The PSP states that it can't be used in a business environment; so that doesn't really matter. I'm not saying they wouldn't service it, but BBY could always use it as a excuse because it IS written in the PSP.
*Wink* *wink* nudge nudge policy isn't good enough.
Batteries lose charge right away. A battery baught 1 month ago will not have the same capacity as the day you got it. But it takes four years or longer for a L-ion to become unusable ("not hold a charge"; which is what is needed for replacement under PSP).
The term commonly refering to a manu. reimbursing service companies/retailers for defective products is known as DEVO, which most manu. are part of.
Under normal use, a laptop is LESS LIKELY to fail between 2-5 years of it's lifespan. Most repairs are done within 1 year of puchasing (factory defect) or after five years (normal wear and tear). Normal wear and tear doesn't typically occur within the 3 year scope of the PSP, and factory defects show up before 1 year is over.
Finally, PSP/PRPs (extended warranties) are very profitable for Best Buy. So profitable it's percentage in sales is the major score used to admit managers in "Top Gun", the employee recognition club. It is a major component of promotions and managerial bonuses. As such it really is to benefit Best Buy and not the customer, which is why it is pushed so aggressively. Other that that the mostly useless accessories pushed with computers and laptops also benefit Best Buy.
Please visit this site for more information.
Most of us already know that the PSP/PRP program Best Buy's core business relies on is a big scam/waste of money/etc. I'm not sure if many people here know however that as per federal law extended warranties are returnable at any within the coverage time for a pro-rated refund. If your friends/loved ones/etc. bought a PSP it is not too late for them to return it. Even if returned within six months you will end up getting the majority of your money back.
Some other dirty secrets about the PSP/PRP that few employees even know about:
1) The PSP/PRP can is only valid when the product is used in a non-commercial enviroment. You sold all those business users a useless plan!
2) On monitors and laptops, the "pixel damage"/"pixelation" coverage matches the warranty's coverage. Despite what your peers tell you, there is no benefit over the manu. warranty in these cases.
3) On laptops, most manu. cover the battery. L-ion batteries typical life is 4 years, NOT two years. "PSP = free battery"-line is @#%$.
4) The Samsung series of monitors all have a 3-year manu. warranty. There is absolutely no advantage what-so-ever for getting a PSP on these monitors. As such, it sickens me how hard other salespeople try for the PSP on these monitors, or even why Corp has this monitor as PSP-applicable.
5) Parts that are used to repair electronics under the PSP are refurbished...another way to say used.
6) Best Buy is authorized to repair most PSP-applicable stuff when it is under manu. warrenty. I've seen the "you have to ship it out to the manu. to get it fixed, both ways!" to promote the PSP.
7) The PSP is structured in such a way that it covers you at just the time you would be least likely to use it. For instance, laptops are most likely to fail within the first year and then after the fifth year after purchasing. The PSP covers you in year 2 and 3, the years you're LEAST likely to use it.
There are plenty of other things I didn't cover, but you get the idea.
Most of us already know that the PSP/PRP program Best Buy's core business relies on is a big scam/waste of money/etc. I'm not sure if many people here know however that as per federal law extended warranties are returnable at any within the coverage time for a pro-rated refund. If your friends/loved ones/etc. bought a PSP it is not too late for them to return it. Even if returned within six months you will end up getting the majority of your money back.
Some other dirty secrets about the PSP/PRP that few employees even know about:
1) The PSP/PRP can is only valid when the product is used in a non-commercial enviroment. You sold all those business users a useless plan!
2) On monitors and laptops, the "pixel damage"/"pixelation" coverage matches the warranty's coverage. Despite what your peers tell you, there is no benefit over the manu. warranty in these cases.
3) On laptops, most manu. cover the battery. L-ion batteries typical life is 4 years, NOT two years. "PSP = free battery"-line is @#%$.
4) The Samsung series of monitors all have a 3-year manu. warranty. There is absolutely no advantage what-so-ever for getting a PSP on these monitors. As such, it sickens me how hard other salespeople try for the PSP on these monitors, or even why Corp has this monitor as PSP-applicable.
5) Parts that are used to repair electronics under the PSP are refurbished...another way to say used.
6) Best Buy is authorized to repair most PSP-applicable stuff when it is under manu. warrenty. I've seen the "you have to ship it out to the manu. to get it fixed, both ways!" to promote the PSP.
7) The PSP is structured in such a way that it covers you at just the time you would be least likely to use it. For instance, laptops are most likely to fail within the first year and then after the fifth year after purchasing. The PSP covers you in year 2 and 3, the years you're LEAST likely to use it.
There are plenty of other things I didn't cover, but you get the idea.
I don't that that's entirely accurate. The 'sample rate' on vinyl is far lower then that of your typical CD. Audiophiles suffer from something called the placebo effect, where they think they are hearing better sound, when in fact they aren't.
Te reason these programs are not widespread is because of piracy and lack of education. Why use AbiWord when you can get MS Office Professional Super-Edition for free? Likewise many people who would purchase MS Office don't know about OpenOffice or AbiWord. If they did, I doubt they'd spend the $99 on MS Word when AbiWord is just as good for their needs and faster too.
