10.26.2006
I just got my computer back from the service center yesterday. I'm currently on my fourth hard drive in 10 months. The first one died last December, luckily just after I had backed up and restored it. = $100
I filled-up the second one and it couldn't load Windows anymore. So, I ordered a cheap one online. When I got it, it wouldn't connect correctly. It cost $20 to send it back because I had to guarantee that it got there within seven days of my complaint or they wouldn't accept it. And they charged me about $10 'restocking charge'. So, I paid $30 to NOT take their product. = $30
I then went to Office Max and decided to invest a little more into a good Seagate drive. The guy who was fixing my computer talked me into actually putting the Seagate into my computer and putting my old drive externally. Sounded good to me so we did that. = $175 (including more RAM that I had put in)
Then, last Friday my computer would not turn on. I took it in and the hard drive had failed. I had it for 2 weeks. = $130 (labor and a new drive)
So, now I'm buying new software licenses and re-installing every freaking thing.
Oi
I filled-up the second one and it couldn't load Windows anymore. So, I ordered a cheap one online. When I got it, it wouldn't connect correctly. It cost $20 to send it back because I had to guarantee that it got there within seven days of my complaint or they wouldn't accept it. And they charged me about $10 'restocking charge'. So, I paid $30 to NOT take their product. = $30
I then went to Office Max and decided to invest a little more into a good Seagate drive. The guy who was fixing my computer talked me into actually putting the Seagate into my computer and putting my old drive externally. Sounded good to me so we did that. = $175 (including more RAM that I had put in)
Then, last Friday my computer would not turn on. I took it in and the hard drive had failed. I had it for 2 weeks. = $130 (labor and a new drive)
So, now I'm buying new software licenses and re-installing every freaking thing.
Oi