clueless salespeople

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As I might’ve mentioned before, my oven’s dead. Has been for months now and I’ve been so busy I’ve pretty much shoved the shopping for it to the back seat. Okay, so whenever I’m at the appliance section, I will take a look around and note down the model numbers of the ovens I like. But that’s been pretty much it.

Quite honestly, when I come across words like inverter or a string of numbers like Symbol LS2208, I’m really clueless. Is it a new technology that makes the appliance more efficient or is it some obscure model number? I still need to get down and do my homework because they are so many models available these days.

Many times, finding a knowledgeable salesperson to explain these terms is not easy. Most of the salespeople these days know NOTHING about the products they’re selling. Which is very frustrating because they know less than I do, so how are they going to sell something to me that they can’t explain the benefits and features of ??

washing machine woes, part 2

In the continuing saga of my washing machine (read part 1 here), it has stopped working altogether. The repairman, who also owns an appliance store, has recommended I buy a new washing machine… from him… since it might cost another arm and a leg to repair.

Now I’m in two minds. To repair or to buy. Both will cost me !! If I repair, how long will it be before it kaputs again? If I buy a new one and this one is repairable, it’ll be a waste of money. DILEMMA!

On a side note, I’m convinced the repairman is a scam and just trying to get me to pay for a new machine. Am I over-reacting? Maybe. Maybe not since when he came the first time, he hardly tried to troubleshoot. He merely changed a part, charged me for it and left. As it turned out, the machine failed again afterwards which means it’s possible the part he changed wasn’t even the problem to start with. So what do you think?

washing machine woes

I’ve been busy, busy, busy! And now my washing machine has to go and break down. The repairman has been in twice and stayed about 5 minutes each time. He has since swapped one part and charged me an arm and a leg for it. The second time the spin-dry stopped, he came in, gave the front panel a few knocks and it was back up running so he left without doing anything.

have you seen the new iPad?

Have you seen the new Apple iPad yet? There seems to be two schools of opinions about this new-fangled device. While many people seem very excited about it and think very highly of it, there are some who say the new iPads are nothing more than glorified ipods. I can’t comment either way as I’m not an Apple user and have not seen this device. Have you seen it or had a chance to play with it yet? What do you think?

handyman’s assistant

Yay, the weekend is here. Happy days. I’ve been so good I actually made out my grocery list.

Got a couple of handyman items on my list this week that I’ve not bought before. Our bathroom light has blown so I need to get a new bulb. Normally it’s DH who buys these things but he’s delegated it to me (yes, boss!).

He says to also get some ring terminals and quite frankly I have no idea what they are. But I could ask the guy at the handyman store and he should be able to tell me, right?

what she wants

I heard SIL and her husband will be coming to town next month. Not sure if that’s good news or bad news . Where in-laws are concerned, I guess most of us will have to think twice.

If I remember right, the last time SIL was here a couple of years ago, she said she wanted to look at some digital camcorders. Then without a word, DH gave her the one he had promised DD. Duh!

The poor girl had been wanting one so bad but she ended up with none. So let’s see what SIL wants to ‘look at’ this time. Let’s hope it’s not anything we’ve set our eyes on because then it might just end up in her luggage when she leaves .