Dropped $500 on a portable monitor that fried in under a month

I was working from a coffee shop in Chiang Mai last year, and my laptop screen just wasn't cutting it for spreadsheets. Saw this no-name brand portable monitor online for $500, thought I was getting a deal. It worked great for about three weeks, then the screen started flickering and just died. No warranty, no returns, just a brick I can't even use as a second display anymore. I should have just saved up for a known brand like ASUS or Lenovo, but I got cheap. Anybody else got burned buying random tech gear on the road?

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young.kim21h ago

Bro did you pay with a credit card that offers purchase protection?

drew_reed6221h ago

Is it really that serious though? I mean yeah credit card protection is nice and all but most of these claims take forever to actually go through. Half the time the bank fights you harder than the scammer did. Unless you spent hundreds of dollars it might not even be worth the hassle of filing a dispute. Credit cards are great for big purchases but for everyday stuff I wouldn't stress about it too much.

stellanelson13h ago

Young Kim got me thinking differently about this honestly.