Tracy72 Posted December 2, 2005 Posted December 2, 2005 Do I need to unwrap my girls dvd players and charge up the batterys?...Inever thought of this til the other day...and I just dont know which 2 they are now...lol...please tell me no...lol...I know wishful thinking....lol...I got them those on sale on bf at walmart for $68.
Illinoismom Posted December 2, 2005 Posted December 2, 2005 yes they will need to be charged or you could use the A/C adaptor till they are charged
amandasdennis Posted December 2, 2005 Posted December 2, 2005 Yep, I just got finished charging up the Gameboys yesterday. My husband walks in and says "honey you are not playing with the kids games!" I said, not I am just preventing them from complaining when they open the gifts and have to wait for them to charge!
hope1976 Posted December 2, 2005 Posted December 2, 2005 Oh my goodness!!! I'm glad I read this post! We don't have any batteries to charge, but we have a lot of batteries to buy...I always forget those and we end up spending like $20 on batteries at the gas station Definitely going on my layaway receipt so I don't forget
mom04 Posted December 2, 2005 Posted December 2, 2005 LOL...I got the CC laptop for my daughter and spent hours playing with it, my hubby said that I was drooling....
treasure60 Posted December 2, 2005 Posted December 2, 2005 I bought a bunch of batteries...since the kids will be needing them for some of their things we got them. Especially, my grandson who we got a Hummer remote control. My hubby set up our dtr's new computer we got her for Christmas,,,he is jealous that it is better than ours. lol
Tracy72 Posted December 2, 2005 Author Posted December 2, 2005 Oh my goodness!!! I'm glad I read this post! We don't have any batteries to charge, but we have a lot of batteries to buy...I always forget those and we end up spending like $20 on batteries at the gas station Definitely going on my layaway receipt so I don't forget I was glad I helped somebody else too.
civicracinggirl7 Posted December 2, 2005 Posted December 2, 2005 Yep, I just got finished charging up the Gameboys yesterday. My husband walks in and says "honey you are not playing with the kids games!" I said, not I am just preventing them from complaining when they open the gifts and have to wait for them to charge!These come pre-charged. I'm sure some of them could have sat on the shelf for a while, but it should have some kind of charge right out of the box. (You can play it while it's on the charger too :))
Christi Posted December 2, 2005 Posted December 2, 2005 These come pre-charged. I'm sure some of them could have sat on the shelf for a while, but it should have some kind of charge right out of the box. (You can play it while it's on the charger too :))So I don't need to go open the GBA and charge it? I know DS will want to play with it asap so I want it to be ready. Thanks for the help!!
Kandy Posted December 2, 2005 Posted December 2, 2005 Well inless you are planning on going somewhere, I would just wait at this point they can watch them in the car with car adapters and my daughters dvd player doesn't take but about an hour to fully charge.
civicracinggirl7 Posted December 2, 2005 Posted December 2, 2005 So I don't need to go open the GBA and charge it? I know DS will want to play with it asap so I want it to be ready. Thanks for the help!!Yeah, you should be good if you already have it wrapped or something (or even if not). If they don't have a charge left when they're opened, just plug them in and they can play with it charging. I have an SP and DS right now and the battery lives on them are pretty good, IMO, for casual playing.
Christi Posted December 2, 2005 Posted December 2, 2005 Yeah, you should be good if you already have it wrapped or something (or even if not). If they don't have a charge left when they're opened, just plug them in and they can play with it charging. I have an SP and DS right now and the battery lives on them are pretty good, IMO, for casual playing.Thanks!!! :)
Guest all2tired Posted December 2, 2005 Posted December 2, 2005 I just had to run to the store to get batteries for one of the gifts Santa is giving my son at the party Sunday. Can't believe I was able to get the thing out of that really hard plastic stuff without cutting it and got it back in too. Damn I'm good lmao
Guest Frieked Posted December 2, 2005 Posted December 2, 2005 Am I the only one that finds this strange? I would've been pissed at my parents if they gave me a bunch of opened presents on xmas... I can charge batteries perfectly well on my own, it's expected when you get something with batteries that it might need to be charged.
