color calibration

[TheBean]

would i be possible to be a really bad person and buy a spyder5 from Amazon, use it, and then return it? would amazon accept those returns? I have a really old laptop and i wanted to calibrate it as everything looks s*** on this right now.

[DocSwag]

I think you might have to pay a small penalty if it's not defective; read up about it first. I know with some PC parts at least you only get 80-85% refunded if it's not broken.

[Wh0_Am_1]

10 minutes ago, saksham said:

would i be possible to be a really bad person and buy a spyder5 from Amazon, use it, and then return it? would amazon accept those returns? I have a really old laptop and i wanted to calibrate it as everything looks s*** on this right now.

Honestly I see it as being theft, minor theft, but theft none the less, because you are purchasing a product, with the intention of devaluing it and returning it, those returns can never be sold as a "new product" they have to be sold as a refurbished one or B stock, on top of that you are eating up the companies money by making it so that someone has to repackage it and relabel it, while expecting not to pay a cent (besides the possibility of shipping it back to them). I think this video that I have stumbled upon recently explains it the best. 

 

[LyondellBasell]

7 minutes ago, saksham said:

would i be possible to be a really bad person and buy a spyder5 from Amazon, use it, and then return it? would amazon accept those returns? I have a really old laptop and i wanted to calibrate it as everything looks s*** on this right now.

 

6 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

I think you might have to pay a small penalty if it's not defective; read up about it first. I know with some PC parts at least you only get 80-85% refunded if it's not broken.

Just keep in mind, Amazon;s return policy only applies to items directly from AZ themselves. If you order an item that's fulfilled by a third-party seller, you are subject to that seller's return policy. Read everything or you may find that you are indeed the proud, permanent owner of a Spyder5.

[TheBean]

14 minutes ago, Wh0_Am_1 said:

Honestly I see it as being theft, minor theft, but theft none the less, because you are purchasing a product, with the intention of devaluing it and returning it, those returns can never be sold as a "new product" they have to be sold as a refurbished one or B stock, on top of that you are eating up the companies money by making it so that someone has to repackage it and relabel it, while expecting not to pay a cent (besides the possibility of shipping it back to them). I think this video that I have stumbled upon recently explains it the best. 

 

this was actually a great video... i guess... i shouldn't do it then... if you live in the US, do you know where i can go and get this done as a service of some sort? do they do this in like a best buy or something for a fee?

[Wh0_Am_1]

19 minutes ago, saksham said:

this was actually a great video... i guess... i shouldn't do it then... if you live in the US, do you know where i can go and get this done as a service of some sort? do they do this in like a best buy or something for a fee?

Thanks! I have tried searching for such services online, but all I can find is services for midsize to large companies, such as this one. I think that the Best Buy idea is worth a shot, that does sound like a service that would be up their alley, but unfortunately  I have never had the money for such things (I mean I have a 8 year old 1600x900 monitor from Ebay that I got earlier this year for $15), so I don't have much knowledge on that as I am not currently a media creator, and most media creators I know figure that they are going to have to calibrate their monitors multiple times as they age, so they just foot the bill for the calibrators, so I have little reference to go off of for this matter, and I apologize for that. So yeah I am a 1600x900 monitor peasant that goes around spitting out my values, but has no real merit or solution for your issue, lol. 

[EunSoo]

Windows has a built in software calibration solution. If that doesn't cut it, then a more ethical way would be to buy the spider of amazon and once you have used it, sell it on eBay for a little less than what you paid for it.

[TheBean]

22 hours ago, Sombra said:

Windows has a built in software calibration solution. If that doesn't cut it, then a more ethical way would be to buy the spider of amazon and once you have used it, sell it on eBay for a little less than what you paid for it.

I dont have a reference for the built in one... i dont know what it should or shouldn't be....

[TheBean]

On 9/14/2018 at 7:43 PM, Wh0_Am_1 said:

Thanks! I have tried searching for such services online, but all I can find is services for midsize to large companies, such as this one. I think that the Best Buy idea is worth a shot, that does sound like a service that would be up their alley, but unfortunately  I have never had the money for such things (I mean I have a 8 year old 1600x900 monitor from Ebay that I got earlier this year for $15), so I don't have much knowledge on that as I am not currently a media creator, and most media creators I know figure that they are going to have to calibrate their monitors multiple times as they age, so they just foot the bill for the calibrators, so I have little reference to go off of for this matter, and I apologize for that. So yeah I am a 1600x900 monitor peasant that goes around spitting out my values, but has no real merit or solution for your issue, lol. 

lol what a scam... i asked best buy if they do it, they said they do. But, they do it for $100.... lol i can just buy a spyder for that...

[Wh0_Am_1]

3 minutes ago, saksham said:

lol what a scam... i asked best buy if they do it, they said they do. But, they do it for $100.... lol i can just buy a spyder for that...

Wow... that is ridiculous.