Material Possessions Suck.



So I finally built 3 new computers two weeks ago. Mine is new, my wife’s is a new case with my old parts, and my sister’s is my wife’s onld one with my sister’s old Hard Drive in it since her motherboard and power supply blew up. To make a long story short, I realized last week after some testing that the video card I had purchased for my computer ($229) wasn’t the card they had advertised, put on my receipt, or put on my packing slip.  Yeah.  I was cheesed.  They said, “Oh, our manufacturer sent us the wrong cards (so why’d you send them out?), but we can send you the right one… it’ll just take 30 days to get them in stock.”
     I asked kindly, “Do you even CARRY the card I ordered?  Your website has been changed and no longer says you carry this model.”
     “We have whatever is on the website.  I’ll have to check with the web guy and see why it changed.”
     “Just give me my money back.  And I’d like the money back for shipping that I’ll have to spend to ship your mistake back to you.”

From there I had to order the correct card from another site for more money… ($267) So when THAT comes in, I can ship back this one in that shipping box and get a refund of $229.  (loss of $38) BAH!

Then I had my car worked on.  I went in to get a recall notice taken care of (Ignition switch known to catch on fire), and to get my blower motor resistor replaced since my low two settings on my AC no longer worked ($24 part, but not available to anyone but dealerships, that then chage $100 labor for 30 min of work).  Lucky for me, I just came out of my factory warranty this year!  YAY!  So I am in a third-party extended warranty that I got for 40% off when I bought the car… which has a $100 deductible.  SUCK!  Plus I got my oil changed there since they said, “Yeah, we only charge for parts and $14.95 for labor, and since we’re not allowed to change oil in the apartment complex parking lot.  When they were done I realized they charged me $7.50 too much for the oil… FREAKING DEALERSHIPS! (loss of $144.95)

On top of that, they pointed out my battery was leaking acid everywhere….. … … … … great.  The GOOD news is that they only wanted $90 to replace it for me ($37 of that was labor… for three bolts).  “Uhhh… no thanks, I can take care of that myself.”  I went over to Auto-Zone and did that for $55.  So in the end, my car ate a good couple hundred dollars from my wallet…. That’s the most I’ve had to spend on repairs for that car in one session ever.  It’s only a 2001!  Ah well, it’s happy now.

So yeah, Material Possessions SUCK!  Just remember that kids.  One day, you graduate high school, then college, then get a full-time job, then spend all the money on fixing things, rent, food, and bills.  This life is only temporary…. and so is our money!

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