Here's something that happened last week, and I'm curious what other people think about the situation. I have a friend at work (well, he doesn't actually work there, but that's complicated). Anyway, he's a wannabe computer geek, and whenever I'm getting rid of something I'll try to offer it to him for sale first, just to help him out (and give him a good deal, since his wife basically won't let him spend one cent).
Anyway, I had an old 40GB Maxtor hard drive which I hadn't used in over a year. The last time I had tried it it gave me some errors, so I wasn't sure it was even good, but I told him that if he got it working he could just have it. He tried it in his computer but it was totally dead. Upon inspection, he found that something on the pcb had blown. He asked me if it was alright to call Maxtor to see if there was any possibility that it was still under warranty, and I said sure (thinking there was no way). Well, turns out it was, and they said they'd give him a brand new one. So, ok, I thought, I screwed up here, as I could have done that myself and then sold it for maybe $50. But, oh well.
Then, last week he told me he was building a new PC for his dad, and he had bought a new Western Digital 100GB with 8MB cache for that machine. Now I had a Maxtor 80GB with 2MB in my gaming rig, and since his dad was only going to use it for internet, etc, I offered him a deal: I would trade him my 80GB, the 40GB that I had gave him (since he was getting a brand new one) and $30 for the 100GB, and he said ok. (Even though he was reluctant to include the 40GB in on the deal, since I had "given" it to him). So we made the swap. The next day, he got the new Maxtor, but it was DOA. So he called them again and they said they'd ship him a new one. This was on Friday, and he said he absolutely had to have it the next day, and they agreed to ship it overnight. It didn't come, but he got it Monday. So, he called again to complain, and he finally talked to a CS manager, who said that for his trouble he could not only keep the new 40, but they would be sending him a brand new 120GB as a "sorry for the inconvenience" gift.
He then told me about this yesterday, and I wasn't exactly sure what to say. He was making a big deal about how he was going to enjoy his brand new "free" 120GB drive. I (half-jokingly) told him that I expected him to give it to me, and he got all defensive about how "it was his", that he "had done all the work for it", and how I had already gotten what was fair from the deal. I made the point that the deal was my 2 drives and $30, but now that there was a new drive in the equation I felt that I should at least get my $30 back, but he refused.
I really don't want to tick off a friend over this, and I know that techincally I "sold" the drive to him, but what do you think? Is he entitled to keep everything? Should he give me my $30 back? Should he give me the 40GB back? Or the 120GB? Am I an 455h0l3 for even suggesting it? Just curious.
Anyway, I had an old 40GB Maxtor hard drive which I hadn't used in over a year. The last time I had tried it it gave me some errors, so I wasn't sure it was even good, but I told him that if he got it working he could just have it. He tried it in his computer but it was totally dead. Upon inspection, he found that something on the pcb had blown. He asked me if it was alright to call Maxtor to see if there was any possibility that it was still under warranty, and I said sure (thinking there was no way). Well, turns out it was, and they said they'd give him a brand new one. So, ok, I thought, I screwed up here, as I could have done that myself and then sold it for maybe $50. But, oh well.
Then, last week he told me he was building a new PC for his dad, and he had bought a new Western Digital 100GB with 8MB cache for that machine. Now I had a Maxtor 80GB with 2MB in my gaming rig, and since his dad was only going to use it for internet, etc, I offered him a deal: I would trade him my 80GB, the 40GB that I had gave him (since he was getting a brand new one) and $30 for the 100GB, and he said ok. (Even though he was reluctant to include the 40GB in on the deal, since I had "given" it to him). So we made the swap. The next day, he got the new Maxtor, but it was DOA. So he called them again and they said they'd ship him a new one. This was on Friday, and he said he absolutely had to have it the next day, and they agreed to ship it overnight. It didn't come, but he got it Monday. So, he called again to complain, and he finally talked to a CS manager, who said that for his trouble he could not only keep the new 40, but they would be sending him a brand new 120GB as a "sorry for the inconvenience" gift.
He then told me about this yesterday, and I wasn't exactly sure what to say. He was making a big deal about how he was going to enjoy his brand new "free" 120GB drive. I (half-jokingly) told him that I expected him to give it to me, and he got all defensive about how "it was his", that he "had done all the work for it", and how I had already gotten what was fair from the deal. I made the point that the deal was my 2 drives and $30, but now that there was a new drive in the equation I felt that I should at least get my $30 back, but he refused.
I really don't want to tick off a friend over this, and I know that techincally I "sold" the drive to him, but what do you think? Is he entitled to keep everything? Should he give me my $30 back? Should he give me the 40GB back? Or the 120GB? Am I an 455h0l3 for even suggesting it? Just curious.
