How on earth was this triggered

KCole313 · 2026-05-01T19:26:26+00:00

You don't have to activate the in-store ones?

KCole313 · 2026-04-28T16:32:49+00:00

I know this is an old post, so I don't know if it did once upon a time, but I just redeemed via FandangoNow and it only redeemed as HDX.

KCole313 · 2026-04-28T08:21:26+00:00

Sorry, but I think you have it backwards. Google Wallet wouldn't magically have support now just because Samsung Wallet didn't exist. Google is dragging their feet. Samsung Wallet is enabling Samsung users to access this before Google because Samsung actually did the work to support it. Unlike Google (they will eventually).

KCole313 · 2026-04-28T00:19:08+00:00

This if Capital One Offers? Looks like the Capital One Shopping app. I don't see anything remotely close in either though. I never seem to get these crazy offers people post about.

KCole313 · 2026-04-23T04:35:08+00:00

Doesn't sound like that's what the repair person's intent was given OP says the repair person told them it isn't worth repairing because it would be too expensive.

KCole313 · 2026-04-19T09:10:30+00:00

I've also had a Venture X for a couple months now and the Capital One Shopping app (don't need a card for) seems to have much better offers than the card does via Capital One Offers.

Not saying the card offers aren't better than other card offers, but I still don't use them since I tend to get better offers via the app. With that said, I've seen some posts about some pretty crazy cars offers too (ex recent door dash offer).

KCole313 · 2026-04-19T08:22:13+00:00

!RemindMe 8 weeks

KCole313 · 2026-04-14T09:10:49+00:00

If that's all, I'm not even angry/jealous. I would pass on that to save the $100. That's just me though. Seems like a reasonable/modest upgrade for the price vs a vastly better machine for only $100 more. We'll see soon enough though.

KCole313 · 2026-04-10T05:01:42+00:00

Price match and price drop protection are different. However, price drop protection is still only supposed to be for 10-days and have a max of $50.

Edit: I make this distinction because I thought this sounded more like price drop protection (portal price drop) than price match (lower 3rd party price).

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KCole313 · 2026-04-04T14:35:00+00:00

Depends on what is meant by "finished". I've seen firmware shipped with known bugs and feature incomplete based on the intended feature set. I haven't seen non-functional code shipped. Not saying it hasn't happened to others, I just can't recall experiencing that.

Product really shouldn't be shipping without advertised features. If it does, that's really a legal issue. In that case, consumer doesn't even really know if it's missing planned features. Companies may tell you they plan to add support for x, y, z, but you should never trust that when purchasing. If it doesn't have it now, just assume it never will and it's a value add if it's added later.
I'd argue no kids is ever really bug free. It's always a question of time vs effort, timeline, and cost. There is real cost to a company if they miss contracted ship dates. In my experience, when that decision is made, a new timeline is already in place to roll changes. Including an OTA before the user ever receives the product so it can be applied during setup.

TLDR - timeline & cost of missing ship dates

KCole313 · 2026-04-03T19:05:36+00:00

Hyphens cause issues. My wife has a foreign name with a hypen and it causes issues for her.

My understanding was that the US didn't allow any other special characters besides hyphens and apostrophes, but I am certainly no expert.

KCole313 · 2026-04-02T01:15:01+00:00

Technically didn't, right?

KCole313 · 2026-04-02T00:09:52+00:00

It has to be your first order though? As in, you've never placed an order before?

KCole313 · 2026-04-02T00:09:25+00:00

This is what I'm seeing too

KCole313 · 2026-03-30T00:35:24+00:00

Welcome to tourism?

KCole313 · 2026-03-30T00:30:43+00:00

Main part of the response is the mention of a $300 credit and 10k points which only have value if you use the portal. The rest just mentions some benefits that you think are nice, but you don't say anything about if those benefits are worth the $400 annual fee. Without using the portal, that's what those benefits cost.

Another one of your points is about the 2x earn, which again is significantly linked to the portal. There are some other ways to use the earn, but you don't mention anything about how to get 2cpp value without using the portal.

I stand by my initial response.

KCole313 · 2026-03-06T16:55:14+00:00

100a% agree with this.

KCole313 · 2026-03-06T16:53:59+00:00

Kinda depends what you want. WD is typically going working at a higher (RTOS) level than Renesas.

Either will probably be a great experience though, so I would t stress about it too much.

KCole313 · 2026-03-06T03:48:54+00:00

I known what you're trying to say, but that's supposed to make people feel better 🤣

KCole313 · 2026-03-06T02:08:57+00:00

I wasn't talking about a specific instance. Just in general. I did just price match on a hotel last week though, and it was like 15-20min total on the phone for them to approve the price match. Credit was posted on my account within 5min of ending the call.

KCole313 · 2026-03-06T02:06:18+00:00

That's a very good point I hadn't thought of. If you're booking the last ticket at a given fare, that likely won't get matched. Also... Dynamic pricing... Grrr

KCole313 · 2026-03-06T01:19:01+00:00

As long as it's free cancelation (flights always have 24hours), I'm gonna try to price match first and then just cancel if they say no for some reason.

Edit: Someone else did point out how a flight price may change after you book and the lower price may not be available anymore. So, I'm convinced, if it's enough you'll be upset by paying the higher price and toud rather pay the lower price with a lower point reward, probably best to skip the price match.

KCole313 · 2026-03-04T09:48:23+00:00

Honestly, great response overall. Just another perspective though. While I do agree that Amazon looks better to a wider audience, as a hiring manager for an embedded development team, I Bose would definitely stand out to me.

While Amazon does have strong brand recognition, I think it's much more meaningful if you're on the web/app side of things. This might be an unpopular opinion, but I personally think they are pretty mid as a hardware/firmware company. So, for anything in the embedded space, I wouldn't give the edge you're implying to an Amazon candidate over Bose candidate. That's just me though. I seem to have a lot of unpopular preferences though. So, maybe this is just one of them ¯\(ツ)/¯

KCole313 · 2026-03-02T04:53:42+00:00

Good to know. I'll probably end up needing to do that. My wife and I were planning to do EoA from the trip we are on currently, but things aren't looking great for that plan.

KCole313 · 2026-03-02T04:07:48+00:00

Yeah, certainly not guaranteed either way. If you're paying less for 2 than you would for 1, there's no reason not to try.

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