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Slow And Steady Leads To Windows Refund Success

Posted by timothy on from the that'll-buy-a-whole-system-right-now dept.

linuxwrangler writes "By proceeding carefully, documenting everything, being persistent and keeping his cool, Steve Oualline was awarded a $199 refund for his unused copy of Microsoft Windows XP. See his Linux Journal howto for the details. Hopefully this is the first of many victories."

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  1. Linux Documentation Project? by calebb · · Score: 5, Funny

    I noticed that the title of the story is HOWTO: Getting a Windows Refund in California Small Claims Court

    Is this going to make it into the official HOWTO archive?

  2. Interesting ... by Arthaed · · Score: 5, Funny

    For those of you with ADD, let me sum the article up with the following chosen quote.

    "Me: I installed Linux.

    Judge: Judgment for the plaintiff."

    It isn't everyday you get to see those two statements so close together! Very interesting (and long) article that details a process that personally, I wouldn't want to go through.

    I don't think the process is the point of the article, however. ;)

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    1. Re:Interesting ... by fobbman · · Score: 5, Funny

      What did the judge say after the guy said that he installed Linux? I tried reading your entire post, but...oh look! A shiny!

    2. Re:Interesting ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      As both a consumer and an employee of a large corporation, somehow I act reasonable without constantly being told to do so.

      And look where it's got you, a consumer and an employee of a large corporation. Wow.

    3. Re:Interesting ... by Gzip+Christ · · Score: 5, Funny
      Are there a large number of refund seekers out there acting like raging monkeys?
      Yes. Just the other day I tried to get a refund from MicroCenter by flinging dung at the cashier. It didn't work so well, so I'm thinking of giving this "acting reasonable" idea a try.

    4. Re:Interesting ... by Slack3r78 · · Score: 5, Funny

      As someone with an actual diagnosis of ADHD, I take offense to the idea that all ADD people are easily distracted by shin.... ooooh, look! A new slashdot article!

  3. You mean I could have gotten a refund by Trigun · · Score: 5, Funny

    If I didn't pirate my software?

    Oh well.

  4. Windows ME by otl91 · · Score: 5, Funny

    What about a refund for Windows Me? I installed it but still couldnt use it. :)

  5. I'll really be impressed... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...when he gets refunds on those unused AOL cds

  6. not for us by Josh+Coalson · · Score: 5, Funny
    From the article:

    The thing that you do not want to do is be a nut case. Don't bash Microsoft...

    I guess that eliminates all of us.

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  7. Similar story by Dukael_Mikakis · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, a similar thing happened to me. I was serving tables in a restaurant and I started chatting with a customer about how waiting tables was a summer job while I got my Computer Science degree. And so he says, "Oh, you're a programmer, huh? Maybe you could help me with computer. Do you know anything about Windows?"

    And I said, "Sort of, but I know a lot more about UNIX."

    "Weird," he says, and then he leans in and says, "cause I always wonder, how do they take a leak when their weiners are chopped off?"

    I was in a daze. Not everybody knows about UNIX/Linux as we do.
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  8. Re:Feh. by frodo+from+middle+ea · · Score: 5, Funny
    You cannot apply a technological solution to a sociological problem

    Then how do you explain vibrators ?

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