Saturday, January 01, 2011  Return to Sender  I don't know what
it takes to get decent service over here.  I had bought a
wireless router from one of the better-known computer chains in
Israel.  It was their best - said their salesman.  Turned out,
not only could I not get the router hooked up to my laptop,
but neither could any technician.  Turned out it wasn't
compatible with my modem.  I tried to return the router back to
the store and they were like "well, it can't be returned because
it's not defective."  Not de-fucking-fective?  Do they want me
to drop the thing to make it defective?   No amount of arguing
could get them to budge.  We didn't budge until they offered us
a refund minutes 30%.  No thank you.  We'll sell it privately. 
It's brand new and unused.  Someone will buy it from us at close
to the price we paid.  I call up my internet provider to get a
price on their wireless.  The saleslady is very aggressive and
wants a commitment from me immediately.  It'll only cost me 20
NIS a month.  I tell h