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No More Fair-Price Refund For Declining XP EULA

Posted by timothy on from the but-thanks-for-asking dept.

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.'"

7 of 339 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Might not be their intention by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    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?

  2. Re:Old OS by iron-kurton · · Score: 5, Funny

    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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  3. If that's the fair price, then by joeflies · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'd like to see which stores offer a $6 OEM option for buying XP licenses when you buy a bare motherboard.

  4. Fair Price for Windows? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    But Slashdot told me it's zero!

  5. Re:Wow by rrohbeck · · Score: 3, Funny

    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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  6. Re:Piracy? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nice reaction there to getting your ass handed to you.

  7. Vista Sticker by Frankie70 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Typed from a linux laptop with a Windows Vista sticker still on it.

    Maybe you could return the sticker & get a refund on the sticker?