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> wishing i was in the bahamas..., laptop warranty repair from hell
Aaron Cox
post Mar 30 2006, 01:11 AM
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been with out a computer for 10 days now.... (at school...)

laptop has 3 year extended warranty thru bestbuy.
its 1 year old.

i rook it in, because the AC adapter female jack on the computer was loose and had an intermittant connection.... (fails to charge sometimes)

best buy "geek dumbass squad" says we dont do hardware, we sub it out to a warranty place.....

10 days later....
my mom picks it up. (today). i drive home between classes to get my computer (online reports and tests to take.... tired of the library (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/dry.gif) ) and i boot it..... IT HAS A NEW OR REFORMATTED HARDRIVE!!!!


anyway... im not going to write about how i almost got thrown out of best buy... or the loss of 40 Gigs of data, and a fair amount of legit purchased music downloads.....

anyway.. so im SOL... computer is having them do the system recovery thing to try and see if they can save anything...

kinda sick to my stomach thinking baout it....

so yeah. thats where i have been.......................................


wishing i was im the bahamas as matt's thread says (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif)
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post Mar 30 2006, 01:16 AM
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Dude. Sue 'em. This is america!
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post Mar 30 2006, 01:16 AM
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Sounds like a mess. Aren't you supposed to back up important stuff on a disc or something. (Look who's giving computer advice). (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif) Anyways the Bahamas are way overrated. Cheer up, it could be worse. It could be raining.
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post Mar 30 2006, 01:17 AM
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And you'll never guess what I'm picking up tomorrow.
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post Mar 30 2006, 01:17 AM
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QUOTE (alpha434 @ Mar 30 2006, 12:16 AM)
Dude. Sue 'em. This is america!

they make you sign away any rights.....
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post Mar 30 2006, 01:21 AM
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Signatures don't really mean anything either. Just say that you were not aware of the implications regarding possible data loss. Hand them an approximate value of the legitimatly aquired data and ask them to settle. If they don't, then turn up the heat.
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post Mar 30 2006, 01:26 AM
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Sorry to hear about your best buy/computer woes. At least your ankle isn't broken. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif)

Anyway, PM me your mailing address, and I'll send something to cheer you up. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)

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post Mar 30 2006, 01:33 AM
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same thing happened with my work lap top. whats worse, the company it geeks did it to me. wiped out a year and half of critical records. you'd think the company geeks would know to back up and reinstall data.

hey jen if i pm you my mailing address will you cheer me up too?
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post Mar 30 2006, 01:40 AM
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Jenny your avatar cheers me up. Sexiest pic ever.
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post Mar 30 2006, 08:23 AM
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Standard procedure, always to do that.


Just like in remodeling when the people still live there, on Fridays always cut the water lines so they have no water over the weekend. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)
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post Mar 30 2006, 08:54 AM
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Best insurance policy ever. ...backup.
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post Mar 30 2006, 08:57 AM
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Dude I feel yer pain.

Took ours in for a charging problem and same thing. Got it back with a new hard drive. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ohmy.gif)

Wife was PISSED!!!
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post Mar 30 2006, 09:29 AM
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Ouch 40 gigs of porn! How will you ever recover?
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of Miles goat porn too.

so many hours wasted downloading them.

Oh Miles....?

Standard issue (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)

Although when I fix DC jacks (do it all the time for people--30 bucks a pop) I backup thier data when I have the itching to randomly gut thier OS...

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post Mar 30 2006, 09:38 AM
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Warranties are worthless.... Every time I'm offered one I turn it down..

Fine print sucks
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post Mar 30 2006, 09:38 AM
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That sooo sucks (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sad.gif)

PM me what you are missing and want replaced & I'll see what I can hook you up with.
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post Mar 30 2006, 09:58 AM
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There is a lot of data on my computer at home, but the only stuff I would _really_ lament loosing would be my music and picture library. So, that stuff gets backed up, and is mirrored on 2 different machines. Even though my older PC has no speakers and was de-authorised to play iTunes stuff, I still use it as a big back up drive for pictures and music.

Any documents that I have are mostly unimportant. I guess I should save my current flow diagrams and things like that. But for the most part, papers that I wrote last year are not going to be important to me. Lost game files just means I get to play more. reinstalling applications is a PITA, but its not the end of the world.

But yeah, for the future... Anyhting that you don't want to loose should be backed up, and anyhting that you _really_ don't want to loose should be backed up on multiple media (CD - second hard drive - etc.)

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post Mar 30 2006, 10:09 AM
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QUOTE (alpha434 @ Mar 29 2006, 11:17 PM)
And you'll never guess what I'm picking up tomorrow.

YOUR SIGN?
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QUOTE (Joe Ricard @ Mar 30 2006, 08:09 AM)
QUOTE (alpha434 @ Mar 29 2006, 11:17 PM)
And you'll never guess what I'm picking up tomorrow.

YOUR SIGN?

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