OH - you've reminded me - yes - I agree. It shafted my Wii, it lost backups multiple times - quite simply it just did. not. work. Hate it - hate the damn thing. It's been sat in its box for several months. What a total waste of money that was.
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OH - you've reminded me - yes - I agree. It shafted my Wii, it lost backups multiple times - quite simply it just did. not. work. Hate it - hate the damn thing. It's been sat in its box for several months. What a total waste of money that was.
Doug
I bought a pink one for my wife when they first came out. A month ago, I put a new battery in it for $15. That little bugger is still going strong. I tried to talk her into a new nano... No way.
Or stock?Does a 401k count?
So what was the cost per pound?Nasty fat hooker, on a pound for pound purchase.
Or were we talking dollar value.
Heard that one before.my ex-wife's wedding ring
Ouch.
F --> Fix
O --> Or
R --> Repair
D --> Daily
F --> Found
O --> On
R --> Roadside
D --> Dead
And I like Ford cars.
This reminds me of a camera purchase many years ago.
A buddy and I decided to go to New York city, about 2 hours away by car, to purchase our cameras. We went to JR electronics, if memory serves, which was a great discount place at the time. I was looking at the Canon A-1. My friend was getting a Canon AE-1. Somehow he convinced me to get an AE-1 instead of the A-1. I do remember that a big part of it was the savings because the A-1 was quite a bit more expensive than the AE-1.
Anyhow, when I arrived back home a couple of hours later, I took out the AE-1 and knew immediately that I had made a mistake. So I called the shop and explained that I wanted to exchange it for an A-1. They said no problem, they would charge me the difference and a small restocking fee. Cool.
So a week later, I went back the shop and got the camera that I really wanted.
What did my mistake cost me?
- Gas, tolls, and parking fees. The parking fees were horrendous back then to park near the shop. Plus on my second trip, I paid the total amount. The first trip I split the costs with my friend.
- My time. I had to take some vacation time to do the swap.
- Long distance phone charges. One call to arrange the swap, and a follow up call to inform them of the date. Back then, even fairly local long distance calls were expensive.
So instead of purchasing the camera that I wanted, and to be able to share the transportation costs with my friend, I ended up paying for the camera that I wanted, plus the restocking fee, plus the additional trip costs. Bottom line, that Canon A-1 cost me quite a bit more than even the local regular store prices.
Lesson learned. Get what you want, not what someone tells/convinces you to get. Always be sure that you are satisfied with your purchase. This is especially true with expensive items.
Volkswagen Passat. Although it was fun to drive, it constantly needed extremely expensive repairs. I'm much happier with my Prius.
My current car - a Vauxhall *spit* Vectra *spit* bought in a fit of sensibleness about 3 years back. Yes it has been cheap to run and reliable but I hate, hate, HATE driving it.
It's the first really sensible car (practical, fits all the family + luggage etc) I've ever owned in more than 30 years of car ownership and it has cured me of ever being sensible again!
Fortunately it got crushed by a tree a couple weeks ago (nobody in it at the time), so just waiting for the insurance to pay out before I go buy something FUN
Go to the British Air Museum and buy a salvaged Supermarine Spitfire, w/o engine of course. They are dirt cheap and the thing will give you plenty of hours of fun trying to find the parts and then learning how to assemble the thing into a flying machine.
When I saw the junk yard of WWII fix em ups, I fell in love with the Spitfires and Hurricanes sans engines, but I am a stupid Yank so I wouldn't have been able to stay in the UK long enough to get the parts, get a job that would allow me to buy each bolt and piston one by one, and no girls I knew who were English would marry me on such short notice. I did hang out with a nice lady 15 years my senior but I was 21 at the time.
Samsung S85 compact camera.
Takes a couple of seconds between taking photos. sucky.
One month after I bought it, won a Canon compact camera with exactly the same specs. I sold the new one on ebay for a lousy price after 2 failed sales. Will never know if it was actually better than the model I kept.
Takes a couple of seconds between taking photos. sucky.
