One Month Down!

It has been one month since I have decided to ween my family off of Wallymart. So far the temptations have been to a minimum. For example, last week I needed to buy a universal remote for the DVD player in my bedroom. My first instinct was to go to Wallymart, but I quickly reminded myself that I was not going to buy anything from Wallymart for a year. So then I started to think, where can I get a universal remote cheap? Then the answer popped in my head, Super Target. So I loaded up my sons, survived the rain, and headed out to Super Target. I was able to find several brands of universal remotes at Target. The cheapest was under ten dollars and the most expensive was way over one hundred dollars. I checked the cheapest to see if it was compatible to my DVD player. Unfortunately it was not, so I checked the fourteen dollar one. Jackpot, it said on the back Memorex. So I bought the fourteen dollar remote.

Now after I got home, I quickly put batteries in the remote and set to work to get it up and running. In a few minutes, I was able to program my TV. So next I tried to program the DVD player. I tried all the combinations for Memorex. No dice. So I decided to see if I could program my U-Verse. After 5 minutes, I had my U-Verse programmed. Tried to program my DVR, but no luck since I had no clue to what brand it is. So I went back to trying to figure out the DVD player. I tried all the combinations again and then some. No luck. I checked the Internet and could not find anything to help me. After 2 more hours, I had to give up, especially when I discovered that the code for my DVD player could be one of the other codes for a different brand since it may not have been made by Memorex. Now how stupid is that. I go to the store to buy a remote. I checked the back to see if it was compatible to my DVD player, which it is. And now after research on the Internet, I find out that the remote I bought may not be compatible because it may have been made by a different manufacturer then what it says on the DVD player box. Naturally I was kind of ticked off by that.

After feeling defeated, I pondered if I would of just sucked it up and went to Wallymart, would I have had a different outcome. Who knows, may be or may be not. I really cannot say. But I am glad that I stuck to my guns and went elsewhere, even if I ended up wasting fourteen dollars on a remote that works for everything but the one thing I want it to work for.