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The new one has arrived and the old one is sitting in a drawer. It still works, so throwing it away feels wasteful. Selling it feels like effort, and giving it away feels like admitting it is worthless. So it โฆ
The screen has stopped responding in one corner. The authorised centre is across town and quotes you a figure that makes you blink. The shop near the market says he will do it by evening for much less. Both answers โฆ
The parcel arrives and you are delighted. You set it up, use it gently for a fortnight, and then notice the speaker crackles. By then the return window has closed and you are in warranty territory instead. Warranty means forms โฆ
Somebody in a listings app is selling exactly the thing you wanted. It looks fine in the photos and the price is very good indeed. You are already imagining it on your desk. Slow down for ten minutes, because those โฆ
At the bottom of every product page there is a long table of technical rows. You scroll through it and understand a handful. Then you assume the one with more rows must be the better product. That assumption is exactly โฆ