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<blockquote data-quote="Pretzel" data-source="post: 370208" data-attributes="member: 12257">It's not just corporate America.&nbsp; Where do you think those Nikon and Sony products came from?&nbsp; It's corporate everybody.&nbsp; Skimp a bit on the service to save a couple of pennies.&nbsp; Same thing applied to my Kindle as well.&nbsp; The provided USB cord has to be used to charge the device, but there is no packaged charger.&nbsp; They're probably lucky I decided to buy one while there was a bundle offering the charger, or they never would have gotten my cash.&nbsp; Then you consider the Wii, Xbox and PS systems.&nbsp; TWO controllers??&nbsp; Who wants to play with friends?&nbsp; And me, I'm old enough to remember when cars came with REAL SPARE TIRES...&nbsp; (ok, I'll quit ranting on that side of things)Then, all of that saved money is WASTED on things that only serve to infuriate me more.&nbsp; WalMart - Spend the money to build 40 cash registers in every store, never staff more than 4 (sometimes 10 during the holiday season)...&nbsp; then when the lines are so long people quit shopping, build MORE registers (self-service stations) instead of hiring a few more folks.Eventually, our children will be to the point where they are trained to expect less, and they'll all laugh at our &quot;old fashioned ways&quot;, but ya know what?&nbsp; I'm going to RANT about the good old days, when the prizes in my Cracker Jacks were actually worth a smile and entertained me for more than 2 seconds..BTW, if you can't tell, I stand with Jake on this one.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pretzel, post: 370208, member: 12257"] It's not just corporate America. Where do you think those Nikon and Sony products came from? It's corporate everybody. Skimp a bit on the service to save a couple of pennies. Same thing applied to my Kindle as well. The provided USB cord has to be used to charge the device, but there is no packaged charger. They're probably lucky I decided to buy one while there was a bundle offering the charger, or they never would have gotten my cash. Then you consider the Wii, Xbox and PS systems. TWO controllers?? Who wants to play with friends? And me, I'm old enough to remember when cars came with REAL SPARE TIRES... (ok, I'll quit ranting on that side of things) Then, all of that saved money is WASTED on things that only serve to infuriate me more. WalMart - Spend the money to build 40 cash registers in every store, never staff more than 4 (sometimes 10 during the holiday season)... then when the lines are so long people quit shopping, build MORE registers (self-service stations) instead of hiring a few more folks. Eventually, our children will be to the point where they are trained to expect less, and they'll all laugh at our "old fashioned ways", but ya know what? I'm going to RANT about the good old days, when the prizes in my Cracker Jacks were actually worth a smile and entertained me for more than 2 seconds. . BTW, if you can't tell, I stand with Jake on this one. [/QUOTE]

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