The Vent and Rant Thread - Page 480

montsnmags · 12-25-2009, 10:50 PM

The digital camera my brother bought my mother on behalf of all us? Well it turns out to be an empty box. I'm thinking a certain retailer may be experiencing the rather unconstrained dissatisfaction of my brother today. There may be some crying over spilt blood.

Cheers,
Marc

phenomshel · 12-25-2009, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

The digital camera my brother bought my mother on behalf of all us? Well it turns out to be an empty box. I'm thinking a certain retailer may be experiencing the rather unconstrained dissatisfaction of my brother today. There may be some crying over spilt blood.

Cheers,
Marc

Ouch.

desertgrandma · 12-25-2009, 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

The digital camera my brother bought my mother on behalf of all us? Well it turns out to be an empty box. I'm thinking a certain retailer may be experiencing the rather unconstrained dissatisfaction of my brother today. There may be some crying over spilt blood.

Cheers,
Marc

Oh, crap. Let us know how this works out. I hope the retailer fixes things for you.

wodin · 12-26-2009, 04:47 AM

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Originally Posted by pholy

I think my Dad is still using one he got -used- when I was a year or two old... and I am thinking of retiring soon (but not early

) It's on of those round top Frigidaire ones - better that a bunny for keeping on running... course it does make some noises now and then (so do I)

Do they still deliver ice in Toronto?

wodin · 12-26-2009, 04:53 AM

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

The digital camera my brother bought my mother on behalf of all us? Well it turns out to be an empty box. I'm thinking a certain retailer may be experiencing the rather unconstrained dissatisfaction of my brother today. There may be some crying over spilt blood.

Cheers,
Marc

That happened to me with the last cell phone I bought. I waited with anticipation for UPS to deliver it, and when it finally came the box had some of those plastic balloons and an invoice inside.

It took me several hours on the phone to straighten it out, and another week waiting for the "replacement". I'm thinking that a warehouse worker got mighty disappointed when Sprint blocked the ESN!

kennyc · 12-26-2009, 07:00 AM

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

The digital camera my brother bought my mother on behalf of all us? Well it turns out to be an empty box. I'm thinking a certain retailer may be experiencing the rather unconstrained dissatisfaction of my brother today. There may be some crying over spilt blood.

Cheers,
Marc

Omg! That's horrible. That also partially why I checked and charged the batteries in all my gifts before wrapping them this year....

montsnmags · 12-26-2009, 07:21 AM

Initially my brother couldn't locate the receipt and you can imagine how he thought that would go. It turns out that the same salesman that served him was there, and even without the receipt his apologetic response to my brother was a sighed "Second one today". It rather deflated my brother's Threat Level, and the empty box was immediately replaced with an appropriately non-empty one.

I could now vent right here about how, unconsulted on this purchase, it is likely to be me trying to educate in the use of said digital camera a woman who can barely use an ATM, but let's leave that for another day, if not an alternate future where it doesn't happen.

Cheers,
Marc

Patricia · 12-26-2009, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by pholy

I think my Dad is still using one he got -used- when I was a year or two old... and I am thinking of retiring soon (but not early

) It's on of those round top Frigidaire ones - better that a bunny for keeping on running... course it does make some noises now and then (so do I)

I've still got my freezer, bought second-hand in the 1980s. It has a "made in the GDR" sticker. So it has outlasted the republic that made it by more than 20 years.

kennyc · 12-26-2009, 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Patricia

I've still got my freezer, bought second-hand in the 1980s. It has a "made in the GDR" sticker. So it has outlasted the republic that made it by more than 20 years.

Love it!

My Hotpoint brand washer and dryer (which I almost gave up when moving 6 years ago) have been going for 20 years now!

kazbates · 12-26-2009, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

Initially my brother couldn't locate the receipt and you can imagine how he thought that would go. It turns out that the same salesman that served him was there, and even without the receipt his apologetic response to my brother was a sighed "Second one today". It rather deflated my brother's Threat Level, and the empty box was immediately replaced with an appropriately non-empty one.

I could now vent right here about how, unconsulted on this purchase, it is likely to be me trying to educate in the use of said digital camera a woman who can barely use an ATM, but let's leave that for another day, if not an alternate future where it doesn't happen.

Cheers,
Marc

The same thing happens to my husband and I when my parents decide to buy a new techno gadget. The plethora of phone calls and the frustration of trying to explain how to do something long distance is enough to straighten my curly hair! My mom was talking about getting my dad a digital reader for Christmas. I think my emphatic "NO" helped to convince her to go in another direction.

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Originally Posted by kennyc

Love it!

My Hotpoint brand washer and dryer (which I almost gave up when moving 6 years ago) have been going for 20 years now!

