Instruction Manuals

Do you read instruction manuals?

  • always

    Votes: 9 28.1%

  • most of the time

    Votes: 4 12.5%

  • sometimes

    Votes: 10 31.3%

  • rarely

    Votes: 6 18.8%

  • never

    Votes: 3 9.4%
  • Total voters
    32
I always give it a crack to see if I can't figure it out first, otherwise I won't learn anything technical.
 
well I read the instructions only once then I just assemble some stuffs by myself without referring to it.

I had to assemble my daughters toy riding cars, I cant remember wot it is....but the first one I used the instruction manual first. The second time I tossed the instructions into the trash and did it myself. Both girls sure got a kick of seeing poor Daddy playing with a screwdriver and a mallet.

Hell, both toy cars worked great and funny was that the instructions said 130lb weight limit to sit on car.....Since I weigh over 180 lbs both toy cars held up to that excess weight lol....
 
I always do, but then again that is my curious nature. Also, I love to have something to read.:laugh2:
 
What I do is experiment with the object.. then if I have difficulty figuring out the process I open up the manual. Most of the time it's something simple enough, like constructing your Wii for the first time, I never open the manual but I end up storing it incase I need to resell the item.

I prefer the feeling of being naturally curious until I get frustrated when I get stuck.

Kinda like exploring. Instead of reading the map, I want to explore around first with my eyes.
 
Did you know that a high percentage of product returns due to being defective were actually due to not reading the instructions?

I've seen it happen a lot when I'm standing around in the customer service area at Walmart, Target, and Best Buy. :roll:
 
VamPyroX said:
Did you know that a high percentage of product returns due to being defective were actually due to not reading the instructions?

I've seen it happen a lot when I'm standing around in the customer service area at Walmart, Target, and Best Buy. :roll:
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like wha? do tell us! :cool2:
 
Jiro said:
like wha? do tell us! :cool2:
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One customer complained that a product stopped working after one day. Apparently, she left it on and the batteries died out. There was a sticker on it in bold print... TURN OFF WHEN NOT IN USE. :ROLL:
 
VamPyroX said:
Did you know that a high percentage of product returns due to being defective were actually due to not reading the instructions?

I've seen it happen a lot when I'm standing around in the customer service area at Walmart, Target, and Best Buy. :roll:
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i'm not surprised. our society is always in a rush, so it's no wonder people refuse to read instruction manuals for the products they buy.

as the saying goes, "when all else fails, read the instructions." :giggle:
 
VamPyroX said:
Did you know that a high percentage of product returns due to being defective were actually due to not reading the instructions?

I've seen it happen a lot when I'm standing around in the customer service area at Walmart, Target, and Best Buy. :roll:
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Me, too. I have seen it happen, too. Sometimes, I jumped in and helped them, if they let me. The manager said he wants to hire me but I told him that I already have odd jobs. Thanks, tho. Also, he said he wants me to stop by at his store anytime. How nice of him?!


I read the instructions before setting up my desktop or assembling my mountain bike, etc, without any problem (since I was 12). My sister asks me to help her to set up her stuffs, I told her it's easy and I am sure you can do it. She said she doesn't understand the instructions, even tho, she graduated from M.I.T. college. :eek:
I am very good at fixing things as well. It's fun, anyway. :D
 
I don't read them because they tend to come in books of fine print. I never could read that tiny print, not even with my reading glasses.

Also I can usually figure out how to use the product without reading the instructions, and having had any instances of defect that I can recall that were a result of my not following directions.

The last time I did was with our espresso machine. It had a defect but it was because they sent us the wrong size for the part where you twist the espresso gadget on and off so it got stuck.
 
Nika said:
I don't read them because they tend to come in books of fine print. I never could read that tiny print, not even with my reading glasses.

Also I can usually figure out how to use the product without reading the instructions, and having had any instances of defect that I can recall that were a result of my not following directions.

The last time I did was with our espresso machine. It had a defect but it was because they sent us the wrong size for the part where you twist the espresso gadget on and off so it got stuck.
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I have same problem, too but I have to use my eyeglass to read the fine print, which is a pain in the neck. LOL.
How about using a magnifying glass?
Espresso machine??? I thought an espresso machine is used to produce the Italian coffee beverage called Espresso but I know what you mean by that. I don't know what it is called. :dunno: Maybe Hear Again knows.
 
VamPyroX said:
One customer complained that a product stopped working after one day. Apparently, she left it on and the batteries died out. There was a sticker on it in bold print... TURN OFF WHEN NOT IN USE. :ROLL:
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I repaired radios back when radios had tubes in them. It was common for someone to come in and say the radio did not work -- They turned it on and got nothing. Most of the time the customer had forgotten to plug it in. Standard practice was to dust the radio off, and rather than make them feel like a fool we would charge them a dollar for our time and send them home.
 
I always read instruction manuals but I always give to my fiance because he is good at it anyway... I get messed up sometimes...

My fiance is good at everything to fix or anything heavy he has muscles that's why I have him around... :)
 
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