Comments on: A Moral Consumer http://www.timjanderson.com/archives/a-moral-consumer Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:50:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: An HD Life at Tim and Change Will Surely Show http://www.timjanderson.com/archives/a-moral-consumer/comment-page-1#comment-426 An HD Life at Tim and Change Will Surely Show Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:18:49 +0000 http://www.timjanderson.com/archives/a-moral-consumer#comment-426 [...] 2 weeks ago I made a rather big decision that I somewhat referred to in a previous post.  I decided to return my Vizio Plasma TV to Costco.  Over the course of its life, the fan noise [...] [...] 2 weeks ago I made a rather big decision that I somewhat referred to in a previous post.  I decided to return my Vizio Plasma TV to Costco.  Over the course of its life, the fan noise [...]

]]> By: Ben http://www.timjanderson.com/archives/a-moral-consumer/comment-page-1#comment-167 Ben Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:41:15 +0000 http://www.timjanderson.com/archives/a-moral-consumer#comment-167 I think in this case you need to examine what was going on in your "heart". Was the point "I'm oing to stick it to the man"? Or was it simply a solution to a problem? I don't think there is any problem with this if you were just looking for a solution. Possibly avoiding Target's 2 returns a year policy I think was maybe wandering the line a bit. I've thought about doing the same thing with the copies of windows XP I get from playtesting at MS. Walk into Best Buy hand them the fresh, unopened box of Windows XP (Which retails there for $299.99) and even with only store credit I've got almost 300 bucks to spend at Best Buy. (Which is better than the 150 I'd get from eBay, plus fees and time spent listing it) I have yet to do that though, I think mainly because there isn't really anything at best buy I have wanted that I couldn't find drastically cheaper elsewhere. It's a tough one... but as someone once said, "If you have to ask, it's probably not ok." Hmmm, I might just call Best Buy and ask them point blank if it IS ok. I'll let you know if I do call them! ~Ben I think in this case you need to examine what was going on in your “heart”. Was the point “I’m oing to stick it to the man”? Or was it simply a solution to a problem? I don’t think there is any problem with this if you were just looking for a solution. Possibly avoiding Target’s 2 returns a year policy I think was maybe wandering the line a bit.

I’ve thought about doing the same thing with the copies of windows XP I get from playtesting at MS. Walk into Best Buy hand them the fresh, unopened box of Windows XP (Which retails there for $299.99) and even with only store credit I’ve got almost 300 bucks to spend at Best Buy. (Which is better than the 150 I’d get from eBay, plus fees and time spent listing it) I have yet to do that though, I think mainly because there isn’t really anything at best buy I have wanted that I couldn’t find drastically cheaper elsewhere.

It’s a tough one… but as someone once said, “If you have to ask, it’s probably not ok.” Hmmm, I might just call Best Buy and ask them point blank if it IS ok. I’ll let you know if I do call them!

~Ben

]]> By: Graham http://www.timjanderson.com/archives/a-moral-consumer/comment-page-1#comment-166 Graham Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:59:49 +0000 http://www.timjanderson.com/archives/a-moral-consumer#comment-166 Sinner. Sinner.

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