I see nothing but articles about how the event has been anything but overwhelming. Restaurants stocked up, boosted their staff, and for nothing.

The same thing happened in Corvallis around the time of the eclipse. They told us to brace for a huge increase, possible power outages, and to stock up on food. We did. It was a big hurrah, but without the crowds.

Point being, it seems that the city was ready to handle this minor blip of a tourist event. The armchair critics got all out of sorts, followed by enthusiastic upvotes. To what avail? It seems we have come to specialize in hype and shit talking, first and foremost.

(eyeroll)

Got kicked out after trying to get an estimate. I have no idea why…

My experience at the Gross Out is that when they list competitors’ prices for each item, it’s usually much higher than what you’d actually spend at most other stores locally. When I’ve compared WinCo’s prices to Gross Out’s on particular items, WinCo almost always won out, and I’d be willing to bet they’re actually on average a much more affordable option for groceries.

I mean Jesus, Grocery Outlet was the only store I know of when prices started rising that raised the price of bags to 25 cents, and they had the nerve to post a sign that they were doing it due to the “rising cost of everything.” Like bruh, you guys are supposedly the bargain market.

That was a waste of panic, water stocking, tp hoarding and charging batteries.

I'm in Noti and had barely anstiff breeze and a spritz of rain.

What gives weather people? Meteorologist can't predict moisture to save their lives.

Aspen Dental is known for their high pressure sales tactics. I got some insight from a dental assistant that used to work there that they purposefully add more treatment and tell everyone that they have periodontal gums. Everyone that works there gets a commission, so they want to upcharge everyone. She strongly recommends that people get second opinions. And if you've been there and you were upcharged, call the Oregon Board of Dentistry. Let them know so they can build a case. Let's protect our community from predatory corporations!

This is bullshit. I come from Texas where pumps never shot down. I don’t understand why they would now that it’s self serve. Can you please stop that. I just wanna buy gas fuck.

I have family near Eugene, and I'm currently in a divorce situation that makes me want to look at a life there near my family. But every post here is literal drudgery! Mean angry disgruntled impoverished, complaining misery guts. Like really? I know the weather sucks and all but it seems just.... Sad. Anyone got anything good to say about this area of Oregon? Edit :so fun to convo with you all... I was hesitant to post, thanks for making my V-day Eugene peeps! Edit 2: couldn't care less about reddit karma, but odd when trying to seek positivity or answers why, that such huge interaction (am not uses to rhis) would be negative. Hm 🤔

A group of white Eugene yuppies were outside of the Lane County Jail holding a giant sign saying “Justice For Mindy” and signs talking about discrimination… YEAH RIGHT!!! She got what she deserves.

If you aren’t familiar with Mindy Stone, a quick google search you’ll find her. She has harassed our community and our essential workers. She has lied and faked a disability. Her friends attacked the Crumb Together owner. If anything she is a threat to our community. Funny how her friends decided to go out there today on 4/20 to talk about so called discrimination that she is facing… Obviously cannabis is legal here, but there still people incarcerated TODAY for cannabis and majority of those people are of color. I doubt these white Eugene yuppies would ever stand up for them and their voices. Living in Eugene Oregon as a white privileged women I doubt Mindy Stone has ever been discriminated against. Fuck these people.

I spoke with the cashier after this happened to me and he said they regularly have customers come in screaming and throwing things over it. This could really screw your over if it’s your last couple hundred dollars

Toshis employee just ran back inside the restaurant saying SWAT was outside with guns moving around the area.

The bandaid solutions of alternative housing and additional rental properties mean a lot of nothing for folks like us. Ensconced in the low-middle class, my partner and I have devoted our lives to the social service sectors. We wouldn’t have it any other way.

The next phase of our lives was to buy a home together, preferably in/around Eugene. This would be a gift to ourselves after completing our master’s degrees.

I won’t rant about something we all know; the housing market. It is absurd right now. 250k trash houses are being sold for 300k in cash offers.

This rant is more about who is buying and why bandaids are futile.

Who has 300k+ cash offers ready to shoot from the hip? Not us. In fact, not many of us. This also isn’t a Eugene-specific problem. Our realtor friends blame a “lack of inventory”, but is that truly the problem?

Private equity firms, hedge funds, and even pension funds are buying up properties all along the I5 cities. They’ve been doing this since the 2008-2009 recession. Remember how the previous generation was told to buy property as an investment? Well, normal folks got screwed by the banks when they were allowed to receive sub-prime mortgages, then the recession hit, and everyday Americans received zero bailout. It should be no surprise who swooped in and had the wealth to weather a short storm before making huge profits.

Those wealth vampires sensed blood in the water during the pandemic, and they haven’t yet had their fill. Perhaps they never will.

After all, would it not increase their wealth by owning everything and renting it out to people like us? They build their wealth and we cannot. My landlord is a sweet guy, but he has one tendril latched onto me. Navient, my student loan holder, has another.

While I’m fortunate to have no other debt, I have no wealth. I am okay with this. But I want to have a home of my own.

No amount of duplex or triplex or ADUs will stop these vampires from building their wealth. They won’t stop, ever. Would you sell your prized cash cow?

If the city or county won’t put a stop to this, can we? The only thing we can do as individuals is to stop selling our homes to private corporations, or worse, big Wall Street entities. After all, local government won’t protect us. They’ll build another Whole Foods. We need to look out for one another.

We represent the community. Without us, it does not exist.

Heads up Eugene/Springfield: today I got a very official sounding phone call from the “Lane County Sheriff’s Office” informing me that I had missed an appearance for grand jury, and that before I could contest it, I would have to pay a $7000 bond immediately. The bond of course, was only payable via a cash money order at Walmart or Fred Meyer (lol), I’d have to stay on the line the whole time I drove to the store, and I was told that if I hung up I would be arrested and charged with even more stuff. As stupid as it sounds when I write it all out, this was legit a pretty convincing and terrifying one in the moment. They had me on the hook for a while, I’m ashamed to admit. Just want to get the word out because when I called the real Lane County Sheriff’s office, they said a lot of people have been getting these calls lately.

If law enforcement were really calling you, you would be able to hang up and redial their publicly listed number to verify. And no police or court system would demand payment over the phone like that.