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The U.S.A.: Unbelievably Stupid Arseholes

I'm not sure any more words need to be minced about them:
I find it seriously hard to believe that anyone sincerely thinks the United States of America are still a great (or even decent) country.

Grenada (Seagate 7200.14) = Grenade
(I know it's a cheap pun…)

Dimplex = Dumbplex
I have ample evidence that for a "reputable" brand (or so they might have been in decades past), they're downright disgraceful now.
You might as well just buy an actual cheapo; at least you'll get what you pay for that way.

Arda (appliances) = Anti-repair design atrocities (see here)
Bose = Bogus overpriced sound equipment

Bird (scooter rental) = Burst into rage dramatically
(That was my reaction to their completely glitched-out app; I can deal with bad engineering, one way or another, but bad programming is one of the few things which can really take away my cool. I'm so glad to be out of IT proper… Anyway Beam's scooter app works fine, so I'll be riding them once I get the hang of it.)

IEC = Incessant Extortion Continuation
They charge how much for these wonky drawings again?

To be fair, most of the national standards bodies are equally greedy; that's monopoly for you. I'll see if I can do better…

Ninebot = Buynot

From the start my G65 MAX didn't perform up to expectations (having less grunt than the Beam scooters even in sport mode, and hardly moving at all in the default Eco mode), and the provided C5 cord was defective. Then the rear tyre kept going flat, which turned out to be a faulty valve (I found a bit of fluff in a split in the rubber, apparently from the factory); worst of all, the spare valve Ninebot sells doesn't fit the wheel, and they don't provide the correct type either

So I've lost the morale to continue trying to fix it, and will look at other brands once our old house sells.
I can only guess the Beam scooters perform better because Beam actually hold Segway-Ninebot to their specification, unlike these retail models