Just realized I spent 3 hours fixing a monitor stand that cost $12

I bought this cheap monitor stand off Amazon to raise my screen up a bit. It wobbled like crazy from day one. I spent a whole Saturday trying to shim it with cardboard, then felt pads, then a cut-up yoga mat. None of that worked because the legs are just unevenly molded plastic. Finally I just took the thing off my desk and set my monitor on two old textbooks. It's rock solid now and I wish I did that from the start instead of wasting an afternoon on that wobbly stand. Has anyone else tossed a cheap Amazon stand and gone back to random books or blocks?

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mila3952d ago

Is this just how we learn that cheap stuff costs more in time than money?

drew_chen2d ago

...and that's EXACTLY the trap I fell into with my coffee maker last year. Bought this cheap knockoff from some random website, figured it was just as good as the name brand. Well @mila395, within TWO WEEKS the heating element went out and it started spewing lukewarm water everywhere. Had to buy a new one anyway after trying to fix it myself and making things WAY worse. The cheap one cost me $30 but the time spent cleaning up coffee grounds and frustration was not worth it at all. Now I just save up and buy the middle of the road stuff because the cheap stuff ALWAYS finds a way to cost you more in the end.