Brundle Fly
Disabled
- Joined
- Aug 24, 2004
- Location
- ...Barrie, ON, Can...
[rant=begins]I feel I can yell in here, cause you people seem to be friends to me, well, I consider you friends, and this is not the kind of rant the friends I have in the "REAL WORLD" would understand, cause they don't understand computers, they have no idea why someone would get upset about not being able to upgrade. I call them "The Unwashed". Anyhow, my story/rant begins with this, since last fall, I've been planning for my new system, it all hinged on my income tax rebate, $2200 to $3000.
I've been posting about said new system since December, asking for opinions, tips, tweaks, and have received a ton of help, makes a guy happy he calls these forums "home".
Yesterday, I trip down to H&R Block, get my taxes done first thing in the morning, 9:30. So, "Janice" says to me: "Nice to see you again, let's get on with it". Pause... "Dave, you made a hell of a lot more this year with your raise. Hmmmm, your old boss was taxing you too low. Hmmmm, seems your new boss was taxing you too low too, he taxed you according to what you would make working for "HIM" this year, not if you made that amount for the whole year, not good. Ooooops, Lisa(my wife), you made more than last year too, like $5000 more. This doesn't look good....."
Bottom line? $267 rebate, instead of $2200. MAN MAN MAN! I am so pizzed off! 4 Years in a row, at tax time, when I got the rebate, and promised myself a new system, I spent it on the family instead. This year, I swore I would stick to my guns, my system would be bought. Nope. Once again, I can't do it, without it affecting the family. My system has to be bought without compromising everyone else. That's how I feel about it anyhow.
Now, I have to buy it one piece at a time, which is gonna drive me nuckin futz. Well, not "one piece at a time", I'll snag the case first, and start modding it, the CPU/mobo/RAM/vidcard will be bought as a unit. I guess it's good in one way, prices will drop, so it will cost me less in the end. I'm trying to convince myself that this is a good thing.
I'm not depressed, I'm freakin frustrated, 5 years in a row, and I still can't buy what I want. Man man! It's like every time I think I got it all figured out, someone says "NO!", and then starts pokin me with a stick, hahahahahaha.
Ah well, I got a pair of unlocked Tualitins I bought from Xaotic, I'll snag a $90 Soyo board for one of them, something to play with until I can start buying my system. I am soooooo not impressed. What a kick in the nuckin futz. Maybe I'll win the 649 tomorrow night.
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Thanks for the place to vent people, dunno if I feel better, but I got a load off my chest.
I've been posting about said new system since December, asking for opinions, tips, tweaks, and have received a ton of help, makes a guy happy he calls these forums "home".
Yesterday, I trip down to H&R Block, get my taxes done first thing in the morning, 9:30. So, "Janice" says to me: "Nice to see you again, let's get on with it". Pause... "Dave, you made a hell of a lot more this year with your raise. Hmmmm, your old boss was taxing you too low. Hmmmm, seems your new boss was taxing you too low too, he taxed you according to what you would make working for "HIM" this year, not if you made that amount for the whole year, not good. Ooooops, Lisa(my wife), you made more than last year too, like $5000 more. This doesn't look good....."
Bottom line? $267 rebate, instead of $2200. MAN MAN MAN! I am so pizzed off! 4 Years in a row, at tax time, when I got the rebate, and promised myself a new system, I spent it on the family instead. This year, I swore I would stick to my guns, my system would be bought. Nope. Once again, I can't do it, without it affecting the family. My system has to be bought without compromising everyone else. That's how I feel about it anyhow.
Now, I have to buy it one piece at a time, which is gonna drive me nuckin futz. Well, not "one piece at a time", I'll snag the case first, and start modding it, the CPU/mobo/RAM/vidcard will be bought as a unit. I guess it's good in one way, prices will drop, so it will cost me less in the end. I'm trying to convince myself that this is a good thing.
I'm not depressed, I'm freakin frustrated, 5 years in a row, and I still can't buy what I want. Man man! It's like every time I think I got it all figured out, someone says "NO!", and then starts pokin me with a stick, hahahahahaha.
Ah well, I got a pair of unlocked Tualitins I bought from Xaotic, I'll snag a $90 Soyo board for one of them, something to play with until I can start buying my system. I am soooooo not impressed. What a kick in the nuckin futz. Maybe I'll win the 649 tomorrow night.
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Thanks for the place to vent people, dunno if I feel better, but I got a load off my chest.