Holy sh1t!! I need this machine badly!!! :D :D :D
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Holy sh1t!! I need this machine badly!!! :D :D :D
how about this one, advertised in the local paper a few weeks back:
p133mhz
16mb ram, win95, 12X cd, 4mb video, 4 gig hd, 56k modem.
£2000
We have a shop here in town that hooks people bad.
They'll show you a piece of crap (almost literally) and then tell you that you should have Anti-Virus loaded ($), a personal firewall ($$), and you, of course, need to buy internet access from them ($$$$$).
I had a friend ask about an E-Machine (read: cold pile of crap) to find out what speed Front Side Bus it had. She asked "What's the bus speed?" to which the knuckle-dragger replied "About 30 miles per hour" - I SWEAR!!!
They see me come into the store and send out the newest, most stupid person to attempt to help me. Good Lord helps those who help themselves, so I just go in there to raise their ire!
Just try asking them how much L2 cache is on any chip and watch the scramble begin!!!
Kenny P.
It's the same in the small town i live in... one computer store that wants $3000 for a Mid/Low End 700mhz system :OQuote:
Originally posted by Kenny P:
We have a shop here in town that hooks people bad.
They'll show you a piece of crap (almost literally) and then tell you that you should have Anti-Virus loaded ($), a personal firewall ($$), and you, of course, need to buy internet access from them ($$$$$).
I had a friend ask about an E-Machine (read: cold pile of crap) to find out what speed Front Side Bus it had. She asked "What's the bus speed?" to which the knuckle-dragger replied "About 30 miles per hour" - I SWEAR!!!
They see me come into the store and send out the newest, most stupid person to attempt to help me. Good Lord helps those who help themselves, so I just go in there to raise their ire!
Just try asking them how much L2 cache is on any chip and watch the scramble begin!!!
Kenny P.
Insane :P
My take on this is that he is a sales person, that's really the only explanation. Only a sales person with little or no experience could click on the system properties tab to get all that great techincal jargon!! WOW what a deal!! LOL!! :D
:cool: First of all, don't get me wrong. I'm an educated person and have no problem with people of other cultures, but these guys piss me off. The guys who run the store called Computer Expo in Houston, TX, USA are nothing but a bunch of Indian Computer Cons. These guys sell parts without serial numbers, documentation of any sort, and don't have prices on anything in the store. When you show interest in a product, you have to find the store manager and haggle over the price with him. This is America, put a frickin price tag on the damned thing! :mad: It doesn't help that the whole store is a mess. Nothing is organized, it smells like month-old curry in there, and the service department is run by a woman who speaks about 3 words of American, "Want me fix?" On top of that, they offer crappy v.90 service for $29.95/month, excluding support. I can get excellent v.90 service for $7.00/month from AT&T WorldNet WITH support. Overall, their customer service sucks, corporate image sucks, customer relations sucks, and parts availability/selection/advertising sucks. Not one item I've found advertised is actually that price. There's always a "catch" to the price; meaning you need to trade your soul and a pint of blood for the price on a part with no documentation, support, or serial number. Avoid this store at all costs!
And to think that all that junk in my basement is really worth thousands!!!! I am so grateful - now I can pay cash for the kids tuition at Princeton - just by selling my old computer stuff!!! Who'd of thunk it? ;)
Back to the question of People who shouln't be selling computers...
How about most of the 16? year old kids you run into at CompUSA or Bestbuy? Most of them say "buy this because its cool", they know litte or nothing about the products.
Another True story - I ordered a Server from CompUSA, gave the "order taker" the complete specs - and the next day I got a LAPTOP on the truck from them. Guess they got their SKU's screwed up.
I could go on, but you get the drift...
Seems that as long as there is someone who is lazy enough not to do their homework, these type of "Hot deals" will constatly be offered. Personally I'd just feel ashamed to sell something like that. I'd be a little heavier in the pocket, but I'd be ashamed. :rolleyes:
Dell bar none. :mad: :eek: :p
Hewlett Packard??? Compaq??? I think THEY count as people who shouldn't sell computers...
hahahah
mwahuahaha
my dad just sold a 486/66, 500mb hard drive, win95, 28.8modem, Gateway! for $200 lol
i feel so bad for the person that gets this and thinks there getting a good computer
LOL yes you can run with low resources mine is at 65% RIGHT NOW! Win 98SE 333 w 128 megs ram :eek:
The cheapest 667 Celeron computer with 17" monitor sells in Canada for approx $900($590 US) $500 ($760 approx. Cdn)for an antiquated relic from the past (is that US$?)Hmmm, let me see does it come with an optional labotomy or a museum case? :p
You could have told this story without mentioning their nationality.... :(Quote:
Originally posted by raptorGT:
...I'm an educated person and have no problem with people of other cultures...