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HP & Dell Face Lawsuits From Exploding Hardware
An anonymous reader writes "Dell and Hewlett-Packard are both facing lawsuits over catastrophic equipment failures that lead to fires and injuries last year. 'In one case, a North Dakota auto lube shop owner claims that a Dell monitor he purchased caught fire and burned down his business ... meanwhile, an Arkansas man has sued HP, claiming that an HP Compaq Presario PC he purchased from Wal-Mart burst into flames, causing a blaze that destroyed his house and seriously injured his daughter.'"
if there's one thing society continues to prove, it's that endangering the general public is completely justifiable as long as it is done by a big business.
It doesn't matter how low Walmart demanded the prices, it is no excuse for distributing dangerous products. Either take the drop in profit or tell Walmart to find someone who can/pay more. Can beef distributors start shipping mad-cow meat because grocery store/shoppers demand lower prices? How about if Valvoline starts watering down their brake fluid because Autozone wants something cheaper?
Believe it or not, not everyone who shops at Walmart or risks buying something cheaper does it because they are retarded, it's because they are deluded into believing big businesses/governments won't try to completely exploit them and because their resources/needs leave them little other choice. Walmart has been selling PCs for years, I remember seeing them for $500-700 a long time ago... apparently they didn't sell that well. I guess poor people don't deserve computers
I do wonder where those components were made. I wouldn't be surprised if those burning exploding items were made in China. It's not like they don't sell us poison dog food, lead coated or date rape drug toys.
"You'll get nothing, and you'll like it!"