"Never again" products

[Brennan Price]

It's not so much a product and I obviously still use it butttt....

 

The STEAM Login really kinda pisses me off. Whenever you have to use steam whether it be online or through their app, you always have to use the 'special code' from the eMail that they gave you (which isn't always instant) and then you have to set up a friendly name for the PC. Sure I get this if you are on someone elses network but I think you should not have to do that if you are using a different device on the same network. Steam should recognise that you are using the same network as your other devices.

 

Other things that are 'never again' products:

 

- Apple devices - They get slow very quickly and you cannot upgrade the storage

- Cheap SSD's (eBay SSD's) - They are simply loop devices that will never hold the storage you want and will corrupt your PC

- Steam Key bundles - You never ever get anything decent or worth anything

- Unpowered USB Hubs - USB speeds are dramatically decreased

[slavikcc]

I already boycotted Gearbox Software for their slimy tactics regarding Aliens: Colonial Marines and their G2A debacle.  Same deal with EBGames.

[Squibbies18]

MSI motherboards. As much as i like the overall build quality, features and style of the boards i've just had too many issues with them to buy anything else from them from now on. I brought the MSI 970 gaming board for my first build back in 2015 as about a year later whilst i as at university the motherboard just died for no reason after that i switched to a gigabyte 970 gaming board and that's still going strong. Recently i upgraded to a ryzen 1600 from my FX 8350 and decided to go with MSI again since the motherboard i chose (SLI PLUS X370) it is colour neutral which is a must for me as i have a NZXT hue+, and overall seemed like a good board. Now for some reason whenever i try to use the BIOS it just freezes. I have owned a GPU made by MSI which was my gtx 960 which i really liked when i was running it in my system. So now i've just given up on MSI motherboards  as they have been just a mass pain for me to deal with for the past few months 

[Gravesnear]

MadCatz controllers. Oh wait...

[kaiju_wars]

HP and Lenovo.  I also won't buy duracell flash drives ever again (I own a couple and they're slow as shit).

 

I will never buy a Chrysler vehicle minus their trucks, as Chrysler only seems to know how to make dodge trucks.

Same with Ford.

Never will buy a Honda either.

[mrchow19910319]

9 hours ago, ShadowTechXTS said:

I feel like I'm the only one here besides the obvious who actually likes their Macbook. 

 

But then again I got it for $300 and "obtained" Final Cut.

Hey I just got a 2017 macbook pro 13inch with 16GB of ram. Couldn't be more happier. 

[mrchow19910319]

5 hours ago, Tiz said:

or the Macbook Pro which would be one of the best laptops in the planet at 2000$ maximum, but at 3200$ its just nuts.

Everything is double sided. Whoever bought apple's product have to swallow all the inconvenience it brings them. 

For example : the price, and dongle etc. 

Nothing is perfect. 

[mrchow19910319]

3 hours ago, SteveGrabowski0 said:

My never again company is Asus after my Asus Nexus 7 tablet's screen started going bad one month out of warranty.

I swear my asus GTX780 went bad within days after the warranty expired. Like WTF, they have a remote control for it? 

[Mira Yurizaki]

Oh, a few more to add to the list:

• Fry's for anything computer hardware related. The problem is while their return policy is great, that's their problem. When I want to go source hardware, I have to scuffle through the open boxes (which are not clearly labeled as such, the only indication is they have a reduced price). They also on more than one occasion sold me an open box product as new.
• GameStop, because Best Buy's gamer's club is superior. Plus they make their "associates" give a 5 minute sales pitch on preorders and their rewards cards at checkout before they finally ring you up.

 

3 hours ago, Brennan_Price said:

The STEAM Login really kinda pisses me off. Whenever you have to use steam whether it be online or through their app, you always have to use the 'special code' from the eMail that they gave you (which isn't always instant) and then you have to set up a friendly name for the PC. Sure I get this if you are on someone elses network but I think you should not have to do that if you are using a different device on the same network. Steam should recognise that you are using the same network as your other devices.

Well you could always turn off Steam Guard. And how would it know it's on someone else's network when everyone else's home network is practically 192.168.1.0/24?

[PSUGuru]

10 hours ago, Max_Settings said:

I think Razer gets more hate then it deserves. Their laptops are crap, I'll admit that I made the mistake of buying one. Also their headphones are a joke. But I have had no issues with their mice and keyboards. Deathadder Chroma and Blackwidow Chroma been using almost 3 years and love them both and have had no issues.

I've tried their mice and keyboards. I gave them 5 chances and they all died within two weeks of normal use. Their customer support was also atrocious.

 

Never. Again.

[System Error Message]

never again buy anything, rely on company for everything  . Everything from car to house to even PCs and laptops as well.

 

Im sure this is gonna end up being dont buy everything. Dont forget cars too, even people.

[vetali]

For tech related stuff I'm pretty tolerant to hardware related failures. I do not like software related faults.

 

AMD GPUs. Had a 5770. Search gray screen of death if you're really curious. 

 

NZXT anything. Got a Kraken x52 6 months ago. Cam is the boat anchor to a great product. 

 

Android phones, at least flagships. Not paying that much for a phone that might only be supported for a year and a half. Plus I don't like the OS.

 

ANY type of offbrand/cheapo charger or cable for anything. Buy quality or original equipment, save yourself a house fire. 

 

Any "smart" TV, or any IoT device for that matter.

 

Less of a product, but I won't use facebook ever again.

