In ancient times "One click buying" was called "Going to the general store, and asking for things - you would leave with them, and the owner of the store would write them down in an accounts ledger". Later on you would pay for it.
I brought a compaq laptop into Best Buy last year since the LCD had gone dim. I paid $50 for rush service, so it could be looked at it in 24 hours. The 1 year warranty had expired and the accountant at work wanted to be sure it "couldn't be fixed". I then proceeded to come back 10+ times over the next 3 months. They always had it in pieces (still visible from the window) on the desk. They would always say "our manager is still trying to figure it out". Finally I asked for it back and to my astonishment the 120GB HD was missing. They said "oh, we destroy all hard drives on unclaimed property". I was speechless.
As my time was already wasted I decided to do nothing more and walked out, shaking my head.
Next time I do anything similar I will keep a careful log with times, who I spoke to, and what we spoke about. After a week I will raise hell about my "rush fee".
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In ancient times "One click buying" was called "Going to the general store, and asking for things - you would leave with them, and the owner of the store would write them down in an accounts ledger". Later on you would pay for it.
I brought a compaq laptop into Best Buy last year since the LCD had gone dim. I paid $50 for rush service, so it could be looked at it in 24 hours. The 1 year warranty had expired and the accountant at work wanted to be sure it "couldn't be fixed". I then proceeded to come back 10+ times over the next 3 months. They always had it in pieces (still visible from the window) on the desk. They would always say "our manager is still trying to figure it out". Finally I asked for it back and to my astonishment the 120GB HD was missing. They said "oh, we destroy all hard drives on unclaimed property". I was speechless. As my time was already wasted I decided to do nothing more and walked out, shaking my head. Next time I do anything similar I will keep a careful log with times, who I spoke to, and what we spoke about. After a week I will raise hell about my "rush fee".
The NXT headliner adds barely anything to my FJ Cruiser. I have disconnected it and reconnected to test and believe it to be a gimmick.
Were they running MS Home Server? That has had some file corruption issues as of late. ;)