{"id":26342,"date":"2018-06-01T06:04:09","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T10:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=26342"},"modified":"2018-06-01T06:04:09","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T10:04:09","slug":"all-i-wanted-were-window-blinds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=26342","title":{"rendered":"All I wanted were window blinds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good day all. This is a simple rant from me, the Angry Webmaster. I have several windows that need to have the shades on them replaced. I\u2019ve done this before, and it should have been very simple.<\/p>\n

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That turned out not to be the case. The last time I needed to do this, four or five years ago, I simply went to Home Depot with one that needed to be replaced. They measured it, and sold me what I needed. As I recall, it was only about $10-15 dollars.<\/p>\n

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I tried doing the same thing over the weekend. I went into Home Depot, and since I didn\u2019t know where they had put that department, I asked. I found the window shades and pulled a couple out of the rack to compare them to the bad one I had brought in. Then I looked at the price they wanted, and practically excreted a square piece of masonry.<\/p>\n

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They wanted a minimum of $35 dollars! I then started looking at them in greater detail. These weren\u2019t what I thought they were. The ones I have are what everyone thinks of when they think of pull down shades. A simple piece of vinyl with a pair of spring loaded end pieces. These are the ones that you give a slight pull to and up they go.<\/p>\n

No, these were some sort of motorized \u201cWindow Treatments.\u201d Hello? Window treatments? My windows aren\u2019t sick and don\u2019t need any treatment! What they need are simple, basic, shades! I left Home Depot and started shopping online. I went to Amazon since everyone goes there. They had the shades I wanted, just not the ones I wanted. (Not in the length I needed) They were also pretty shabby.<\/p>\n

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I checked Lowes online and had no better luck then I did at Home Depot. I even took a look at, Ick,\u00a0 Yuck, Walmart. Even \u201cWally World\u201d didn\u2019t have what I was looking for. It seems that the Yuppie Scum have decided that inexpensive, yet effective window shades are just to \u201cPasse\u201d and now no one really makes them anymore, at least not in a price range that makes sense.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s the same way these days for people who want a manual transmission in their cars. If you want a stick shift, you actually have to pay extra for it. Considering that most people under the age of 40 have no idea how to \u201cDrive stick\u201d, I can see why they aren\u2019t offered. Still, to charge more? Automatic Transmissions actually cost more than standards.<\/p>\n

Oh my Gawd! I\u2019m old and crotchety!! I\u2019m no longer interested in the \u201cWhiz Bang\u201d things I used to be! I\u2019m this guy!<\/p>\n

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I think I\u2019ll go get drunk now.<\/p>\n

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Thatisall<\/p>\n\"1\"2\"3\"4\"5 (3<\/strong> votes, average: 5.00<\/strong> out of 5)
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