I was sympathizing until you wrote that... You took your chances, got
screwed, come here bitching

So you are saying that anyone who has the misfortune of getting a bad
card deserves to get screwed because after all, they "took a chance".

and then refuse to acknowledge that in
retrospect, buying a PNY was a bad idea.

Did you get my post mixed up with somebody elses?
Must have because
1. I did NOT get screwed by the purchase of a PNY card.
The card worked perectly.

2. Buying a PNY card was not a bad idea since it worked perfectly.

next time, try reading a persons post before you falsely accuse them of
wrong doing.