Hey Kids, its Tommy and today I want to tell you a story… Back in the late 80’s I lived in Las Vegas. There, I started to find my love of all things technology and began to collect CD’s. I needed some sort of portable CD player as I was always on the go.
I did loads and loads of research. I knew the pluses and minuses of most for the popular CD players on the market. I studied form factor, size, battery life, price… the works. I found the exact make and model I wanted. The Sony Discman D-100 was the one that fit the bill properly. Sleek black all metal finish with programmable selections and rechargeable battery pack, the D-100 was top of the line from Sony.
In those days before the Internet, you had to go to the local electronics store or department store to see if they had the item you wanted in stock, and there was no Amazon.com to order it online. After I had saved up enough money, I went to the local Circuit City in West Las Vegas to purchase the D-100.
Much to my surprise, when I went there to go get my new toy, they were out of stock. I was in shock, stunned and saddened by this revelation, but I had to leave the store with something. So I settled and purchased a lesser Sony Discman model. I don’t remember the model number, but I do remember that it was considerably heavier, more bulky and made of plastic not the sleek metal frame of the D-100.
I took it home, opened it up – used it – hated it. Hated everything about it! It wasn’t what I wanted and I had let myself down by settling for something less than my first choice.
A wise man once told me, if you do things right, you’ll cry once, if you have to do it over again, you’ll cry twice. I have never made such a horrible tech decision since. Listen to your heart; make good tech choices the first time.
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Music – Despair And Triumph
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[DISCLAIMER — I’m one of the cool kids who has been asked to play with and test technology for Verizon. They asked me to test and share my thoughts. All my words are original and my own.]
