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I went into a local mom & pop computer store the other day to buy a cable. As I started to leave, I asked the guy behind the counter if by any chance they had a Kenwood 72X drive.
He told me, "There is no such thing, fastest CD-ROM that anyone makes is 52X"
Really?! Funny, I've only been using a 72X Kenwood for the past year or so....
He kept insisting that there wasn't any such thing. Sheesh. <IMG SRC="smilies/rolleyes.gif" border="0">
Fastest I've seen is 100x. Dont recall the manufacturer though.
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AHAHHAHHAHA thats funny, you should bring it in and show him. Just because he gets his hardware from a 1992 back alley catolog from the butt loads of mnt. my crack.
Not only is there a Kenwood at "true 72", but I run a 56x. And ya wonder how these guys stay in buisness. Bet he can sell you a hell of a top-of-the-line P-II 233 system, though. CUTTING EDGE!!!
Two years ago I asked my local computer shop for a null modem cable. A salesman who had just reminded a customer to "read the manual" as she left, offers to help me.
"What's that?"
To connect two computer via the serial ports.
The guy hands me a network crossover.
No, I want a NULL modem cable.
He asks "to connect two computers together?"
Yes
This is what you need.
No, I want a NULL modem cable. It connects two computers VIA serial ports.
Him, "There isn't such a thing. If you want to connect two computers, you need this(crossover), just plug it into your network cards. Do you need network cards too? They allow computers to talk to each other." Implying that I have no idea what I am talking about while winking at the hottie cashier.
Me, "No, I want a....."
Him, "Here, Fast ethernet in a box."
$256
Me, "I do not want a network card. I want a NULL MODEM cable so that it will not matter who brings their computer over I can whip their butt at Total Annihilation even if they have no network card!"
Him, "Friend, There is NO SUCH THING."
I pointed to his display model and told him to look up direct cable connection in the help or better yet "read the Manual."
I do not mind ignorance. I work at a University, I am surrounded with it. I do mind an unwillingness to learn.
Do any of these shops you go into have hookups to the net?? If so, find the info on the net, tell them to read about it and walk out the store with their mouths hanging. Been there, done that!
I used to shop at a stor that the guy was a Taxy driver before he went into computers......
Decent prices thow...
And your point would be??? What someone did before full-time tech work doesn't automatically mean they're not qualified...I was a professional bowler....Quote:
Originally posted by Scuba:
<STRONG>I used to shop at a stor that the guy was a Taxy driver before he went into computers......
Decent prices thow...</STRONG>
yeah thats right Sowulo
just because somebody did something else in the past doesnt mean they dont qualify.
before i became help desk i worked at a dock loading and unloading trucks, then sales men and then a telemarketer then help desk.
This guy dont know **** nothing about computers !!!
Decent prices thow........
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Originally posted by Sowulo:
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And your point would be??? What someone did before full-time tech work doesn't automatically mean they're not qualified...I was a professional bowler....</STRONG>
PRO BOWLER?!? I can't decide if that is totally cool or the lamest job I have ever heard of. (I knew they existed, but you know, just on TV)
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So was that a serial bowling ball, or some fancy USB bowling ball? <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0">
Cool !!!
Duh
Which ball? If you're doing it for a living you have to try everything. When I quit I have more than 100 bowling balls in the basement and garage (@$100-150 each). Just to impress you all with my breadth and depth, I also used to test tackle for a fishing tackle manufacturer, sang lead in a band for 7 years, been in both the UAW and Teamsters, taught Living without Boundaries, Experiential Learning, Relationship with Self & Environment in a University, and had a book of poetry published. To quote you again "I can't decide if that is totally cool or the lamest job I have ever heard of." I'm not sure either but I have had an interesting life to say the least.... <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0">Quote:
Originally posted by Road Warrior:
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PRO BOWLER?!? I can't decide if that is totally cool or the lamest job I have ever heard of. (I knew they existed, but you know, just on TV)
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So was that a serial bowling ball, or some fancy USB bowling ball? <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0"></STRONG>
Scuba Has no life <IMG SRC="smilies/frown.gif" border="0">
What do you mean! You hang out here and help people for nothing....Oh yeah, well never mind...we all have our addictions.... <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0">Quote:
Originally posted by Scuba:
<STRONG>Scuba Has no life <IMG SRC="smilies/frown.gif" border="0"></STRONG>
Originally posted by Sowulo:
And your point would be??? What someone did before full-time tech work doesn't automatically mean they're not qualified...I was a professional bowler....
