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French Judge Orders Refund For Pre-Installed XP

Posted by timothy on from the and-good-riddance dept.

Racketiciel writes "A French user asked for a refund after buying an ASUS computer that came with Windows XP and other software pre-installed. ASUS tried to apply a procedure which cost more money to the consumer than they will give back... The court ruled in favor of the user, who received back 130 Euro (~200 $) for the software. Here is the ruling (PDF, French). In France, this is the fourth victory for refund seekers during the last two years, and many people are now filing for refunds (in French). Two French associations (AFUL and April) published a press release on this victory the same day an important hearing happened." The English-language press release linked above gives a pretty good idea of what happened here, for those unsuited to wading through French.

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  1. Re:French by AcidPenguin9873 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yes, and likewise if not for the U.S., Paris would have been renamed "Hitlerstadt" and we'd all be speaking German.

  2. Re:How does this make sense? by jlarocco · · Score: 0, Troll

    But it doesn't matter. It's like suing Rolls Royce because they won't sell you an SUV or a fancy car with vinyl seats. There are a number of companies that sell PCs without Windows, and if she didn't want Windows, she should've bought from one of those.

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  3. Re:Stop with the stupidity by pbhj · · Score: 0, Troll

    lolololol!!!!111one

  4. lol by magamiako1 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Here's an idea. Build your own PC! Yes, that's right, build your own. The fact of the matter is these vendors are offering what a vast majority of their customers want. Just because you want to be the "rebel" and "bitch" about Microsoft. You'd probably end up installing a pirated copy of Windows on there as a dual boot or a VM anyway. You may as well just take the $30-$40 Windows license and be done with it.

  5. Re:French by DarkKnightRadick · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm not in the habit of feeding trolls, but here goes.

    The French Resistance, while valiant, did little to actually bring an end to the war. It only really helped foreign GIs return to their appropriate armies.

    And of course there is the French Revolution. The only war that France won, which isn't saying much since it was a war against itself.

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