Re: Why I prefer to NOT talk to a Dell rep from India

2007-02-20 Thread Ben Doom
There's stuff to do around, though not in a "big city" kind of way. Music, food. It's around. I like it. Traffic is easy. And, yeah. the area is pretty. --Ben Gruss Gott wrote: >> BigD wrote: >> No. I live in a rather boring apartment complex in North Carolina. >> > > So what's life like

Re: Why I prefer to NOT talk to a Dell rep from India

2007-02-20 Thread Dinner
You mean, this meat's been Doom? Send mine back-- bit too rare. On 2/20/07, Ben Doom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wait. I thought eating beef was in another thread. Or is this some > other kind of broiling? > > --Ben > > Dinner wrote: > > On 2/19/07, Ben Doom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> I

Re: Why I prefer to NOT talk to a Dell rep from India

2007-02-20 Thread Gruss Gott
> BigD wrote: > No. I live in a rather boring apartment complex in North Carolina. > So what's life like down there? I keep hearing how beautiful it is. ~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusio

Re: Why I prefer to NOT talk to a Dell rep from India

2007-02-20 Thread Ben Doom
No. I live in a rather boring apartment complex in North Carolina. --Ben Gruss Gott wrote: >> Ben wrote: >> Wait. I thought eating beef was in another thread. Or is this some >> other kind of broiling? >> > > Say Ben? Do you happen to live in an "active community" in Florida? > >

Re: Why I prefer to NOT talk to a Dell rep from India

2007-02-20 Thread Gruss Gott
> Ben wrote: > Wait. I thought eating beef was in another thread. Or is this some > other kind of broiling? > Say Ben? Do you happen to live in an "active community" in Florida? ~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most sign

Re: Why I prefer to NOT talk to a Dell rep from India

2007-02-20 Thread Ben Doom
Wait. I thought eating beef was in another thread. Or is this some other kind of broiling? --Ben Dinner wrote: > On 2/19/07, Ben Doom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> It's all about the benjammins. (or a crap shot) ;-) >> Dude. Leave me out of this. > > > Too late. You've been embroiled. >

Re: Why I prefer to NOT talk to a Dell rep from India

2007-02-20 Thread Dinner
On 2/19/07, Ben Doom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It's all about the benjammins. (or a crap shot) ;-) > > Dude. Leave me out of this. Too late. You've been embroiled. ~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterpri

Re: Why I prefer to NOT talk to a Dell rep from India

2007-02-19 Thread Ben Doom
> It's all about the benjammins. (or a crap shot) ;-) Dude. Leave me out of this. --Benjamin Doom ~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfus

Re: Why I prefer to NOT talk to a Dell rep from India

2007-02-19 Thread Casey Dougall
Bruce, you think they would void your warranty if you put linux on there? ~| ColdFusion MX7 by AdobeĀ® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion

Re: Why I prefer to NOT talk to a Dell rep from India

2007-02-19 Thread Dana
Oh, I've had worse. I've *done* worse. A long time ago, I hasten to add. But it's not wonderful by any means. Dava On 2/16/07, Dinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Seems pretty middle of the road, for me. Had some a helluva lot worse, > some much better. > > Whoever said the bit about Dells "Dire

RE: Why I prefer to NOT talk to a Dell rep from India

2007-02-16 Thread Sandra Clark
ECTED] Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 6:44 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Why I prefer to NOT talk to a Dell rep from India Seems pretty middle of the road, for me. Had some a helluva lot worse, some much better. Whoever said the bit about Dells "Direct" number? +1 Same goes for ga

Re: Why I prefer to NOT talk to a Dell rep from India

2007-02-16 Thread Dinner
Seems pretty middle of the road, for me. Had some a helluva lot worse, some much better. Whoever said the bit about Dells "Direct" number? +1 Same goes for gateway. Totally. It's all about the benjammins. (or a crap shot) ;-) Of course, I'm like "The Office"-- it's all about quality. It's why

Re: Why I prefer to NOT talk to a Dell rep from India

2007-02-16 Thread Dana
Paul The chat log does NOT seem fine. Look at the questions. Look at the answers not answering the questions. Tech support is about answering the question. Oh and yes, I have done phone support. About five years, at levels from AOL to how to write a microscope driver for image processing software

Re: Why I prefer to NOT talk to a Dell rep from India

2007-02-16 Thread Bruce Sorge
SO I gots to keep it on the down-low. LOL On 2/16/07, So Kenfused <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Bruce "If I buy from a retailer other than Dell Will I void my warranty?" > > Only if you busted on the streets of New York for buying marijuana from > a guy on the street corner. Curtis was busted on

Re: Why I prefer to NOT talk to a Dell rep from India

2007-02-16 Thread So Kenfused
Bruce "If I buy from a retailer other than Dell Will I void my warranty?" Only if you busted on the streets of New York for buying marijuana from a guy on the street corner. Curtis was busted on the streets of New York after a cop witnessed him buying marijuana from a guy on the street corner.

Re: Why I prefer to NOT talk to a Dell rep from India

2007-02-16 Thread Bruce Sorge
Never played Warcraft. Is it fun? I usually play SOCOM Navy seals or Ghost Recon type games. On 2/16/07, Rick Root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I generally hate Dell support. > > I did get one to stay on the line during an entire Warcraft installation > because the install kept failing. > ..

Re: Why I prefer to NOT talk to a Dell rep from India

2007-02-16 Thread Bruce Sorge
The problem I had was that he never got around to answering my question until about the third time he tried to sell me the software. All I needed was a yes or no and that would have been it. Should have not taken any longer than about a minute or two instead of the 10 minutes it took. I never worke

Re: Why I prefer to NOT talk to a Dell rep from India

2007-02-16 Thread Rick Root
I generally hate Dell support. I did get one to stay on the line during an entire Warcraft installation because the install kept failing. Several replacement CD-RW drives later, we still hadn't "solved" the problem though we were able to get warcraft installed. The dell rep suggested that laptop

Re: Why I prefer to NOT talk to a Dell rep from India

2007-02-16 Thread Paul Ihrig
bruce. you ever work for a tech phone support line? i have.. very long days. after customer 20 of the day you start to fade out a bit. may not because they are Indian. but perhaps they are bored, tired, sick or frustrated. chat log seems fine. who cares if you void contract. its just a dell dude.

Why I prefer to NOT talk to a Dell rep from India

2007-02-16 Thread Bruce Sorge
So I want to get Windows Vista and all I wanted to know was, if I buy from a retailer other than Dell (my comp is a Dell), will I void my warranty. So, without further ado, here is my chat log between me and my new friend, Raj: SystemInitial Question/Comment: I bought an E510 last April. I wan