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Is Obtaining a Windows Refund Still Difficult?
Bubblehead asks: "A few years ago, everybody was talking about returning their copy of Windows to receive a refund. I plan on buying a Laptop shortly, and most manufacturers still insist on shipping it with some version of Windows. I was wondering what the state of the affairs is - there isn't that much information on the net. The most prominent piece of information is this 2003 Linux Journal Report outlining how the author had to go to small claims court to receive a refund. Any experiences - especially with vendors that do not offer an alternative?"
And I have two words for you:
Fuck YOU!
My opinion will be heard, just like all the rest.
To the original poster: GET A LIFE!
distribution make 1t was fun. If I'm
are you as thoughtless, insensitive and attention craving in RL?
Ubuntu is the worst distro name I have herd since gentoo.
If I was a HD manufacture, I'd considering implementing an imaging service on a massive scale. They provide me with an image which I neither know/care about and I protect like the proprietary information it is. I ship them the correct hard drives, all preimaged, almost completely automated, if not completely. Maybe I even provide them an interface which they can connect to remotely control which images are used and submit orders. I bill their accounts automatically. Sure I charge a modest premium but their labor savings are tremendous. Of course it's at the cost of a literal handful of customers. If that.
And dumbass. All cars come with factory stereo equipment. They don't swap it for cost.
All it is about is sophist arguments, and some people wanting their individual snowflake existance to be subsidised by people who don't share their particular proclivities. One-of's just cost more. Blame Ford.
I have a blind friend who has no use for a built-in screen. However, he doesn't try to get a refund for the screen and then remove it from his laptop.
These people getting refunds for Windows are idiots. If you don't want Windows, then don't buy a product which is advertised as COMING WITH WINDOWS. If you buy something which specifically comes with certain parts, then you have just paid for the whole bloody thing.
Seriously, I wish these article writers would just fuck off and find something interesting to write about, instead of all this hand-wringing pussified bulshit about getting refunds for unwanted accessories.
I bought a motherboard. Can I send in the fiddly little SATA connectors just because I don't happen to want them right now? No? Same fucking deal. Get over it, people.
"I work in Gateway customer service... ""[Gateway] sell crap and their customer service (employees, polcies, turn-around times, etc.) are crap."
You == Crap ?