Comments on: Open Thread: Gadget Regret http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/08/27/open-thread-gadget-regret/ Rebooting the workforce Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:03:41 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: fredmac http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/08/27/open-thread-gadget-regret/#comment-303383 fredmac Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:52:23 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/?p=3545#comment-303383 Hi, This "way of life" could be resume to having the latest new thing : hardware, software, hifi... and sometime girls too. It's an archétypal behavior. It could be considered as the top of consummer society. Fred Hi,

This “way of life” could be resume to having the latest new thing : hardware, software, hifi… and sometime girls too.

It’s an archétypal behavior. It could be considered as the top of consummer society.

Fred

]]> By: Adam Hill http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/08/27/open-thread-gadget-regret/#comment-303377 Adam Hill Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:08:05 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/?p=3545#comment-303377 Great post - I'm exactly the same... although I'm trying to restrict it more to business purchases now. The weirdest thing about it is that I'd never think of *selling* any of these gadgets because someday, somehow they *might* get used again! Everything hides in a box or a closet for possible resurrection. My biggest waste was buying a bulk pack of 10 sets of wireless headphones when I lived in a huge share-house thinking we could use them to watch movies at full volume if someone was trying to sleep. Yeah, like that was going to ever happen! Used once for 10 mins. Great post – I’m exactly the same… although I’m trying to restrict it more to business purchases now. The weirdest thing about it is that I’d never think of *selling* any of these gadgets because someday, somehow they *might* get used again! Everything hides in a box or a closet for possible resurrection.

My biggest waste was buying a bulk pack of 10 sets of wireless headphones when I lived in a huge share-house thinking we could use them to watch movies at full volume if someone was trying to sleep. Yeah, like that was going to ever happen! Used once for 10 mins.

]]> By: Christian http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/08/27/open-thread-gadget-regret/#comment-303373 Christian Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:10:37 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/?p=3545#comment-303373 I am a gadget-a-holic. We (ok, ok, so more 'I', than 'We') have wasted too much money on PDA's, PC bits, Home Theatre stuff... But that all came after the hoards of money I threw at cars. Maybe its more a spending thing than a gadget thing... I am a gadget-a-holic. We (ok, ok, so more ‘I’, than ‘We’) have wasted too much money on PDA’s, PC bits, Home Theatre stuff… But that all came after the hoards of money I threw at cars.

Maybe its more a spending thing than a gadget thing…

]]> By: charlieahern http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/08/27/open-thread-gadget-regret/#comment-303371 charlieahern Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:10:42 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/?p=3545#comment-303371 The new Aliph Jawbone Bluetooth earpiece...$130 about to go in the toilet (literally). Looks cool, sounds OK. However, the earpiece is borderline functional. If I chew food, yawn, or move my jaw too much, the earbud pops out of my ear and the device dangles from my ear. I expect that some day I will be standing at a toilet, sneeze, and my little plastic & silicon gem will be floating in the bowl. The new Aliph Jawbone Bluetooth earpiece…$130 about to go in the toilet (literally). Looks cool, sounds OK. However, the earpiece is borderline functional. If I chew food, yawn, or move my jaw too much, the earbud pops out of my ear and the device dangles from my ear. I expect that some day I will be standing at a toilet, sneeze, and my little plastic & silicon gem will be floating in the bowl.

]]> By: Benny sh http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/08/27/open-thread-gadget-regret/#comment-303352 Benny sh Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:49:28 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/?p=3545#comment-303352 I spent more than 10K$ buying stupid things like palm V and mp3 players over the years, but I've grown up. I rarely buy anythings these days, and no full-of-hype-iphonish-toy will seduce me now. The last gadget I bought was my thinkpad T61 which was the smartest move ever. Any other purchase would need to pass a series of questions like "does it help me make money?" -> if yes, than "can I do without it?" -> if no, "can I wait for the price to drop?" etc, etc. I usually end up without it, free and richer! I spent more than 10K$ buying stupid things like palm V and mp3 players over the years, but I’ve grown up.

I rarely buy anythings these days, and no full-of-hype-iphonish-toy will seduce me now.

The last gadget I bought was my thinkpad T61 which was the smartest move ever. Any other purchase would need to pass a series of questions like “does it help me make money?” -> if yes, than “can I do without it?” -> if no, “can I wait for the price to drop?” etc, etc. I usually end up without it, free and richer!

]]> By: NC http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/08/27/open-thread-gadget-regret/#comment-303350 NC Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:26:17 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/?p=3545#comment-303350 I think my PS3 was fits into this category... not being a big gamer I bought it with the hopes of using it as a true media center and was hoping for some hacks or legit ways to watch online TV from sites like hulu using the browser on the PS3... I think my PS3 was fits into this category… not being a big gamer I bought it with the hopes of using it as a true media center and was hoping for some hacks or legit ways to watch online TV from sites like hulu using the browser on the PS3…

]]> By: Chris http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/08/27/open-thread-gadget-regret/#comment-303349 Chris Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:00:39 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/?p=3545#comment-303349 Pretty much every cell phone and PDA I owned (and hated) before I got my iPhone. Pretty much every cell phone and PDA I owned (and hated) before I got my iPhone.

]]> By: Jeffrey http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/08/27/open-thread-gadget-regret/#comment-303346 Jeffrey Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:27:35 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/?p=3545#comment-303346 Virtually everything I buy on Amazon spends at least a few weeks in my Amazon wish list. It prevents me from impulse buying and in the days before Amazon Prime it saved money on shipping by combining lots of little book purchases into a single order. Virtually everything I buy on Amazon spends at least a few weeks in my Amazon wish list. It prevents me from impulse buying and in the days before Amazon Prime it saved money on shipping by combining lots of little book purchases into a single order.

]]> By: Jon Moss http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/08/27/open-thread-gadget-regret/#comment-303344 Jon Moss Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:59:58 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/?p=3545#comment-303344 Mike, I hear you loud and clear. Amazon and Amazon prime make it all too easy, but I have not regretted too many buys.... I think the Skype WiFi phone is probably the worst buy - poor reception and rubbish battery life. Apart from that, not much! Mike, I hear you loud and clear. Amazon and Amazon prime make it all too easy, but I have not regretted too many buys….

I think the Skype WiFi phone is probably the worst buy – poor reception and rubbish battery life.

Apart from that, not much!

]]> By: Petrica http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/08/27/open-thread-gadget-regret/#comment-303343 Petrica Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:53:09 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/?p=3545#comment-303343 once I've learned from some blog that when you want to buy something new just wait (gadget price / 100) days and do some research or try live whithout it and see if it works. Sometimes after a day or two something else appears waiting to be bought. once I’ve learned from some blog that when you want to buy something new just wait (gadget price / 100) days and do some research or try live whithout it and see if it works. Sometimes after a day or two something else appears waiting to be bought.

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