Walter P.

Selections are horrible. Rarely do you find a current movie. They even recycle 1950 through 1990 movies. Desperate? I think so.

When I was still investing, everyone was betting when they will go the way of Radio Shack. It's probably still the same now. How they survive? I have no idea. Now that one can buy from China directly through Alibaba, how can anyone justify paying more for a retina display dual booting octacore processor tablet - with a keyboard for more than $150? Bye Bye Best Buy!

I have one Apple product - an old iPod. Personally I think it sucks.
I hate that circle to get selections. Have yet (after 10 years) to get the selection I want to play. I have big fingers but this thing is especially made to frustrate.
One of these days it's going to be a hockey puck.
As for iTunes, their selections of classical music are very, very poor. So what's the point?

When you add up all their prices on a yearly basis, you're actually paying more for the 3 basic services: TV, Phone, Internet; than you would with cable providers.
What's the point? To have a dish on your roof? And no service when the weather turns bad?

The K-mart stores I've visited (3 in our neighborhood) looked like rejects of the original dollar stores (not the new ones). No rhyme or reason to their displays. People walking out with goods without paying ALL THE TIME because goods are store outside cash registers and clerks just don't care while security is virtually non existent. If there ever was a model for a non-store, this would be it. Would have done great in the old Soviet Union.

Why are they so expensive? Their offerings are certainly not the best that are available.

Bought a program from Auslogics and they sent e-mail for me to call a number to activate the program. Did so and the tech rep wanted to "remote enter into my computer to do so". I figured if it's from Auslogics that has 15,000,000 customers, what could go wrong?

Turned out his remote access program was UIS.edu which I did not give it much thought at the time. However later, I HAD to write to the University of Illinois at Springfield to question this transaction.

Why would an University in Illinois; sponsor the activation of programs by an Australian company; when all the work and charges would be going to TechLiveConnect which appears to be in India; and the payments are going through Avangate in the Netherlands? Does not make sense?

Anyway following is a message that I wrote to the Univ of Illinois:

Pardon me if I'm not addressing the right person, but I'm trying to determine if your UIS.edu remote access system can be used for commercial purposes. Apparently one of your students accessed my home computer today using the remote access capability under the pretext that he was going to activate a program for Auslogics Software in Sydney, Australia (they have 15,000,000 customers). However, when he got into my computer, he burrowed around in it, and informed me that I had 10 problems that were slowing it down, and that he could fix them for $30.00 each. Then he connected me with his "supervisor" or "manager" at a company called TechLiveConnect that appeared to be in India, and when this "supervisor/mannager" got on line with me, they proceeded to try selling me additional "necessary" software for another $300.00.

The money was not a problem, (although $600.00 additional for a $27 program does appear to be extremely excessive), but they were so persistent, and so incredibly pushy that I eventually had to turn my computer off to shut them down.

In the meanwhile, I'm afraid that they may have accessed all of my personal and financial information with the University's remote access program, and I would therefore appreciate if you could provide me with some assistance. For example, could you advise me who this could be if I provide you with additional information.

I have written to the Attorney General of the State of NJ about this, but perhaps with your help we can narrow down who this could be. I had all the information on the computer that they accessed, but I'm afraid to turn it on in case the remote feature is still active.

For a while, they were giving Home Depot a good run for their money, but somewhere along the line, they seem to have given up. Their prices, products, services, etc just are not living up to the standards they originally seemed to have set for themselves. Maybe they'll come back but Home Depot is still king.

I had tried Pandora when they first came on line, but then they became what appeared to be an advertising agency with lots of commercials. Now I can't tell what they are. They are certainly very, very difficult to sign up with. I've been using computers for over 30 years (yes I'm that old) and just a few days ago I tried to sign up on Pandora again and had the hardest time doing it. Why the complexities?

The one main problem I have with Amazon is their "fixed" reviews. 90% of the time when I write a 1 star review about any of their products, they REFUSE to publish it until I say something nice. They protect their SELLERS not their BUYERS, and this will eventually come back and bite them in the rear.
They appear to be in the market to control the entire online experience which is good and bad. When their investors were paying for the services (their stocks skyrocketed even though they rarely showed profits), they could afford to do this. But now that investors are starting to demand some sort of steady profitability and some return on their investments other than inflated stocks, Amazon looks like they are starting to worry and this is why they tend to manipulate buyer reviews.
If you don't believe this, try it yourself. Buy what you would consider a poor product and write a bad review. Fortunately, at this point you will get a refund from Amazon, but your review will most likely be squashed.

Walmart just opened a big brand new store near us (Teterboro Airport NJ) and initially I was extremely disappointed. I happened to look at the bikes that they had to offer and I was shocked to note that NOT ONE of the bikes had the proper tags (with price, make, model, etc) on the rack where the bikes were. As a matter of fact I could not find ANY bikes that met the descriptions of the posted tags. It was absurd. It's as if no one in the bike department had any idea whatsoever about the English language. Also this was a totally new store, but the bikes had missing seats, missing handlebars, missing parts, etc.
To this day (4 weeks later) they still have not straightened anything out.
Since 4 weeks ago, the store has improved tremendously and it's now looking better and better every day. But I went on a Saturday and it was literally a ZOO. People ripping open packages, taking things out of boxes, kids throwing things around, trash everywhere. The place does not need sales people, they need a police force to maintain some kind of order.
Even the Walmarts in Mexico were better organized than this one in one of the richest counties in the USA.
I guess Walmart attracts a lot of animalistic tendencies in shoppers. Maybe they should put everything behind bars or bulletproof windows.

Why anyone would buy from DH Gate is beyond me. These must be masochists or people who WANT to lose their money eventually. No, they won't lose it the first, second, or third time around but I GUARANTEE 100% they will lose eventually. I was similarly skeptical of AliExpress (a division of the HUGE AliBaba), but after a few bad experiences, they LEARNED and not only that they GUARANTEE their products. They don't pay the supplier until you have received your goods and are satisfied. Now, what other internet company in the whole world does that? Even Amazon does not do it. Try filing a claim with Amazon and you will see the hoops you have to jump through. Since the early days of AliExpress, I would NEVER buy anything from a Chinese manufacturer without going through AliExpress. I've been burned too many times doing it. There are many, many crooks out there, and there is no one to complain to or to file complaints with. The Chinese Govt, just does not care about the small businesses. They can rob you all they want and they turn a blind eye. They only care about the big stuff like multi-billion dollar missiles.
Anyway, my advice: stay away from DH Gate. You WILL be burned.

Horrible company. Don't bother with them at all. Ordered 7 items with them but really needed only one. Wouldn't you know it, the one I needed was back-ordered with NO shipping date available for the near future. So I cancelled the item. Instead of refunding my Credit Card they gave me Store Credit. Then when I got the package one of the 6 other items was missing. When I mentioned it to them (not even asking for a credit, they told me to send them a video of the package opening to prove that it was missing.
Are they kidding me?
The item was less than $5.00 so it was not worth making a fuss over but given that the 2 things happened on one order (plus the lack of obtaining a credit to your method of payment), I would definitely not recommend them.
If you do buy, shoot a video of the delivery person bringing it to your home. Then shoot a video of you opening the package. Then shoot a video of all the items in the package. Then make 10 copies of all documents. Otherwise you may never see your ordered items or have any chance for a claim.
This company is one of the worst I have ever dealt with.