Product Reviews

We all use things everyday (obviously.) So what makes things good, bad, easier, frustrating, the list goes on and on. So what are things you feel you should mention to others? Here's a few of mine. (Thank you, my sister Melissa, for suggesting I review mascara, gum and jeans. Because that is what she was thinking about at the moment.)

Duracell iPhone Car Charger
A while back, I had to buy a car phone charger from a gas station. The scene was this:
I have my husband's F-250 diesel pickup and a twelve foot trailer with a ramp. I'm in SW Rochester, looking for the home in which a purchased a couch (I say couch, not sofa) and loveseat. My phone goes dead. Address to Furniture Dude's house is on said phone. I'm in the commune of town homes which has hard to navigate turnarounds. Remember, I'm driving a big truck with a trailer attached. With a sigh of frustration, I leave the whole neighborhood enroute to the the nearest gas station. Sixteen dollars and ninety-nine cents later, I have a car phone charger in my possession. It's Duracell brand, so surely it will be a trusty one. End Scene-
Duracell should stick to making batteries and leave the charging sector up to a company that knows what their doing. Ho-Lee Mutha. Using this device is like putting a car charger on trickle charge when you should have been to work 15 minutes ago. Seriously, it will only increase my battery percentage 10% in a half hour. That's a whole waking day to fully charge a completely dead cell phone battery. Why I still have it in my vehicle, I don't know.

Nike socks
My son, Justin, has ginormous feet. Not only are they a size 16 Wide, but they are like Fred Flinstone feet. Justin has very little taper from calf to his heels. Anyway, since Justin probably wouldn't want me to continue listing with overly inflated physical attributes, I'll get on with my point- it's hard to find socks. And kind of socks stocked at Walmart do not work for Justin. They stretch out never to look like a foot shaped article of clothing again. Last Fall, I bought some Nike socks for Justin from Famous Footwear and it solved our problem. Justin no longer had to roll and pry socks on like pantyhose and the socks remained foot looking after he look them off. Good job, Nike.

Amazon
Oh, how I love Amazon. Not only do they wirelessly and paperlessly provide me all my books, but there are no promo codes or coupons to receive savings on books. Sure, not all authors are available for discounts at the same time, but I'd pay a lot more if they were offered on a promo code basis. Plus, not only do they sell books, they sell everything. Almost everything, anyway. Gone are the days I bid on items on eBay. I'm not so much of a wait four days to save 2 bucks. Even when I do use eBay, I click on the Buy it Now tab and get it that way. However, I find that I prefer Amazon to buy stuff now. Typically, Amazon sellers are actually established businesses vs individual sellers. This makes returns on items SO much easier. Amazon also has good customer service, which is hard, hard, hard to find these days with corporations. Shipping doesn't seem to vary so much with Amazon as it does with eBay.

Windows 8
I don't like it. It's crap. Revert to an older operating system should you have to buy a new computer.