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[Orithan]

Quite an accusation there. You're giving them too much credit for even knowing what autism is. Sounds more like you were talking to ex-support reps from Verizon that need to take our their frustration on customers since they're too dumb to understand what the problem is.

 

I talked about this to my family and they can all agree that they were being arrogant and trying to gouge me for my money. They could clearly see that I had some form of mental defect given my shy approach and wording and I believe that they were trying to screw me around based on that.

 

 

They aren't (AFAIK) under any obligation to support it anyway unless you specifically bought separate insurance or a warranty from them. You should contact Nintendo Customer Service directly.

 

This might be how it works in the US, but this is not how it works in Australia. Every single console and game I have brought has at least some form of warranty attached to it in the booklet and, mainly in the case of disk-based games, there is the option to extend that warranty for a little extra price. Often, the all that I needed for a refund or replacement of a faulty game or console is the receipt that came with the game. To my knowledge, the same applies to pretty much any form of digital hardware here.

Edited by Orithan, 18 July 2014 - 04:33 AM.

[anikom15]

You should talk to Nintendo about it anyway because if it really is a defect then getting a new one probably won't help anyway. The new one is just as likely to have the same defect.

[Aevin]

You should talk to Nintendo about it anyway because if it really is a defect then getting a new one probably won't help anyway. The new one is just as likely to have the same defect.

Huh? Are you implying that every 3DS system ever is likely to have a faulty touch screen?

 

I mean, you may be correct that it's "just as likely" to be defective, but if the defective chance is 1/500 or something then he's still pretty safe getting a replacement.

[anikom15]

I mean it could be a bad batch or a flaw in this particular production run. Either of these situations could mean he could get another defective one if he goes to the same store. The reason I suspect this is because he's already had one before with an issue.

I could even hazard a guess that such bad stock has caused a lot of returns for this particular store, hence aggravating them into frustration with customers.

Edited by anikom15, 18 July 2014 - 02:23 PM.

[Aevin]

Ah, I see what you mean. It still seems like it would be more convenient to at least try a replacement from the store. If they were doing their jobs properly, that is.

[anikom15]

Yeah, that's what I'd do if it was the first time.

[MarinaraSauce]

I'm going camping in the middle of nowhere for a week, and therefore will not be posting, ZQuesting (for the whole 2 of you out there looking forward to my quest), or submitting for SotW during that time.  I'm leaving on Sunday (7/20) and won't be coming back until the following Saturday.

[KingPridenia]

I've lost my will to work anymore. Why should I when I have no room for advancement and job pursuit is just going to lead to another several months of constant disappointment? Almost every day I've worked in the past two weeks I have been very moody, easily worked up and have been doing a bit too much complaining to co-workers about things. Now that I saved up a bit of money, guess what? My car screws up with the computer going out in it. So then they "fix" that, but not really, because my car was STILL messed up, although I didn't think anything of it as my car was running fine. Okay, then why is it screwing up after going a mere 70 miles? Guess it's time for my mechanic to start nickle and diming me to death. Ugh, I'm sorry, but yeah. I've been nothing but in a bad mood for the past few weeks, and this is simply insult to injury at this point. I'm tired of busting my ass off only to have stuff like THIS happen.

 

In other news, I'm back to playing a game I said I was done with, only in a form I cannot discuss here.

[Aevin]

I'll be leaving early tomorrow to go camping for a few days. I should be back Friday evening.

 

So, if some horrific catastrophe happens and everyone is like, "If only Aevin were here, he could save us all!" then you'll all understand why you have to die.

[Shane]

Aevin is leaving? If only Aevin were here, he could save us all!

 

Camping is fun! I hope you have a good time and stay safe!

[The Satellite]

Well, a local theme park here called Kings Island was having a job fair today, I used to go there a lot as a kid so I figured I might as well give applying there a shot and see if it's any good. While it was an open job fair, you could also apply online before today and skip some steps today at the fair, I believe, but I may have done a little better: I put in an application just before midnight last night, then this morning got a call from there, asking to schedule an interview for Saturday morning. Decided to forgo the fair and just show up on Saturday. Here's hoping all goes well, I've never done an interview before. Or had an actual "job," apart from from assisting my dad on home remodeling, which was generally just painting anyway.

[Aevin]

Remember how I said I'd be camping until Friday evening? Well, here I am! As much as I'd like to say that PureZC is just so awesome that I came back early just to talk to you guys, the truth is the camping trip was ... kinda horrible ... and so we decided to come home early. I don't expect anyone to read this, but I gotta rant a little.

 

We packed everything up yesterday morning, and got going waaaay later than we were expecting. She insisted on packing these air mattresses, one of which her brother had recently bought for us, and the other we'd recently got back from lending to an acquaintance. While it didn't feel like "real camping," those things are comfortable, so what the heck.