 

Non tech stuff:

Matco tools

Craftsman tools (now they're not tied to sears so maybe I can buy them again, haven't decided)

Anything from harbor freight that your life depends on (jackstands, hoists)

Black and decker

 

Car stuff (though I haven't owned some of these, I've seen enough to feel strongly about)

Dorman parts or most parts from your general parts store. Save yourself the tow bill and buy OEM parts no matter what you own. 

Toyota trucks

Subaru

Nissan

FCA

Mercedes

Land Rover

Jaguar

 

Usually if I buy something and like it, I'll keep buying from that brand until I don't. For example, I've always bought gskill ram, and try to stick to gigabyte motherboards.

[AshleyAshes]

Patriot Blast 960GB SSD

First one died after 11 months.  RMA.

RMA replacement died after 6 more months.  RMA again.

This third one is now demoted to 'Steam Game Install Drive' on my HTPC, while a Samsung EVO 850 is in my desktop now.

 

I'm done with Patriot storage products.  They don't even make NAND Flash so it's not even really 'theirs'.

[kelvinhall05]

5 hours ago, Lurick said:

Gateway products.

*shudder*

Had a laptop from them for a while and their support was abominable. Any issue I had with the laptop their support would always tell me "reinstall windows" and leave it at that.

wat du u meen gatwey iz da best brand of cpu

[NoxiousOdor]

13 hours ago, Eaglerino said:

Logitech

That is unfortunate, I've had the opposite experience with them

13 hours ago, Eaglerino said:

Megablocks

This is really funny this one I can relate to. They always felt cheap and unrefined to me

[maartendc]

Lacie portable harddrives. 

It broke, they 'fixed it', then it broke for good. 

HP digital cameras (although they dont make those anymore)

Cheap HP printers

 

Also any cheap peripherals ($5 mouse etc) or any cheap crap anything. You usually get what you.pay for. 

 

Other than that, I dont know, im usually pretty happy with the tech I buy, but I usually do thorough research before I buy anything. 

 

 

[Zando_]

12 hours ago, DrMacintosh said:

Which model may I ask? And what didn't you like about it? The keyboard is the biggest complaint that I hear from people, but I have my own opinions on people who say that. 

 

Nobody is going to "come at you"

He did mention we're sheep, and they are generally nice, fluffy, and non threatening. 

[DrMacintosh]

Just now, Zando Bob said:

He did mention we're sheep, and they are generally nice, fluffy, and non threatening. 

Hahah

[DrMacintosh]

1 minute ago, Zando Bob said:

He did mention we're sheep, and they are generally nice, fluffy, and non threatening. 

I just want people to love using their computers, but some turn their nose at Apple because its Apple. 

[SteveGrabowski0]

2 hours ago, M.Yurizaki said:

Oh, a few more to add to the list:

• Fry's for anything computer hardware related. The problem is while their return policy is great, that's their problem. When I want to go source hardware, I have to scuffle through the open boxes (which are not clearly labeled as such, the only indication is they have a reduced price). They also on more than one occasion sold me an open box product as new.
• GameStop, because Best Buy's gamer's club is superior. Plus they make their "associates" give a 5 minute sales pitch on preorders and their rewards cards at checkout before they finally ring you up.

 

Well you could always turn off Steam Guard. And how would it know it's on someone else's network when everyone else's home network is practically 192.168.1.0/24?

Gamestop is mostly terrible, but I do buy PS3 games I can't find on the Playstation Store there sometimes and occasionally they run some promotions that can be exploited. For instance, a little more than a month ago they had two promotions that allowed me to essentially sell them my physical copy of Nioh for PS4 and pay them $1.10 in exchange for $84 in Playstation Store credit, which was a huge bargain considering I only paid $36 new for Nioh (and I'll probably re-buy it when it's $20 in November). You could have actually used that same promotion I used with Nioh to get a Switch + Zelda + Pro Controller bundle and about $30 of Gamestop store credit for like $245 out of pocket by using that $245 to buy select games on sale from Best Buy, Target, and Wal Mart and then sell back to Gamestop as used. For instance, Best Buy had Plants Vs Zombies 2 for $20 new, which you could then sell used to Gamestop for $48 store credit as part of that promotion.

[Zando_]

11 hours ago, revsilverspine said:

I have a spreadsheet for this. Haven't updated it in a while, though

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Acer

Acme

Activ

Apple

ASRock

B-MOVE

Canyon

Cougar

E-Blue

Elixir

Excelram

Geil

Gembird

Goodram

Hama

Integral

Intenso

Jizz

Kingmax

Konami

Lacie

Marvo

Modecom

Mushkin

Natec

Newmen

Nintendo

Razer

Redragon

RPC

Sega

Silicon-Power

SkyDigital

Somic

Sparkle

Speedlink

Team Scorpion

TeamGroup

Tesoro

Thermaltake

Tracer

Transcend

Tritton

Tt eSports

Turtle beach

Zeppelin

 

Canyon. As in Canyon bikes?

[Zando_]

Just now, DrMacintosh said:

I just want people to love using their computers, but some turn their nose at Apple because its Apple. 

Yup. Just like I used to turn my nose up at Microsoft. I respect Win10 now that I'm used to it, but it still has more bugs than my Mac. 

[Guest]

Kingston flash drives 

[Zando_]

8 hours ago, mrchow19910319 said:

 

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@DrMacintosh  Another friendly reminder: stop defending apple here... you are in the wrong neighbourhood... 

 

Note: read that name again... 

[Zando_]

Just now, AUniqueName said:

Kingston flash drives 

I just got 3...