Getting out of the hobby

Cameron Kaiser spectre at floodgap.com
Tue Oct 11 21:19:57 CDT 2016


> > The learning is the best part, I think.  It's almost a
> > letdown when something is already just working.
> 
> Weird Stuff Warehouse used to put "Guaranteed Not to Work" stickers on some
> of the items they sold. One time I bought an Atari 800 with such a sticker,
> intending to part it out to repair other machines. To my dismay, it worked
> perfectly. I went back and complained. They said I was the only person to
> have ever complained, but that they would honor the guarantee if I brought
> it back, i.e., they would break it for me.

It's that attention to quality and customer satisfaction that is so sorely
lacking today.

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