Good Evening!
Well, I decided earlier tonight to finally buy a new mouse for my laptop. As you may recall, I had left my other mouse at Kinko's last week. No big loss since that mouse was already starting to die it's inevitable slow death. So, I headed out to Best Buy to get a new one earlier tonight - well, actually, a certain DR dropped me off at the store on his way to a certain cultural event - which I'm sure certain DR will report/review at a later time. Well...
Who knew there were so many choices now? Good, old-fashioned wheel mouses. Optical mouses. Mouses with two buttons. Mouses with four buttons. Mouses with six(!) buttons. Travel mouses with retractable cords. Wireless mouses. PS/2 and/or USB compatibility. Etc., etc., etc.... (Ah, a
King & I reference!) I just wanted something plain jane (or plain dick, if you prefer, hmmmm...
), so I settled on a basic Microsoft model - optical with two buttons and a wheel.
When I got to the register, the cashier noted that it's an "open box" item meaning that someone has returned the item, and that the item was put back on the shelf for re-sale. And that it was in saleable condition. (Ay, there's the rub.) Well, since it was the last one on the shelf, I decided to take it anyway. Additionally, I ended up getting an "open box" discount. Nice.
Well, once I got it back home, I realized that I can't hook it up to my laptop. The culprit: a piece of plastic has broken off in the USB connector. Ah, well... So it was back to Best Buy. Walking back to Best Buy. Walking
very fast back to Best Buy since the store was closing at 9:00, and I had discovered the problem at 8:30.
I made it back to the store in record time with about 10 minutes to spare before they started closing up. -And I wasn't even breathing that hard.
Well... There was a line at the Return/Exchange counter, and the two people currently being helped apparently had some "problem returns". So, I finally get to the register around 9:10. I return the defective item, get a new one - which happened to cost a few dollars more. I make sure the new one is all right - I open the package and check the connectors before walking out of the store. So...
Well, I get back home, hook it up... And it's working. Almost. The wheel is not working properly. It only wants to scroll "down" and not "up". I tried futzing with various settings, but nothing seemed to help. Ah, well... So, it looks like I'll be making one more trip back to Best Buy tomorrow.
I guess I am a bit frustrated, but at least the mouse is functioning basically for now, so... At least I got my exercise!!
So, that's what I've been doing the past couple of hours.
*Hmmm... I just re-read what I just wrote, and I started changing my verb tenses. I think. Well... Hope I did not confuse anyone.
