Hello Thane,

Monday, February 23, 2009, 1:33:11 PM, you wrote:

> My wife just had a doozy come into the store.  To begin with, we sell 
> Acer laptops - don't sell Lenovo, never sold Lenovo.

> A woman came in with a laptop in a case and said "my father bought 
> this here in June.  I lost my power adapter and I'm wondering if 
> that's covered under warranty."  My wife said, "No, that wouldn't be 
> covered under warranty, but let's look at the laptop and see what 
> power adapter it needs."  So she pulls out a Thinkpad, and my wife 
> says "Well, that wasn't not bought from us, because that's a Lenovo 
> laptop and we only sell Acer, but we can get you an adapter."  The 
> woman answered, "No, I'm sure it was bought here and it's an 
> Acer."  My wife pointed at the IBM Thinkpad logo and said, "No...Acer 
> doesn't make IBM Thinkpads, Lenovo does."  "No," said the woman, 
> "it's an Acer."  My wife picked up our Acer plaque and said, "When 
> you boot it up, do you see this logo, or an IBM logo."  "I see that 
> logo - Acer." was the reply, "I don't want to argue with you about 
> it."  "Ok," said my wife, let's turn it on and we'll see what logo 
> comes up."  "I can't," said the woman, "the battery's dead."

> So she decided to take it home and check with her father and see if 
> he thought it was an Acer.  Should be an interesting 
> conversation.  The real question is:  How does she dress herself in 
> the morning?

> T


Classic


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