Posts by Scott Coe 9 publicly visible posts • joined 6 Jul 2007
Things work differently, er . . . strangely. Not only has WTF been taken out, but so has XXX.
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1107923.html
I grew up here, but moved back last year after living in New York city for 10 years. Geeeez, things are sooooo provencial. I laugh at ordinary citizens complete ignorance every day. I need to get on back up to NY. This place is weird.
What user stores a CD UNDER the keyboard? Ho many screws had to be removed to take out the keyboard? This sounds fishy. Possibly an attempt by the HO to demonstrate that they have cleaned up their act re: data security? What better way than to flog a lappy on eBay with a hidden prize. Like a box of cereal.
Really, with trooper gate, telling the legislature he was a "steam roller", Spitzer is just spitzing off at the mouth again, without regard to reality OR common sense. He was a really good attorney general, but as a governor he is just a total failure.
Attorneys General get to ram things down peoples throats, governors need to have a little more tact than he has shown so far in his tenure.
Looks like WalMart has taken a page out of NewEgg's "Revenue Maximazation" training manual for employees. This has happened to me so much at NewEgg, I no longer shop there. Out of 14 orders placed during 2006, 4 of the products were obviously repackaged returns. This situation was confirmed when calling the manufacturer of a video card who informed me that the cards' serial number had already been registered.
The surprising part was the video card manufacturer telling me to contact NewEgg for an exchange and that they really had no procedure in place for dealing with shady dealers. They agreed it was a valid concern, but could care less about taking info and contacting NewEgg directly. I don't buy video cards from this manufacturer anymore.
The retail marketplace will shout "Caveat Emptor". Buyers of repackaged product need to inform the retailers "Caveat Venditor". This illustrates the problem with the US economy, the corporations have waaaay to much arrogance and power to do as they feel, and to heck with the law. Things seem to be a little more civilized in the UK about such matters. The Trading Standards are actually in place to protect the consumer from dodgy retailers. Fancy that!
. . .what the vole is smoking! They obviously have a corporate supplier for some really great smoke. If they are going to continue business in this fashion, they need to share with the entire class so we, the customer, can at least begin to understand where these idiots are coming from.
Writing to the politicians doesn't do a damn thing in this country any more. Across the political spectrum politicians vote how they want to and damn the constiuents. Action will only happen when Joe Q Public gets so pi**ed off that his gas now costs $10 a gallon, that he'll march on Washingon. The corporate structure has a complete stranglehold on the political apparatus in this country. Workers of the US Unite!
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