Buy Nothing Day 2007 1
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Hey, everyone. Let’s make it a point not to buy anything on November 24th. That’s right—the day after Thanksgiving! Fuck the man this black Friday!
Archive for October, 2007
All dressed up with nowhere to go 1
What do you think of the new look? I was having some accessibility issues with the old theme.
More CS bullshit. This time it’s from Razer. 1
My luck with any type of customer service has evidently run out. Here’s the backstory:
I got a Razer Deathadder mouse. I’ve used it and love it. I tried to upgrade to the latest driver. After the upgrade, the mouse would not work. The mouse won’t even work connected to another computer. I keep getting “USB device not recognized.” I called customer service and was told I had destroyed my mouse by not uninstalling the previous driver before upgrading — a little strange, but they gave me an RMA so I was OK with it. I send the mouse in, wait a few weeks, and a brand new mouse arrives for me.
I was about to start unpacking the mouse, but I figured I should uninstall my drivers and get the new ones installed before I hook the mouse up. I’m running Vista so I went to “Programs and Features.” (That’s the new “Add/remove” in case you are wondering.) I selected the Deathadder and clicked remove—nothing. I restarted my computer and tried again—still nothing. So, I call Razer support. Read more »
Escape from the gates of Sprint customer service hell
If you aren’t interested in long, convoluted rants by a former customer who has the nerve to expect service on the $400 product he has recently purchased, you may want to pass this post up.
I ordered an HTC Mogul from Sprint a few days ago. I was really excited about having a smart phone. I believed it would make my life easier in a lot of ways. It did make it easier in some, and it was pretty cool. My Mogul however was cursed with a drinking problem. I charged the Mogul for a night then took him off the charger to go to work. After a 40 minute commute with a couple of short calls, his battery was drained to 80%. Throughout the eight-hour work day, he was charged for approximately three hours on the USB charger. By the end of the day, he was at only 70% battery remaining.