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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.'"
The thing is that the actual Windows license is most likely sold as a much cheaper price and the other components are making the profit for that. It is the same issue how consoles are sold (at least first) - the actual hardware profit is negative, but the console manufacturer gets their income in game sales.
When things are sold in millions counts, and when theres incentives and cheaper prices available for manufacturers, it's not as black and white.
I would not be surprised at all if the amount the OEMs pay for a Windows license is $6
Did they read the parent post? He said you can not find a storefront without Windows system. Parent post found one! That was funny, or informative, not off-topic. I am still chuckling...