New Toy

[billroper]

In order to support President Bush by expanding the economy and spend all my money before Senator Kerry can means-test my Social Security, I have bought something that I am sure that bedlamhouse will approve of:

A new HP laptop.

It replaces a very old laptop that has gotten progressively crankier over the years. And I turned down the CompUSA extended warranty that allows them to discharge their obligation to you by giving you back the warranty fee, despite their protestations that they'd never seen that happen when I pointed to the clause in the contract.

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CompUSA warranty

[johnridley.livejournal.com]

FWIW, I don't think I've ever heard of that clause being invoked, either. I haven't used it myself but some people at work have. A friend of mine brought a 2-year-old 386 laptop in to them (obviously a few years back) that was pretty much wrecked (dead display) and they gave him store credit for the purchase price, which by that time bought a much nicer laptop, and money left over.

This clause might have been added since then, or their invocation of that clause may have become more frequent. Just one data point though.