I'm *trying* to give you money, people....
What the hell happened to ThinkGeek? It used to be a good source for tech toys of a practical nature along with the silly stuff, with decent write-ups about actual usability; now it seems to be entirely media tie-in tchotchke. I'll admit the Hogwarts tableware is seductive, but I'm just trying to buy a good low-profile USB drive.
This is after a frustrating trip to Staples yesterday, which no longer has anything like the USB drives I bought for keychain-use a couple years ago. Or much of anything else I went there for. (They did manage the single color copy I needed -- eventually, after walking me over to the self-serve kiosks, making me authorize my credit card -- for one copy! -- because they apparently have no capacity to take cash, printing a blank page on the first try because even their employees can't figure out the interface, and oh yes, charging me for the blank page, which I didn't discover until I got home and looked at the receipt. Note to self: Next time, just go to Kinko's.)
No luck with CDW or NewEgg, either. Though at least they try, especially NewEgg.
Amazon has all the usual issues with having to wade through way too much stuff, unhelpful product descriptions, and reviews that aren't linked to the specific item, but it's looking like they're going to get my money anyway. Not my first, second, or third choice, but they're the best of a bad lot.
ETA: And then I started shopping for laptop security cables. Oh, my god. *headdesk*
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This is after a frustrating trip to Staples yesterday, which no longer has anything like the USB drives I bought for keychain-use a couple years ago. Or much of anything else I went there for. (They did manage the single color copy I needed -- eventually, after walking me over to the self-serve kiosks, making me authorize my credit card -- for one copy! -- because they apparently have no capacity to take cash, printing a blank page on the first try because even their employees can't figure out the interface, and oh yes, charging me for the blank page, which I didn't discover until I got home and looked at the receipt. Note to self: Next time, just go to Kinko's.)
No luck with CDW or NewEgg, either. Though at least they try, especially NewEgg.
Amazon has all the usual issues with having to wade through way too much stuff, unhelpful product descriptions, and reviews that aren't linked to the specific item, but it's looking like they're going to get my money anyway. Not my first, second, or third choice, but they're the best of a bad lot.
ETA: And then I started shopping for laptop security cables. Oh, my god. *headdesk*
This entry was originally posted at https://lizvogel.dreamwidth.org/194799.html because I got tired of dealing with whatever LiveJournal had broken this time. Comment whereever.