Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/20

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Subject: [Leica] Broken Leicas
From: pasvorn at boonmark.net (Pasvorn Boonmark)
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:20:51 -0700
References: <h2z6a7544a61004162136o3fc1ebc9u98fc4706cb2576f3@mail.gmail.com> <16C66400-C8EF-4C45-ABD3-C933E5208F54@gmail.com> <s2yc7c8cf881004201104y9c214acfu2dba6a8fdd8c064b@mail.gmail.com> <90431BD3-A2FA-4246-AEEC-164B8C818C63@gmail.com>

Thanks Jeff for the information.  I will  keep this in mind the next time
I'm looking for a computer.

-Pasvorn

On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342 at gmail.com> 
wrote:

> It was about a week old so it wasn't dead on arrival. The same thing
> happened with my current desktop computer. It was about a week old when it
> stopped booting. Nothing but a perpetual splash screen. The technician who
> came to the house to fix it told me that Dell doesn't not replace defective
> computers or defective parts with new ones. All replacement parts/computers
> are refurbs, which explains why he had to replace my motherboard 3 times in
> the next month. To assuage me, Dell sent me a gift certificate for $400 of
> Dell equipment. I used it to buy a second CPU so I would have something to
> use when the other CPU died. I finally said "screw it" and bought a Mac.
>
> Jeffery
>
>
>
> On Apr 20, 2010, at 1:04 PM, Pasvorn Boonmark wrote:
>
> > Jeffery,
> >
> > The original one that you bought was a new one, correct?  If this is the
> > case, it should be a Dead-On-Arrival.
> >
> > In this case, you should received a brand new Dell laptop.
> >
> > -Pasvorn
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 6:58 AM, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> I don't know about Leica, but Dell computer recycles refurbished stuff
> when
> >> a defective computer is returned. I bought a Dell laptop that went belly
> up
> >> after a week due to a short or loose connection in the hinge (that shuts
> the
> >> computer screen off when folding up the laptop). I returned it and they
> >> immediately sent me a VERY used and BEAT UP same model that had been
> >> refurbished.
> >>
> >> Jeffery
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
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In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at gmail.com (Lawrence Zeitlin) ([Leica] Broken Leicas)
Message from jsmith342 at gmail.com (Jeffery Smith) ([Leica] Broken Leicas)
Message from pasvorn at boonmark.net (Pasvorn Boonmark) ([Leica] Broken Leicas)
Message from jsmith342 at gmail.com (Jeffery Smith) ([Leica] Broken Leicas)