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Rant Thread - What really grinds your gears?

LW, I call shenanigans.

Of course, there are no available statistics, particularly for newer models, but manufacturer's defects and unseen problems with things like stiff hinges can cause screen breakages.

Of course the store is going to try to dissuade you from claiming an expensive warranty repair, but if you have a case, then maybe you need to push it.

If the store manager won't help you, then maybe his boss will.


With that said, when Dngrswife broke the screen on her very new HP laptop, I spent just a little more for an identical refurb than the cost of a replacement panel and waited about a year or so for the price of replacement screens to come down to a reasonable price, and had myself a second machine to use (and spare parts).
 
On my way home from work today I called my favorite massage place, that I've been to multiple times before, to see if they miraculously had any openings tonight for a 1 hr massage (I've called late in the day a few other times recently, & they're always fully booked - I really need to remember to call earlier). Tonight when I called, they answered with their standard greeting, followed by "can you please hold?" I was driving, so no biggie, I held. A short time later someone picked up, I asked about a massage, they said they had an 8pm tonight. Great! That's a little later than I'd prefer, but on such short notice, I'll take it!

So after work I picked up some dinner, ran a couple errands, then went home & killed another hour, then drove back to the massage place (it's in my town, no more than 10 minutes from me). I was shocked to be told "We don't have you scheduled for tonight". WHAT?? How can this be? She asked me "are you sure you called our location?" (I hate that, I **** well know what location I dialed, but I even showed her my phone so she could see that YES I had called that location & only that location.) Still, nothing could be done about a massage tonight, I was NOT happy, I didn't put up a fuss but I was told that for this mishap they could upgrade me to a 90 minute massage for no extra cost if I book that appt now. Since I work during the weekday, my only options for this longer massage were either tomorrow in the middle of the day, or not until next Friday. I finally settled on the later of 2 appts tomorrow & headed home. Just before I got home my phone started ringing, the number showed up but no name so I ignored it since I was driving anyway. When I got home I had a voicemail from another of the same chain's locations, one that's sort of near me but not close enough to me that I'd go there unless I happened to stop in & could get an immediate appt. The message said I had an 8pm appt tonight & they were wondering if I was still coming? LOL...

I called both locations back & told them that without my knowledge (or theirs, they said it's not normal for this to happen), their phone system had apparently transferred me to the other location. They were both nice about it, but still... I was really looking forward to that massage tonight! :( :mad: :hmpf:
 
Dngrsone said:
LW, I call shenanigans.

Of course, there are no available statistics, particularly for newer models, but manufacturer's defects and unseen problems with things like stiff hinges can cause screen breakages.

Of course the store is going to try to dissuade you from claiming an expensive warranty repair, but if you have a case, then maybe you need to push it.

If the store manager won't help you, then maybe his boss will.

With that said, when Dngrswife broke the screen on her very new HP laptop, I spent just a little more for an identical refurb than the cost of a replacement panel and waited about a year or so for the price of replacement screens to come down to a reasonable price, and had myself a second machine to use (and spare parts).
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I completely agree. Unfortunately, the laptop was a gift for my wife-to-be from her mother, and she paid the $119 extra for hardware protection even after the manufacturer's warranty ends; there is definitely going to be a fight over this claim, guaranteed - we're definitely breaking the 'chain of command' on this one, that's for sure. Shenanigans, indeed... :)
 
I've never owned anything made by Toshiba that didn't break prematurely... Even the cassette walkman I had fell apart lol.
 
Gmash said:
I've never owned anything made by Toshiba that didn't break prematurely... Even the cassette walkman I had fell apart lol.
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I had a Toshiba TV back in the 90s that ended up with a prematurely green-colored screen. Local newscasters and weathermen looked like they were all relatives of Count Dracula (and, for tonight's precipitation, it shouldn't be more than a pint... bleh-be-leh-be-leh-be-leh-be-lehhhhhh).
 
