The Joy of Buying ....

Can truly be realized here in America! No wonder why it is so Consumerist...people buy without fear, fear of things going bad, fear of quality of service and fear of the product not matching our expectations! A big part that plays into every purchasing decision anywhere is this fear and here in America professional product firms and credit card companies have taken away that fear from the equation! So, more wealth, more enjoyment and more enjoyment! circle of life keeps going on and on and on.....

Recently, I have had a few good experiences to share...some direct and some almost direct and all of them have been good! Sunrocket pulled the plug one fine day without proper notification and there is pandemonium right? Actually no, although there were a lot of people on yearly contracts, lost connectivity, they didn't lose everything....credit card companies have been refunding these disputed transactions (just call them and say you want to dispute a charge because you haven't got the service!)...I am getting mine back and a couple of friends have got theirs! Lot's of companies have offered to connect us back almost immediately after they heard the Sunrocket news..in fact I received my new equipment from JoiPhone next day and I got connected that same day :)..can this happen in India? I was trying to shift my broadband provider to BSNL and there was a never ending wait..I got tired and then opted out and continued with my miserable existence....btw, credit card companies here quite a bit...they are almost a parallel insurance body *with no minimum from our pockets...Friends have got back money for rental car disputes (so very common!!) and have used it as an extended warranty for big ticket electronic items very effectively :)...

Going to a Credit card company is not necessary too sometimes...if u r under warranty, just call the company and you will be surprised that some of them will deliver replacement products to your doors for no cost! Sometimes just taking your word for it :)..I just can't believe it...Life and some prickly decisions are out of my plate now...All I need to concentrate on is the product :)...

Almost reminds me of a parallel in the software world...every product/technology is moving towards making developers life easy by abstracting/separating concerns forcing them to concentrate only on the "business" logic...same in the consumerist world...buy things by looking at what the product has to offer, not on anything else :)...Art imitates life, Technology imitates life...is Technology an Art? love to think about it that way...will be using my "full" brain that way :)