[Cialug] The end draws near for the Alienware Saga.

[Aaron Korver]

I apologize for not remembering that I had this bookmarked sooner...

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7040

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. 

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