Random Shit, #2394089234
First off, if you’re going to buy anything on open box special from Best Buy (assuming you’re the type that supports soulless, evil corporations), be prepared to deal with bullshit if you get the replacement plan on it. Apparently, in Best Buy’s world, “replacement” means “store credit equal to the purchase price, and if we don’t have another open box special on the item you’re attempting to replace, you’re fucked”. I gave Whitey whatfor, though, and my iPod Shuffle has been replaced with a new one. Curiously, as I noticed after I got my new one, they DID have open box ones in stock (I’m guessing that they’re getting a lot of returns on these, from people who don’t get what the unit does and doesn’t do), several in fact, but I guess I said the words “deceptive marketing practices” loudly enough in front of a big enough crowd of people to bypass that scene. I was actually polite and didn’t raise my voice, but I wasn’t having this talk the “associate” gave me about the replacement plan suddenly being for “the value of the item you purchased”, rather than the item itself.
Second off, since we’re on the subject, the “shuffle play/continuous play” switch on my Shuffle stopped working after being dropped. There was no obvious physical defect with the unit, and I actually got the switch to work again once after the fact, but that was it. If you have the same problem, or any other problems with an iPod Shuffle (either model), drop me a line and tell me about it. I’m curious as to how durable the little buggers are.
Third, I’m hoping that they’re more durable than the starter I put in my car a year ago, since I’m reasonably certain that the fucking thing shitted out on me. I hate cars, in case you’re wondering, and need to live somewhere that won’t require me owning one. Somewhere like…Toronto.
And finally for this edition, I would really like to stop having a fucking headache now. I think a week of this shit is quite enough.
August 2nd, 2005 at 5:22 pm
Mine has a little red scratch on it that I discovered two days ago. It has lived in my purse, just amidst the jumble for about a month now, and still has the green power light (it hasn’t run down yet!) and switchys and stuff work fine. I think the red scratch was made from, well, something red in my purse.
Just to clarify, my purse is kinda deadly, it’s got scissors, nail files, and other various pointy objects in it.
August 3rd, 2005 at 4:45 pm
I can see these things as being REALLY easy to mark up. I had my first one for about 3 1/2 months and it got kinda skanky looking.