05-30-2005, 02:30 PM
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It Collects Dust Nicely!
It's tempting. You see a nice new accessory or device, and fall in tech-love. It has everything you want, everything you need, seems perfect for you. So you buy it.
And end up never using it.
Maybe it's its fault - the product didn't live up to the claims about it. Or maybe you misgauged how much you'd use it. Or maybe it was something else. Personally I have a multitude of PPC cases that I thought would be great but just ended up being annoying. The result? My PPC ends up caseless a lot, and I have a drawer filled with the little black & metal things. And don't get me started about how easy it is to break belt clips...
So my question, awesome PPCT readers, is what devices or accessories have you purchased and failed to actually use anywhere near as much as you believed you would? Perhaps we can help others steer clear of "impulse" buying with our stories & poll results!
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05-30-2005, 02:32 PM
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Mystic
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Jon, its not too late. Please add NONE to that poll list. I hate seeing unfilled polls on the front page.
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05-30-2005, 02:36 PM
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Intellectual
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Other: Bluetooth Headset
Cheers
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05-30-2005, 02:36 PM
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Bluetooth headphones. Used them a couple times in the gym, but still haven't used 100 dollars worth out of them... I think they're going up on ebay soon.
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05-30-2005, 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Surur
Jon, its not too late. Please add NONE to that poll list. I hate seeing unfilled polls on the front page.
Surur
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Everyone's A Critic...  Alright, I'll add "None" if you can truly say you've used everything you've every bought!
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05-30-2005, 02:38 PM
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Holy mega-poll Batman! 8O
I selected a folding keyboard. If I was still in school I'm sure I'd use it all the time, but I find now that if I'm planning on doing some work, I'll bring along my little laptop rather than my folding keyboard. With both batteries in, I can get 9-11 hours of battery life, and it's light and small enough (4 pounds) that it's not a big hassle to carry with me when I need it.
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05-30-2005, 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
Holy mega-poll Batman! 8O
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My goal was to make this a thread that people could quickly glance at for poll results when making an accessory purchase, and read the posts when they had time. Therefore, multiple poll items were needed.
And we haven't had a mega-poll in awhile 
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05-30-2005, 02:47 PM
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Mystic
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Originally Posted by Jon Westfall
Everyone's A Critic... Alright, I'll add "None" if you can truly say you've used everything you've every bought! |
I honestly cant think of anything I have bought and not used. I don't buy many things accessories however. People who have bought no accessories at all would have been excluded also.
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05-30-2005, 02:49 PM
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The extra battery I bought for my iPaq 5450. They sold it without a charger, and the cradle couldn't take a spare battery, so I either had to fully charge the iPaq, take out and replace the battery with the spare, then fully charge it again, taking up to four hours for both, or as most usually happened, just not bother...
They wanted to charge me another �60 or something for the spare battery charger...after spending �60 on the battery itself.
Colour me an idiot for that one.
And I must confess to not using my BT GPS much anymore now I have Audi's builtin satnav, but when I had my old Rangy I used it with TomTom all the time. Progress you see...
But I have to say I select all my purchases so carefully it is extremely rare I don't get exactly what I want/need which means almost everything gets used.
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05-30-2005, 02:52 PM
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Ponderer
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I've got a bluetooth keyboard which I rarely use (on those few occaisions I want to, it connects about half the time). I also have BT GPS which I rarely use, although that's because I use Dell x50v with extended battery and getting a car holder in the UK is NOT easy. Still, bought them thinking BT is universal so hope to use them eventually.
Main redundant toy is the Dell VGA-out cable. Went to huge lengths to get it (from US, God forbid Dell UK would sell it) and not even opened it. One day, though, one day...
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