SONY Sucks!!!

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Hi. I lost my USB chord for my Sony Cyber-Shot W-220 camera and my charger for my Sanyo cellphone. Here is what happened next. I called CREDO Mobile for a replacement. The nice woman on the other line said it would cost X but said that I could go to Wal-Mart or a Sprint store and get a replacement. Well, sure enough the next day I went to Wal-Mart and found a generic replacement and I was made whole. When I tried to get my USB chord replaced, I thought I could just drop by the Best Buy. I bought the camera last October and figured that it would be easy. Well, I was just flat out WRONG!!  I tried to go online at www.sonystyle.com and  they just listed the accessories randomly and there was no way in HELL I was going to find it. I gave up and called Sony customer service. The man had me read the serial number and I almost went blind trying to read it.  First off the part is over $40 bucks and I have to wait "6-10 business" days for it.  Of course I could have opted for the rush service but that would have cost 12 bucks more!!
Is it me or is there something wrong here?? Why can't I get my part at an electronics store and find a generic USB adapter?? Umm nice business model SONY. You suck!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, guess I will have to borrow Carolyne's camera to get any photos for the next 6 to 10 business days..

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Sony Cybershot Cameras

I went to Best Buy to buy a new digital camera. I had a Sony Cybershot at 7.2 Mega Pixels and a month ago around November 1st I misplaced it. I fully expected it to show up after getting our home back in order. Well, the camera was still MIA. I found a Sony Cybershot 10 Mega Pixels. It was black and very trim. The photos were very good and I was happy with the good deal I had for a nice little camera. Here is a movie I shot to test the movie mode.

the sound quality on movie mode was terrible!! Did you listen to that movie above?? It sounds muffled. How could I have gone to meetings, events at Bogarts etc with sound that horrible?? When I went back to Best Buy to return for an exchange, the customer service rep took it back for the "Geek Squad" to check it out. I think they understood what I meant about the crappy sound. I bet they are all like that in that model. Now check out the camera I got instead, the Cybershot W-220 that is pink.

Well, the sound is ALOT better on the 2nd video. Its a MPEG file instead of an AVI file. It also fits the ENTIRE screen in Windows Media player. Was it because it produced AVI files which is an older format. I did check on the web and the articles were a bit to technical to get a straight answer. Compare the quality yourself.
Now off to record the goings on in and around Millville