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The Hidden Costs of Bargain Electronics

Posted by michael on from the what-goes-around dept.

Fill Dirt writes "Mike Langberg of Knight-Ridder newspapers wrote an interesting article on the the hidden costs of bargain priced consumer electronics. I saw it in the Seattle Times business section with the title Can't lose with bargain DVD player, but low cost carries price ."

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  1. In Wal-Mart... by compass46 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    DVD player kills YOU!

    1. Re:In Wal-Mart... by burntoutjoy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      what

  2. my Sony NetMD,MiniDISC nightmare!!!!!!! by jazzbo54 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    design fault creates nightmare for Sony NetMD,MiniDISC ! I'v spent $400 this year on 2 Sony MiniDISCs,both had the same failure AFTER warranty !
    The design fault,is this ,the metal latch will not close after a few months use, so you can insert MD but NOT play it,also the sony PC software is buggy ,a waste of time,in the end I had to use free real player software to create MP3s to port to MD

  3. Re:Ok, I'm stupid. by Sivaram_Velauthapill · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    lol I really wonder if slashdot moderators are even human... ;) How the hell can anyone mod a serious question as flamebait? lol

    Sivaram Velauthapillai

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