- Jun 4, 2005
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I went out with my Grandfather the other day to help him buy a computer. Normally I would have suggested that a person build their own, for it's cheaper, but he's old and I'd rather not put him through any trouble.
We headed over to staples to pick up a nice system for a decent price :
Brand : HP
Specs :
AMD Athlon 3400+
512MB RAM
200GB Hard Drive
Onbarod Video/Sound (He's just using it for light user, anyways)
Comes with a keyboard, mouse, printer and even a 17" LCD.
Price was about $799 CAD after rebates, sounded pretty good to me.
We spoke to the sales rep guy and he's trying to push a warranty onto him.
"For $99.97 extra, we could replace any hardware that might die out within 2 years."
The warranty didn't cover the LCD, which I figured was the only thing he really had to worry about...
I told the guy not to worry about the warranty, because any single part that could possibly go wrong would be around $100 to replace anyways. Rather than spend the money now, just wait until later down the road in the case that it does screw up.
Then the guy proceeds to tell me you can't get a 200GB hard drive for $100, but I know from experience that's not the case.
He then tells me that he's not working with commission, so he's just trying to "do the right thing." I figured this was bullsh*t, so I passed on the warranty anyways.
So, did I make the right choice? Do you think he was getting commission?
We headed over to staples to pick up a nice system for a decent price :
Brand : HP
Specs :
AMD Athlon 3400+
512MB RAM
200GB Hard Drive
Onbarod Video/Sound (He's just using it for light user, anyways)
Comes with a keyboard, mouse, printer and even a 17" LCD.
Price was about $799 CAD after rebates, sounded pretty good to me.
We spoke to the sales rep guy and he's trying to push a warranty onto him.
"For $99.97 extra, we could replace any hardware that might die out within 2 years."
The warranty didn't cover the LCD, which I figured was the only thing he really had to worry about...
I told the guy not to worry about the warranty, because any single part that could possibly go wrong would be around $100 to replace anyways. Rather than spend the money now, just wait until later down the road in the case that it does screw up.
Then the guy proceeds to tell me you can't get a 200GB hard drive for $100, but I know from experience that's not the case.
He then tells me that he's not working with commission, so he's just trying to "do the right thing." I figured this was bullsh*t, so I passed on the warranty anyways.
So, did I make the right choice? Do you think he was getting commission?