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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. new record ? by dtml-try+MyNick · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    slashdotted in 0.2 seconds, must be at least a top 10 entry ;)

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  2. You are overestimating his intelligence. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "George W. Bush: Too stupid to know any better."

    You are overestimating his intelligence. He is a LOT more stupid than that.

  3. rsmith-mac got fucking OWNED by bani · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ha ha ha!

  4. +5 Insightful by M.C.+Hampster · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    n/t

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  5. Parrot Talk by tds67 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Hopefully this is the first of many victories.

    Hopefully this is the first of many victims.

  6. Off topic?!!! -- Give me a break! by mariox19 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Wow! I guess if a guy doesn't enclose his post in <humor></humor> the joke totally goes over the heads of the moderators!

    I would've preferred being modded down for "not funny."

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  7. In Other News... by jetkust · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Steve Oualline joins the crew of MTV's Jackass, writes several skits for Tom Green and TRUTH, and curses president Bush on live television while receiving an accademy award.