The average return policy is 14 days for PC desktops and laptops, that is if you don?t send in for your mail in rebate within that 14 day period. If you purchase a PC or anything for that matter, you will have 14 days to return the item however if you send in the mail in rebate within the 14 days then you will get a big fat NO when you try to return your item. Circuit City's policy says you need the bar code and UPC to return your item but if you have sent in your mail in rebate, then you are screwed and can only get an exchange for the same item. What if that item altogether is poor of quality and is not performing like advertised? well that means you have officially been cheated and will be told to contact the manufacturer. This is what I have experienced on a laptop that had a wireless chipset that kept freezing up the system. I had already sent in the MIB so was forced to get the same one or contact the manufacturer. This just plain stinks and they don?t tell you this until it?s too late, this should be illegal. What about all the software they offer for a "discounted price ?such as the Norton IS2007, Spy Sweeper, Optimizer, Restore Discs?
When I worked at Circuit City in Florence Kentucky, I was their PC TECH and my job was to give advice and try to sell as much services I could, this would include the packages of software I mentioned. Computers do not come with recovery discs any more so I always threw that at the customer, $29.99 for restore discs was the asking price if they did not want the package that included them. What we would do is use the PC that we have sold the customer and open up its recovery CD burning software, burn the CD-R and then slap our own label on it (Inkjet). There still is a company that includes these discs and that company is Toshiba. Tech's at Circuit City will still sell you the recovery discs with your Toshiba Satellite Notebook but instead of burning CDR's they will just take the CD's out of the box and slap their labels on em. Thus you have payed $30 for absolutely nothing. What about Optimize? All they will do to optimize your PC is double click on a file that will do everything manually; it does very little so it?s definitely not worth the $29.99 price tag if purchased by itself. Norton Internet Security is the worst all in one virus remover out there and is heavily frowned upon among PC Technicians plus they charge you more than what it is actually worth, you pay for a retail copy but you get a bench copy which is discounted for them, NOT YOU. Spy sweeper is virtually useless with Norton Internet Security since it will do essentially the same job. WHAT DID YOU JUST PAY $200 FOR, well not really anything, so that?s $300 or $400 depending on what Advantage Plan you have got plus the useless software. Your better off to download AVG for Free (free virus scanner) and say GO TO HELL as loud as you can to the persistent underpayed 17 year old employee.
Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
What part of what you wrote above is new information? Why the hell would any store let you take back an item for a refund when you've cut out the UPC for rebate purposes? I don't understand your "rant"...it's like saying "the sun is bright" when you look at it.
Originally posted by: Big Fat Fish
Some issues occur over a period of time, if the unit is working fine for 2 days and then craps out. Go figure!
Originally posted by: Vonkhan
i can haz cliffz?
Originally posted by: Big Fat Fish
Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
What part of what you wrote above is new information? Why the hell would any store let you take back an item for a refund when you've cut out the UPC for rebate purposes? I don't understand your "rant"...it's like saying "the sun is bright" when you look at it.
Never said it was new.
Some issues occur over a period of time, if the unit is working fine for 2 days and then craps out. Go figure!
Originally posted by: Mojoed
Originally posted by: mugs
WTF is MIB?
Mail-In Bebate
Originally posted by: Big Fat Fish
Ok, you guys win. Just shutup please! you honestly dont know where I am comming from. You can make fun of this all you want, it really just shows your immaturity. Have fun!