[huskerlug] Re: A Couple of Questions
- From: John DiMartino <john_dimartino@xxxxxxx>
- To: huskerlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 19:39:29 -0500
If you think it is bad for PCs and components... try shopping for a Mac
at NFM. Those guys will tell you blatantly wrong information. Or,
worse yet, after giving your requirements and they would fit Apple
perfectly - the dumb-asses will direct you to a PC because they don't
know what macs are.
Grrr... pisses me off.
John
PS... dumb-ass is in my default dictionary... lol
On Thursday, September 18, 2003, at 08:49 AM, Eric Penne wrote:
> Who is "they" at the computer stores? Many times the advice isn't
> worth
> the paper it is printed on.
>
> That is one thing that frustrates me is the number of incompetent
> people
> working in PC sales and support positions that really don't know their
> head from their butthole. I've seen multiple times where local company
> employees have given out incorrect information to customers. Once or
> twice the information was so bogus that I spoke up and informed the
> customer of the truth. Twice after talking to an employee and
> realizing I
> wasn't getting anywhere, I have had other customers ask me my opinion
> on
> certain PCs and peripherals because the other customer had talked to
> the
> same guy and been really frustrated with the information he gave.
>
> I know there are "a few bad apples" but I've seen about 25%
> incompetence
> when I go into these stores.
>
> Just venting,
> Eric
>
>> I don't know if I was confused, just as I look at some of DVD
>> recorders in the computer section of stores, I do believe they said
>> they
>> had to be the master drive in any IDE chain, and I assume that's the
>> second one, that's where I put all my CD-ROM's internal ZIP drives,
>> etc.
>> ---Jim
>>
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