>8) get depressed realizing I just wasted 70 ....ing dollars on a broken piece of ....
this is the REAL problem
you can't bust yourself up every time you get something that doesn't work outta the box. you'll drive yourself nucking futs doing that, especially if it turns out to be a bad clearo, which happens all the time.
you probably chose the MVP because of what you read here or elsewhere, so you already know it ain't garbage.
besides, even if you were unlucky enough to receive a defective one, you did not waste your money, unless you bought it from a guy off a truck... easy to replace
so chill, dude, **it happens. (that's what backups are for)