Dell Sucks and Other Thoughts
Random things that strike me while reading the news, or while getting dicked around by Dell customer-no-support...
You Get What You Pay For...
The Disney Corporation, the largest employer in the City of Anaheim, is suing the city over the city's intent to allow the construction of low-income housing near the Disneyland resort area.
OC Register Article
Seems kind of ironic that the company would spend all that money on lawyers to bite the hand that feeds them. Hey Disney, here's an idea. Take that money and pay your employees more, so that they are no longer considered "low income". Then maybe they can afford to live in the same county where they work.
Look What I Found!
It seems that movie producer James Cameron has discovered the tomb of Jesus and his family.
Apparently he stumbled upon it while searching for a big fucking pot of money, and lo and behold, there was a hole in a rock with a hand written sign reading "Here lies Jesus and Mary Magdalene and Family". Imagine the luck.
Dell Sucks
The power supply on my 2-year-old Dell crapped out 3 months to the day after it happened to an identical one I bought at the same time for a relative. I ordered a new one and paid for next-day shipping, which ironically does not mean that it will be shipped out the next day, but means that it will be delivered to me in one day after it ships, which could take up to a week. A week later, I contact customer-no-support to find out its whereabouts, and I learn that the order had been cancelled without them so much as notifying me. Apparently the valid credit card did not get authorized, which is something that should have occurred while I was on the phone with Bert, who took my order.
When I asked Bert to read me the description of the unit, he complained that he only know what the computer tells him. I knew that this would be a bad sign. It turns out that Bert is a turkey, not an eagle.
I had to hang up and call the sales department (apparently they lack the technology to transfer calls in India) to reorder the required part, this time ensuring that everything was in order before letting them get off the phone. They were not willing to help make up for my week of down time by giving me next-day delivery. Dell sucks.
posted by Tad Annoyed @ 9:14 AM
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