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Elena is a spoiled brat. I used the Olympus C3030Z for three years before I upgraded to another camera, yet she has only been using the C3030Z for over a year and already complaining and wanting another camera. “It’s too slow!” “It’s too bulky!” “It takes forever to focus!” “It takes forever between shots!” Well, my job is to please, so I hopped on the internet and searched for the fastest compact digital camera on the market currently, and discovered the Fuji F10. After confirming its advertised features with various owners of the camera, we drove to our local Target and found it on sale, much to our delight. However, it was out of stock and the F10 had been discontinued (F11 is on its way). We tried Circuit City and Best Buy–CC said it’s discontinued as well, and BB never even carried it in the first place–only the lower end Fuji models. We then drove back to the Target store and asked them to contact other nearby branches–all were out of stock. In the end, I talked them into selling me the demo camera, which is kept in a glass case and not like typical floor models where it gets abused by little kids all day long. The sale price was $199.99. I think we got a pretty damn good deal for a camera that sells for $329 suggested price. The box was gone, but all the accesories/manuals were intact.
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The first thing I do when I get home from buying something is to read the manual and other relevant information provided. I have discovered that women usually don’t do this. My mother doesn’t–in fact she throws away the manual and every other important thing that comes with the product. Elena doesn’t–she just shoves everything away so that she’ll never be able to find them again if she ever needs them. I’m the designated manual reader/tech support for those two; feel my pain.