Christi Posted December 2, 2005 Posted December 2, 2005 Am I the only one that finds this strange? I would've been pissed at my parents if they gave me a bunch of opened presents on xmas... I can charge batteries perfectly well on my own, it's expected when you get something with batteries that it might need to be charged.Not so much when you are 5 and just want to play the game. I think my ds might get it at 7, but a year or more ago he would have been in tears if I didn't have batteries for the toys Santa brought. And I opened my dd's computer to make sure it at least would boot up as BB only has a 14 day return policy...and I packaged it back as best as I could so it looks brand spanking new.
Tracy72 Posted December 2, 2005 Author Posted December 2, 2005 nope, more sad when he children open up something first and it is not working..broke..not just no batteries....you can open something with out shredding the box...who cares if it was opened...they dont know and they don't really care as long as what they have is working.
Shonette Posted December 2, 2005 Posted December 2, 2005 Thank you for reminding me! I was going to wrap everything tonight......
bdc0765 Posted December 2, 2005 Posted December 2, 2005 Wow...should we really prepare our kids for such instant gratification. Tell them to plug the stupid things in and while they are charging spend time with the family...help with dinner....sit on the porch with you grandfather/uncle/family friend. Do you want them to immediatley disapear and not see them till the movies are over?
Guest Frieked Posted December 2, 2005 Posted December 2, 2005 Wow...should we really prepare our kids for such instant gratification. Tell them to plug the stupid things in and while they are charging spend time with the family...help with dinner....sit on the porch with you grandfather/uncle/family friend. Do you want them to immediatley disapear and not see them till the movies are over?That's what I'm talkin about
Gporter34 Posted December 2, 2005 Posted December 2, 2005 Since I never remember to charge things and buy batteries, I'm glad you reminded me!LOL I have wrapped everything and now I don't remember how many batteries I need!!!
civicracinggirl7 Posted December 2, 2005 Posted December 2, 2005 Am I the only one that finds this strange? I would've been pissed at my parents if they gave me a bunch of opened presents on xmas... I can charge batteries perfectly well on my own, it's expected when you get something with batteries that it might need to be charged.Yeah, I also find it a little weird that it seems a lot of people do this... A lot of toys and stuff need batteries, and they don't come with them (even if they do, they're usually included inside the box but not actually in the toy/electronic. I would just get the toys, and then pick up one of the battery things at radio shack or somewhere (last year they had some kind of huge battery thing that included various types of batteries). With electronics these days (video game handhelds, ipods, etc) you can use them while they are charging, so I think the only thing that would need to be charged in advanced was a portable phone or something, or they could wait it out after it's opened :)
Tracy72 Posted December 2, 2005 Author Posted December 2, 2005 Wow...should we really prepare our kids for such instant gratification. Tell them to plug the stupid things in and while they are charging spend time with the family...help with dinner....sit on the porch with you grandfather/uncle/family friend. Do you want them to immediatley disapear and not see them till the movies are over?My children spend from 11 am til 3pm with family they do not take any thing with them...so my girls do spend time with family....over 50 family members gathered together. this was not posted to see how many can post about patiences...let the kid wait......I did not know they could still TRY IT OUT...wihile it was charging....yes it if it was little toy to just throw batteries in it.. waits til it is open...but not the higher price items....
teresa92 Posted December 3, 2005 Posted December 3, 2005 I put batteries in all of DS's toys before I wrapped them. It saves time. Plus one of his toys (Hummer) needs an 8 hour charge. I'd rather have my 3 year old happy on Christmas morning rather than disappointed that he'll have to wait all day to play with his new toy.
elena_398 Posted December 3, 2005 Posted December 3, 2005 I bought that $5 pack of 24 AA batteries at Walmart on BF. Just need to get C batteries now and maybe some AAA ones. I don't think any toys/electronics take Ds. I should have paid more attention before wrapping them!
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