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| Thread ID: 51735 | 2004-11-28 22:03:00 | I've been ripped off. | JJJJJ (528) | Press F1 |
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| 297512 | 2004-11-29 07:09:00 | An old Latin saying comes to mind... Caveat Emptor - Let the buyer beware Thats my 2.25 cents worth ( 2c +GST ) |
Exwesty (5639) | ||
| 297513 | 2004-11-29 07:13:00 | This is a really good argument for buying a local OEM manufacturer such as Millennium or Recycled Technoloy here in Hamilton, you get MORE bang for your Buck and you get industry standard components Such as MSI, Intel and AMD. Always reccomend to customers to buy OEM or buy components and build your own. cost's less to :-D |
linux_obo (6114) | ||
| 297514 | 2004-11-29 07:14:00 | If I was a retailer I would be loving JJJJs custom very much. You would get to sell him the same thing at least 3 times. | E|im (87) | ||
| 297515 | 2004-11-29 07:23:00 | Interesting chat on this post. For my two-cents I think it is wrongly titled. How could anyone who has been attending here for more than a couple of years walk in to a retail store and buy such a lemon. Not ripped of at all. Sort of self-inflicted. | Scouse (83) | ||
| 297516 | 2004-11-29 07:41:00 | Graham L, you never said a truer word. Jack |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 297517 | 2004-11-29 07:57:00 | So what you people are saying is, if you buy Windows along with your brand name PC and the installation files of said Windows is installed on the hard drive and, there is a fault with the PC you no longer have a Windows license or a right to have it replaced by the company that made it? Whether in or out of warranty period for the hardware, this does not seem right . If out of warranty, it is tying a legitimately purchased software license to the life expectations of the hardware . Do they not give a COA with these packages? Looks like, bull dust or an easy case to win ;) |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 297518 | 2004-11-29 13:11:00 | > . . . . . . Should have bought a Dell . . . . . . . Metla, reading through this this was my thinking untill of course you wrote it for me, If one must buy a brand name desktop unit HP/Compaqu are on the top of the list of ones to avoid . Says he looking at the 2 . 8g p4 laptop with the c label on it, thinking well the money was right for a toy . D . |
drb1 (4492) | ||
| 297519 | 2004-11-29 13:28:00 | > > Whether in or out of warranty period for the > hardware, this does not seem right. If out of > warranty, it is tying a legitimately purchased > software license to the life expectations of the > hardware. Do they not give a COA with these packages? > > > Looks like, bull dust or an easy case to win ;) Not wrong there murray. Depending on how you read the licence a MOBO bang can possibly be the end of an OEM. But if everything else is still orig and the COA is there this is a worn argument. No COA ??????????????? Recovery disk and partition is what you brought, weve talked about this not being the thing to do, nuff said. You have a coa, if it is legit. there is no reason why you cannot format and install to the coa spec with that code and activate. With whatever disk. Strange my compaqu laptop, brought used, not very old has all its driver disks, and extra S/W disks. all in it little original compaqu cardboard box 3 compaqu recovery disks still sealed, and still sealed, a Compaqu copy of xp pro sp1. Coloured red, with compaqu Writing all over it, not a windows logo in sight. Have a REAL GOOD look in the box man. D. |
drb1 (4492) | ||
| 297520 | 2004-11-29 15:18:00 | > Then I asked about installing a SATA disk. And why can't I find a power connection for it. Your new comp doesn't have a SATA power connector on the PSU? Just get one of the molex - > SATA power connector plugs from DSE. |
E|im (87) | ||
| 297521 | 2004-11-29 20:00:00 | I don't quite understand what files you didn't like on your HP hard drive . Spyware/adware type of thing? Was the computer a "netpc" or extremely cheap version? In some instances I've seen those marketed with horrific adware, stuff that keeps a banner permanently on your screen etc . Anyways, while I feel your solution is a valid one another thing you might try is calling up Microsoft with your windows serial number (they gave you that at least no?) and explaining your situation to them, they may send you a disk if your copy is legitimate . I can't fathom how the store can get away with selling a spyware infested PC with an illegitimate copy of windows . Before I built my computer I bought a gateway (maybe not an option in nz) and a dell and neither had any adware preloaded, and both came with a windows CD . PC shops are crooks, you may understand now my apprehension at bringing my computer to one for repairs; I'm not throwing those criminals any business if I don't have to, and you shouldn't either ;D |
Mercenary (6268) | ||
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