Google chromecasts loosing audio is not a bug, is planned obsolescence because they want you to buy the new and more expensive device... Reposts are encouraged!
[UPDATE] They have been borked for a month and they have stated that "they are working on a solution" pshhh yeah right!
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Prowadzi: Luciano
#różoweflamingi #queenrodeo #noiserock #garagerock #mariaiskariot #buyerbeware #perennial #laratetimide
Ok so... This is an "interesting" flipping scam. (As if I didn't have enough to worry about.)
I ordered an emergency radio from NewEgg because I am trying so hard to avoid Amazon.
It arrived today. From Amazon. As a "gift." (The product box inside was smashed, and there's a rattle, so I suspect the radio is broken even.)
The price of the radio on Amazon is $32.
I paid $59 to NewEgg.
I can return it to Amazon for an Amazon gift card. For $32.
I guess now I have a new thing to do today, which is to figure out if I can report this to NewEgg, get a refund, and get this seller pwned. NewEgg Seller = Orange Techno Store. I have no reason to believe they have any relation to the Amazon seller.
Then I have to find a different radio.
Effing A.
One of the greatest failings of the early #economic #philosophers, was their failure to foresee the impact of de-personalizing #markets.
Back in Smith's time there was an assumption of #honesty on the part of the seller. Markets were small enough that dishonesty would be punished by #buyers not buying the dishonest #sellers #goods.
#Trust is the bedrock of thriving markets. Which is why countries with rigid rules of law and enforcement do better than countries without. You can trust that if you get burned -- there's a #remedy.
But as markets expanded, so did de-personalization. See the "traveling salesman" selling #SnakeOil for example. Burn a bunch of people -- then move on to the next set of dupes.
Add then, the advent of marketing, or as I like to call it, #CapitalistPropaganda. In short, the practice of increasing demand by selling lies -- #BuyerBeware.
Add to that, legal precedent interpreting lies as free speech -- buyer beware.
Add then, #monopoly power, and it's impossible not to see where this is headed.
Today, we have markets of *distrust* because everyone is peddling legal lies.
Give it a name: #PredatoryCapitalism? #CrisisCapitalism? #Conitalism?
It's all the logical end result of rewarding those with the most capital to compete without rules governing the sale of #lies.
#uspol
Adding an item you're interested in buying to an Amazon wishlist lets you to see if the price drops and by how much.
I've noticed Amazon will often say a product is on sale when it's the same price it always has been.
This item has been $13.95 for months, but now says it's 27% off, limited time deal.
This is designed to make you think you're getting a deal when you're not, and to create a false sense of urgency to buy the item while it's "on sale".
That Pedal Show on YouTube released a new episode yesterday and it is about 90 minutes exclusively on the Gibson Firebird.
I haven’t quite watched all of it yet, but I’m down to the last few minutes.
Seriously… for the good of society (as well as my bank account) please… whatever you do… don’t let me go near a music store for a few days at least. If I walk into a Guitar Center (or something similar) I am absolutely not going to be able to stop myself and I am 100% walking out of that store with a Firebird.
For the love of all that is good in this universe, don’t let me go into a music store.
#Cdnpoli #Uspoli #UK #Media #BuyerBeware #MediaFailed
Noam Chomsky said to question the media. This week, the media reported he had died, but he is in fact still alive.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/noam-chomsky-not-dead-1.7239373
An #Ottawa couple is sharing their #BuyerBeware story & importance of reading the fine print in contracts, following a shocking #PriceHike & #InterestRate adjustment for their home furnace financing.
In 2018, Sonya Rawlings and her husband, James, replaced their furnace, hot water tank & air conditioner, spending $17,000, financed through a company called #ProvincialHomeAssistance.
The trouble began in June 2024, when the #loan was renewed by a third company, #Financeit.
"Our interest rate jumped from 2.99% to 14.99% & our payment went from $60 a month to $136 a month," says Rawlings. "It's a shock. It's kind of like robbery. It's more than double the amount we were paying before."
Closer examination of the #financing details revealed the loan's original 10-year #amortization had been extended to 20 years by the second lender.
Oh just a random musing & completely random post about #etsy #ebay #scammers..
note to self, do NOT purchase from accounts with less than… 100 reviews, & preferably in the thousand plus
Predict the scams will get more & more prolific as time goes on
Back in the day, they’d send you fake products… but sending packages to wrong addresses is new to me!
For example, rare vintage sewing patterns can go from anywhere from $30 to $200, but the <$50 seems to be the sweet spot
Which grocery chains in Ontario sold Malichita cantaloupes - recalled due to possible salmonella? Produce doesn't always have stickers (or they fall off).
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/public-health-notices/2023/outbreak-salmonella-infections-malichita-cantaloupes.html
#cantaloupe #Canada #food #recall #groceries #Loblaws #Metro #Sobey #Costco #Walmart #buyerbeware #foodsafety
#EVs #ElectricVehicles are good in theory and friends say mostly good in practice too. Worth remembering #BuyerBeware advice and check around for real performance likely not what adverts from #Tesla or other companies say.
Tesla has been fined for #FalseAdvertising and exposed for misleading customers.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/494785/tesla-s-secret-team-to-suppress-thousands-of-driving-range-complaints
#Cdnpoli #CheatAirlines #BottomOfTheBarrel #BuyerBeware
#Airlines
#BookCheapGetCheap
Ontario woman wants compensation after Flair said she would have to wait 2 weeks to fly home
Flair Airlines is a Canadian ultra low-cost carrier headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta. The airline operates scheduled passenger and chartered services.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/flair-airline-cancelled-flight-1.6849416
Customers say they were sold 'unsafe' vehicles by Ottawa used-car dealership.
Being safetied does not mean mechanically sound.
If you can't prove it in a court of law it didn't happen
#BuyerBeware #CaveatEmptor
Be careful to check where your drugs come from!!!
Indian study reveals about 3% of drugs ‘substandard’ amid official crackdown
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/27/three-per-cent-of-drugs-taken-by-indians-substandard-inspections-reveal?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
@michellepostoncombs And he should not get any salary. How will he spend his days? I’d like to hear what his constituents are saying.Who will represent them? #buyerbeware
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Proposal to replace HDMI.org with static page that reads “caveat emptor.”
