Amazonazing!
Jul. 9th, 2024 09:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
billroperSometime during our vacation, Julie started complaining that the cable on her headphones was going bad and wanted to know if I could fix it. I was extremely skeptical about this, because fixing a headphone cable is usually a nightmare. On the other hand, replacing an inexpensive pair of headphones is usually a breeze. Just call Amazon.
In fact, if I had ordered these headphones through Amazon, I could maybe find the exact make that I'd ordered for Julie before. This would be good, because Julie hates it when things get changed on her. I looked and found a set of likely looking headphones in my order history and called her over to take a look at them.
Nope. Wrong headphones. Well, heck.
Then she pointed further up on the screen to a set of Bluetooth headphones. "Those are the ones."
"What? Those are Bluetooth headphones. They don't have a cable."
And she brought me the headphones and showed me that -- although the headphones can certainly connect via Bluetooth! -- there is a mini-stereo plug that will accept a cable so you can plug them in.
Oh. That's very different. Never mind.
So I have now ordered a new eight-foot mini-stereo cable for the headphones. It should arrive tomorrow and all will be right with the world.
Meanwhile, the two new hard drives that I plugged into the NAS? The NAS is still valiantly working to incorporate them into the RAID array.
Maybe it will finish tomorrow before the new headphone cable arrives.
But I would not bet on it.
In fact, if I had ordered these headphones through Amazon, I could maybe find the exact make that I'd ordered for Julie before. This would be good, because Julie hates it when things get changed on her. I looked and found a set of likely looking headphones in my order history and called her over to take a look at them.
Nope. Wrong headphones. Well, heck.
Then she pointed further up on the screen to a set of Bluetooth headphones. "Those are the ones."
"What? Those are Bluetooth headphones. They don't have a cable."
And she brought me the headphones and showed me that -- although the headphones can certainly connect via Bluetooth! -- there is a mini-stereo plug that will accept a cable so you can plug them in.
Oh. That's very different. Never mind.
So I have now ordered a new eight-foot mini-stereo cable for the headphones. It should arrive tomorrow and all will be right with the world.
Meanwhile, the two new hard drives that I plugged into the NAS? The NAS is still valiantly working to incorporate them into the RAID array.
Maybe it will finish tomorrow before the new headphone cable arrives.
But I would not bet on it.