lost in a supermarket
i had a really bad consumer experience at our local Fry’s this past year. to summarize: last march i bought a 5 disc dvd changer and 5.1 sound system. last april it broke (wouldn’t eject discs). i got it back at the end of june and the same problem recurred within a couple days so i took it back for repairs again and after being told that it would turn around faster this time since it was a rework order, they called me back at the end of december lettingg me know “it’s ready!” by this time i bought a different samsung player for half the price that has worked like a charm and was convinced that either fry’s repair team is incompetent or the device is such garbage i didn’t want to deal with this. after pointing out they had lost the five dvds that were in it when i dropped it off, i convinced them to give me store credit for what i’d paid less the $100 store warranty (which i will never pay for at fry’s again - i’ve had a totally different expeience at best buy and would get their warranty again in a heartbeat).
so the question is: now that i’ve got $400 i need to spend at fry’s what do i spend it on? i honestly can’t think of much to spend it on. i’ve got computers coming out my ass, two fine digital cameras, a printer, scanner, and webcam i’m happy with (meaning i never use them) and a couple gps’es. psp? ninetendo ds? my iriver seems to be on the fritz but not totally broken yet. a microwave? i don’t know what it means that i’m not foaming at the mouth at the prospect of an electronics shopping spree but i’m a little worried.