I've been surfing the forums to find solutions for our LG720 (F3 - Boost Mobile) - and, while Towelroot is installed, CWMT never made it through the PC, though it said it did. My gears are ground due to having read-only memory, and a Jelly Bean ROM that has gone through four Android Updates in two days... LG phones seem to be a really bad idea, in hindsight. What a bummer. @#*!!
 
LOveWerks said:
I've been surfing the forums to find solutions for our LG720 (F3 - Boost Mobile) - and, while Towelroot is installed, CWMT never made it through the PC, though it said it did. My gears are ground due to having read-only memory, and a Jelly Bean ROM that has gone through four Android Updates in two days... LG phones seem to be a really bad idea, in hindsight. What a bummer. @#*!!
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Perhaps should get an Oppo or a OnePlus, very easy to root and do what you like with them.
 
LOveWerks said:
I've been surfing the forums to find solutions for our LG720 (F3 - Boost Mobile) - and, while Towelroot is installed, CWMT never made it through the PC, though it said it did. My gears are ground due to having read-only memory, and a Jelly Bean ROM that has gone through four Android Updates in two days... LG phones seem to be a really bad idea, in hindsight. What a bummer. @#*!!
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Make that five updates... sheesh...
 
mikedt said:
Monday morning, students coming soon, hairy baozi for breakfast, what else can happen today?
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You give me perspective, mikedt - may your Monday treat you well... over here across the pond in the USA, Monday hasn't arrived yet, but it will be a holiday: Labor Day. Be well, my ex-pat friend.
 
It doesn't exactly grind my gears, but I think it's pretty darn silly when iPhone users talk about what they do on "on my iphone". I don't know about anyone else but if I tell someone something I can do on my phone, I just say "blah blah blah on my phone".
 
PattiCakeUS said:
It doesn't exactly grind my gears, but I think it's pretty darn silly when iPhone users talk about what they do on "on my iphone". I don't know about anyone else but if I tell someone something I can do on my phone, I just say "blah blah blah on my phone".
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You mean you do it on your galaxy? :p
 
I looked at my schedule at work yesterday and didn't see myself on there at all. So I made plans for the next day.

Then I get a phone call saying that I was suppose to be there at 3. Try calling back to say I wasn't on the schedule and the don't pick up. That's their fault.
 
*sigh* Goddamn it. I swear I'm in a soap opera with this bus being constantly late.

Stay tuned for the season premiere of "As the Bus Turns", starring Revenant Ghost.
 
Revenant Ghost said:
*sigh* Goddamn it. I swear I'm in a soap opera with this bus being constantly late.

Stay tuned for the season premiere of "As the Bus Turns", starring Revenant Ghost.
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Or, the Twilight Zone episode, "Revenant Ghost's Ride" ... hang in there, R.G. - hell, you could be in the back seat of an old Trailways bus inhaling 2-stroke Detroit Diesel exhaust. As the kids say today: "Just saying."
 
mikedt said:
Could never get into the operas of Richard Wagner.

1) they're usually too long and heavy.
2) I can't understand German.
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On the subject of German opera, it takes me to a recent Ricola cough drop commercial where a big-boned, blonde opera singer struggles to hit a high note;, then, she pops a Ricola into her mouth, and hits the high note perfectly... Wagner would've been proud. Personally, I lean toward Italian opera... but, I prefer any kind of improvisational jazz. An opera done in Birdland-esque be-bop? That would be really neat - especially if Ella Fitzgerald had the lead role.
 
LOveWerks said:
On the subject of German opera, it takes me to a recent Ricola cough drop commercial where a big-boned, blonde opera singer struggles to hit a high note;, then, she pops a Ricola into her mouth, and hits the high note perfectly... Wagner would've been proud. Personally, I lean toward Italian opera... but, I prefer any kind of improvisational jazz. An opera done in Birdland-esque be-bop? That would be really neat - especially if Ella Fitzgerald had the lead role.
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I was going out with a big boned Mongolian lady last year, by the name of Gaowa who sold knock-off jeans in the local "Dragon City" shopping mall. I've quite enjoyed Italian Comic Opera, and I've seen Don Giovanni, Marriage of Figaro and Barber of Seville performed live.

Anyone like Peking Opera?
 
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