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Monster Cables picked the wrong guy to threaten (2008)

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Re: Monster Cables picked the wrong guy to threaten (2008)

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Post by wlonkly »

kulahan wrote: post #184
alexjplant wrote: post #149

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Dude had bought two monster 1/4inch cables and gotten them replaced "for free" like 5 times. Every time I've had a cable fail it was at one of the solder joints on the connector. Stripping it down and re-soldering takes a few minutes, sure, but it saves you from having to drive to a music shop or pay for shipping. For this reason I try to only buy cables that are built to let you do this instead of ones with closed…

Back before monoprice was bought by a Chinese company, I had one of their HDMI cables, and yeah - the connector just slipped right off. Buncha thin gold wires sticking out. I contacted them. They asked for a photo, which I was able to text them directly from my phone (very advanced for 2009). He looked at it, said it was their fault, and to toss it. Another was shipped to me. I have a Logitech mouse that’s double cli…

"Ok, I clicked 100 times, but I just did it with the mouse pointer on my desktop."

"Did I stutter?"

Re: Monster Cables picked the wrong guy to threaten (2008)

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Post by kulahan »

deepsun wrote: post #189
kulahan wrote: post #184

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Back before monoprice was bought by a Chinese company, I had one of their HDMI cables, and yeah - the connector just slipped right off. Buncha thin gold wires sticking out. I contacted them. They asked for a photo, which I was able to text them directly from my phone (very advanced for 2009). He looked at it, said it was their fault, and to toss it. Another was shipped to me. I have a Logitech mouse that’s double cli…

Sounds like all electronics shops got bought by a Chinese company (Newegg is another example). Are there any left? BestBuy maybe?

I’m fortunate enough to live near a Microcenter. Highly recommend them. They do have an online store as well.

Re: Monster Cables picked the wrong guy to threaten (2008)

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Post by yummypaint »

Our_Benefactors wrote: post #193
nnf wrote: post #187

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I have this problem with my Logitech mice too. They work great for two or three years, and then they start registering about one in every 50 clicks or so as double clicks, with the frequency slowly increasing to maybe 1 in 10.

That and the infinite-scroll wheel bearing fails. I’ve probably gone through 5-10 g502 mice in the past decade. I usually buy them 2-3 at a time when they are on sale.

Sounds like it's working out for them

Re: Monster Cables picked the wrong guy to threaten (2008)

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Post by Our_Benefactors »

yummypaint wrote: post #203
Our_Benefactors wrote: post #193

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That and the infinite-scroll wheel bearing fails. I’ve probably gone through 5-10 g502 mice in the past decade. I usually buy them 2-3 at a time when they are on sale.

Sounds like it's working out for them

Yes, unfortunately there are no other mice that have the infinite scroll wheel and I’ve come to love it for office work.

They’re generally pretty good about warrantying them, but life is short so I don't always bother.

Re: Monster Cables picked the wrong guy to threaten (2008)

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Post by freejazz »

derefr wrote: post #165
dmurray wrote: post #88

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The term to search for this is barratry and there are laws against it in some jurisdictions. Realistically, you will not win a judgment on this to compensate you for your time dealing with a single cease and desist letter. If someone shows a really excessive pattern of it, perhaps a judge or a bar association could be convinced to make an example of them.

I guess that does address my concrete question as given. But I think I was less imagining a countersuit that literally just "seeks damages for wasted time and effort"... and more imagining a countersuit that can somehow "rope in" the claims in the original suit, so as to force those claims to be evaluated and case law to be created upon that evaluation — whether the original claimant likes it or not. Imagine, by anal…

So you basically want to give effect to any claim that isn't brought to court of being brought to Court? How does that make anything better? It's going to mean more lawsuits, a waste of judicial resources, and probably moot cases if it's not even adversarial. I understand this is a layman's perspective but it seems incredibly foresighted. You seem to be of the belief that it's never the case that parties, after investigations, etc, reasonably decide not to sue, and that they didn't prior have a reasonable basis for asserting their claims outside of a lawsuit? That's just naive.