You forget Open Office is written in 100% pure Java. And virtually ever program written to run on cellphones are in Java. How many C# programs are there in widespread use?
I'm with you bro, I looked at C# for a few hours and never went back. There is no point to switch languages if the one you are currently using is doing fine for you. All.NET and C# feel to me are buzzwords/marketing promoted by MS, not technology. I've encountered real geeks who didn't know that Centrino is actually a marketing buzzword.
The brain is the ultimite cluster. Each neuron is like a (weak) CPU and there are billions of them. Because of this, the brain is works alot differently then your average computer.
That's cause SeriousEngine and Torque are completely different leagues. One Torque license is only $100 (with no royalty!), when the most limited SeriousEngine license is $20,000, and which includes high royalty rate, NO updates, and NO technical support. They are completely alienating hobby/indie developers who have less money to spend on a car let alone an engine. They are alienating professional developers too who have a $10 million dollar budget and who would pay the extra $100k for a better engine. Hence why they have no market share.
HardOCP is one of the largest hardware sites on the net, and generates over six figures of revenue a year. They aren't exactly your sister's personal website.
I don't think Publix is a good example of a well paying company. Publix employees average pay is less then Wal-mart employees according to Forbes. They get away with this by hiring immigrants in general ignorant people.
The article states that this doesn't effect free software at all. Only commerical software that links to MySQL requires a licence, as it always has been.
There is a sister project to Wikipedia called Wikibooks. The goal of Wikibooks is to create student textbooks and distrubte them under the GNU FDL (a GPL-like licence). Another project that is in planning stages is Wikiversity, which aims to use content from Wikipedia and other open source sources to create reuseable/modular learning content.
You think the RIAA would give them CDs worth listening to? This is the RIAA we are talking about! I'm surprised they didn't trick WA into accepting blank CDs.
Well at least blank CDs would be more useful...
I was on the carrier USS Kennedy the other day I remember seeing virtually every computer terminal onboard running MS Windows in some form or another. I didn't see the nuclear portions of the ship, but you never know...
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The PSP states that it can't be used in a business environment; so that doesn't really matter. I'm not saying they wouldn't service it, but BBY could always use it as a excuse because it IS written in the PSP.
*Wink* *wink* nudge nudge policy isn't good enough.
Batteries lose charge right away. A battery baught 1 month ago will not have the same capacity as the day you got it. But it takes four years or longer for a L-ion to become unusable ("not hold a charge"; which is what is needed for replacement under PSP).
The term commonly refering to a manu. reimbursing service companies/retailers for defective products is known as DEVO, which most manu. are part of.
Under normal use, a laptop is LESS LIKELY to fail between 2-5 years of it's lifespan. Most repairs are done within 1 year of puchasing (factory defect) or after five years (normal wear and tear). Normal wear and tear doesn't typically occur within the 3 year scope of the PSP, and factory defects show up before 1 year is over.
Finally, PSP/PRPs (extended warranties) are very profitable for Best Buy. So profitable it's percentage in sales is the major score used to admit managers in "Top Gun", the employee recognition club. It is a major component of promotions and managerial bonuses. As such it really is to benefit Best Buy and not the customer, which is why it is pushed so aggressively. Other that that the mostly useless accessories pushed with computers and laptops also benefit Best Buy. Please visit this site for more information.
Future Shop is actually owned by Best Buy.
Most of us already know that the PSP/PRP program Best Buy's core business relies on is a big scam/waste of money/etc. I'm not sure if many people here know however that as per federal law extended warranties are returnable at any within the coverage time for a pro-rated refund. If your friends/loved ones/etc. bought a PSP it is not too late for them to return it. Even if returned within six months you will end up getting the majority of your money back.
Some other dirty secrets about the PSP/PRP that few employees even know about:
1) The PSP/PRP can is only valid when the product is used in a non-commercial enviroment. You sold all those business users a useless plan!
2) On monitors and laptops, the "pixel damage"/"pixelation" coverage matches the warranty's coverage. Despite what your peers tell you, there is no benefit over the manu. warranty in these cases.
3) On laptops, most manu. cover the battery. L-ion batteries typical life is 4 years, NOT two years. "PSP = free battery"-line is @#%$.
4) The Samsung series of monitors all have a 3-year manu. warranty. There is absolutely no advantage what-so-ever for getting a PSP on these monitors. As such, it sickens me how hard other salespeople try for the PSP on these monitors, or even why Corp has this monitor as PSP-applicable.
5) Parts that are used to repair electronics under the PSP are refurbished...another way to say used.
6) Best Buy is authorized to repair most PSP-applicable stuff when it is under manu. warrenty. I've seen the "you have to ship it out to the manu. to get it fixed, both ways!" to promote the PSP.
7) The PSP is structured in such a way that it covers you at just the time you would be least likely to use it. For instance, laptops are most likely to fail within the first year and then after the fifth year after purchasing. The PSP covers you in year 2 and 3, the years you're LEAST likely to use it.
