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My crappy apple headphones are nearly broken.
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ForestChav
09-02-2007
Originally Posted by Chrismcfall:
“I get sent a new pair, and an envelope. I had to put down a credit card, probably to make sure I send them back.”

Probably - though I don't suppose you have a c/c do you?
Chrismcfall
09-02-2007
Nah, Used one of the parents.
Chrismcfall
09-02-2007
Can't track the UPS parcel yet, is that right?
ForestChav
09-02-2007
Prolly, when was it sent? Sometimes won't appear until the day after. Might be Monday, now, in that case. Just keep trying it periodically.
Julzei
09-02-2007
That's exactly what happened to mine, I tried to rescue them with selo-tape, but they also died in the end.
RubusRoo
10-02-2007
i got my nano 3 months ago. i could not believe how utterly crap the ear buds are that came with it.

within a week of about 3 hours daily use, the left one lost all it's bass. not that there was ever much to lose in the 1st place.

they remind me of those little cream coloured mono ones you'd get about 20 years ago.

anyway, i bought a decent pair of these & the difference is night & day.
Chrismcfall
10-02-2007
Ooo, They've shipped!

Type: Package
Status: Billing Information Received
Shipped to: COVENTRY, GB
Shipped or Billed on: 02/09/2007
Service Type: UPS SAVER
Weight: .20 Kg
ForestChav
10-02-2007
Yeah, to Coventry. It will probably get lost on the rollercoaster that is the inner ring road aka slip road mania

.2 kg though! for a pair of headphones and an envelope...
ForestChav
12-02-2007
Arrived yet...?
Chrismcfall
12-02-2007
Nope! Tracking status still says the same, just with todays date on it. Hope they'll come today.
ForestChav
12-02-2007
Lol, hope so, otherwise you'll be spending all day scared to go to the loo or anything in case you miss it! And you'll have to do it tomorrow as well if it doesn't...

(Why does Notts appear to have half term next week and it's this week everywhere else?)
Chrismcfall
12-02-2007
Hmm, I dunno. Not planning to go out today anyway. It's cold and wet!
Chrismcfall
12-02-2007
Just rang UPS and apparently the shipping date is pending. Grr. I didn't even speak to a person, they've got an automated thing! Caught every word I said though.
ForestChav
12-02-2007
Originally Posted by Chrismcfall:
“Hmm, I dunno. Not planning to go out today anyway. It's cold and wet!”

It's neither here though...
Originally Posted by Chrismcfall:
“Just rang UPS and apparently the shipping date is pending. Grr. I didn't even speak to a person, they've got an automated thing! Caught every word I said though.”

Must be programmed to understand west midlands schoolkids

That sucks.
Chrismcfall
12-02-2007
Well, I went to the shops, and no little message through the door! Got a few more hours they could come in.
mikeydb
12-02-2007
Originally Posted by Telly_Man:
“Get some decent Sennheiser MX500's, they're brilliant.”

Agree, I use the metallic blue ones on my Ipod, unless you get the ipod out and wave it about, no one would guess you're using an Ipod, also they sound good, and don't forget the MX500's come with a nice wind up case allowing you to put them away or in your pockey without fishing out a birdsnest of headphone cable later.

Also available in white!
Joshy4Micky
12-02-2007
From time to time my headphones make a fuzzy noise or a loud shakey noise in my headphones, what i do is lightly knock it again my knuckle or the table and job done.
Chrismcfall
13-02-2007
NUNEATON,
GB 02/13/2007 6:24 A.M. OUT FOR DELIVERY
KOELN (COLOGNE),
DE 02/13/2007 5:18 A.M. LATE TRAILER. GROUND MOVEMENT CAUSED THIS DELIVERY DELAY
02/13/2007 3:57 A.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
NL 02/09/2007 2:40 P.M. BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED
Should be coming today then.
Chrismcfall
13-02-2007
Oh, thats just a pisstake. You dont get the new headphones straight away now.
ForestChav
13-02-2007
Originally Posted by Chrismcfall:
“Oh, thats just a pisstake. You dont get the new headphones straight away now.”

How do you know?

That tracking information is nonsensical now.

I would actually laugh if you went out and missed it after all this
Chrismcfall
13-02-2007
Nah, I got them today at 10.40ish! No new headphones, I just had to return the old ones.
ForestChav
13-02-2007
Ah, this is when they find out that they're not faulty because of a manufacturing defect, but because of the "biro incident" and the fact you eat them because your school dinners taste of puke

Yer doomed
Chrismcfall
13-02-2007
Yeah, I suppose. My brother once sent back an iPod mini for a new battery, and it got sent back with a bit letter saying the reason the battery was cack was because it had been dropped a few times! Oh, so thats our fault that apples batteries are rubbish?
ForestChav
13-02-2007
Originally Posted by Chrismcfall:
“Yeah, I suppose. My brother once sent back an iPod mini for a new battery, and it got sent back with a bit letter saying the reason the battery was cack was because it had been dropped a few times! Oh, so thats our fault that apples batteries are rubbish?”

The engineer has to have a reason for saying that the damage isn't caused by a manufacturing fault or fair wear and tear though (ie, they're cack).

If examination of the ipod showed that there'd been damage consistent with it being dropped, and that had caused the problem with the battery, then they are totally reasonable saying that. (say it had damaged the connector or something and that was causing the fault).

Similar kind of thing with mobile phones (and I suspect ipods, laptops etc) and liquid ingress. A lot of them have a pad hidden inside the phone which turns (permanently) red when there's liquid ingress in the device. Then when they open it because, err, it won't power on under warranty, they see the pad and immediately know that there's been liquid ingress then they just look and find out if that has caused the fault - if it has, send it back with snotty letter!

Past experience tells me that people won't admit to trashing it when booking it for repair because it's not covered. Break one of the front USBs on your Emachines and you'll find if you bend the pins to touch the outside of the port it will short out the PC and it won't turn on. Not even the cheapest, crappiest USB ports will break under normal usage, normally if you have something plugged into it (and it's low down) and you tread on it... I've nearly done that a few times, don't really use my front USBs much now. But I have been using PCs since before USB ports, and have never broken one - and this is on PCs where there's been like 2, or 4 of them and you're forever hotswapping... Same thing with cracks on laptop LCD screens - normally if you shut the lid with something inside them. This doesn't happen normally. Likewise, keys dropping off laptop keyboards (again, have you ever seen this happen normally, unless people have been damaging the keyboard) and cracked casing on laptops... Normally the latter is when people drop them or something - and the manufacturers will not pay for these repairs. (Back to your Emachines - your warranty will though). I have seen some really funny accounts of damage to PC equipment in the past - it will surprise you.

Though all that said, the blue biro incident won't count against you seeing as it won't affect the use of the headphones (and come on, which kids don't have school blazers or whatever - trackies and hoodies with school logo round here [brap] - with pens in the pockets normally the same as the ipod) but if they can see the evidence of using the headphones to combat starvation then why should they? Then again, I suppose it would cost them less to just mail you a new pair, than to mail the old one back with a snotty letter saying that you shouldn't be eating them, and then have to deal with the snotty phone call from kid wanting new earphones and associated wrangling.

lol
Chrismcfall
13-02-2007
I'd happily buy a new pair, but you can't buy the stock ones in the shops! I've only seen the £25ish in ear ones.
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