After purchasing an $800 Dell 20.1″ Widescreen LCD Monitor for $400 last week using tons of stackable coupons, I had to send it back to its home today. These Dells are notorious for having dead pixels and bleeding in the corners, and mine was no exception (thousands have had this problem, I just figured I’d get lucky).

Although I can’t recommend this monitor as a Hot Deal here due to the excess of customer complaints and shoddy manufacturing, I do have a free program you can use to see if your LCD has any dead pixels. It’s a handy program for those who don’t want spend hours hunting for the little jerks, and it’s a must if you just purchased an LCD so you can find them before it’s too late to return it.

The only good thing that came out of this is my mom and Aunt Jean replicated my birthday supper because they felt so sorry for me.