Finding the TILE for Christmas (Jersey City: 2015, house, to buy)
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Well I think the latest :neat gadget" of this year is a little square plastic wireless transponder type thing called "The Tile". You put in on your key ring and you can then use your cell phone to find your keys or use your keys to find your cellphone.
Back about Dec 10 I ordered 8 of them for holiday presents for kids, nieces, nephews, their husbands and wives, etc.
Received them about 2 days ago and decided I would try to buy another box of 4. WOW.
I looked online and reportedly BestBuy had them, I stopped at one that was on my way home from work,,,,all sold out. I placed an online order over the cellphone and thought I was going to pickup a box of 4 in E Brunswick, then the order got switched to Jersey City, then got on the cust svc phone and waited about 1 hour for a person to pickup! They had 1 left at J City and 2 left at E Brunswick, then none to be had, we cancelled my order.
T-Mobile is another retailer that had some but only individual ones not boxes of 4 which by then I didnt care.
I drove to E Brunswick then at the same mall that a T-Mo store was, there was also a Best Buy Mobile. I walked in and while no reglar Best Buy stores had them anywhere, all sold out, this Best Buy Mobile had a full display of them!
Turns out they must not keep inventory with the rest of the regular stores.
Anyway if you are looking, Brunswick Square Mall Best Buy Mobile has them and T-Mo stores have the individual ones until all are sold out and more come in.
I work for none of these stores or companies, in fact this is the first time I've ever been in that mall and I've been most everywhere in NJ.
Well I think the latest :neat gadget" of this year is a little square plastic wireless transponder type thing called "The Tile". You put in on your key ring and you can then use your cell phone to find your keys or use your keys to find your cellphone.
Back about Dec 10 I ordered 8 of them for holiday presents for kids, nieces, nephews, their husbands and wives, etc.
Received them about 2 days ago and decided I would try to buy another box of 4. WOW.
I looked online and reportedly BestBuy had them, I stopped at one that was on my way home from work,,,,all sold out. I placed an online order over the cellphone and thought I was going to pickup a box of 4 in E Brunswick, then the order got switched to Jersey City, then got on the cust svc phone and waited about 1 hour for a person to pickup! They had 1 left at J City and 2 left at E Brunswick, then none to be had, we cancelled my order.
T-Mobile is another retailer that had some but only individual ones not boxes of 4 which by then I didnt care.
I drove to E Brunswick then at the same mall that a T-Mo store was, there was also a Best Buy Mobile. I walked in and while no reglar Best Buy stores had them anywhere, all sold out, this Best Buy Mobile had a full display of them!
Turns out they must not keep inventory with the rest of the regular stores.
Anyway if you are looking, Brunswick Square Mall Best Buy Mobile has them and T-Mo stores have the individual ones until all are sold out and more come in.
I work for none of these stores or companies, in fact this is the first time I've ever been in that mall and I've been most everywhere in NJ.
I've been meaning to get this for my wife. She is always losing her keys. I have also seen other brands advertised for less money, but the tile has a big enough name that I know it will still be around a year from now.
The article says the battery is fully sealed and lasts about a year. So what do you do when the battery dies? You have to replace the entire device? A 1 year life span is not very good for 25 bucks.
The article says the battery is fully sealed and lasts about a year. So what do you do when the battery dies? You have to replace the entire device? A 1 year life span is not very good for 25 bucks.
I'm not 100% sure on this, but I think I remember reading that the replacement tiles cost less than the original tiles.
You put in on your key ring and you can then use your cell phone to find your keys
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Originally Posted by AnesthesiaMD
I've been meaning to get this for my wife. She is always losing her keys.
I have always been mystified by people who are "always losing" their keys.
If you have a consistent location where you place your keys when arriving home, it shouldn't be difficult to know where they are at all times.
Whether somebody uses...a dish...or a key, wallet & pocket change caddy...or a hook on the wall...or simply a consistent location on your desk or dresser, IMHO knowing where one's keys are located is not exactly rocket science. I use a hook on the wall, and simply hanging my keys on that hook when I enter the house removes all of the mystery regarding the location of my keys.
Instead, I think that many people use the Hansel & Gretel approach, namely the random sprinkling of their possessions as they walk around the house, just as the fairy tale twosome scattered bread crumbs behind them.
I have always been mystified by people who are "always losing" their keys.
If you have a consistent location where you place your keys when arriving home, it shouldn't be difficult to know where they are at all times.
Whether somebody uses...a dish...or a key, wallet & pocket change caddy...or a hook on the wall...or simply a consistent location on your desk or dresser, IMHO knowing where one's keys are located is not exactly rocket science. I use a hook on the wall, and simply hanging my keys on that hook when I enter the house removes all of the mystery regarding the location of my keys.
Instead, I think that many people use the Hansel & Gretel approach, namely the random sprinkling of their possessions as they walk around the house, just as the fairy tale twosome scattered bread crumbs behind them.
I agree. I have a hook on the wall by each door of my house and place the keys there as soon as I walk in. I don't think I have ever lost my keys. I think devices like this are geared towards women...from my personal experience they seem to be a lot more prone to losing things than men...
I agree. I have a hook on the wall by each door of my house and place the keys there as soon as I walk in. I don't think I have ever lost my keys. I think devices like this are geared towards women...from my personal experience they seem to be a more prone to losing things than men...
Yup!
That makes two of us who have never lost our keys.
Electronic devices can be great, but...substituting them for simple logic in one's daily behaviors just doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
I agree. I have a hook on the wall by each door of my house and place the keys there as soon as I walk in. I don't think I have ever lost my keys. I think devices like this are geared towards women...from my personal experience they seem to be a lot more prone to losing things than men...
Right, and women are the only bad drivers on the planet, are the only ones that take 2 hours to get ready to go anywhere and are the only ones who can cook, clean, do your laundry, birth your children and work 40 hours a week in addition to waiting on you hand and foot..........
What a load of BS, I haven't lost or misplaced my keys since I got my first set at the age of 16 and I am 55 now.....
I agree. I have a hook on the wall by each door of my house and place the keys there as soon as I walk in. I don't think I have ever lost my keys. I think devices like this are geared towards women...from my personal experience they seem to be a lot more prone to losing things than men...
Right. My son often misplaces his keys. He usually puts them on his desk...except when he doesn't.
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