Well today was a day like any other, life tried to make me say uncle with yet another little setback. I'm doing some work on my laptop (making Qurble.com even greater for you) and I notice that the battery is pretty low. Now under any other circumstance this would garner no special attention except... for the fact that it's plugged up to the AC adapter! So from here I see that the little status light on the adapter is out and began to repeatedly plug the adapter in and out of the wall outlet and laptop to see if it was just a bad connection. No luck. What's next? Well I decided to do what a lot of people do when they're pretty sure an appliance has reached the end of its useful life and have nothing to lose... I beat the heck out of it. I began to smash it against anything within my line of sight to try to get the dang thing to work... the floor... my fist... a hammer... the refrigerator... countertop... but, to no avail.
So once I came to the realization that I'm going to have to replace it I had to think quick because the remaining battery life is at about 38% and going. Having access to the internet is kind of imperative for an internet based company so the idea of not having it is not an option. Immediately I hop over to Google to find a replacement and they're relatively cheap, $20 - 40 but... they won't arrive for about a week!! And I could have just paid for priority shipping but that boosted up the price substantially and I would still be without a way to the information superhighway for about a day or possibly two. To Best Buy we go for a huge shock, sticker price, $104 before tax! That's $110.76 after tax... FOR A CHARGER!! I only paid $500 for the whole laptop package a year and a half ago. So that means 20% of the purchase price was just for the dang CHARGER! I don't have that type of money because I don't make that type of money. WHY!!!
Because going without it is not an option I'm willing to take I then head to Walmart where I find it for $96.08 after tax. Well at least it was cheaper than Best Buy. I purchased it and now my relationship with the internet is stronger than ever. lol. Life continually tries to break me but, not this day or any other. ME: 1 - LIFE: 0
Best Regards,
Derek Caffe
Chief Executive Officer
Qurble.com
http://www.Qurble.com
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