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Aggravating_Foot_528 t1_je2idgi wrote

Fuck them. Wow. They're taking $$$ from the department of Ed and then also turning around and avoiding property taxes. Assholes.

All while surviving on taxpayer money. That's balls.

That explains the shell company. So they can keep getting a shit ton from DOE to reimburse leases.

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Aggravating_Foot_528 t1_je2i04k wrote

Agreed. They really don't cover much. Stuff in your home breaks and you gotta pay for it. All the warranty does is add a profit source to the company offering the warranty.

good article that suggests you put the premiums into an emergency fund instead -- https://www.investopedia.com/articles/mortgages-real-estate/11/home-warranty-worth-it.asp

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OcelotWolf t1_je2fx3m wrote

Pretty much my thoughts. No amount of money would possibly be enough to make up for their loss. If they run out of things to spend it on and want to donate it to a charitable cause, that’s awesome. If they want to keep it for themselves, that’s great too. No strings attached on my contribution.

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SBRN1980 t1_je2f5sx wrote

Presby and only Presby! Any family I need to take to the ED… I take them to Presby, I’m an RN and I’ve worked many places. Presby has the most resources to figure out wtf to do, staff trained that actually know what their doing and overall… outcomes are better at Presby. Just my 2cents.

If your Highmark… AGH!

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dat0dat OP t1_je2f2vc wrote

Thanks for the info. I’ve already reduced down 20%, which is the typical 80% from 100% of sale. But I’m wondering if this is just the same procedure all over again with the same people, same forms, etc in hopes of further reducing down to common level ratio without any evidence used in the initial appeal (which is typically “necessary” home improvements)? And if so, is there a risk of losing the appeal and being assessed back to 100%?

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XavierRex83 t1_je2dprh wrote

Snyder is an outside vendor. All the vendors should be rotating their stock and giving credits for out of date items. Either the store is doing something shady, or Snyder messed something up, and that date might be fine. Also, while 4 months would not be ideal, if that is accurate, it would still be edible as long as it is sealed.

It's been a while, so I don't remember, but some vendors will leave out of dates at the store when issuing credit to dispose of or throw them away themselves. Sometime of vendors left out of dates, and we would let people take them or whatever. Of course, they were out of date by a few days, not months.

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LibatiousLlama t1_je2dcle wrote

Common level ratio is law. They are required to apply the common level ratio unless they can prove your house was sold at less than it was worth which is difficult. I'd say just eat the 300 bucks and make a rent rate lawyer deal with it. That's worth the cost of your time. It's a phone call for the lamest of lawyers. For you it's a waste of a shit load of your time and stress.

I ain't no lawyer but I just did this shit. I was also acquaintances with the people who sued in an attempt to force the county to do a county wide reassessment. The judge flaked but reduced the clr.

It's a crap shoot where the lawyers do nothing for a year then it finally gets resolved by a few emails. Super annoying. But it's most likely not worth your time to do it yourself.

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