Last night I was searching for an 8G memory stick and I did find a very good deal on
ebay. As a savvy
internet junkie or just prudent
ebayer, the first thing you have to do is check the seller's reputation, right?
Now, the seller I found is a powerseller having sold out more than 120,000 items on ebay. The reputation was something like 99.3%. Acting on impulse, I clicked on the feedbacks and listening to my doubts, I first checked the negative ones. Since I was contemplating on buying one of the seller's 8G memory stick, I paid more attention to the negative feedbacks on the same item. Alarmingly, dozens of them expressed their disappointment over the items they bought and the failure of the seller to settle the dispute. Some of them blatantly wrote AVOID!!!
But to be fair, I also checked the positive ratings and remarkably, tens of thousands of them are quite happy and satisfied. However, my judgment settled on the negative ones. I had deliberation with self and consequently, I retracted. I am not willing to gamble my £9 with a seller who has that type of reputation.
As I went to bed though, I thought of the vast majority who had a successful transaction with that seller and comparing the 24 who were let down I was beginning to realize it's actually a remote possibility. Afterall, I bought a bluetooth dongle from another seller with the same reputaion of 99.3% and was lucky to get the the item in working order.
But still the thought of the possibility of receiving the bad tomato is keeping me. Though it's remote but it could happen to me. What if I get to be one of those unlucky buyers? £9 is not a small amount to lose.
Why did I say that?
Well, I just noticed that firefox browser is almost the same with Chrome now displaying the thumbnails of recently or most visited sites while on the right panel are the recently bookmarked and below is the recently closed tabs.
I am just wondering, is Firefox google's pet?
There are major differences though like tabs in Chrome open next to it while in firefox it does in the last tab. Chrome has an option to open windows in incognito which doesn't leave cookies. This is especially helpful if you entered credit card details. In Chrome, saved usernames and passwords already appear in the boxes and if you have multiple account for that site, Chrome predicts word as you type. In google you still have to type the whole username before a password appears. When typing a site name in the address bar, Chrome also predicts the site name base on recently visited or bookmarked sites and it already appears in the address bar as you type. In Firefox, however, it will give you a dropdown list where you can select the site and click on it.
Chrome is more simple in appearance but more complex and sophisticated in performance. However, since my McAfee site advisor does not install in Chrome's toolbar giving me no idea if a site is safe or not, I don't have much choice but resort to Firefox.
This past couple of weeks I have been enjoying the start of a British summer as temperature starts to climb to 14 degrees Celsius. But wasn't brave enough to wear short sleeved tops yet when going outside.
However, on Sunday when we went to a car boot sale it didn't feel right. It was very windy and although the sun was out but clouds are moving fast in the sky and it felt like winter again. Also the nights are getting chilly again. I thought we were going to have early summer but I was wrong. Someone said there was going to be snow again. Oh, well, this is England.
I remember when I first arrived here in March last year it was the first day of spring and it was snowing. So I guess I'll have to brace myself up for another wintry spring.
I hate the rain. I used to love it when I was in the Philippines and Thailand because it cooled the air a bit giving temporary relief from the oppressive heat. But here in the UK when it rains and the wind blows it feels like zero even if it's actually 10. Sigh! This seemingly inclement weather is
deterring me to go to the gym everyday.
Well, this is spring!
