24 Jun
2002
24 Jun
'02
1:52 p.m.
Rumor has it that Glen Goodwin may have mentioned these words:
Tandy & others did this as well... My CoCos always had one screw taped over
with a tamper seal - if it was punched, they wouldn't warranty it. Granted,
it didn't take long for the 90-day warranties to expire, and when I was
more experienced with computers I knew I could fix anything necessary
inside one of my machines, so I didn't care... (just like my Tivo - The
only reason I didn't open it within the first 24 hours of owning it was
because I had to work late that day... :-)
Now, what really bugs me is when I see PackardHells, Acers & more recently
Gateways that have "Quality Seals" -- what always goes thru my mind is:
"What... did they need these to keep the quality *Out*???"
;-)
Laterz,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
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From: Michael
Passer <passerm(a)umkc.edu>
Being a little hard on Yugo there, aren't we
:)? The thing I remember
most
about Packard Bell was that a friend of my
wife's bought one (without
asking
my advice), needed some help, and it had tamper
resistant seals over the
edges that asserted a voided warranty if the case was opened. My thoughts
were along the lines of "how dare they?"
They *dare* because of the customers. People who would never dream of
working on a TV set will eagerly open a PC and cause all kinds of havoc. I
use warranty labels in my shop, and the warranty is VOID if the seal is
broken, but if I know the customer has a reasonable level of skill,
tempered with caution, I tell them not to worry about breaking the seal.