"Not bad at all for $279." In light of all the sub $100 750GB disks out there, I believe you may be confused.

@Nobody

There were packing materials in the box. They were insufficient to stop the camera from freely sliding 4-5" in the box.

Make what you will of that.

@SYNTAXERR0R

I called Cameta looking for "resolution" - I didn't really want any money back; I was just mad that I'd paid a lot for the shipping and they really didn't care about ensuring safe delivery.

Heck, I'm the first person to say it got here and works! It just wasn't due to Cameta displaying any care.

Anyways, back to your question -- had they not been rude when I called and just apologized, I likely would havenever written a thing. Take a look, I very rarely review a company that I've bought from. I'm a huge Amazon shopper and very, very rarely review. I felt the interaction was bad enough other people should be warned. Once I got to "Warning others" I'm way past $75 to make it go away.

I didn't want money, I don't expect money -- but if they wanted to make it up to me with money they would not have demanded I remove the review before they sent the cash. That is where this went wrong for me. Had they just sent me the cash, told me and asked that I rethink the review -- they'd likely have gotten what they wanted. As it is they were blatant about offering me a bribe and that feels counter to the intent of all seller reputation systems; so I shared it with the world.

@JRTom -- As the guy who complained, I think your assessment is 100%. I was upset, I called, I got pushed around on the phone about why I was complaining; as many people here have noted if it got here unbroken the packaging must have been good enough! I didn't agree with the pushing around and I left feedback, after Amazon asked for it.

If they offered me the $75 and asked that I consider taking the feedback down -- I would have. I like $75 more than I like a negative review. They didn't, however. They insisted I remove before they pay. That changed the game.

Thanks.

@syntaxERR0R -- I didn't get any money back. I have to remove my review, which is factually correct, in order to get my refund. I will not do this as I think its creepy. I called, they didn't offer to help me. I wrote review, they suddenly care a lot.

If it is a refund for the miserable packaging job, why do I need to remove my review? It won't change the fact that my camera was shipped loose in a box? Isn't the purpose of a seller review on Amazon to let people know this happens? I offered the seller a way out when I called them. They didn't offer me a refund on the phone, in fact -- they didn't offer it until AFTER I left my review.

The only thing Cameta is offering to pay for is removing the review. They are not offering to make good on the lame packaging.

I guess the thing to learn, from your POV, is that everyone should give Camera a bad review to get a shipping refund and then reverse the review?

@Michael A. Banks: It is a bribe and I will not take it. They do not "owe" me anything, what I ordered was delivered -- however my review is accurate to my experience. Offering me a refund ONLY if I remove the review strikes me as crooked.

What if you want fish?

I paid $140 for the Flip Ultra. Total cost, all in was around $190 for the Flip and the UW case.

The case will likely not implode, they tend to use the camera itself as part of the bracing for the case and I've found them to be pretty tough. I've used Olympus, Panasonic and Ikelite clear cases and below their rated depth the buttons just seem to get stuck in.

THAT IS NOT TO SAY I HAVE NEVER SEEN A HOUSING FLOOD. I see it all the time, be careful - it just hasn't happened to me. I tend to travel with 2 cameras and 2 housings when diving, generally I end up loaning one out to another diver who had an accident, but someday that diver will be me.

Significantly Inferior Glass Made for Amateurs

Bubba Ho-Tep ruled. Bruce Campbell is awesome.

Thank you, William Randolph Hearst, for the quote in the headline that is not close to what Chavez actually said.

"Take your little list and shove it in your pocket" is at the very least a touch more deferential than the invented headline "Shove your terror list" would imply.

As someone who is super sensitive to how the holocaust is portrayed in the news and in general, from the POV of a Jewish American who has seen the impact it had on his family tree -- I can safely say this game does not bother me.

It sounds like a tasteful and educational interpretation of very real events. It is important we find new ways to educate and impart the cold fact of what happened in a meaningful manner. As genocide continues to be a theme in human interaction and the world is currently trying to resolve atrocities in places like Darfur, we need to keep an open mind.

Certainly this game feels more appropriate than Castle Wolfenstein or its ancestor Wolfenstein3D and those were a ton of fun!

I love Disneyland. That said, Its a Small World is old, run down and letting it sit and rot doesn't keep with the Disney ethos either.

A refresh doesn't bother me at all nor does an America section. Why is it wrong to be proud of America? America has done a hell of a lot that sucks -- but we've also done a lot of wonderful things.

I remember when I saw my first mug like this. I believe I was the late 70s. I spent a lot of time pouring hot water into it, watching it change, emptying it and them putting it in the freezer to cool it down.

