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Hidden Fees Discovered For "Free" Windows 7 Upgrade

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the nothing-is-free dept.

An anonymous reader writes 'Thousands of recent computer purchasers who are expecting to receive free upgrades to Windows 7 when it is released on October 22 may be surprised to learn that some big computer makers are quietly tacking on hefty processing fees as high as $17 to mail out those disks to some buyers.' How about they process $0 to click a link and download a file?

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  1. Re:similar to Snow Leopard by commodore64_love · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yeah except Microsoft and the stores are saying Win7 is a free upgrade. Misleading and deceptive. Like when I visited a car dealer and "won" an 1 gigabyte MP4 player for "free". Yeah the actual item may have been technically free, but the S&H cost $30 so basically I paid for it.

    I returned it and now I'm going after paypal to get a refund, since the battery only lasted 15 minutes. What good is that?

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  2. Because transportation wants to be free! by Savior_on_a_Stick · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Shipping and Handling" is a scam in whatever form it takes. This is especially true when those charges are excessive.

    Yes - charging shipping to pass along a variable, customer dependent charge is outrageous!

    Get back under your bridge.