Rumor has it that Glen Goodwin may have mentioned these words:
> > From: Michael Passer <passerm_at_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.
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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Received on Mon Jun 24 2002 - 20:52:54 BST