LOL - I used to be an undertaker !!! At least the 'clients' didn't ask stupid questions. Plenty of 'Darwin Award' nominee's though <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0">
Saber
ROFLMAO... <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0">Quote:
Originally posted by Saber:
<STRONG>LOL - I used to be an undertaker !!! At least the 'clients' didn't ask stupid questions. Plenty of 'Darwin Award' nominee's though <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0">
Saber</STRONG>
my dad bowled with herniated disks thanxz to ww2 hes bagged a few trophies , do not ask me
how ,,,
getting back to the computer shop stuff
i went into a new local computer store asked some kid about some hard ware, i was checking prices. and said while im here my neigbors kid has a problem with a game he needs to run it in dos you wouldnt happen to have a cdrom dos driver layin around to help this kid i had one i wanted to see what the new computer shop had to say
kid says we dont suggest doing that you might crash youre system
i said what , i do it all the tyme
oh he says when you play these games you risk crashing youre system , i said and how? //he,, because its not dos //me , its reverse compatable //him/no its not dos // me// i said theirs a command interpator isnt there ? he says look man im not going to agrgue with you let me call him in the back there he knows more than me he'll argue with you , i said look i didnt come here to argue and waltz out
i know beter then to ask for tech support
there.. there has to be very few techs there that can support something ,, some thing anything!
Sowulo=bowling
Saber=undertaker
Scuba=taxi driver
Now let ne get this straight.If you get into computers,you get your mind out of the gutter,become a dead eye technician,and respond to a customer"are you talking to me"?
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Originally posted by DJSEARCHING:
<STRONG>Sowulo=bowling
Saber=undertaker
Scuba=taxi driver
Now let ne get this straight.If you get into computers,you get your mind out of the gutter,become a dead eye technician,and respond to a customer"are you talking to me"?
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ROFLMAO!
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The shop assistants im my local Tandy were hopless, we used to ask for totally normal PCB components and get blank looks, after 5 min of looking ourselves found they did stock them.
Soooo we hatched a revenge plan!
Used to watch StarTrek TNG and write down some of the tecno babble that Gordi or O'Brian would come up with, then go into Tandy and ask about it.
"Hi I'm looking for a Plasma Phase relay for my Parellel port"
I sware this worked, with shop assistant asking the manager and everything. After a few weeks they worked out what we where up to!
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Originally posted by KingTiger:
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"Hi I'm looking for a Plasma Phase relay for my Parellel port"
I sware this worked, with shop assistant asking the manager and everything. . .</STRONG>
there's a computer shop near my house that's been open for like 4 years. they have had three locations, two names, and at least two owners. the only people I've seen buy stuff from there is a friend and I.
When the place first opened, one of the things they were selling was a radio tuner card & remote. It was pretty cool, but I was strapped for cash, and didn't get it. I came back a month later, and they said they were all out, but were going to get a new shipment in within thew week. so i leave my name, phone # and email address and ask them to contact me. 2 weeks go by, and no cigar. so I go there, and they tell me that had some, but they're all out again and didn't know when they were getting more. so i but a joystick, cause i was into flight sim, and left. a year later, I want a new bx mobo. They say they usually stock them, but didn't. I'm like, ok, can i special order it. so they say yes, take down the info, my name, email, etc. month goes by, no contact. go back, ask what's up, they "forgot" im thinking, man I want to spend 150 bucks on a mobo, and you forgot? so i politly ask them to reorder, they say sure. never got a response. so i end up getting it somewhere else, but now later I want to stick a flip chip in there, so i need a slocket. I got to the computer place, and ask for one. they tell me they don't exist. i say, yes, they do. they tell me that the arcitechure of the pentium 3 is totally different from that of the pentium 2, and slocket's don't exist. I say, ok, then please just order a abit slocket 3 for me, and don't worry about wherer or not it doesn't exist. check two times, they never order it, and i give up on ordering stuff. just last week i went there to see if I could pick up a p3 750, and they tell me they don't stock p3's. they ask if i want something else, maybe a p4 chip, and i say no thanks and leave before they tell me I can put a p4 in a p3 mobo or something.
