Please don't tell me what to do. Every one of Toshiba's major competitors do things that are wrong and fail to own up to them.
It would take a lot more than this to get me to avoid a company as large as Toshiba.
It would take a lot more than this to get me to avoid a company as large as Toshiba.
He's not actually putting you in a headlock and saying "YOU BETTER NOT DO THIS, benatkin!". He wrote a blog post.
Don't be so defensive.
I don't have much of an opinion on whether OP's advice is good or bad because I refuse to consider it, and instead only consider the complaint for what it's worth to me (not much, since I live in the mainland United States).
The result is that I generally throw out anecdotes like yours, no matter where I hear them (including from immediate family members), and instead read reviews.
In fact I sometimes even throw out my own opinions in favor of something more objective. I was severely wronged by T-mobile, and a year later, signed back up with them, and it's been great.