There are plenty of other things I didn't cover, but you get the idea.
Most of us already know that the PSP/PRP program Best Buy's core business relies on is a big scam/waste of money/etc. I'm not sure if many people here know however that as per federal law extended warranties are returnable at any within the coverage time for a pro-rated refund. If your friends/loved ones/etc. bought a PSP it is not too late for them to return it. Even if returned within six months you will end up getting the majority of your money back. Some other dirty secrets about the PSP/PRP that few employees even know about: 1) The PSP/PRP can is only valid when the product is used in a non-commercial enviroment. You sold all those business users a useless plan! 2) On monitors and laptops, the "pixel damage"/"pixelation" coverage matches the warranty's coverage. Despite what your peers tell you, there is no benefit over the manu. warranty in these cases. 3) On laptops, most manu. cover the battery. L-ion batteries typical life is 4 years, NOT two years. "PSP = free battery"-line is @#%$. 4) The Samsung series of monitors all have a 3-year manu. warranty. There is absolutely no advantage what-so-ever for getting a PSP on these monitors. As such, it sickens me how hard other salespeople try for the PSP on these monitors, or even why Corp has this monitor as PSP-applicable. 5) Parts that are used to repair electronics under the PSP are refurbished...another way to say used. 6) Best Buy is authorized to repair most PSP-applicable stuff when it is under manu. warrenty. I've seen the "you have to ship it out to the manu. to get it fixed, both ways!" to promote the PSP. 7) The PSP is structured in such a way that it covers you at just the time you would be least likely to use it. For instance, laptops are most likely to fail within the first year and then after the fifth year after purchasing. The PSP covers you in year 2 and 3, the years you're LEAST likely to use it. There are plenty of other things I didn't cover, but you get the idea.
For more information on how Best Buy is run internally, please visit this site. We had a discussion of how Reward Zone is a scam on the message board.
If you want to read about Best Buy and how it's run internally, please visit Best Buy Sux.
Worth the time to read.
I would check your Konquerer stats again :)
Is this by any chance Florida Atlantic Univeristy?
Well, if you scam them for a new product that is a different story. :)
I don't that that's entirely accurate. The 'sample rate' on vinyl is far lower then that of your typical CD. Audiophiles suffer from something called the placebo effect, where they think they are hearing better sound, when in fact they aren't.
Te reason these programs are not widespread is because of piracy and lack of education. Why use AbiWord when you can get MS Office Professional Super-Edition for free? Likewise many people who would purchase MS Office don't know about OpenOffice or AbiWord. If they did, I doubt they'd spend the $99 on MS Word when AbiWord is just as good for their needs and faster too.
I work for Best Buy and our software department grosses $8,000 a DAY. I'm people are buying software for the colorful box?
You forget Open Office is written in 100% pure Java. And virtually ever program written to run on cellphones are in Java. How many C# programs are there in widespread use?
I'm with you bro, I looked at C# for a few hours and never went back. There is no point to switch languages if the one you are currently using is doing fine for you. All .NET and C# feel to me are buzzwords/marketing promoted by MS, not technology. I've encountered real geeks who didn't know that Centrino is actually a marketing buzzword.
The brain is the ultimite cluster. Each neuron is like a (weak) CPU and there are billions of them. Because of this, the brain is works alot differently then your average computer.
That's cause SeriousEngine and Torque are completely different leagues. One Torque license is only $100 (with no royalty!), when the most limited SeriousEngine license is $20,000, and which includes high royalty rate, NO updates, and NO technical support. They are completely alienating hobby/indie developers who have less money to spend on a car let alone an engine. They are alienating professional developers too who have a $10 million dollar budget and who would pay the extra $100k for a better engine. Hence why they have no market share.
HardOCP is one of the largest hardware sites on the net, and generates over six figures of revenue a year. They aren't exactly your sister's personal website.
When you think about it, we know so little about deep space. Perhaps the Matrix doesn't go out that far? Clipping problems?
I don't think Publix is a good example of a well paying company. Publix employees average pay is less then Wal-mart employees according to Forbes. They get away with this by hiring immigrants in general ignorant people.
The article states that this doesn't effect free software at all. Only commerical software that links to MySQL requires a licence, as it always has been.
MythTV will rule my living room.
Yes, Intel Centrino is more then just marketing hype, all Centrino laptops have longer battery life then typical laptops.
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The catch however, is Centrino laptops are also underperformers compared to regular laptops.
There is a sister project to Wikipedia called Wikibooks. The goal of Wikibooks is to create student textbooks and distrubte them under the GNU FDL (a GPL-like licence). Another project that is in planning stages is Wikiversity, which aims to use content from Wikipedia and other open source sources to create reuseable/modular learning content.
You think the RIAA would give them CDs worth listening to? This is the RIAA we are talking about! I'm surprised they didn't trick WA into accepting blank CDs. Well at least blank CDs would be more useful...
I was on the carrier USS Kennedy the other day I remember seeing virtually every computer terminal onboard running MS Windows in some form or another. I didn't see the nuclear portions of the ship, but you never know...