I apologize for not remembering that I had this bookmarked sooner...<br>
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<a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7040">http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7040</a><br>
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If you want your FULL refund DO NOT cash those gift certificates.
Why? Well, RTFA. Oh, and by having Alienware give you
something is a MAJOR victory by the way. <br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/24/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Mark Hesseltine</b> <<a href="mailto:markhesseltine@gmail.com">markhesseltine@gmail.com</a>> wrote:
</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">You could Coralize it.<br><br><a href="http://www.coralcdn.org/">http://www.coralcdn.org/
</a><br><br>Just submit the story with the address Coralized. Then, when the<br>hoards from Slashdot hit it, they'll get their local cached version,<br>and not have to hit your webserver.<br><br>On 6/24/05, Theron Conrey <
<a href="mailto:theron@conrey.org">theron@conrey.org</a>> wrote:<br>> Um, I'm down for it, if someone will host it. I'm afraid that my server<br>> would melt under the strain. AND AS ITS ALSO MY HOME MAIL SERVER I'd
<br>> rather that not happen :)<br>><br>><br>> Dave J. Hala Jr. wrote:<br>><br>> > Slashdot it.<br>> ><br>> >On Thu, 2005-06-23 at 22:46, n.d wrote:<br>> ><br>> ><br>> >>as unlikely as i'm sure this is, is there a way this could get a little
<br>> >>media attention?<br>> >><br>> >>or some way that others who might think of buying alienware could<br>> >>reference this case? i'm sure there are lots of people who'd like to get
<br>> >>another discount on their alienware computer.<br>> >><br>> >>just a thought (that i hope made sense)<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >>Theron Conrey wrote:<br>> >>
<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >>>I apologize for answering this email within an email.... bleech.<br>> >>>and kristau, I'll acost you with sushi the next chance I get......<br>> >>>
<br>> >>>Kenneth Ristau wrote:<br>> >>><br>> >>><br>> >>><br>> >>>>Theron Conrey wrote:<br>> >>>><br>> >>>><br>> >>>>
<br>> >>>><br>> >>>>>So in summary, I'm stuck with this license, and 75 dollars of gift<br>> >>>>>certificates. I'd call that a draw.<br>> >>>>><br>> >>>>>Theron Conrey
<br>> >>>>><br>> >>>>><br>> >>>>><br>> >>>>Don't take me wrong here, I don't mean to bust your chops. You lost.<br>> >>>><br>> >>>>If this does get taken up by the AG, AlienWare will argue that the $75
<br>> >>>>of gift certificates were "compensation in excess" of the disputed<br>> >>>>refund value. They bought you off cheap. I bet they paid all of $0<br>> >>>>themselves for those gift certificates.
<br>> >>>><br>> >>>><br>> >>>><br>> >>>><br>> >>>It may have cost them nothing for those gift certificates, but I'll<br>> >>>get $75 dollars worth of stuff that I'd have shelled out coin for anyway.
<br>> >>><br>> >>><br>> >>><br>> >>>>Worst of all? Microsoft still got their $$ from the sale of the<br>> >>>>license. Sounds to me like you owe the FSF a $75 donation.
<br>> >>>><br>> >>>><br>> >>>><br>> >>>><br>> >>>Trust me they're the last group I'll feel that I owe money to as they<br>> >>>see a fair share of my $$ as it is, but if we're counting $$ I'd have
<br>> >>>gone higher.. (kristau trying to say the Microsoft is EQUAL to<br>> >>>GNU/Linux.... sheeesh)... If anything I'm pissed that I can't buy<br>> >>>debian cd from Amazon :) (why I'm not counting the Progeny CD there
<br>> >>>is way OT) That would have been the "best" outcome given the events<br>> >>>unfolding as they did.<br>> >>><br>> >>><br>> >>><br>> >>>>OK, enough bustin' yer ass. I must give you kudos, mad props and
<br>> >>>>mega-w00ts for the way you handled this difficult situation. It is a<br>> >>>>plain, simple matter of economics. You reached your threshhold and cut<br>> >>>>your losses. Happens to the best of us (don't ask me about my special
<br>> >>>>assesment from the wonderful City of Johnston).<br>> >>>><br>> >>>><br>> >>>><br>> >>>>I'm tempted now more than ever to call up their sales line and string
<br>> >>>>them along, spec'ing the highest priced system I possibly can -- only to<br>> >>>>ask the clincher question at the end, "Can I get that without an OS?"<br>> >>>>If I get enough guts to actually do it, I'll report my results here.
<br>> >>>><br>> >>>><br>> >>>><br>> >>>><br>> >>>><br>> >>>It may have cost them nothing this time, but they've identified and<br>> >>>shown that the OS is worth 75 dollars to a customer. That being said,
<br>> >>>when you call them up, and get your system, you'll be able to ask for<br>> >>>the $75 dollars off that you know that they've given to another<br>> >>>customer for the Windows OS.
<br>> >>><br>> >>><br>> >>><br>> >>>>Fight the good fight!<br>> >>>>kristauK<br>> >>>><br>> >>>><br>> >>>><br>
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