Re: Question from a friend.
From: djgordon (danigordon_at_bellsouth.net)
Date: 01/12/05
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Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 22:38:40 -0600
Especially considering that anyone can switch from AOL at any time they want
to. And who wouldn't if that was the truth. Which brings you to the fact
that does AOL really want to lose money on taking a chance that people will
get so mad at it that they'll lose money from people canceling. If it's
going to the shop anyway, and facing a reformat (so the guy can make even
more money by taking *all* that time), why not just do a reformat and start
from scratch. That will almost always cure what ails a computer if all the
hardware is in fine shape. We have a few *experts* around here who are
always wanting to replace parts or upgrade or reformat when some of it can
be done at home by even some of the least comp literate people at times.
Case in point: My SIL took her comp to our local *expert* three times and he
finally told her her hard drive was bad and she should get a new computer.
He charged her $35 to tell her that, said he would replace her hard drive
for $150 or sell her a new computer for like $500. She called me and told
me. I told her bring the computer over here. I did find 8 bad sectors on her
hard drive, so at least that was truthful. I replaced her hard drive for
about $20 using Ebay and about 5 minutes of my time (not inlcuding reloading
software) and she was good to go. People are making a killing off others who
don't feel savvy enough to do it themselves.
Dani
Dani
"kathycarp" <kathycarp@comcastprivacy.net> wrote in message
news:-LSdnXxi1MxRDnncRVn-sw@comcast.com...
> I hesitate to even respond because I am not a computer expert by any
means.
> But, I do think there is a big hole in his theory... even if Bill and AOL
> were in cahoots and upgrading corrupted files... that doesn't mean one
would
> have to buy a new computer!
>
> Computer Guy sounds fishy. But then he *did* make his $150.00 on the deal,
> didn't he? Maybe he's in cahoots with Bill Gates. <snicker>
>
> --
> Kathy
> www.ambergriscaye.com/villadelsol
> "Becky Young" <blupencl@aol.combadstuff> wrote in message
> news:20050111215030.06900.00000075@mb-m29.aol.com...
> > This is a very good friend of mine. She has older computers and is not
> > really
> > in the position to go and buy a new one at the moment, which is the
> > obvious
> > best solution.
> >
> > Here's her e-mail to me. I told her I'd share this with people who know
> > more
> > than I do about computers. My opinion is that her computer man is full
of
> > crap
> > and doesn't know how to fix her computer.
> >
> > I just heard from her tonight (this e-mail was from yesterday) and he
> > tells her
> > he has fixed the computer without being told to do so, bring $150 and
pick
> > it
> > up. He wasn't supposed to fix it. He was just supposed to look at it,
call
> > her
> > back and tell her what he thought. She's mildly aggravated.
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~
> > Howdy...How is it going??? I just came home to work. My computer is
back
> > at
> > computer man and here is his theory....Microsoft and Bill Gates have not
> > been
> > selling their usual number of new computers and thus he has not been
> > getting
> > his Microsoft $150.00 per computer, so somehow he is in kahoots with the
> > AOL,
> > YAHOO, and maybe some other to make their new versions 8.0 and 9.0 AOL
> > incompatible with old computers and they corrupt the software thus
making
> > it
> > necessary for people to buy new computers in order to get their Internet
> > servers to work. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS???? He has had 75
> > computers in
> > his shop since November that have the same problem. When they tried to
> > upgrade
> > AOL they corrupted all their software. I said my old 4.0 is working
> > becaue it
> > has not been upgraded, but he does not know how long it will continue to
> > work.
> > Becky Young
> >
>
>
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