I need to vent!

[Golden Phoenix]

I was going to trade one of the first movie Transformers DS games in at JB later this week to get the new Pokemon game. I checked their list of exclusions earlier today and it wasn't listed so I thought great. Come home tonight and double check and now both of them are listed so I don't have any other DS title to trade in in it's place.

Get another one cheap and take both in.
Take TF DS in and see if the guy notices. The might have an out of date list.
If he doesn't then win, if he does then you have a plan b. Worth a shot at least

[kaiden]

I was going to trade one of the first movie Transformers DS games in at JB later this week to get the new Pokemon game. I checked their list of exclusions earlier today and it wasn't listed so I thought great. Come home tonight and double check and now both of them are listed so I don't have any other DS title to trade in in it's place.

yeah that sucks, reminds me i bought a x360 game - bionicle heroes second hand from someone for $10 intending to trade it at jbhifi for one of those 3for1 deals. but at the time there weren't any good games so i held onto it for a while and when a good game came out they placed it on the exclusion list. so i've had this game sitting away and decided to trade it away at Game last month and they gave me $74 for it O_O

[Paulbot]

It mostly bugs me that the list of excluded games could change within a few hours. Maybe I'll trade in the ROTF Con DS game. I got that very cheap but have yet to even unwrap the plastic from it. Probably won't miss it.

[Hursticon]

Friggin' Game Trailers.com wont let me view videos whilst I have an ad-blocker active - Argh!

[GoktimusPrime]

Yesterday I get an SMS from another member telling me that RtS Solar Storm Grappel had been sighted at my local Target... of course, I don't work near home and I had an after school extension class to teach... so by time I got back to my suburb Target had closed. Later another member who lives in my area told me that he'd been to that Target already and all the Grappels were gone!

Fortunately for me earlier this week I'd already given up on finding Grappel and ordered a United Grapple from HLJ which surprisingly shipped a few days ago... so it's in transit. But geez... I sure hope this wasn't the work of scalpers... (-_-)

[Doubledealer]

Fortunately for me earlier this week I'd already given up on finding Grappel and ordered a United Grapple from HLJ which surprisingly shipped a few days ago... so it's in transit. But geez... I sure hope this wasn't the work of scalpers... (-_-)

Goes to show, cartoon accuracy always prevails in the end!

[Hursticon]

It took almost 2 bloody days to get the Internet back after the bloody storms we copped down here, of course, I have to be connected to the same 1950's exchange that the TAFE campus is connected to.
Of which just so happens to be the campus that hosts/administrates/maintains the largest network in the Southern Hemisphere - Every State Primary, Secondary and TAFE school south of (and including) Helensburgh, down to the Victorian border and west to Griffith!

Then, my parents PC decided to literally conk out, so I've spent the last 2-3 days building that from the ground up - Which I actually like doing, but I wish I was getting paid to do it!

[SkyWarp91]

I would like to know what brand of modems you guys are using for your internet connections and how good are they? And how much did they cost you?

I have a Netgear DM111P and it is HORRIBLE, it drops out every couple of hours. Do not recommend.

I've been experiencing about 20 dropouts within the last 48 hours.

At first I thought it was a line problem with Bigpond and after calling them they had assured me that the connection was fine and suggested that I should buy new Telstra phone splitters of the same brand with ADSL 2+ support because they think that is why the connection is dropping out.

I go to a Telstra shop, they don't sell it. So I go to a Dick Smith, a store in which Bigpond themselves recommended. The so called 'expert' behind the counter tells me that the Telstra brand splitters are crap and should get other brands other than theirs so I do, I get 2 D-link splitters and guess what happens after I plug those in? I experience about a dozen dropouts - meaning that it's this piece of crap modem that's causing these dropouts (and my warranty, not surprisingly does not allow refunds only a replacement of the exact same dud modem). And guess who sold me my modem after Telstra wouldn't replace mine because I was no longer entitled? DICK SMITH.

