Monday 13 June 2011

Don't buy knock off MP3 players.

I went shopping the other day and on an impulse buy decided to buy a 160gb Classic iPod... Well I wish I had of done now. Instead I was talked out of it by my girlfriend (Last time I listen to her regarding technology) and bought possibly the worst excuse of a media player I've ever seen.

Behold the beast. Dubbed "LOGIK L8GBMP410 Multimedia Player"
See, it already sounds like mass produced Chinese rubbish.

I despise the PC World salesman that coaxed me into buying this.  "It's got 8GB of memory and a great battery life" were his words.  True, he never lied about that but  the LOGIK doesn't allow users to set up playlists and actually searches for music much like a skipping CD.  If I want to swap albums it takes a minute to load up the new album; this is very frustrating!!
Moral(s) of the day; don't trust girlfriend on technology advice, don't listen to PC World salesmen and don't buy knock off MP3 players.

36 comments:

  1. Totally agree especially the PC world bit, they're gits.

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  2. Good tips.
    I enjoy Zunes and iPods.
    Hit me back, we have similar interests.
    I am now following!!

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  3. I don't bother with PC World. I'm pretty sure the only companies worth buying media players from are:

    Creative
    Apple (controversial)
    Cowon
    Sony
    Phillips

    and a few others.

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  4. and it will die in 8 months anyway, at least an ipods god for a about 2 years, mines been abused ans its gone for 3 now... battery is starting to play up though...

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  5. Ugh! Yeah That is not good at all.
    if I had to wait more than 3 seconds for a song to load from my MP3 player I would go insane!

    Good advice thank you :)

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  6. actually im not buying them cause theyre coming from china. their industry is like 0 regulated. they can sell whatever they wish

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  7. Interesting - I guess iPod's are the way to go.

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  8. You get what you pay for- oftentimes, spot on for the cheap end of the technology market.

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  9. I'm really surprised he tried to get you to buy the crappy cheap knock off. He sounds like he's failed being a salesperson at the most fundamental level

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  10. I'm surprised that they didn't try to sell you something more expensive. I do have an iPod touch, but I don't really bother with it. I just use my Android phone to music. I do remember buying an iPod clone off of ebay a few years ago though, it was equally as bad as you described.

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  11. God I hate pc world... they lie to your face to get sales.. its terrible really, some dont even have a clue what they are on about!

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  12. Yeah, mp3s are one of those things I won't buy knockoffs for. They never, ever work for a shit.

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  13. most of girls only buy stuff by how they look

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  14. I actually think I was given this the other day and just put it down in my garage randomly because I knew someone made a mistake buying it for me.
    Haha, but I second that moral(s). haha.

    Oh and yeah, PC World has gone downhill these past few years.

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  15. I love me some knock off MP3 players. I buy them by the dozen and fill em up.

    a3

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  16. Great post! keep up the good blogging!

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  17. Defo don't listen to PC World salesmen. Thats for sure.

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  18. Shoulda got an ITOUCH, those things are boss. Nothing compares as to MP3 players

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  19. I took my droid and stuck a 32GB card in it... hello new mp3 player. There are some good apps on the market and it's sure a hell of a lot cheaper than buying a dedicated device

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  20. I trust my girlfriend on dinner and fashion. That's it.

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  21. PC world sales men are aweful, take it back saying he made false claims!

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  22. Sound piece of Advice my friend, i actually bought an MP3 knock off and it was cool until i plugged it to my computer for like 2hrs and it fried...

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  23. well, looks cheap, i hope so
    good advice

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  24. I never trust floor salesman. Haha.

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  25. ipod touch the only way to go imo

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  26. It's true, but some of them really are decent.

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  27. jokes on you, dont trust your girl for any advice

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  28. yeah, a lot of times the cheap stuff ends up costing more in the long run

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  29. agreed 100%. knockoffs never hold up

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  30. I use my PSP for music. Works well for me.

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  31. my mini ipod has lasted years

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  32. I can't even find my mp3 player :(

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