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Message no. 1
From: George Metz <W0lfstar@***.COM>
Subject: Re: (OT) Re: the Packard Bell Victim Stories (was :Re: Crash of
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 05:04:44 -0400
In a message dated 97-08-26 04:34:24 EDT, you write:

> Our guess is it was probably a computer that had been sent back for repairs
> at some point in time, it wasn't reprogrammed properly after customer
> stupidity (and NO, I do NOT believe a customer is always right) returned
> because they didn't know what to do with it.

Of COURSE the customer is always right!!! That's why we let the schmuck
who'd bought a brand new, top o' the line PB Pentium 133 w/16 MB RAM, took it
home, opened it, and ripped out the CPU and mem chips, then brought it back
saying it didn't work walk out of the store with a full refund! <Grumbling
about idiotic management ensues>

> PackBell's people just didn't do their job thoroughly either. We heard
this
> wasn't the only incident after we (Sight & Sound / Warehouse) did some
> digging. And yeah, we had heard that Compaq had been caught in similar
> circumstances.

Yeah, it's bound to happen that some of them are going to get through.
There's really not much they can do except use nothing but new parts - what
an odd concept! =) It's actually surprising that we haven't seen it
splattered all over the news. <Subtle attempt at bringing it back on-topic> I
guess this gives us a good model for how the megacorps handle the press in
SR. They're already starting, too. =)

Wolfstar

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