On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 1:03 AM, Ian Dexter R. Marquez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> You're one of the lucky ones, then, Jan. I avoid Octagon like the > plague -- bad service, incompetent sales staff. Not really worth my > (or any other consumers') time. > I know they are incompetent Ian :D the good thing is I won't be the one confronting them when problem arises, I'll just tell them, you want my boss to come to your office personally? :D BTW she's a prominent political figure :D > > To the OP: you should file a complaint against them (DTI?). I don't > even think it's legal, what they did. > > > On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 9:27 PM, jan gestre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Hi Carlos, > > > > Our company purchased three(3) Compaq laptops from Octagon SM Megamall > > branch some four (4) months back and all the laptops came with DOS. They > > didn't give us any hassles whatsoever. Maybe now MS is forcing them to do > > this bullying tactics but hey MS was able to bully even the big > > manufacturers like HP to have Vista pre-installed on their Mini-Notebook > coz > > if they won't follow what MS wants then MS won't certify their drivers. > > > > Jan > > > > On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Carlos Yu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> Just wanted to share a true story with PLUG members. One of CYWare's > >> programmers' laptop wouldn't power up yesterday and since we were > >> chasing a deadline for a project, I decided to purchase a new one right > >> away. I went to Octagon in Park Square 1 Glorietta and found a decent > >> Compaq laptop reasonably priced at 40K PHP. The laptop box said it came > >> free with the DOS operating system which didn't matter to me since we > >> were going to install Linux on it. > >> > >> I called the sales guy, handed him my credit card, and told him I wanted > >> to purchase the machine. He then told me that they were not allowed to > >> sell the laptop unless I purchased an operating system with it. I told > >> them that my company, CYWare, sells primarily Linux based products and I > >> would be installing Ubuntu on it. The sales guy insisted that a > >> licensed operating system had to be installed on it and told me I had to > >> purchase Vista with the machine. I then asked for the manager and > >> explained what I was trying to do. The manager instructed the sales guy > >> to make a phone call and after the phone conversation, they re-iterated > >> the same policy: Windows Vista had to be purchased with the machine. I > >> then asked the manager if he was willing to give up the sale because > >> there was no way I was going to pay for something I really didn't need. > >> To my amazement, he said he was. > >> > >> Needless to say, I took my business elsewhere. After visiting a few > >> stores, I realized that the nice laptops all came with Vista. I ended > >> up going to WellCom and buying a more expensive laptop that came with > >> Windows Vista installed. Of course, once it got back to the office, the > >> hard drive was reformatted and Vista was replaced with Ubuntu. > >> > >> I know I could have researched the purchase more carefully, but > >> unfortunately, I was in a rush and foolishly assumed that a laptop > >> purchase would be simple. Go figure... > >> > >> > >> _________________________________________________ > >> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > >> http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > >> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > > > > > > -- > > http://jangestre.wordpress.com > > > > _________________________________________________ > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > > > > -- > Ian Dexter R. Marquez > http://feeds.iandexter.net/Coredump > Norah Jones – Wish I Could > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- http://jangestre.wordpress.com
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