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Wardad, got it. Thanks!

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[geoschmo]

Originally posted by Wardad:
Game Boy - It defines the handheld game market.
Game Boy dominated the market by having a large number of popular game titles and a lower cost of ownership (cheaper games and the batteries Lasted longer).

[rant]Personally I am pretty peeved at the Gameboy people right now. My ten year old son scrimped and saved his pennies for months cause he wanted a Gameboy, so he got an Advance. A bigger P.O.S. I have never seen produced by what is supposed to be a reputable company. I can't understand how anybody buys these things. Actually I do know. People are stupid like me and plunk their money down assuming since it's from Nintendo it will be useable and then Nintendo won't give you your money back and wont let the stores give you your money back if the box has been opened. Cause they know if they do they won't make a damn cent off these things.

The screen is absolutly not viewable unless you are in very bright light conditions, and then you get a glare from the reflection off the screen. The various add on lights are just a way to get another ten bucks form you and are just as worthless.

All the money they spent on the 32 bit processing and graphic power is useless without a freaking backlight Nintendo. So what if the batteries Last longer? Of course the batteries Last longer if you can only play the game for 30 minutes a day when the sunlight is the brightest.

Shame on them. Battery life shmatery life. Put a backlight in the damn thing and make the game take 4 AA's instead of 2. Why is that so hard to figure out?

Fortunatly there is a company that sells an aftermarket kit to add a backlight to the game. It's another 25 bucks, but since Nintendo won't give me my money back and the stupid game boy is useless without it I will buy it. I'll tell you this though if I had to buy the kit from Nitendo I'd sooner chop the damn thing up into little pieces and mail it to them postage due then give them another dime.[/rant]

Phew, I feel better.

Geoschmo

[ March 02, 2003, 14:53: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

[Wardad]

Geo,

Ouch.... That stinks.
At least in AZ, I have three days to take it back to the store and exchange it.

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Geo,
I can believe there are a few lemons. Maybe that will change if and when they start using our parts. I do not believe they make any money off the GameBoy unit, they do make money off the game titles.

[ March 02, 2003, 18:35: Message edited by: Wardad ]

[geoschmo]

According to the guy at the store the only way I could return it was if it was defective and then I could only get a like unit in exchange. I even tried to get store credit and they wouldn't do it. And this was at a store that I frequent often and has never given me a problem before on returns and excahnges. So I believe them when they say it is a rule passed down from Nintendo. Now state laws in other states may override that. Maybe in those states the store would have to bite it, I don't know.

[Wardad]

Geo,
Right, it is 3 days for exchange of like unit here also.
I'm sorry your kid doesn't enjoy it. It sounds like a big disappointment.

Maybe some good will come out of the bad experience. He can unlearn impulse buying and learn to check it out first.

A very good lesson to learn before buying a car. After that POS Chrysler product, I may never buy a new car again. Now I always check out the Consumer Reports car rating issue (at library) first.

[ March 02, 2003, 18:34: Message edited by: Wardad ]

[Wardad]

just to lighten things up:

***
A city boy, Kenny, moved to the country and bought a donkey from an old
farmer for $100.00. The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day.

The next day the farmer drove up and said, "Sorry son, but I have some bad
news, the donkey died."

Kenny replied, "Well then, just give me my money back."

The farmer said, "Can't do that. I went and spent it already."

Kenny said, "OK then, just unload the donkey."

The farmer asked, "What ya gonna do with him?"

Kenny, "I'm going to raffle him off."

Farmer, " You can't raffle off a dead donkey!"

Kenny, "Sure I can. Watch me. I just won't tell anybody he is dead."

A month later the farmer met up with Kenny and asked, "What happened with
that dead donkey?"

Kenny, "I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at two dollars a piece and
made a profit of $898.00."

Farmer, "Didn't anyone complain?"

Kenny, " Just the guy who won. So I gave him his two dollars back."

Kenny grew up and eventually became the chairman of Enron.
***

[mlmbd]

Wardad, LOL I did something like that in the service. It was amazingly funny. Except for the 'Winner'. I gave him back $10. The chances were a buck. He didn't seem to mind to much, then!

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