> As far as I've seen, it tells the user to check the policy for refund. It > can very well be to cancel the whole deal, for a refund of the whole sum. > And the software can also be considered a present. I mean, suppose that you > go to the supermarket, and you get an extra piece of something because you > bought for X shekels. Do you think you'll have a chance to get a refund for > that? >
Then just erase the Windows and know that you would have paid the same price had you declined the present from the beginning. But in any case, the _effort_ of asking Dell for a non-Windows laptop is important, because the more they hear it the likelier they will be to provide it. > And if you bought a travel package, and then found out something was wrong > about it, wouldn't the best expectation be to simply cancel the deal, all > money back? > > The thing you're missing here, is that when you buy a laptop, you're aware > that there it comes with Windows. The only thing you can complain about, is > that you were forced to agree to something you don't agree with. The only > sensible solution in this case, in normal business terms, is to cancel the > deal. Completely. > Yes, after you've made a stink about Windows. Let Dell decide that the best course of action is to cancel the transaction, rather than to refund Windows. And at a bare bare minimum you've shown that Linux users exist. That's the current problem: they don't think that we exist because we are not vocal enough. > I'm glad that Zvi Devir made some noise, because it got the message through, > that a computer can run something else than Windows. But as far as I'm > concerned, that's all there is to it. > Then do that. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ا-ب-ت-ث-ج-ح-خ-د-ذ-ر-ز-س-ش-ص-ض-ط-ظ-ع-غ-ف-ق-ك-ل-م-ن-ه-و-ي А-Б-В-Г-Д-Е-Ё-Ж-З-И-Й-К-Л-М-Н-О-П-Р-С-Т-У-Ф-Х-Ц-Ч-Ш-Щ-Ъ-Ы-Ь-Э-Ю-Я а-б-в-г-д-е-ё-ж-з-и-й-к-л-м-н-о-п-р-с-т-у-ф-х-ц-ч-ш-щ-ъ-ы-ь-э-ю-я ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü _______________________________________________ Haifux mailing list Haifux@haifux.org http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haifux
