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No More Fair-Price Refund For Declining XP EULA
mark0 writes "Getting a fair-price refund from Amazon or Asus after declining the Windows XP EULA appears to be a thing of the past. In contrast to reports from the US and the UK from earlier in the year, Amazon simply refuses and provides information to contact Microsoft. Asus is offering US$6. Despite being confronted with publicly available information about the real OEM price of Windows XP Home Edition being $US25-US$30, Asus replies, 'The refund price for the decline of the EULA is correct in it being US$6. This price unfortunately is not negotiable. I do apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. Please be assured that it is not ASUS intentions to steer you away in any which way.'"
Have fun running your inferior hardware then. Your post is extremely arrogant and has no valid points. Were you just hoping to get modded up?
Came here to see a car analogy, and only in the second post *walking away happy as a pig in mud*
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I'd like to see which stores offer a $6 OEM option for buying XP licenses when you buy a bare motherboard.
But Slashdot told me it's zero!
At least they didn't say "Wait, it says 'Press F12 for more information'" like the call center drone I talked to yesterday (not related to ASUS or this issue.)
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Nice reaction there to getting your ass handed to you.
You must be new here.
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Maybe you could return the sticker & get a refund on the sticker?
Putting the EULA on a website is irrelevant - it's still only presented to people after purchase.
By your logic, MS owe me a million dollars, because the EULA on my website says that's what MS agree to do if they sell me any software. It's no good telling me they weren't aware of the EULA, they should've read my website, or asked to read it when I bought it in the store...
This sounds familiar...
"We are the Vogon Constructor Fleet here to demolish your planet to make way for an intergalactic highway bypass. We are sorry if this is an inconvenience for you, but the plans for the highway have been on display at your local galactic magistrate for decades and you had plenty of time to appeal. Have a nice day."