You may remember seeing this Pip-Boy clock a few months back as part of the Fallout 3 Survival Edition package, which was a little rich for some gamers' tastes at $130. Still, a lot of people did buy it, and those people are starting to speak out about it -- in specific, the clock, which sounds a little bit as if it was made in Taiwan by five year old slaves.
Posts have started to pop up on Bethesda's forums about the clock's faults, which seem to range from messy paint and scratches to total failure to operate straight out of the box or after a few days time. The clock does come with a warranty card, but -- get this -- you have to pay for the clock to be repaired AND you have to pay $10 for return shipping. Classy, right?
One customer's contact with Amazon results in their offer to refund the paying price, but that doesn't do much for fans who want what they should have gotten in the firsrt place -- a working clock. Although if you have a sense of humor, the broken clock is probably fitting as a relic of the Fallout 3 universe.Have you had any trouble with yours?
[Thanks, Nick]
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2:56 PM on 11.12.2008
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Or, hell, just do it with modern firmware. The screen would have to be LCD anyway.
"Take the lunch box, leave the clock"
I'm kind of surprised more people aren't complaining about the whole GOW 2 Lancer situation. Considering there's a small space between the batteries and the connector, so it doesn't work right out of the box for a lot of people. Pretty pathetic honestly. Luckily you could fix it by bending the metal sheet upward with a knife, or just fold a small piece of aluminum foil.
Yay! Five year old slaves!
Take a look at the Amazon boards...People are in an uproar over the crappy build quality of the lancer.
If it explodes, don't forget your Radaway.
I could be wrong, but I remember mostly getting mini-posters and music samplers as pre-order gifts for a $5 downpayment. Once people start paying $60 over the price of the original game is when they start getting picky about the quality of the extras. And hey, my Bioshock Big Daddy statue is still guarding my desk with pride.
/looks a mountain of untouched junk from other games' SE pack ins sitting on my TV and desk.
I think I made the right call.
Also, for having absolutely no functions beside telling time (and having a display that is so dim, I couldn't read it in my dim fluorescent-lit office), 3 AA batteries only power it for 6 days. Yes, it has a battery life of SIX DAYS. As I'm not inclined to continuously buy batteries for this thing, it's basically totally useless to me now.
if you have an iPhone you should give a look to an app called PipClock, it's pretty nice, and not just a clock anyway
if you have an iPhone you should give a look to an app called PipClock, it's pretty nice, and not just a clock anyway