i've seen them sell only a single cd rw disc and a joystick to me, and a zip disc to a buddy of mine. I think they are a front for the mafia, i've never seen anyone else there, except for the italians hanging out in the back room. ok, they don't have italians anywhere, but they don't get customers either.
I have run into similar shops. I send the wife up to the local mom and pop shop figuring on getting a cheap run-of-the-mill basic keyboard. We all know they run about $US10.00. Well the cheapest thing this place had was US$30! for some POS junk. Luckily the wife has been around me long enough to know when they are trying to rip her off on PC parts...but come on how can anyone stay operational with prices worse than the leading chain stores?
So I went to a different shop they sold me a 7.99 keyboard (exactly what I needed) and I have been going there ever since!
Just a little common sense on pricing could go a long way...either that or they expect ppl who don't care about pricing to continually break down the front door to buy stuff.
heh, this one store i called regarding video cards tried to sell me some Diamond video cards for US$10. he even admits that the company that makes them doesnt exist anymore, and that he has no idea any specs on the cards, but he kept saying "hey, 10 bucks is pretty good."
i stay away from small mom and pop stores and some online stores, i ordered some stuff from www.tcwo.com and they have good prices but when i would recieve there crap it wouldnt work, my case wasnt steady my cpu was crap didnt work, it was passed my return date so i couldnt do jack sh*t. so i ordered online from a store in illinois where im from, cpu works great.
but usually i would go to big stores that way i can bitch if i have a problem and get is solved or replaced or my MONEY BACK, usually small mom and pop stores will over charge and if you have a problem your stuck with getting it replaced and many times dont have a chance in hell getting your money back. so you have to stick with there crap.
i went to computer a computer show and purchased a monitor and sound card, well with my luck sound card SUCKED i couldnt get sound from left speaker i had to drive all the way to his stupid house that was far far away and got a sound card but he gave me the wrong F*cking CD so it didnt have the driver for it, i had to download driver, then 2 months later my monitor blew out, this guy and his bullsh*t merchandis got me pissed i didnt even bother calling him back about the monitor, i didnt pay that much for it anyway, now if i buy a monitor i'll stick to best buy or something.
small mom and pop stores SUCK, the ones i visited over charge and they have crappy parts
I usually try to deal with the chain stores on certain items (it is about 1½ hour trip). I get a chuckle out of Fry's Electronics <IMG SRC="smilies/tongue.gif" border="0">. If you know what it is you want, and where it is located, your OK. Their prices are very good, but the help sometimes is not the best. I also get <IMG SRC="smilies/mad.gif" border="0"> at web sites that have excellent prices then want to charge Jesse James shipping and handling rates. I was looking at buying a ½ gross of thumb case screws awhile back. Found what I was looking for at a very reasonable price and it was $22.50 s/h <IMG SRC="smilies/eek.gif" border="0">. I called the site and told them to just deliver regular mail (parcel post) and the man said that was against the law to send over a 1 pound package through the mail the Post Office would not deliver! I told the guy you could not drop off over a 1 pound package in a mail box you had to mail the package directly from the counter or an agent (Mailboxes etc.). He flat out stated that I was mistaken that option no longer existed, but would give me a special 1 time UPS Ground rate of $16.50. I refused and bought the screws at, where else, Home Depot (haven't seen them there since). <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0">
Mitsumi, I think. But it runs through a 12X buffer.Quote:
Originally posted by Carlitos_Way:
<STRONG>Fastest I've seen is 100x. Dont recall the manufacturer though.
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