Re: Monster Cables picked the wrong guy to threaten (2008)

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Post by neuralRiot »

bayindirh wrote: post #66
jaredandrews wrote: post #36

I had no idea Monster sold anything other than over priced guitar cables... About 15 yeard ago, I knew a guy who exclusively bought Monster... well he had two of them, one from the guitar to the pedal board and another from the board to the amp. But it wasn't because of their alleged improved sound quality or whatever, it was because they had a lifetime warranty. Dude had bought two monster 1/4inch cables and gotten…

I hove some Monster cables around, and I bought them knowing that their claims are bogus, but the things are built like a tank. None of them have broken or developed faulty connections over the years, and that's worth it the price difference in my opinion. In my case, for a couple of them, the price difference was nil, because the store was selling them at a 50% discount to just get them out of their premises.

Switchcraft + Belden or Canare and you’ll have cables to pass to your grandchildren.

Re: Monster Cables picked the wrong guy to threaten (2008)

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Post by neuralRiot »

MisterTea wrote: post #155
jaredandrews wrote: post #36

I had no idea Monster sold anything other than over priced guitar cables... About 15 yeard ago, I knew a guy who exclusively bought Monster... well he had two of them, one from the guitar to the pedal board and another from the board to the amp. But it wasn't because of their alleged improved sound quality or whatever, it was because they had a lifetime warranty. Dude had bought two monster 1/4inch cables and gotten…

> I had no idea Monster sold anything other than over priced guitar cables... Basically, someone asked themselves "how do I port the audiophile scam to the home entertainment space?" And monster cables was born. When Monster first came out it became a meme. Their advertisement was laughable and remember joking with tech savvy friends about how all wire was vastly inferior to the alien technology monster used in their…

What if we bring the idea into 2025 and sell subscription-based cables?

Re: Monster Cables picked the wrong guy to threaten (2008)

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Post by Suppafly »

hugo1789 wrote: post #89
Suppafly wrote: post #67

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Seems like he's still using their design on the ebook on amazon all these years later.

It seems that are used books This is the new design: https://www.amazon.com/-/de/gp/aw/d/1621050521/

Weird, when I looked it was showing it as the kindle edition and I could have clicked buy on it. Looking now, if you hit other editions it'll show you the paperback with the old cover but if you click through the editions, eventually it'll only show you the new one for all of them.

Re: Monster Cables picked the wrong guy to threaten (2008)

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Post by kulahan »

Our_Benefactors wrote: post #204
yummypaint wrote: post #203

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sounds like it's working out for them

Yes, unfortunately there are no other mice that have the infinite scroll wheel and I’ve come to love it for office work. They’re generally pretty good about warrantying them, but life is short so I don't always bother.

That stupid scroll wheel is so great I hate it. I also can’t give it up. Sometimes I want smooth, sometimes I don’t.

Re: Monster Cables picked the wrong guy to threaten (2008)

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Post by zelon88 »

kulahan wrote: post #184
alexjplant wrote: post #149

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Dude had bought two monster 1/4inch cables and gotten them replaced "for free" like 5 times. Every time I've had a cable fail it was at one of the solder joints on the connector. Stripping it down and re-soldering takes a few minutes, sure, but it saves you from having to drive to a music shop or pay for shipping. For this reason I try to only buy cables that are built to let you do this instead of ones with closed…

Back before monoprice was bought by a Chinese company, I had one of their HDMI cables, and yeah - the connector just slipped right off. Buncha thin gold wires sticking out. I contacted them. They asked for a photo, which I was able to text them directly from my phone (very advanced for 2009). He looked at it, said it was their fault, and to toss it. Another was shipped to me. I have a Logitech mouse that’s double cli…

As an IT professional; It's not even worth my time to substantiate those claims. The user gets a new mouse and I record it as a ticket. I've never had to "cut anyone off" from issuing new equipment, but if there's ever a problematic user I'll have a record of their equipment issues on file.
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