Recent content by Fourth Stooge

The first order I placed, no problems. The second order, I paid for a $60 Hori Soul Calibur 2 joystick for Gamecube. They billed me $60 but sent me a $40 Nuby Soul Calibur Joystick. We ended up working out a deal for me to keep the Nuby stick, and they would ship the Hori stick for $40 and...

I sent them an e-mail yesterday to see what they were actually going to send me. This is the response I got: "Thank you for contacting Best Buy about the Driving Force Pro Wheel. I'm Jon with Customer Care. We'd be happy to explain what racing wheel is shipping to you. With the racing...

Negotiate a settlement. Collection agencies buy debts for basically pennies on the dollar. They do not expect to collect 100% of the debts. The collection agent may be working on a commission basis. She will likely be happy to get what she can from you now rather than squeeze you for the...

I hate reviews in football. I don't want other sports to follow a bad example. Deal with it and move on.

The review of the Korean's performance actually revealed two things. First the starting value should have been 10. Second the judges failed to deduct for one of his mistakes. It's a wash. If they re-evaluate the Korean's performance as a whole, he still loses. If the Korean wants his...

No, I got it today for 30. I'm not sure what was meant by "the salesperson had to override the price," but I suspect the salesperson was talked into it.

I've been to 3 TRU stores a total of 11 times. I keep telling myself I have enough, but the stuff I left behind haunts me. The TRU stores in my area have been incredibly stocked with all of the good ones. I picked up 27 for my collection and about the same number for trade and gifts. I'm...

I would like the next consoles to be component-width to match the rest of my AV equipment. About 17 1/2 inches. I just don't understand why people claim the Xbox is too large. I wish it was bigger. I would buy the changer, but it's not something I see a great need for.

Thanks for your help. I really appreciate it.

Is there a way to tell which Gamecubes have progressive scan and which do not without opening the box? I looked at a Gamecube box at CC this weekend and could not see anything to help me. According to CC's web site, the bundled GC has the digital output. I thought they had stopped production...

A couple of items need added/corrected: Bionicle (XB) $9.99 Backyard Wrestling (XB) 9.99 Inside Pitch (XB) 9.99 Nascar 2004 (XB, PS2) 24.99 F1 2001 (GC) 24.99 Great Escape (XB) 9.99 Capcom vs SNK (GC) 9.99 World Rally Champ. (PS2)...

I don't think these have been posted yet: Sega Soccer Slam (GC): $9.99 Munch's Oddyssey (GB): 9.99 Need for Speed: HP2 (PS2): 9.99 Haven (PS2): 4.99 Devil May Cry: 9.99 Whiteout (XB): 4.99 Tony Hawk UG (GC): 9.99 World Rally Championship (PS2): 14.99 Street Fighter (PS2)...

This reminds me of the old Abbott and Costello routine "Who is on first?" Basically the seller is trying to convince you that it cost him $6.85 to ship the game to you, but it only costs you $3.00 to ship the same damn game back to him. Apparently he wants to be paid for the time it took to...

For those of you who are pro-abortion/pro-choice, would you care to define when life begins in terms of days, weeks or months? That's the fundamental question. I don't think it's intellectually honest to say it's up to one possibly frightened individual, the woman/mother, to decide when...

How many billions did Bush cut from total education funding? An exact amount and a link would help. It sounds to me like we have a constitutional crisis if Bush has cut education funding. Funding is a function of Congress. I've seen this argument before (school lunches, defense, education)...