Re: [CGUYS] Why not Dell?

2009-09-29 Thread mike
10:48 PM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Why not Dell? Np, split hairs. Dell employees push unnecessary products because the corporate culture rewards them to do so and they embezzle on the side. Happy

Re: [CGUYS] Why not Dell?

2009-09-29 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 7:32 PM, Chris Dunford seed...@gmail.com wrote: That's not Dell, it's embezzlement by Dell employees. When you say something like Corporation ABC has a history of ... you're implying that the corporation itself has done something bad (like, say, marketing cigarettes

Re: [CGUYS] Why not Dell?

2009-09-29 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
It is not just a business but a whole culture that has problems. Even Apple got into the boat when they admitted that they backdated options to senior management to maximize their monies. It is as old as man and it is called greed. Remember the movie Wall Street and the Martin Gekko? Greed

Re: [CGUYS] Why not Dell?

2009-09-29 Thread Chris Dunford
That's not Dell, it's embezzlement by Dell employees. When you say something like Corporation ABC has a history of ... you're implying that the corporation itself has done something bad (like, say, marketing cigarettes to minors when you know they cause cancer). That's clearly not the

Re: [CGUYS] Why not Dell?

2009-09-29 Thread Paul Cannon
correction Gordon not Martin portrayed by Michael Douglas Carl Fox is played by Martin Sheen (taking a guess where you got Martin from?) On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 06:53:32AM -0500, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: It is not just a business but a whole culture that has problems. Even Apple got into

[CGUYS] Why not Dell?

2009-09-28 Thread b_s-wilk
Bad PC Sales Staff Exposed Barence writes An undercover investigation has revealed how Dell's online sales staff take liberties with the truth when trying to sell customers new PCs. One member of staff told an undercover reporter that he would need a PC with a good graphics card to download

Re: [CGUYS] Why not Dell?

2009-09-28 Thread mike
This is true of almost any industry that has to do sales...car sales, computer sales, television sales.. People should arm themselves with information before they walk into a place were sales occur. On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 12:02 PM, b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es wrote: Bad PC Sales Staff Exposed

Re: [CGUYS] Why not Dell?

2009-09-28 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 3:40 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: People should arm themselves with information before they walk into a place were sales occur. Precisely. And that is what is so bad about the MS Laptop Hunter series of advertisements. Those ads appear to suggest that the best

Re: [CGUYS] Why not Dell?

2009-09-28 Thread One Man
accounts. --- On Mon, 9/28/09, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: From: mike xha...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Why not Dell? To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Date: Monday, September 28, 2009, 4:59 PM Every company is going to sell itself.  To expect different is to be foolish.  Those walking

Re: [CGUYS] Why not Dell?

2009-09-28 Thread Chris Dunford
Dell has a history of deceptive and illegal trade practices.  Check your receipt.  A cabal of employees charged sales tax to out of state customers and funneled the proceeds to their own private accounts. That's not Dell, it's embezzlement by Dell employees. When you say something like

Re: [CGUYS] Why not Dell?

2009-09-28 Thread One Man
embezzlement.  It's like these companies are reinventing the wheel.  You do know the old story of locking the barn door after the horse has escaped? --- On Mon, 9/28/09, Chris Dunford seed...@gmail.com wrote: From: Chris Dunford seed...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Why not Dell? To: COMPUTERGUYS-L

Re: [CGUYS] Why not Dell?

2009-09-28 Thread Chris Dunford
wasn't it. There are probably better examples. -Original Message- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:computerguy...@listserv.aol.com] On Behalf Of One Man Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 10:48 PM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Why not Dell? Np, split

Re: [CGUYS] Why not Dell?

2009-09-28 Thread One Man
you are sorry.  I gather you selectively read. --- On Mon, 9/28/09, Chris Dunford seed...@gmail.com wrote: From: Chris Dunford seed...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Why not Dell? To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@listserv.aol.com Date: Monday, September 28, 2009, 10:34 PM Sorry, I don't think it's splitting