[Cialug] The end draws near for the Alienware Saga.

[Theron Conrey]

I apologize for answering this email within an email.... bleech.
and kristau, I'll acost you with sushi the next chance I get......

Kenneth Ristau wrote:

>Theron Conrey wrote:
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>>So in summary, I'm stuck with this license, and 75 dollars of gift
>>certificates.  I'd call that a draw.
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>>Theron Conrey
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>Don't take me wrong here, I don't mean to bust your chops.  You lost.
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>If this does get taken up by the AG, AlienWare will argue that the $75
>of gift certificates were "compensation in excess" of the disputed
>refund value.  They bought you off cheap.  I bet they paid all of $0
>themselves for those gift certificates.
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It may have cost them nothing for those gift certificates, but I'll get 
$75 dollars worth of stuff that I'd have shelled out coin for anyway. 

>Worst of all?  Microsoft still got their $$ from the sale of the
>license.  Sounds to me like you owe the FSF a $75 donation.
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Trust me they're the last group I'll feel that I owe money to as they 
see a fair share of my $$ as it is, but if we're counting $$  I'd have 
gone higher.. (kristau trying to say the Microsoft is EQUAL to 
GNU/Linux.... sheeesh)...  If anything I'm pissed that I can't buy 
debian cd from Amazon :)  (why I'm not counting the Progeny CD there is 
way OT) That would have been the "best" outcome given the events 
unfolding as they did.  

>OK, enough bustin' yer ass.  I must give you kudos, mad props and
>mega-w00ts for the way you handled this difficult situation.  It is a
>plain, simple matter of economics.  You reached your threshhold and cut
>your losses.  Happens to the best of us (don't ask me about my special
>assesment from the wonderful City of Johnston).
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>I'm tempted now more than ever to call up their sales line and string
>them along, spec'ing the highest priced system I possibly can -- only to
>ask the clincher question at the end, "Can I get that without an OS?"
>If I get enough guts to actually do it, I'll report my results here.
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It may have cost them nothing this time, but they've identified and 
shown that the OS is worth 75 dollars to a customer.  That being said, 
when you call them up, and get your system, you'll be able to ask for 
the $75 dollars off that you know that they've given to another customer 
for the Windows OS.

>Fight the good fight!
>kristauK
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