I'm bored, so here's another entry. YOU FELCHER!

Remember my Sony MiniDisc player/recorder that died? I don't think I ever mentioned that my dearest friend gave me a Hi-MD unit for Christmas (love ya, B!) It's easily my most prized possession, I use it CONSTANTLY to listen to music and record vocals. Best Xmas gift ever.

Recently, the player's developed a few small hiccups: The Cancel/Stop button sometimes makes the player skip to the next track instead of stopping, and there's something in the external battery connection that occasionally causes loss of power if it's vibrated (like on a car seat.) Nothing MAJOR, I rarely even use the external battery, but I thought I'd contact Sony again to see what could be done to fix these small problems. I suppose I should've checked my own blog before doing so, cos their service line hasn't improved one bit since I last called it.

Through sonystlye.com I got a number specifically for CD/MD Walkman issues, so it was with a slight dismay that I found myself speaking to Gamblor the automated service rep once again. YES. NO. YES. MZ-RH910. YES. YES. SUCK MY BALLS YOU OVERLY-PERSONABLE ROBOT. Then I'm put on hold for the next available representative, who isn't availble for a good 20 minutes. I forget the girl's name, so I will refer to her as SPECIAL EDWINA. Special Edwina breathes. A lot. In between every sentence. At least. Sony is truly doing their part in the effort to employ the mentally handicapable.

I explain the probelms I'm having with my player & ask about the repair options. Obviously, I have contracted some of Sepc Ed's mental deficiencies via phone osmosis, because I'd forgotten that Sony doesn't DO repair work on MD units, they only exchange for factory refurbished ones, and if you don't have a receipt it costs $130 (guess the fee went down.) The thing here is, it took SE at least 5 minutes to find this information in her script (I know she was on a script cos she repeated the info to me verbatim when I replied "what?") and another 5 to actually SAY it. I honestly expected to hear a respirator in the background, but maybe she's just 700 pounds & long sentences wear her out.

So it was basically a lost half hour (or more, I honestly lost track of time during this call) with no solution. I didn't want to exchange my player, it means too much to me from the giver & I'd never exchange it, even if it stopped working altogether. Like I said, neither issue is really a problem, but it's still annoying to find that Sony still doesn't have a lot of their shit together.