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yotsuya:

--- Quote from: pbj on February 17, 2017, 02:13:19 pm ---And.... my local Outback is gone.  Still sitting on $65 in gift cards. 

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Send them to the ZapCon Eats committee, we'll put them to good use.
pbj:
Got an apology email from Wal-Mart because that filler item Kit Kat bar came a week late.... And a $5 gift card.

 :lol

Also got FitBit to replace my tracker.  Took a Better Business Bureau complaint but they hopped to.  I've killed two of their $150 trackers in 53 weeks.  Let's see how long replacement #2 lasts.

Howard_Casto:
Not long.  My mom gets them for "free" via her companies incentive plan and fitbits seem to only be reliable for women who aren't hard on their stuff.  My father in law had to have his replaced twice and the one I am wearing is patched together with superglue. 


Not free but pretty cheap.... Charleston's Sears, which has been in business for 30 years, is closing.  They are selling off the shelving units and such.  I got 6 massive 2'x4' glass shelves with hardware for 20 bucks.  Most of the stuff was really cheap, but their display furniture is so huge that it would be hard to fit in a normal sized room.  They are putting more on sale as they empty the shelves, so once they start selling the smaller displays in the tool section I'll pick some up.  Sadly no 2600 kiosks rotting away in a corner or anything. 
pbj:
So, Fit Bit uses a Filipino call center, and I work alongside a Filipino.  Apparently they'll give you whatever you want if you speak Tagalog.  She landed everyone upgraded models free of charge when all their Fitbit Charge units fell apart. 

Problem is I have the more expensive Charge HR with the heart rate monitor, and they don't like coughing up replacements.  Due to the design, it's basically impossible to repair the things.  Tape covers up the sensor and I tried three types of glue and none would bond.  I think the Houston heat and humidity kills them.

Sears has been a sad place for many years.  You probably got those shelves for 0.1% of what they cost.



yotsuya:
I went through 2 fitbits. Both times the damn bands just came apart. Whodathunk using glue to hold the bands together was a bad idea? 
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