Slight difference though; the car doesn't contain nudie pictures of their wife, their checkbook, and video of that wild party in Cabo San Lucas. :) ..
Most people have stuff in their PC maybe they don't want to be in the hands of others, free to be spread at will or copied off for some tech guy in his house.. so they like to keep it close at hand; never leave there house, so they can make sure there data.. and certain things.. never leave. I know this sounds silly, but just my experience. CW -----Original message----- From: warpmedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 09:52:44 -0500 To: The Hardware List [email protected] Subject: Re: [H] Disposable computers > And what retail repair business does HP run? > > I stand by my statement that by trying to be a "good guy" you are > stealing from yourself. Though I agree the customer is much better > served by bringing the machine to you to be work on at your convince vs. > paying inflated on-site charges. I mean, what car repair place comes to > your house & fixes your engine or changes your breaks??? =) > > Wayne Johnson wrote: > > At 11:14 AM 7/19/2005, warpmedia typed: > > > >> They're charging a set fee (and insane one) and getting it for > >> REPEATED bad work on a daily basis. So yes, those of you charging less > >> or feeling you need to give a customer a break are ripping yourselves > >> off. > > > > > > Are you kidding? We're killing HP. <lol> > > > > See > > <http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/07/19/ap/business/main709913.shtml> > > where it talks about them cutting 14,500 Jobs especially in the area of > > [you guessed it] support. > > > > ----------+---------- > > Wayne D. Johnson > > Ashland, OH, USA 44805 > > <http://www.wavijo.com> > > >