Hang on to them as long as you can!!! When I purchased my Kenmore front load washer and dryer, I though I was getting very durable products that would last at least 10 years. One week after the one year warranty expired, the motherboard on my washer went bad. Thankfully, Sears did repair it but it took much anger and tears on my part to get them to do it. I now have to pay for an extended warranty for both machines to keep them in good working condition. The Sears repairman told me they don't build them like they used to and with all the new digital technology, the darn things are very expensive to repair.

kennyc · 12-26-2009, 10:17 AM

Yep, Kaz I will. My ex has gone through several washers and dryers of newer fancier varieties in the same time period.

Merry Boxing Day!

kazbates · 12-28-2009, 10:49 AM

Argggg! Why isn't anything staright forward anymore?!?! I've got this new scanner that does a great job but getting the scanned book into an exceptable ebook format is causing me to pull out my hair!!!! It would be nice if there were instructions somewhere for lay people. I've started a thread in the Workshop forum and know that I will get excellent advice from many of MR's extremely intelligent members, but right now I'm incredibly frustrated and feel like I've bitten of more than I can chew.

desertgrandma · 12-28-2009, 10:55 AM

Relax, Kaz. Take a deep breath and chant "ooohhhhmmmmm"

You will "get it" eventually.

Between the members here, and your own smart self, it will happen.....

I think the lack of posting has to do with the after Christmas week......everyone is busy with "stuff"

vivaldirules · 12-28-2009, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by kazbates

Argggg! Why isn't anything staright forward anymore?!?! I've got this new scanner that does a great job but getting the scanned book into an exceptable ebook format is causing me to pull out my hair!!!! It would be nice if there were instructions somewhere for lay people. I've started a thread in the Workshop forum and know that I will get excellent advice from many of MR's extremely intelligent members, but right now I'm incredibly frustrated and feel like I've bitten of more than I can chew.

Oh, so that's what happened to your nose.

kennyc · 12-28-2009, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by kazbates

Argggg! Why isn't anything staright forward anymore?!?! I've got this new scanner that does a great job but getting the scanned book into an exceptable ebook format is causing me to pull out my hair!!!! It would be nice if there were instructions somewhere for lay people. I've started a thread in the Workshop forum and know that I will get excellent advice from many of MR's extremely intelligent members, but right now I'm incredibly frustrated and feel like I've bitten of more than I can chew.

Saw your posts over there and I'm definitely with on the why does it have to be so complicated thing. I'm a software engineer and the stuff I work with just continues to get more and more complicated and complex and restrictive in how things are required to be done. It makes me crazy almost daily when I try to do some simple task like upgrade a piece of software and suddenly everything changes, I have have new version of compilers and libraries and ..... sheesh

Sorry.....go me off on my own rant I guess.

I'll just say good luck and I'm sure you'll get it with a little help from your (MR) friends.

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12-25-2009, 10:50 PM	#7186
montsnmags Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,155 Karma: 4632658 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	The digital camera my brother bought my mother on behalf of all us? Well it turns out to be an empty box. I'm thinking a certain retailer may be experiencing the rather unconstrained dissatisfaction of my brother today. There may be some crying over spilt blood. Cheers, Marc

12-26-2009, 07:21 AM	#7192
montsnmags Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,155 Karma: 4632658 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	Initially my brother couldn't locate the receipt and you can imagine how he thought that would go. It turns out that the same salesman that served him was there, and even without the receipt his apologetic response to my brother was a sighed "Second one today". It rather deflated my brother's Threat Level, and the empty box was immediately replaced with an appropriately non-empty one. I could now vent right here about how, unconsulted on this purchase, it is likely to be me trying to educate in the use of said digital camera a woman who can barely use an ATM, but let's leave that for another day, if not an alternate future where it doesn't happen. Cheers, Marc

12-26-2009, 10:17 AM	#7196
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,922 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2 & PW, Onyx Boox Go6	Yep, Kaz I will. My ex has gone through several washers and dryers of newer fancier varieties in the same time period. Merry Boxing Day!

12-28-2009, 10:49 AM	#7197
kazbates Wizard Posts: 2,627 Karma: 406616 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Northern Virginia Device: SurfacePro, SurfaceBook 2	Argggg! Why isn't anything staright forward anymore?!?! I've got this new scanner that does a great job but getting the scanned book into an exceptable ebook format is causing me to pull out my hair!!!! It would be nice if there were instructions somewhere for lay people. I've started a thread in the Workshop forum and know that I will get excellent advice from many of MR's extremely intelligent members, but right now I'm incredibly frustrated and feel like I've bitten of more than I can chew.

12-28-2009, 10:55 AM	#7198
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462843 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	Relax, Kaz. Take a deep breath and chant "ooohhhhmmmmm" You will "get it" eventually. Between the members here, and your own smart self, it will happen..... I think the lack of posting has to do with the after Christmas week......everyone is busy with "stuff"