I think you and JTHipster made a crucial mistake at this point in your argument that spoiled the rest of your discussion: you both settled on the assumption that Monoprice's products must be short lived "consumables" instead of durable goods because they're cheap, that a $14 gaming mouse will only last one year while a $100 mouse will last at least six.

I think you can piss up a rope. I own the mouse in question and have bought the mice in question that monoprice sells. In my own empirical analysis, I have a 100% correlation. Me and JTHipster agreed on these terms of discussion because we both have experience with at least part of the discussion.

You, on the other hand, need to come in with your cock swinging about MTBF. Riddle me this - how is it that I'm not allowed to speak from my experience but you're allowed to invalidate what I have to say by asserting "I can't google it?" Logitech's warranty is 36 months. Monoprice's is one. Correlation does not imply causation but it sure as fuck implies more than "I can't google it therefore you're wrong."

Monoprice's products haven't stood the test of time because there hasn't been that much time, but what if they last as long or almost as long?

They don't. I suggest you look up what "anecdotal evidence" means. You'll find that it means "I heard a story that." Now go look up "empirical evidence." I haven't "heard a story that" monoprice's electronics are shit. I have evaluated monoprice's electronics to be shit through my own professional experience as a former audiovisual consultant that helped develop products for Rane, Mackie, Biamp, Symetrix, SLS, DBX and others.

Your problem with landfill matter is a valid one, but I'm disappointed that neither of you tackled the issue of recycling as much as you should have.

Keep lecturing, shithead.

If you argue that it is better to buy the more durable (conflated with "expensive")

By you. Not by me. I didn't say "go buy a Rolls Royce" and neither did JT. He said "Go buy a Toyota" and I said "Yeah, because Yugos fall apart."

| (Got my Apple Magic Trackpad right here, bro.)|

Call me "bro" again.

| If only I'd known that when I bought my Bose Triports.|

So you buy Bose and Monoprice and consider yourself an expert?

quality has been eliminated as a factor

You are completely fucking insane. You've done exactly jack shit to back this up but you feel A-OK lecturing me for using personal experience in an argument with someone else.

And that's pretty much what your argument boils down to: "You didn't have this argument with me on my terms using my data, therefore everything you said is invalid. Also, I respect no one."

And that's why you're ignored now.