So I thought I'd give a quick rant about a few things that piss me off. They're in no particular order, and no particular category. I'm just pissed.

1. Movies with crappy-ass-endings. You know who are. Those movies that you watch for 2 hours going, this movie isn't so bad... I wonder where they'll go with it. And then like clockwork the movie takes a turn for the worse. And all the characters die. And you're just like, WTF!? Why did I waste my life? IE: The Departed. What a load of crap. What a big cast, and what a horrible movie. Oh, and what about Lady in the water? Try: Donnie Darko wanna-be that didn't quite hit it, or even come close.

Seriously folks, seriously.

2. Dead pixel policies. If you buy a brand new lcd screen, flat screen tv, or laptop (with an LCD screen), you'll be surprised to know that despite advertised warranties, manufacturers will refuse to fix or replace your unit if it's got defective or dead pixels (usually black, white, or colored dots on your screen that are stuck that way), unless it's got at least 8 (and sometimes more on the bigger screens) dead pixels. So if you just blew $2,000 on your brand new vaio, and you turn it on to find 7 pixels dead on your screen - a HUGE eye-soar (and a distraction from getting work done), you're out of luck. No replacement available. And here's the kicker - say you get an 8th one dead? They make no guarantee that the new one won't have dead pixels either. Doesn't make you feel too comfortable about buying things online, huh? Too bad that most of us don't have the money to pay the premium in-store brick and mortar charge.

And lastly:

3. I just purchased a spindle of 30 dvds. I'll be honest, I don't know what 30 discs on a spindle looks like, so I usually compare size of the spindle to decide which one I need. Well this really pissed me off today. I got home, took of the wrapper to find that the spindle had one dvd on top, and a bunch of foam inserts to fill in a three inch gap on top of the rest of the dvds. Now I understand that the packaging was clearly marked "30 DVDS" so I don't have too much to complain about, but I think was quite purposefully decieving. It was clearly to compete with the bigger spindles, and I honestly feel tricked. Even if this was the company's attempt at saving money by only creating one-size-spindle-fits-all, I'm annoyed because it makes me feel ripped off inside, and as good customer service has it, your product should do at least the minimum not to instantly piss off your customers.

Did I recieve a screen recently with dead pixels? Not yet at least, but right after I punched in my credit card, it instantly gave me a warning telling me that I might get defective pixels, and that I'm going to have to live with it. Talk about instilling confidence in the consumer. Were they thinking about us? Probably not. Chances are my new laptop will have a fine screen with no defects, but now I have a week of shipping to obsess over it.

Did I get the amount of DVDs promised? Yes, but after opening the package, 30 seems so much less than before. And dvds aren't like chips, they don't need air to keep them from getting crushed. This is definitely making the product look better than it really was. If it was 50 I was going after, I would've bought 50 knowing that the 30 spindle wasn't really that big. So Maxell, learn that you just lost an upsell.

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SpIkE @ 02/19/07 "That is pretty crappy about the DVDs. They played you like a fiddle." FredFredrickson @ 02/22/07 "Update, my new laptop has no dead pixels" Kallie @ 03/03/07 "The Departed was a great movie. I'm with you on dead pixel policies. FUCK that DVD company. bullshit. it's like what they do with bags of chips." Login to comment...

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