Jinxed or what??!!

I have to admit, I am always so unlucky with electronics. Electronics goods that are of reliable and reputable brands can just spoil/get faulty for no apparent reason at my hands. My friends said I am just unlucky when it comes to buying such items.

Here are some examples:
- Fujitsu laptop. Failed to boot up the first day I bought it. When I sent it back for repair, tech guy told me the hard disk is corrupted. Hello, first day only, can't even use it, hard disk is already corrupted. What ever happened to Fujitsu QC??

- Palm Tungsten PDA. After a year of moderate usage, it went faulty. The battery, fully charged, will only turn on the PDA for less than 15mins and then showed that the battery is flat! And I don't even abuse it in any way. I just used it to record my appointments that's all!

- Mac Mini. The first day we bought it until now, it can never detect any portable hard disk. Thumbdrive yes, but not portable hard disk. When I called to check with Mac support, apparently, I've got one that has some faults in the drivers. That is why the system can't detect. And I thought Mac is supposed to be reliable, of good quality? Looks like I got one that didn't pass the QC again!

- Nokia phone. The digit "7" on the number pad wasn't working when I first got the phone. Demand to have a new set but Singtel cited "company policies" can't replace a new phone for me. But tell me to send to Nokia service centre for repair, FOC.

And the list goes even to trusted brand of watches. I think I better stick to trusty old Casio or some pasar malam brands.

And you know what, within days of us moving in to the new place:

- The Fujitsu laptop (which I had endured its erratic behaviour for 2 years) went crazy and I couldn't even open any applications without seeing a barrage of error message.

- Mac Mini went bogus and will shut down automatically by itself within 1 minute of boot up.

- The "7" on the Nokia phone pad is malfunctioning again. I had to pressed at least a few times and hard enough for it to detect. Warranty had expired so I will have to pay for repair works.

- My watch of trusted brand STOPPED. And did I tell you I refused to pay a single cent for the repairs when the servicing guys called me?

I decided it is time I need to retire the laptop. Enough of putting up its idiosyncracies. I went to get a new one on Tuesday. I told the young chap, get me one that is most reliable and won't break down after 2 years.

He replied," Buying electronics actually depends on luck too. Some people can use a Dell for 5 years and still good. Some people can use a branded and premium one and only lasts for 1 year." I had to agree with him. All the "unlucky" evidences where pointing at me.

So eventually, I bought a BenQ laptop that is really value for money, one of the cheapest models and good enough for me to work on. WF tells me I should get one that I won't regret later and it will be useful and up to date, not so much on saving that few dollars.

I tell him, this time I am buying on luck.