Technology & MSG

After a year with Amazon Prime, I’m renewing my membership. The convenience and savings — both time and money — make it more than worthwhile.
In the past year, I placed 23 distinct orders with Amazon that weren’t covered as part of my free trial to Prime. Each of the orders contained at least one item, [...]

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Though I’m usually a fan of Super Saver Shipping, I’m in the midst of a 30 day free trial of Amazon Prime. After a handful of orders I came to realize something.
Two-day shipping is awesome.
For two reasons, really.

Items arrive in two days.
Items arrive via UPS.

In my experience, UPS does a better job of handling packages [...]

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My new phone battery arrived from Amazon the other day, intact from DLN Enterprises. It wasn’t in OEM packaging, but it was indeed an authentic Motorola battery. According to the coding on the battery, it was manufactured a year after my old one.
Old: 20060802 2BQ1603
New: 20070801 KAK3791
There were a few scratches on the contacts, but [...]

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I’m a glutton for punishment or lazy, because I lived for months with sub-par talk time that could usually be counted on my fingers. After six months of bitching about my cell phone’s battery life, I decided today to buy a new battery. My Motorola V325 takes one 3.7V Lithium Ion cell, model number SNN5762A.
For [...]

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