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So last night I was on Ebay looking at a new keyboard and mouse for the old computer and I finally decided to go all out and finally buy the Logitech MX900 mouse/keyboard combo. The one with bluetooth.

So I buy this and am feeling pretty good about myself until this morning I open up the paper and there it is in all it's glory. Front page of the buisness section, "Logitech releases the worlds first laser mouse today."

I couldn't have been three weeks or anything. Oh no it had to be 8 hours later. If only I had waited a few more hours..................

“You know, when you think about it, the Ewoks probably just crap over the sides of their tree-huts.”

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Well, you can either wait forever for progress and never catch up, or you can bite the bullet and sometimes get bitten in the process. It's just the way things go.

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mackey... dont worry... fuckitall!
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WTF is a lasermouse?

(I suddenly have the "Dangermouse" theme song stuck in my head, but "Danger" has been replaced with "Laser")
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Originally posted by: Bossk
WTF is a lasermouse?

(I suddenly have the "Dangermouse" theme song stuck in my head, but "Danger" has been replaced with "Laser")


It's a mouse that can fire lasers. Very handy in a combat situation.
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And it's not as clumsy or random as a blaster.

“You know, when you think about it, the Ewoks probably just crap over the sides of their tree-huts.”

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have you already opened the package of the mouse and keyboard you just bought? Why not just return the package unopened, get you money back and buy the laser mouse?
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Returning to eBay can be a problem. Not an online vendor in the traditional sense.

"All I want is a mouse with a friggin' laserbeam on its head! Is that so much to ask?"
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lol
hey Mackey i know your pain....

stuff like this always happens to me... whether it be computer parts or dvds i always get the short end of the stick...
it does happen... but its sounds like you got a pretty kick ass deal...

im sure that laser mouse is going to have a lot of bugs at first anyway...
i still laugh at people who bought cordless mouses when they were first released....
"Never. I'll never turn to the darkside. You've failed your highness. I am a jedi, like my father before me."
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Yeah I can't return it. I'll just keep it and complain until a better mouse comes out. I thought it was just a bit funny that the next day a newer better mouse came out.

Oh well.

“You know, when you think about it, the Ewoks probably just crap over the sides of their tree-huts.”

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why not just put it back up for sale on Ebay yourself..
maybe you could get someone to buy it for the same price you paid?
"Never. I'll never turn to the darkside. You've failed your highness. I am a jedi, like my father before me."
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I'll just use it for this computer and get the laser mouse for my other computer. I really only want the mouse anyway. The wireless keyboard was just a bonus for the price. Plus I would have to charge more just to break even. (Damn listing fees)

“You know, when you think about it, the Ewoks probably just crap over the sides of their tree-huts.”

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ahhhhh... lol
well at least your not using a mouse with the left button being held by tape...
i broke my left mouse button by gaming... and im too cheap to go out and buy another $50 mouse...
but the damn thing still works so what the hey
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The new mouse rocks. I love it so much. Now I really want a laser mouse for the gaming computer.

“You know, when you think about it, the Ewoks probably just crap over the sides of their tree-huts.”

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Argh, Mackey, I know what you mean...why can't the majority of people just be happy with what we have right now? My iPod is already old, and I just bought it in February, and I really feel like the Third Generation iPods (like mine) are a lot easier to use than what the bloody Fourth Generation ones look like they would be. Buggerers.
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damn everyone has an iPod eh?

well for my grad gift its either gonna be one of those or my first digi cam...
someone help me out here!!
lol
"Never. I'll never turn to the darkside. You've failed your highness. I am a jedi, like my father before me."
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Get money and save it for more school. I wish I would have. I got a DVD player that cost like 700 bux that replaced my older one and I think I have had four sense that one.

Get money and buy stocks.

“You know, when you think about it, the Ewoks probably just crap over the sides of their tree-huts.”

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i know i should be saving my money...
but i think i should treat myself for getting through college


plus i really want a digi cam...
lol

i feel like the only person out there who doesnt have one... im still using damn film..
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Originally posted by: Galahad_Skywalker
Argh, Mackey, I know what you mean...why can't the majority of people just be happy with what we have right now? My iPod is already old, and I just bought it in February, and I really feel like the Third Generation iPods (like mine) are a lot easier to use than what the bloody Fourth Generation ones look like they would be. Buggerers.


Galahad, I've got a third-gen iPod as well. My wife got a fourth-gen. We have yet to set the whole thing up and get it loaded with music since all our music is on my work computer. She would have to come down here and set up a list and all that jazz. So it's just kinda sitting in its box for the time being. We also need to get cases for them. Mine is two weeks old now (a little more actually) and it's already getting scratched to hell. Got one on the screen that kinda bugs me. I'm getting one of those PDA screen protector transparent stickers from my brother to put on it and put it in one of those iPod sleeves (the white rubbery plastic ones). Unless I can find an official iPod case relatively inexpensively.
"You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia'."
--Vizzini (Wallace Shawn), The Princess Bride
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