----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Campbell
To: CF-Community
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: Sales, HAHAHA
They're charging you $131 for a 40 gig HDD? I think I paid that much 3
years ago. A good rule of thumb is $1 per gig for an EIDE drive, even
less once you get really big - like into the 300 gig range.
- Jim
brobborb wrote:
>Inquiring a business about the price of service on a laptop. this is how it went.
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> Chinwe:
>Hi customer, how can I help you today?
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>Chinwe:
>YES
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>customer:
>hey i called earlier about how much it will cost for service to my sony laptop...
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>customer:
>to replace a bad hard drive (excluding the cost of a new drive)
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>customer:
>and I was told it was $14.95. and it sounded a bit too cheap, and I was wondering maybe she was mistaking it for a tower PC, and not a laptop.
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>customer:
>Can you please confirm the price of replacing a bad hard drive on a sony viao laptop?
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>Chinwe:
>how many gb
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>customer:
>right now it's a 30gb drive. I am not sure yet whether we will get a larger hard drive. We will be getting that from another place. we just want to know how much it will cost for you guys to take out the old hard drive and put the new one in there
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>Chinwe:
>we only have a 40gn toshiba in stock , price is $131.95
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>customer:
>we are not looking to buy a drive from you. we are looking for you to install a new drive in the laptop for us. how much for the service? we will be providing our own drive
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>Chinwe:
>pls email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>customer:
>ok
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>GOSH, wtf??? I mean he is in sales, but geesh anyone who understands English should know I wasn't looking to buy a hard drive.
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