Took a long time for someone to decide having the mug change from a car to a boat isn't as cool as "Hot" and "Cold"

The washing machine killed it. I hope these are more sturdy.

I love my Eton RedCross edition water resistant crank radio. We used it for 14+ hours during the last big NorCal power outage. I had some cheap ass one before and decided after the last major outage to get the Eton. It is truly wonderful, when we got bored of AM news we switched to the TV tuner and it was really clear.

The crank gets tedious, put in some AA's. You can do it -- but it takes a good 5-10 min of turning the crank to get a decent period of play before it burns out.

Oh the horror! Someone took a picture from the internet and edited it!?!

I'm sure in 1985 plutonium is available at every corner drugstore, but in 1955 it's a little hard to come by. -- Doctor Emmett Brown

Can I have Jive please?

I have, many times, had to search for replacement ribbons for my typewriters. I've found there is some adding machine tape at Office Depot that is almost the same as the ribbon for the smith-corona I like to use, so I can wind that junk on to old spools.

Anyone have a good source for ribbons?

Wow. Two of my favorite media personalities in one place! I'm a huge fan of Doug and his business-partners Carl and Jim's work. I'm thrilled you guys have hooked up for this project -- I'm a fan of OpenRoad.tv and think their penchant for finding, discovering and sharing their respect of incredible places is very similar to your directory of wonderful thing.

I believe that was a Curta Type 2 calculator that Mr. Jalopy was holding?

SWEET.

http://www.oldcalculatormuseum.com/curta2.html

Can you turn off everyone who doesn't read the full-text of what they are about to comment on's ability to comment?

Why doesn't Obama author a NetNeutrality law and propose it in the Senate, one of the two places Federal legislation is dealt with? Why do we need to elect him President so he can work on laws, instead of leaving it up to Illinois to decide if he gets to stay in the Senate?

Really, Net Neutrality is a red herring and its silly to see it co-opted into Presidential politics.

There is a party in my hoodie...

I'm not sure its clear which is a better use of space.

VW Westy Syncro MK2

Standard airport taxi-ways are too narrow for the A-380. How is it a remodel of major international airports will be cheaper than the Dreamliner?

I just follow Joel around and agree with him.

When you display "How a non-neutral ISP could work" you are really fishing. I can draw you a picture of how a non-oxygen breathing human could work -- but you won't see any walking the streets tomorrow.

Net Neutrality is a massive red herring. The type of pricing structure the graphic Cory provided won't work for the many, many reasons already called out. In essence, people will just not choose to work with an ISP that tries that crap.

The need for tiered pricing models and priority delivery is, however, real. There are some services that are enabled by a higher quality of service and won't work right on a network that can guarantee certain delivery metrics. It is not economic to try and raise the entire network to quality levels that can support those services when the bulk of internet data transfer can happen at the old 32cent stamp postage rate. Why pay for FedEx when you don't need it?

There has not been any meaningful move by a NSP to block routing to any portion of the internet on tier rate structure. Liken the tiered pricing to various types of mail. Sometimes you need Overnight delivery and sometimes First Class mail is just fine.

Net Neutrality isn't about censorship. Its not even a real issue past the media companies wanting to force some regulation on the NSPs to keep them from charging market rates. If you look a the history of the massive telco crash, you may realize that some of the prime players on the "Net Neutrality kills censorship" side of the debate, they are all major benefactors of the telcom crash and have been paying below-cost rates for years. They do not want to see new services created that they have to pay more for access to and they certainly don't want to pay the telecoms any margin to get access to those services.

When you display "How a non-neutral ISP could work" you are really fishing. I can draw you a picture of how a non-oxygen breathing human could work -- but you won't see any walking the streets tomorrow.

I'd let French go.

Single stage fermenting tastes like ass unless you only brew stuff that is ready to go into the kegs after like 3-5 weeks. I'd add a 2nd stage. Aside from needing a pump, it seems like a small add.

Looks like a digital rangefinder to me.

I am totally confused as to how "Nunchuck" can be TM and Jedi is not. WTF.

Plus, I don't care if that guy has a Lightsaber (tm), that Battleship(tm) is gonna make a pancake (tm) out of his ass.

Now if only Zoroaster would come through for me.

That just rules. I've wanted one of those things every time I see them but refuse to pay $50. I've never thought to just make one for $15 or so.

Sweet.

SO funny to me that it took this long to understand not all risks are equal. I'll ride my motorcycle to a poker game, but I won't smoke crack before I ride home.

I want it. I want it. I want it.