Tablet Buying for Beginners Pt 1/2

[grrgoyl]

How could I have been so naive? To think that I would assume that something as simple as asking for a tablet for Christmas would go off without a hitch?  It did not, and here is the whole sorrowful tale.  With a happy ending, never fear but still -- as with everything else in my life, I had to get there the long way 'round.

(This is lengthy, but my

Comments

[kavieshana]

Amazon. This is why we buy things from an American-ish company that is obligated to refund your money and not to charge you until something ships. Your thriftiness is almost a sickness.

I haven't read the next post yet-I hope it's all about how you got your money back and the bank decided not to charge you.

[grrgoyl]

I know! I know! Believe me, as fed up with me as you are, T suffers that x100. It's all moot. Spending freeze back in place.

[lizzieloudotcom]

Cliff-hung! Thank god I already know that Part II is waiting.

"I'm starting to think my dream job might be gadget reviewer" -- This is a brilliant idea. And here you can show your potential gadget-sending employers that you have been reviewing in detail for quite some time already, and that you have devoted following of bloggy-types who obviously of course do a lot of shopping for gadgets.

[grrgoyl]

LOL Actually I'm of the impression most of my readers couldn't care less about gadgets (maybe you were going for irony there). But I do have fun reviewing them, even for an audience of one or two, and what's the point of blogging if not for your own enjoyment?

(If you know how to get into the reviewing racket though, feel free to pass my name along. Especially the plan where I get sent stuff for free!)