Another Dick Smith experience, I go in there in hoping of buying cheap video games on a Sunday. THere's 8 workers in on a sunday and I grab a copy of Age of Empires 3 and Warhammer Dawn of War. The seal on the Age of Empires 3 game has been ripped open so I go to the counter asking the girl what has happened with the discs and she says they've been stolen. STOLEN. When you have 8 people working on a Sunday at Dick Smiths how can you not see someone tearing up a game and taking out the discs? Oh maybe because they're trying to tend to the 20 customers that all looked pissed-off that they've been sold by products by a bunch of airheads. So the girl apologises and goes into the back to get the discs for Dawn of War - and guess what? She's gone for about 15 minutes to which I said to my friend - 'F*CK THIS. F*CK DICK SMITH. THEY ARE WORSE THAN A DOG'S PILE OF SH*T' and leave.

I'm usually forgiving when it comes to retail shops but this is it - Dick Smith can rot. I'm going JB Hi-Fi. And f*ck Netgear too for making crap modems. And f*ck Bigpond too, after my contract is over with them I'm going Adam.

[UltraMarginal]

>SNIP<

Then, my parents PC decided to literally conk out, so I've spent the last 2-3 days building that from the ground up - Which I actually like doing, but I wish I was getting paid to do it!

Nothing more satisfying than family IT supprt...

[UltraMarginal]

I would like to know what brand of modems you guys are using for your internet connections and how good are they? And how much did they cost you?

I have a Netgear DM111P and it is HORRIBLE, it drops out every couple of hours. Do not recommend.

I've been experiencing about 20 dropouts within the last 48 hours.

At first I thought it was a line problem with Bigpond and after calling them they had assured me that the connection was fine and suggested that I should buy new Telstra phone splitters of the same brand with ADSL 2+ support because they think that is why the connection is dropping out.

I go to a Telstra shop, they don't sell it. So I go to a Dick Smith, a store in which Bigpond themselves recommended. The so called 'expert' behind the counter tells me that the Telstra brand splitters are crap and should get other brands other than theirs so I do, I get 2 D-link splitters and guess what happens after I plug those in? I experience about a dozen dropouts - meaning that it's this piece of crap modem that's causing these dropouts (and my warranty, not surprisingly does not allow refunds only a replacement of the exact same dud modem). And guess who sold me my modem after Telstra wouldn't replace mine because I was no longer entitled? DICK SMITH.

Another Dick Smith experience, I go in there in hoping of buying cheap video games on a Sunday. THere's 8 workers in on a sunday and I grab a copy of Age of Empires 3 and Warhammer Dawn of War. The seal on the Age of Empires 3 game has been ripped open so I go to the counter asking the girl what has happened with the discs and she says they've been stolen. STOLEN. When you have 8 people working on a Sunday at Dick Smiths how can you not see someone tearing up a game and taking out the discs? Oh maybe because they're trying to tend to the 20 customers that all looked pissed-off that they've been sold by products by a bunch of airheads. So the girl apologises and goes into the back to get the discs for Dawn of War - and guess what? She's gone for about 15 minutes to which I said to my friend - 'F*CK THIS. F*CK DICK SMITH. THEY ARE WORSE THAN A DOG'S PILE OF SH*T' and leave.

I'm usually forgiving when it comes to retail shops but this is it - Dick Smith can rot. I'm going JB Hi-Fi. And f*ck Netgear too for making crap modems. And f*ck Bigpond too, after my contract is over with them I'm going Adam.

As horrible as that sounds, I use a netgear modem/router and a hooked up through TPG on a Telstra line. I had a bunch of issues but it turned out to be crappy old wiring in the place we're renting.I put down some fresh cable, which is pretty cheap for 10 metres from anywhere and 've not had a problem since. if you can stomach it I suggest talking to bigpond again and getting them to test your lines. also try your connection without the phone or any splitters attached, see how that goes. add one thing to the circuit at a time and see what effect it has.

best of luck.