What is it with young uns ?

[tech-tonix]

Every year, for Christmas, I buy my daughter (early 20s) a new digital camera.

Because at some point earlier that year, she has phoned me to say that the last one 'just stopped working' -

she didn't drop it, wasn't drunk, etc etc.

Reasonable makes, Olympus, Samsung etc.

Yet my comparable digital cameras generally don't stop like that.

With the next one, she'll have to pay a chunk herself, maybe that'll make it more reliable.

[****merlin*****]

i can almost gaurantee it will

**3 teens, numerous electronic gadgets**

its also weird how now they buy their own phones, they dont want as expensive ones, as when we paid for them, hmmmmmm, curious

[tech-tonix]

Yes, nothing like being the self-paying buyer to focus one on VFM.

Like the MOD buying light bulbs for £22, or the Pentagon's $900 loo-seats

[bitsnknots]

And it's like the pen pushers at the MOD who rack up phone bills coming in at well into the thousands - by ringing the speaking clock!!!!!

[ginap.123]

But it's not only the value for money thing that gets me, it's the not being able to look after/ not lose/ not damage the item. How come thiers 'just stop working' when mine lasts for years. Do they just not look after things?

[captainbovine]

nope....they won't look after anything they don't have to buy for themselves. Give her a gift voucher for the price of the last camera you bought her, she'll have to top it up if she wants a better one.