I only started programming at all because the bundle that contained the computer + tape-deck + games had a faulty tape-deck, such that my family couldn't use it

I only started programming at all because the bundle that contained the computer + tape-deck + games had a faulty tape-deck, such that my family couldn't use it. I spent about four days reading the manual, complete with BASIC tutorial, until the shops opened again and it could be returned & exchanged. (This would have been in 82-83 or so. When I was 7.)