Technology gaffs

[pedro]

you know, spent all your hard earned money on the latest gadget only to find out its been superceeded by next week?
I've probably had a few but the most expensive was a cd recorder to add to my hi-fi stack( yes i still have one the size of a small bugalow in the corner)spent about £300 only for them to be given away with the latest PC's weeks later. Even bought a new cd player to enhance the quality of the recordings!!!! Used it a few times then up rated my PC for about £50 for a much better and more user friendly version. Any takers?

[Heather74]

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Just think of all the poor people, who went for itv Digital, advertised by "monkey" and Jonny Vegas.

[nogden]

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i have learnt never to buy the latest cutting edge technology. within a few moths you can get it for half the current price so i would rather wait

this is especially true of pc's and pc components

[rugga]

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yeah i learnt my lesson never to buy new gadgets straight away after buying a 3DO games consloe when they first came out, it cost £600 and was defunct less than a year later

[Heather74]

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Ouch!!! rugga

[Cal]

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a mate of mine bought a DVD player when they first came out ....£600.i was taking the michael out of him for it last sunday LOL

you get them with a box of corn flkes these days.

[nogden]

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I remember buying my first DVD player about 5 years back, it cost me just under a hundred quid. Some one i knew at the time spent hundreds on a top of the range one but it wouldnt play dvds on backup or video cds where mine did. Boy did i take the michael out of him HEE HEE

[diggermac]

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Some one i knew at the time spent hundreds on a top of the range one but it wouldnt play dvds on backup or video cds where mine did. Boy did i take the michael out of him HEE HEE

I did that! spent a bloody fortune on a Sony player that would play region 2 dvds and NOTHING else.

My usual trick is to spend a fortune on the latest gadget 20 seconds before it goes obselete!

[SG1973]

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MINI DISCS!!!

I bought a Hi-Fi about 8 years ago with a Mini Disc player. Cost about £400 but had to have the lastest technology. Then, hardly anything was released on Mini Disc and mp3's became the next best thing so I never used it.

[macdaddymac]

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Spent 500 quid on a mini-disk for my hi-fi and portable one as well

both collecting dust not been used for at least 4 years LOL