Worst Buy, Circuit Shitty Reps Push Unnecessary Recovery Discs

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When Ian Griffith of Queens, New York, purchased an HP notebook from a
Circuit City store in Brooklyn earlier this year, the salesperson urged him
to have the chain's in-store Fire Dog technicians create Windows XP recovery
discs in case Griffith needed to reinstall the OS.

"I specifically asked if this was something I could do on my own," Griffith
says, and the answer was no. The salesperson, Griffith says, insisted that
there were only two ways to obtain such discs: have them made at the store
for $30, or buy them from HP for nearly twice as much.

But the clerk's assertions simply aren't true. Recovery discs are fairly
easy to make yourself. And if you don't want to take on the responsibility
of burning your own, you can buy them from HP for half what Circuit City
charges.

In the end, just before handing over his credit card at the cash register,
Griffith called a tech-savvy friend, who told him he could make the backup
discs himself.

rest here:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,136496/article.html

[Dennis]

As always, those who don't understand the technology are at the mercy
of those who do.

Dennis (evil)
--
I'm behind the eight ball, ahead of the curve, riding the wave,
dodging the bullet and pushing the envelope. -George Carlin

[ricok987]

Actually, when I purchased my HP direct-I burned my own recovery DVD-it was
a free customizable option.
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> On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:58:21 GMT, "AllEmailDeletedImmediately"

> I'm behind the eight ball, ahead of the curve, riding the wave,

> dodging the bullet and pushing the envelope. -George Carlin

busy guy :)

[Shawn Hirn]

In article <gpdgd3pit26inni1j...@4ax.com>,
Dennis <dg...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:58:21 GMT, "AllEmailDeletedImmediately"
> <der...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >When Ian Griffith of Queens, New York, purchased an HP notebook from a
> >Circuit City store in Brooklyn earlier this year, the salesperson urged him
> >to have the chain's in-store Fire Dog technicians create Windows XP recovery
> >discs in case Griffith needed to reinstall the OS.
> >
> >"I specifically asked if this was something I could do on my own," Griffith
> >says, and the answer was no. The salesperson, Griffith says, insisted that
> >there were only two ways to obtain such discs: have them made at the store
> >for $30, or buy them from HP for nearly twice as much.
> >
> >But the clerk's assertions simply aren't true. Recovery discs are fairly
> >easy to make yourself. And if you don't want to take on the responsibility
> >of burning your own, you can buy them from HP for half what Circuit City
> >charges.
> >
> >In the end, just before handing over his credit card at the cash register,
> >Griffith called a tech-savvy friend, who told him he could make the backup
> >discs himself.
>
> As always, those who don't understand the technology are at the mercy
> of those who do.

Exactly.