Cricut

  This could be a really long, drawn-out post, but for the sake of saving some sanity, I’ll try to keep it short.

  Some time back, I became interested in being able to make replacement stickers for some of the old lawnmowers I’ve been working on to resale. 

  It dawned on me that a Cricut or something similar might work, having seen some of the things made on them, so I started looking into it.

  I picked up one machine, a Cameo only to find it was old enough that I couldn’t register it. I proceeded to buy a much  newer model Cricut Explore Air 2.

  I figured it would be a great starter machine. This was on eBay and at a fair price for what was described in the auction. Yesterday was the big day, I was going to get all set up and start ordering whatever else I would need to get started. I already ordered a new computer just to use for it and for my blogging and writing efforts.

  Sadly, as I unboxed it, I came to realize that what I was shipped was the first model of the explore air put out. And it doesn’t have the automatic support for 13 tools like the model I was supposed to have received.

  I, of course, contacted the seller and informed them that I’d received the wrong machine, assuming they likely had several auctions, my email was responded to with I’m sorry, I thought it was the air 2.

  No offer to correct or refund, just an “I’m sorry.”  Unfortunately, this machine simply won’t do all the things I want to do, and of course, the auction states returns not accepted, so I guess we’ll see how that goes.

  I’m making one more attempt at a used one on eBay. If it doesn’t pan out, I guess I’ll bite the bullet and order a new one. I kind of hate to since this is more or less just to see if I can figure out how to make some stickers and a few other things that I think will be able to be sold to bring in another income stream.

  I’ll do an update sooner or later when I get this figured out.

  Am I the only one who wastes time thinking I can get ahead of the game and save a little money at the same time?

  Any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated.