is this really a corporate secret though? Anyone ever wonder why all name brand electronics are the same price whereever you go? All these items have MAP (minimum advertised price) restrictions that they must adhere to. All this means is that ALL retailers will be able to sell the PS3 for the new lower MAP price. Just because it leaked out of a CC ad, this price reduction is not going to be a CC only sale. I know i am assuming a bit on my last statement, but obviously unless they are doind one of those "instant rebate" type of sales, this price reduction would have been made by everyone. In addition, anyone that purchased the device ahead of the sale could get a price match, so they arent going to be making any more money on this is the info doesnt leak out. There is a lot of hoopla over nothing on this, where although CC is probably within their rights to seek out who is leaking it, are they really going to accomplish anything positive? Now all the gamers are pissed at them. I am sure they would still purchase from CC if they have the best price on stuff in the future, but if prices are the same they may be skipped over for an online or "less evil" (in their minds) retailer. And in the age of MAP pricing, how often are their really huge deals at one retailer over another?
although it is true that small claims judges are much more fair to the average joe, once he wins this case, it will be appealed to a higher court. It is here where he will be "in a world of hurt". My sister sucessfully sued and won against GE in a case in small claims court with regards to a fire that started in her apartment. Although the small claims judge was convinced based on the evidence that the GE adapter started the fire, they just appealed it up to a higher court, requiring a lawyer. Corporate lawyers are already paid for, so this wont cost Gateway anything...
actually, we did run into issues with the updates this morning. We had a number of computers that after the update, experienced 100% processor usage by svchost for around 10 minutes. If we let the computers sit it out, they came back to life after the wait. I would bet we werent the only business that ran into this, and it had a lot of frustrated users....
I have seen that they are now putting the URL to read the EULA on the outside of the box. I even think that it was on MS software that i had seen this. If they put a link to the terms of the EULA on the outside of the box, are they giving themselves an out for people that have claimed they need to return software due to not accepting the EULA? If this become common practice i would think that some concerns about the disclosure prior to opening the software are cleared up(granted the user installing software has internet access). I am not a fan of the EULA's but it is something that isnt going to go anywhere...
They will - but sometimes you've got to jump through their hoops to tell them that you know what you're doing, know what the problem is, and to just send the damn part.
We are in the process of getting set up here at work to do just that. There is a dell website, that once you have taken and passed the online certification that they have, you can just go on and order the defective parts. As repeated over and over, it sucks when you are calling in on stuff not on one of the "gold" or "plantinum" systems, but on the systems on those plans they have excellent service. I just seem to be stuck fixing the laptops that come in that arent covered under our gold contract lately. Those are a big hassle to try to get the parts sent out without them "helping" you troubleshoot when you already know the problem. They must not understand when you call from an IS department(and tell them such) , that you have already diagnosed and discovered the problem, or it is their policy to ignore that information
People may not be hunting deer with ak-47's, but they might be collecting them, or firing them at the range, or both.
My deer hunting weapon is an SKS, and my uncle hunts with an AK-47. Not really on topic or adds much to the thread, but i thought i would clear up the misconception that these guns arent used for deer hunting...
wont this just cause people from the UK to purchase their mod chips from people that advertise in, say the US or other countries? I dont know what this ruling will accomplish besides , like another poster said, make it more illegal to use their already illegal copies of games?
I have wasted the last two days fighting the nachi.b virus that has been running around in our network. I can tell you that the biggest problem we face is trying to convince the execs that it is in the best interest to lock down the computers more.. also, the fear of taking down users caused by conflicts with the ms patches and our application has been such a big fear that we have rolled the dice and prayed that tipping point catches and stops all these viruses..
between spy-bot and hijack this, i have been able to remove any spyware i have encountered. The trick with spybot, is that people need to know what they are doing, so they dont screw up their computer. Adaware is dummy proof, but only does gets a portion of the stuff.
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is this really a corporate secret though? Anyone ever wonder why all name brand electronics are the same price whereever you go? All these items have MAP (minimum advertised price) restrictions that they must adhere to. All this means is that ALL retailers will be able to sell the PS3 for the new lower MAP price. Just because it leaked out of a CC ad, this price reduction is not going to be a CC only sale. I know i am assuming a bit on my last statement, but obviously unless they are doind one of those "instant rebate" type of sales, this price reduction would have been made by everyone. In addition, anyone that purchased the device ahead of the sale could get a price match, so they arent going to be making any more money on this is the info doesnt leak out. There is a lot of hoopla over nothing on this, where although CC is probably within their rights to seek out who is leaking it, are they really going to accomplish anything positive? Now all the gamers are pissed at them. I am sure they would still purchase from CC if they have the best price on stuff in the future, but if prices are the same they may be skipped over for an online or "less evil" (in their minds) retailer. And in the age of MAP pricing, how often are their really huge deals at one retailer over another?
although it is true that small claims judges are much more fair to the average joe, once he wins this case, it will be appealed to a higher court. It is here where he will be "in a world of hurt". My sister sucessfully sued and won against GE in a case in small claims court with regards to a fire that started in her apartment. Although the small claims judge was convinced based on the evidence that the GE adapter started the fire, they just appealed it up to a higher court, requiring a lawyer. Corporate lawyers are already paid for, so this wont cost Gateway anything...
actually, we did run into issues with the updates this morning. We had a number of computers that after the update, experienced 100% processor usage by svchost for around 10 minutes. If we let the computers sit it out, they came back to life after the wait. I would bet we werent the only business that ran into this, and it had a lot of frustrated users....
I have seen that they are now putting the URL to read the EULA on the outside of the box. I even think that it was on MS software that i had seen this. If they put a link to the terms of the EULA on the outside of the box, are they giving themselves an out for people that have claimed they need to return software due to not accepting the EULA? If this become common practice i would think that some concerns about the disclosure prior to opening the software are cleared up(granted the user installing software has internet access). I am not a fan of the EULA's but it is something that isnt going to go anywhere...
Posted by Zonk on Tuesday March 01, @02:27PM from the they're-never-going-to-get-it dept.
anyone else find this ironic?
They will - but sometimes you've got to jump through their hoops to tell them that you know what you're doing, know what the problem is, and to just send the damn part.
We are in the process of getting set up here at work to do just that. There is a dell website, that once you have taken and passed the online certification that they have, you can just go on and order the defective parts. As repeated over and over, it sucks when you are calling in on stuff not on one of the "gold" or "plantinum" systems, but on the systems on those plans they have excellent service. I just seem to be stuck fixing the laptops that come in that arent covered under our gold contract lately. Those are a big hassle to try to get the parts sent out without them "helping" you troubleshoot when you already know the problem. They must not understand when you call from an IS department(and tell them such) , that you have already diagnosed and discovered the problem, or it is their policy to ignore that information
People may not be hunting deer with ak-47's, but they might be collecting them, or firing them at the range, or both. My deer hunting weapon is an SKS, and my uncle hunts with an AK-47. Not really on topic or adds much to the thread, but i thought i would clear up the misconception that these guns arent used for deer hunting... wont this just cause people from the UK to purchase their mod chips from people that advertise in, say the US or other countries? I dont know what this ruling will accomplish besides , like another poster said, make it more illegal to use their already illegal copies of games?
this already exists... it is called webpagesthatsuck.com. We used it in my web design class to help learn what *not* to do when designing a page...
I have wasted the last two days fighting the nachi.b virus that has been running around in our network. I can tell you that the biggest problem we face is trying to convince the execs that it is in the best interest to lock down the computers more.. also, the fear of taking down users caused by conflicts with the ms patches and our application has been such a big fear that we have rolled the dice and prayed that tipping point catches and stops all these viruses..
between spy-bot and hijack this, i have been able to remove any spyware i have encountered. The trick with spybot, is that people need to know what they are doing, so they dont screw up their computer. Adaware is dummy proof, but only does gets a portion of the stuff.