Yeah?

[mbarrick]

No!

I just got back from seeing "Blue Crush" with opium and uberbabe and I sooooooo want to go out in the water now. *sigh*

We ran into snap_dragon on Granville after the movie and I ran into Heath on the Seabus. Some drunk old guy was singing "Viva Las Vegas" on the Seabus.... ah... Transit.

Before meeting up for the movie I went up to the computer store district on West Broadway to spend some of the Gothic BC donation money (and hooray for kitsune_13 who donated today!). I decided to deviate from my usual supplier because some other guys down the street had a special on 80Gb hard drives and I thought I'd stretch my budget.This place is one of those stores that is of the "just pay and get the fuck out" school of customer service and I generally avoid them. I should have today. I went in and asked for the advertised special and the woman behind the counter simply said, "we're out of those" and walked away. No, "We'll be getting more in in a week, can I put one aside for you?" or "Perhaps I could interest you in this similar model for only $10 more?" - I stood stunned for a second. I considered asking when they would be getting more in or if they had something similar for half a second, then realised that the guys I usually deal with were only four blocks away and simply left. Turned out to be a good move. My usual suppliers had a similar model 80Gb drive on sale for $25 less, but they too were out, so for $10 more (still $15 less than the other guys) they offered me another 80Gb drive by a distinctly more reputable manufacturer. So, in the end, tax in, I saved $17 over the no-name special at the other guys and got a drive from a teir-1 manufacturer. Now it is just a matter to find the time to install it. I be much releived to replace the ageing drive in what was originally my test server and emergency backup ended up a "mission critical" peice of hardware . The drive it has been running on for the past two years is woefully undersized and came out of my "junk" pile when I cobbled the machine together as a test box. I will rest *much* easier with this in place.

And a funny thing happened walking along Broadway. I was actually cat-called by some shirtless frat-boy types for looking odd. That made my day. I've been feeling rather washed-out and ungothy lately.

Comments

No RAM for YOU!!!!!!!!!!!! Banned 1year!

[mediavictim.livejournal.com]

lemme guess .... ATIC .. where the only thing lower than their prices is
their opinion of you. Where the only thing their fully stocked on is their
contempt for you


... You gotta know the drill to get what you want from them .. just watch Seinfeld

Re: No RAM for YOU!!!!!!!!!!!! Banned 1year!

[mbarrick.livejournal.com]

Not quite as bad as ATIC, Frontier - they run a close second.

I know the secret with ATIC, though: get someone who speaks Cantonese to go in for you.