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Amazon US Refunds Windows License Fee, Too
rrohbeck writes "Today Amazon credited my card with $65.45. After ordering an Eee PC 1005 HA from amazon.com, I asked them for a refund for the cost of Windows XP via the 'Contact us' form. At first they told me to cancel any items on my order that I wanted a refund for, but after I explained that XP was pre-installed on the machine they got it. They asked what the cost of the OS was, and I answered that I had no idea but that Amazon UK refunded £40.00. Within a few hours I got a response saying 'I've requested a refund of $65.45 to your Visa card.' Somehow I doubt that Amazon will charge Asus or even Microsoft, but maybe they will one day if more people do this. Oh, and peeling off the 'Designed for Microsoft Windows XP' sticker is easy, too."
Or it didn't happen.
---- Liquid was a patriot ----
No! All stickers go off, if they don't they will peel off and leave awfull unstained areas.
It's more fun to stick them on office trash cans!
Now you can install your pirate Corporate Pro version.
I always stick them on linux servers. I got one that says it runs Win3.11 to windows vista, and contains multiple intels inside an AMD and a few Asus motherboards.
Personally it would be funnier to leave the 'Designed for Windows XP' sticker alone and place a 'But running a real OS instead' sticker next to it.
Thinkgeek.com should start selling some of those (in the small metallic glossy format typical of such things).
- Michael T. Babcock (Yes, I blog)
Try to do the same with a Mac computer... lol
Sure, it has its issues and it may be a bit expensive, but that's not a very nice way to describe Windows XP.
But how does one remove or replace the crash key^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H Windows logo key from the keyboard? This is a laptop so it isn't as easy as switching a keyboard.
It has always bothered me that keyboard hardware manufacturers brand their hardware with Microsoft's logo when a simple keyboard really should remain OS neutral. I'm sure they are getting paid by MS for this.
- posted using a nice old AT style keyboard from before the Windows key insanity began.
I've got a "Certified for Windows Vista" sticker on my bong
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Story time.
4 months ago, my Maxtor hard drive died after about a year of use. Sometimes these things happen.
I requested a RMA, and sent the drive off, and didn't hear anything for a few weeks. Eventually, I began to get suspicious, and contacted support, who told me (after a delay of several days) that they'd received the drive, but somehow lost it. I informed them that I would be moving in a few days, and to send the repaired drive to my new address, given the egregious delay.
I received a series of baffling emails from their warehouse in the interim which seemed to indicate that my 500GB desktop drive was gone for good, and was being replaced with a 160GB notebook drive.
1 week ago, I got a call from the new residents of my old house, informing me that my hard drive had arrived there. I sent them some money to forward the package, and finally received the package containing the disassembled remains of my (original) hard drive with a note indicating that I'd voided the warranty for disassembling the drive (which is something they presumably did).
As a result of this entire ordeal, I've lost a hard drive, my data, 4 months, and about $20 in shipping fees.
I'll grant that some companies remain good at customer service. Amazon and Newegg are both fantastic. Maxtor, on the other hand, is apparently run by Vogons (who also seem to have a majority stake in Verizon Wireless).
-- If you try to fail and succeed, which have you done? - Uli's moose