One month after I bought it, won a Canon compact camera with exactly the same specs. I sold the new one on ebay for a lousy price after 2 failed sales. Will never know if it was actually better than the model I kept.
Biggest purchase that I've regretted? My first house. Biggest automotive purchase mistake was a 1981 Dodge 3/4 ton pickup (new) with the 318.
A sofa from Jennifer Convertibles. It broke right after the warrantee. Do NOT buy anything from these people. Their stuff is cheap, and you get what you pay for.
http://www.jenniferfurniture.com/finder.php3
http://www.jenniferfurniture.com/finder.php3
Funny last 3 Fords have been the most reliable vehicles our family has ever owned.
Of course there are few extreme quality safe havens in the Ford linuep where you can expect to only to oil/brakes for 80-125k and then replace the usual 100k components (heater core and alternator.)
And funny how the Fords we've had have given ample signs that something was wrong, usually 10-30k miles before it went out.
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Though these days if the heater core has a grounding strap it should last a really long time, damn ford and their not putting it on all vehicles 10 years ago. Just to save a $1.
Of course there are few extreme quality safe havens in the Ford linuep where you can expect to only to oil/brakes for 80-125k and then replace the usual 100k components (heater core and alternator.)
And funny how the Fords we've had have given ample signs that something was wrong, usually 10-30k miles before it went out.
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Though these days if the heater core has a grounding strap it should last a really long time, damn ford and their not putting it on all vehicles 10 years ago. Just to save a $1.
Our Ford was amazingly well built. My pops would drive it 30 miles each day to and from work, and then during the summers it would drive from northwest England to south Poland and back. It lasted a good problem-free 10 years before its first break down and sold it on soon after. Superb vehicle. Even our current vehicle was voted the worst at build quality (I think it was) and foamed a few mouths here, but 3 years on and it hasn't had any hiccups either. Plus the whole thing survived a high speed impact and only needed a replacement door.
Just lucky I guess.
I'm normally quite good with money but a couple of years ago I bought some paintball tickets, £75 in total. Rang up some friends to see if they wanted to go and they were all excited. In the end they never bothered and the tickets expired.
But I like to offset that against all the things I've been given for free and it all works out fine n' dandy.
Just lucky I guess.
I'm normally quite good with money but a couple of years ago I bought some paintball tickets, £75 in total. Rang up some friends to see if they wanted to go and they were all excited. In the end they never bothered and the tickets expired.
But I like to offset that against all the things I've been given for free and it all works out fine n' dandy.
The only new car I ever bought (a Saturn). Hated it almost from day one. And three years later when I sold it, I was still hitting my head almost every day. I'm firmly committed to used cars only.
The only Ford I ever had was great, although it often needed brake work. Had to get rid of it and get a four-door when my son was born. Car seat in a two-door was just too much of a pain.
The only Ford I ever had was great, although it often needed brake work. Had to get rid of it and get a four-door when my son was born. Car seat in a two-door was just too much of a pain.
A Radio Shack HX 1000 computer back in the 80's. Took it back within 3 days. I had a change of heart for about a year before I took another look at a computer.
I have a young friend who made decent money and bought one, fixed it up, sold it, bought another, fixed that up, and sold it, etc. This has been the reason he has never been able to move out of the house.
Other boat owners putting the same amount of money into a boat have homes, families, responsibilities, like catching fish for a living. My buddy was a hobbyist who took his love of boats so far as to spend all his money on it. He did have one of twelve working lampara boats, unmodified, on the whole west coast and brought it back to original specs.
I don't think I would want to have to live with mum for years in order to get bragging rights, and spending that type of money, only to be recognized by a few fishing boat historians.
really?
that's one of the few things that they make, besides flight simulator for mac (if that exists yet) that i ever wanted from that company
i don't much like their OS, office suite, browser, mouse, keyboard, etc
Well it could be just because they don't use it, but because it sucks. I've got a 360 and it's a solid product.
Guitar Hero: World Tour. played it like 4 times..only fun with a lotta people over. and still I don't want them playing it cuz then I don't want them to break the drums and crap. should've just bought the guitar/game instead of the whole band kit.