Reply With QuoteI read the article, but where's the bit where Gerry says he's going broke and wants everyone to give him a break?
SysAdmin (Owner)
a trial based on consumer guarantees ...
Harvey Norman outlets fight single trial in ACCC battle - Mobility - Technology - News - CRN Australia
be very very interesting...
a lot of small businesses will be watching hard and long ....
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ChatterBox
I read the article, but where's the bit where Gerry says he's going broke and wants everyone to give him a break?
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last thing i am interested in is what gerry thinking..Originally Posted by Judo
I read the article, but where's the bit where Gerry says he's going broke and wants everyone to give him a break?
the out come of this will determine how many small businesses in Au will opt out of retail.
i don't think many people understand what a fundamental shift this could be...
or i am having myself on...
2007 Discovery 3 SE7 TDV6 2.7
2012 SZ Territory TX 2.7 TDCi
"Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it." -- a warning from Adolf Hitler
"If you don't have a sense of humour, you probably don't have any sense at all!" -- a wise observation by someone else
'If everyone colludes in believing that war is the norm, nobody will recognize the imperative of peace." -- Anne Deveson
“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” - Pericles
"We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.” – Ayn Rand
"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." Marcus Aurelius
ChatterBox
You could be right, but for the moment I don't see this case changing too much. Time will tell I suppose....
YarnMaster
SubscriberI dunno Inc, I was stung (in my old small business) by HP with their bull**** warranties. Refusing warranties is not good for anyone - this really hurts consumer confidence. We had 7 HP laptops dying constantly and were given the run around with replacements. Ended up buying new ones from Dell 9 or 10 months after the HP purchase has the time stuffing around was costing so much.
The duplicity argument is an interesting one. I guess the ACCC is going that way to discover any parallels that could be systemic through the franchise - I dont think they would do this for independent small businesses.
Hercules: 1986 110 Isuzu 3.9 (4BD1-T)
Brutus: 1969 109 ExMil 2a FFT (loved and lost)
SysAdmin (Owner)
hp hey, popping inverters and then capacitors i bet..
apple, toshiba and asus also had a similar run from memory.
hp have been had several times i believe...
2007 Discovery 3 SE7 TDV6 2.7
2012 SZ Territory TX 2.7 TDCi
"Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it." -- a warning from Adolf Hitler
"If you don't have a sense of humour, you probably don't have any sense at all!" -- a wise observation by someone else
'If everyone colludes in believing that war is the norm, nobody will recognize the imperative of peace." -- Anne Deveson
“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” - Pericles
"We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.” – Ayn Rand
"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." Marcus Aurelius
they way these laptops are designed is getting ridiculous. Quad cores with the same cooling set ups that we have seen on laptops since the old centrinos came out 10 years ago.
Half of them would be overheating motherboards (graphics chips etc) as many people will just put them on a pillow or block the vents some other way, and it takes all of an hour or so of that sort of abuse to start frying the chips.
ChatterBox
That maybe true but they don't create proportionately more heat. Even though they're getting faster some have lower power usage meaning less heat. Like everything it's not just the speed of the technology that's getting better, but its the supporting components around it too.
Swaggie
Subscriberimho HN is in the wrong in regards to warranty.
not saying its their fault, HP are also useless,
but to the customer, their dealing with HN
YarnMaster
Subscriberyep, power supplies, motherboards, keyboards, they were just junk. The sad part is they weren't the cheap line either - supposedly the business end. HP used to be great for support (that is why I purchased the ones that were crap).
I had one have a display fail in 2004, I went onto the HP website and click on support, then live chat. In 30 seconds I chatted to someone, did the reboot dance and logged a ticket. Literally 5 min later I got a phone call from a guy in a HP service centre down the road. He recognised the address of my office, and knowing it was just down the road suggested I just it to him at reception. I did, and about 20 min later got a phone call from him letting me know it was fixed.
How times have changed..
Hercules: 1986 110 Isuzu 3.9 (4BD1-T)
Brutus: 1969 109 ExMil 2a FFT (loved and lost)
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