Groundhog Day

by Duf Anything and Everything

You may recall I was sent a hoverboard for free to review several months ago.  You may also recall the thing died on me which resulted in me sending it back.  Well over a month ago the replacement arrived but it has sat in the box unopened as I had the two trips and a bunch of other higher priority things to deal with.  Last night I thought I would finally open the the box so I could continue with the review.

So I get the device on the table while filming and press the power button and get no response.  I pressed it multiple times with my sense of disbelief increasing each time as this is EXACTLY the same problem the first unit had.  Needless to say I was frustrated.  I sent the vendor an email reporting the problem, asking for a return shipping label and indicating I do NOT need another unit sent to me as I can not recommend it to my audience.

Ironically ANOTHER free product that was sent to me for review arrived yesterday. It is a percussion massager.  Ironically I bought one of these for myself several months ago.  Hey if companies want to send me free stuff to review that’s fine with me.  If I like the item I’ll keep it, if I don’t I’ll give it to someone that wants it, a win/win.

Last night was pretty productive.  I spent a decent amount of time in the hobby room assembling stands and starting a print on a printer I have not used in at least 6 months.  I was happy to see it fired right up and worked 100%.  I modeled a custom stand order for someone as well, another thing I have not done in many months.  It would be nice to get the flow of income from the 3D store more active again.  Lord knows I have enough expenses lately that the money could go towards.

I am scheduled to have lunch time pickleball sessions both today AND tomorrow.  A woman that works at the county whom I know from the gym started playing with us as well so it has been fun increasing the opponent pool.  She is extremely athletic and competitive so I will not be surprised if she starts taking us down sooner rather than later.