 

We get all the way out there, and the camp grounds are totally packed, and there's barely any space between each site. I guess I'm spoiled, because my family always used to camp in the middle of nowhere, and it seemed to me the campground was more irritatingly busy and populous than the city around where we live. After some irritation, we got the tent set up and went to inflate our mattresses. ... And discovered the hose for the pump was missing, and one of the mattresses has only an electric inflator that needs to be plugged into the wall. Seriously, no hose inlet at all? Why would they even make them like that?! We also forgot roasting sticks. And a poker for stirring the fire. And a spatula for cooking. Whatever, we were determined to make the best of it, even if the world was conspiring against us. Did I mention it was raining? In the middle of the summer? On the ONE DAY we decided to go camping?

 

So we retired for the night in our tent, and it's absolutely frigid. We brought a whole bunch of blankets and a sleeping bag, but it still wasn't enough to keep the cold out. The sleeping bag was kind of warm, but it was much too small, and so I couldn't get comfortable. And then, at about 3 AM, a kid in the campsite near us began crying. And I'm not talking a baby wakes up and cries for a few minutes. This kid was like five or six, and he was howling for over an hour. His parents were yelling at him to stop, because, obviously, the best way to comfort a sobbing kid is to yell at him. I don't hold it against him. He's just a kid and the parents were being awful. But the timing was just unfortunate. Then again, we were both wide awake before he started sobbing, so no problem, I guess.

 

We finally decided to abandon the tent and sleep in our car. It was pretty uncomfortable, too, but it was better than the tent and we managed to get a few hours of sleep.

 

And then on the way home there was construction and confusion and we ended up alone in weird places in construction zones and theres construction around our house and i cried and im tired and im so upset i cant even use apostrophes. look at it! look at the lack of apostrophes! What have you done to me, camping trip?!!

 

So, yeah. It was a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. It seems a shame that we paid in advance for the site and only stayed one night, but that's totally outweighed by the relief of a nice warm bed waiting for me tonight.

[Shane]

I'm sorry to hear man. Camping is more fun when you're not around with strangers honestly. That was the appeal for me; to get away from the city and people you don't know.

[Magi_Hero]

Remember how I said I'd be camping until Friday evening? Well, here I am! As much as I'd like to say that PureZC is just so awesome that I came back early just to talk to you guys, the truth is the camping trip was ... kinda horrible ... and so we decided to come home early. I don't expect anyone to read this, but I gotta rant a little.
 
We packed everything up yesterday morning, and got going waaaay later than we were expecting. She insisted on packing these air mattresses, one of which her brother had recently bought for us, and the other we'd recently got back from lending to an acquaintance. While it didn't feel like "real camping," those things are comfortable, so what the heck.
 
We get all the way out there, and the camp grounds are totally packed, and there's barely any space between each site. I guess I'm spoiled, because my family always used to camp in the middle of nowhere, and it seemed to me the campground was more irritatingly busy and populous than the city around where we live. After some irritation, we got the tent set up and went to inflate our mattresses. ... And discovered the hose for the pump was missing, and one of the mattresses has only an electric inflator that needs to be plugged into the wall. Seriously, no hose inlet at all? Why would they even make them like that?! We also forgot roasting sticks. And a poker for stirring the fire. And a spatula for cooking. Whatever, we were determined to make the best of it, even if the world was conspiring against us. Did I mention it was raining? In the middle of the summer? On the ONE DAY we decided to go camping?
 
So we retired for the night in our tent, and it's absolutely frigid. We brought a whole bunch of blankets and a sleeping bag, but it still wasn't enough to keep the cold out. The sleeping bag was kind of warm, but it was much too small, and so I couldn't get comfortable. And then, at about 3 AM, a kid in the campsite near us began crying. And I'm not talking a baby wakes up and cries for a few minutes. This kid was like five or six, and he was howling for over an hour. His parents were yelling at him to stop, because, obviously, the best way to comfort a sobbing kid is to yell at him. I don't hold it against him. He's just a kid and the parents were being awful. But the timing was just unfortunate. Then again, we were both wide awake before he started sobbing, so no problem, I guess.
 
We finally decided to abandon the tent and sleep in our car. It was pretty uncomfortable, too, but it was better than the tent and we managed to get a few hours of sleep.
 
And then on the way home there was construction and confusion and we ended up alone in weird places in construction zones and theres construction around our house and i cried and im tired and im so upset i cant even use apostrophes. look at it! look at the lack of apostrophes! What have you done to me, camping trip?!!
 
So, yeah. It was a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. It seems a shame that we paid in advance for the site and only stayed one night, but that's totally outweighed by the relief of a nice warm bed waiting for me tonight.

I can't camp on top of other people like that. I need my room to throw hatchets around and make 10 ft flames.

[KingPridenia]

Been playing Minecraft a bit, making a map with nothing but 10 layers of dirt and Bedrock under that. I gave myself basic items that you may expect from Skyblock, only with more items, such as two of each animal, I think 12 or 16 of each sapling type, 12 blocks of ice instead of only 2, some Sugar Cane, a few pieces of cooked food and more. Basically, it's like an Easy Mode Skyblock only you're on the ground rather than above the void on a tiny island with ONE tree and very few resources.

 

In other news, one of my co-workers got interested in my Adam's Quest II project, so I sent him a ton of pictures of it and the entire soundtrack I currently have for it on my MediaFire account.