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May. 28th, 2007
Whenever I talk to some of my more money conscious friends, they often ask me why I prefer buying new over used when used can be so much cheaper. The problem with buying used, is that you never really know how much "time is left" in the thing.
Case in point today is the monitor I just got from my sister. I bought this monitor from her for $20 to replace the TV I was using as a second monitor. It was third hand, she'd gotten it from a pawn shop before that. It was crystal clear, had good resolution, and was digital, which means no knobs to really wear out.
Three months later (aka today) I sat down after a long early day at work to read my email when I heard "click!" smelled the burning smell of electronics, and watched as my screens brightness nova'd all across my room.
Same with the iMac that never really was used till I got it in February, and it went poofy just when I needed it when the PC system died a few weeks ago.
On the other hand of that spectrum is the monitor Dean bought, made in 1996, that's chugging along just fine, and shows no signs of slowing down.
And again...one Pop! and it's working again.
::looks at it suspiciously::
Case in point today is the monitor I just got from my sister. I bought this monitor from her for $20 to replace the TV I was using as a second monitor. It was third hand, she'd gotten it from a pawn shop before that. It was crystal clear, had good resolution, and was digital, which means no knobs to really wear out.
Three months later (aka today) I sat down after a long early day at work to read my email when I heard "click!" smelled the burning smell of electronics, and watched as my screens brightness nova'd all across my room.
Same with the iMac that never really was used till I got it in February, and it went poofy just when I needed it when the PC system died a few weeks ago.
On the other hand of that spectrum is the monitor Dean bought, made in 1996, that's chugging along just fine, and shows no signs of slowing down.
And again...one Pop! and it's working again.
::looks at it suspiciously::
Whenever I talk to some of my more money conscious friends, they often ask me why I prefer buying new over used when used can be so much cheaper. The problem with buying used, is that you never really know how much "time is left" in the thing.
Case in point today is the monitor I just got from my sister. I bought this monitor from her for $20 to replace the TV I was using as a second monitor. It was third hand, she'd gotten it from a pawn shop before that. It was crystal clear, had good resolution, and was digital, which means no knobs to really wear out.
Three months later (aka today) I sat down after a long early day at work to read my email when I heard "click!" smelled the burning smell of electronics, and watched as my screens brightness nova'd all across my room.
Same with the iMac that never really was used till I got it in February, and it went poofy just when I needed it when the PC system died a few weeks ago.
On the other hand of that spectrum is the monitor Dean bought, made in 1996, that's chugging along just fine, and shows no signs of slowing down.
And again...one Pop! and it's working again.
::looks at it suspiciously::
Case in point today is the monitor I just got from my sister. I bought this monitor from her for $20 to replace the TV I was using as a second monitor. It was third hand, she'd gotten it from a pawn shop before that. It was crystal clear, had good resolution, and was digital, which means no knobs to really wear out.
Three months later (aka today) I sat down after a long early day at work to read my email when I heard "click!" smelled the burning smell of electronics, and watched as my screens brightness nova'd all across my room.
Same with the iMac that never really was used till I got it in February, and it went poofy just when I needed it when the PC system died a few weeks ago.
On the other hand of that spectrum is the monitor Dean bought, made in 1996, that's chugging along just fine, and shows no signs of slowing down.
And again...one Pop! and it's working again.
::looks at it suspiciously::