On Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 12:27:58PM +0000, hantslug@??? wrote:
> On Sunday 19 Nov 2006 12:18, Alan Pope wrote:
> > On Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 10:03:24AM +0000, Jonathan Hudson wrote:
> > > Here's how.
> > >
> > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6144782.stm
> >
> > Technically he didn't actually get a refund, the payment was from Dell, not
> > Microsoft, and was tagged as a good will gesture, not a refund.
> >
> > Which is of course a bummer, but still, it's good news to see someone
> > actually getting something back.
>
> The fact that he is, I believe, a journalist and could publish any problems he
> might have had, may have had something to do with it. Or am I just getting
> too cynical in my old age? ;-)
I suspect that the fact is most people don't actually *ask* for their money back either because they assume they can't or
just can't be bothered. I fall into the former category (with a bit of the latter thrown in). I have two big name
computers that I bought in the last year. Each came with a Windows XP licence, neither of them were ever even booted, so I
never had the opportunity to accept or reject the licence. The first OS each booted was Linux.
Cheers,
Al.
