Half of myself feels like crying of what I was told to do (and it feels like I’m now
screwed). The other half feels anger in VR headset companies not providing replacements for what I need.
Both, make me wish I never gotten into VR.
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Talking about the facepad, the thing Mel said I need a hot glue gun to repair. Now the foam part of the facepad has nearly fallen off. So I bought one and it’ll be arriving Sunday. No VR until then, and I’ll be able to repair this and get back in!
..That is until Zagrosect said “no, do NOT use hot glue! You will damage your headset!” My mind is all “but Mel said..” He brought me in a call and I used my phone to show the damage. He said “take it off, you’ll be replacing it”.
No.. NO no NO!!! I spent $20 (+shipping) on this hot glue gun (that apparently I can’t fucking USE now)! I’m not spending more on a replacement foam pad!! I want this pad fixed with the least amount of cost!
…But, I removed it and the other pad (making me feel “you just screwed me, dude. I was going to have this fixed in a day.. now it’s going to be a FEW FUCKING WEEKS until I can get back in VR!!”), and then he showed me this thing that should work as a replacement. This is literally the same facepad I saw from this video a month ago, that I didn’t like how it A: Doesn’t have any cushion for the nose. And B: Would cause light to bleed in. But Zagro feels this shouldn’t be a problem.
He then tried to calm me down, asking me how long I’ve had it. Since it’s been less than a year, it’s possible the headset could be still under warranty (aka I might be able to get a replacement foam pad from Lenovo for free). So, he’s going to do the research for me if it’s possible to get a replacement pad.
Woopie fucking DO! There’s NO guarantee the same thing won’t happen again!! Yet he said “no it won’t, as long as you take care of it”.. and this is where the “I wish I never had VR” part comes in; laziness caused this. 😛 The tears I cried from all of those
heartbreaks, and the sweat I bled from attempting to feel good by dancing, caused the foam to peel away from the black strip connected to the velcro.
I didn’t fucking clean it every day, because I don’t have the ‘antibacterial wipes’ it claims I need. Don’t know where I can find them, and all I see is more fucking money being wasted on ‘care and maintenance’! The hot glue gun was SUPPOSED TO FIX EVERYTHING!! FUCK!! D:{
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Then I realized, it wasn’t him that fucked me over, it was myself. I assumed Mel said to use hot glue, since he used it to repair the latch of his headset. But the more I thought about if Zagro was lying to me or not, Mel said “glue”.. not “hot glue”. What a huge typo. So, it’s both his fault and my fault (but more his fault for not being specific). 😛
Yay! Nearly $21 hot glue gun going up in the closet (hopefully I’ll find another use for
it), while I go and buy the actual shit I need to do the repair; some kind of adhesive. Zagro said he’ll try to find what I specifically need tomorrow.
Going to have to get my parents to deposit $60 in my bank (from my safe deposit box, aka my computer upgrade savings fund..) to essentially get the hot glue gun for free, and it’ll pay for what I really need to get back in VR.
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EDIT: A day after TOL(Thunder Over Louisville) 2019, called Zagro via Discord and asked if he contacted Lenovo. He said “it’s the weekend, their offices are closed”. Pretty sure he never said “I’ll contact them Monday”. Common sense, y u no work?!
He also thought I was going to order the replacement facepad from Amazon, but after explaining how he left me with a “mixed reaction”, he went over my options. And I have two;
1. Go through hell and back to repair the current facepad (the reason I would had needed the adhesive). I would also need to barrow my mother’s iron (that she hasn’t used for years) and all sorts of other shit just to get the thin black strip back on, then use the adhesive to reconnect the foam to the black strip.
2. Buy the one from Amazon, which will connect to the velcro (that costs $29 but I get free shipping).
I think the option of what I picked was pretty obvious.. (it was #2 incase you’re curious)
So, this thing’s going to be coming by either the end of this week, or Wednesday of next week. And that is all I really need to do. No more waste of money.
Zagro also said he would like to buy the second pad when it comes, and said all I’ll have to do is find a standard letter envelope and add a few stamps, then the mail carrier will do the shipping for me. He said he’ll even mail the stamps I need. lol
Surely I can find an envelope around here, but he said to wait ’till I get it and see if a standard envelope would even work.
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As for the glue gun, he said “I’m going to get you to make things with it, don’t worry.”
Also, discovered the top foam padding (and the one that rests on the back of my head) can also be removed quite easily (they have velcro behind them). Zagro said that once I get the new face pad, to take them off and give them a good scrub with soap and water. He’ll also show me how to properly scrub them.