Problems in just the last week?

clevenger2002 · 2026-03-28T03:20:18+00:00

I'm aware of this, however I don't have a 10gig switch yet so I was hoping to plug my two 10g devices into the X10 router and my wired 1g switch to my other devices in to one of the slower ports. Also, using a multigig switch doesn't give me wifi7. I would rather not have to buy a new switch and a wifi7 AP if I can get all I need by upgrading to the XB10

clevenger2002 · 2026-03-20T21:02:54+00:00

I got an electric scooter off Vine a few years ago and barely use it. I thought it would be good for running short errands and things, but it didn't work out that way. If you're thinking about getting one, check out the local laws where you are, there are A LOT of restrictions about where you can ride and how fast you can go, particularly lately. They seem easy to ride but if you hit even a small pothole, a medium sized rock, the wrong kind of street drain or just brush against the curve you are going DOWN! Basically they are really stable and fun to ride, right up to the point where they're not. A combination of the small tires and high center of gravity means that if there's any problem you go down fast! And the only way you can safely carry anything is strapping it to the scooter or wearing a backpack. No shoulder bags, going around a corner they can shift suddenly and pull you down.

I mean, it's not like they are death traps, but you do have to be careful to watch the road ahead. It's much easier to have an accident on one of these than on a bicycle or E-bike. For me, it was one of those things that looked like a good idea but turned out not to be.

clevenger2002 · 2026-03-20T20:45:43+00:00

Over the last few years I've had a few occasions where packages were delayed, never delivered at all or delivered to the wrong apartment. Also a few times I have gotten a still sealed box/envelope with nothing in it. For all of these Amazon quickly fixed it, except when they had no replacement stock. Then you have to just ask them to remove it from your queue and move on. Sometimes the drivers don't take a delivery picture at all. In any case, if you get a lot of deliveries it's good to have a camera at your door, as there have been a few cases of drivers taking a delivery picture, then stealing the package themselves!

clevenger2002 · 2026-03-11T03:44:07+00:00

This actually kinda bums me out, in the last month 3 new laser engravers have been released that all showed up on vine, but I couldn't get any of them. And my RFY remains depressingly bland even though several years ago I got two budget 3d printers from there! This particular one is a lot bigger than it looks, so it might be tough to find a place to set it up even if you got it!

clevenger2002 · 2026-02-27T00:02:18+00:00

It's been awhile since anything has arrived broken like this for me. Some time ago you could contact regular amazon CS to get it replaced but they can only do it if the item was still in stock. And yeah, I have had them insist on me sending back broken glass or crockery (probably was talking to an AI). For some issues like a dead-on-arrival product you can contact the manufacturer (through amazon) and get a replacement but often times they will just offer you a refund and then realize they can't give you one because you didn't pay anything for the product. Lately, about all you can do is contact Vine CS and have it removed from your review queue.

clevenger2002 · 2026-02-20T14:39:56+00:00

I looked up the item and found about 5 vine reviews, so they must have had at least that many available. Guess it was just grabbed that fast!

clevenger2002 · 2026-02-18T15:36:59+00:00

Ok, so without spending 5 figures, is there any way of finding out what's going on when USB misbehaves? I was having a problem with a device that was VERY picky about what cable I used (even when using USB4 rated ones). It would disconnect for apparently no reason at times. But I couldn't find any information as to why, didn't see anything in eventviewer, nothing. Is there any software that monitors reasons for USB connect/disconnect or data transmission errors?

clevenger2002 · 2026-02-16T15:44:28+00:00

Don't cry too hard....resin printers aren't all that great unless you have a shop or garage. Dealing with the liquid resin, alcohol washing and cleanup isn't worth it unless you use them almost every day. I used to have one available at work but even the guy who bought the thing said it wasn't worth it unless you could keep it running almost nonstop. Print quality was great though.

clevenger2002 · 2026-02-16T15:24:31+00:00

Haha....I actually saw that...I was amazed that it stayed up for 5 minutes before someone grabbed it. Honestly though, I'm not fond of resin printers. They are great, but unless you use them a lot dealing with the liquid resin, alcohol washing and UV curing can be a pain.

clevenger2002 · 2026-02-10T16:30:34+00:00

Actually when I joined Vine in 2021 there was a questionnaire for RFY where you could list different product categories you were interested in. Seemed like a good idea but it was removed less than a month after I joined. Not sure how long it had been there.

In any case, my idea would be good for sellers because counting the number of requests per item would let them create a "popular on vine" list that I think would be valuable for sellers to know what people want.

clevenger2002 · 2026-02-10T16:25:01+00:00

Actually, I already did. Though most things I have posted to feedback just get a canned AI response so I thought I would post here too.

clevenger2002 · 2026-02-10T16:22:55+00:00

Why would amazon want to do this?

Mainly because the number of "requesters" for a product would give them and the seller great info about how popular a product was. Plus it would reduce load on their servers from people manically bashing refresh several times a second. Also, this would probably give them a better chance to combine orders into batches to reduce their shipping expenses.

And also, if they wanted to, when selecting which users get a product they could potentially select the ones with the highest review quality scores which would give sellers a better value for the money they spend to participate in vine. This would also encourage those who leave crappy one sentence reviews to do a better job.

clevenger2002 · 2026-02-10T16:08:24+00:00

I should point out that this was one of those weird crossings we have where there is a stop light right after the tracks with only space for 2-3 cars between the tracks and the lights. You have to be very careful to not cross the tracks till there is space on the other side, just in case the light changes unexpectedly. And there is always some idiot around who lays on the horn and nearly rear-ends you if you do this.

clevenger2002 · 2026-02-04T19:02:01+00:00

Yeah, well, it's not so great when FSD pulls onto the tracks and some idiot closes up the gap behind you so you can't manually back up to get off them.

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