On 11/16/2011 4:34 PM, X ` Man wrote:
On 11/16/11 4:25 PM, North Star wrote:
On Nov 16, 4:56 pm, wrote:
In article357b5e0a-a11c-4a6b-88a4-bf85c8d14464
@o13g2000vbo.googlegroups.com, says...







On Nov 16, 2:01 pm, wrote:
In articlef0362e41-628e-4021-877f-07742d196000
@u5g2000vbd.googlegroups.com, says...

On Nov 16, 12:47 pm, wrote:
In article073e0067-1f83-4e91-af54-74910cf69ba3
@u5g2000vbd.googlegroups.com, says...

On Nov 16, 11:51 am, wrote:
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On Nov 16, 9:39 am, X ` Mandump-on-conservati...@anywhere-you-
can.com wrote:
On 11/16/11 8:34 AM, North Star wrote:

On Nov 16, 9:01 am, X ` Mandump-on-conservati...@anywhere-you-
can.com wrote:
On 11/16/11 7:47 AM, JustWait wrote:

On 11/16/2011 7:40 AM, X ` Man wrote:
On 11/16/11 7:31 AM, BAR wrote:
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On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:59:18 -0500, X `

wrote:

On 11/15/11 6:36 PM, North Star wrote:
On Nov 15, 4:45 pm, X `
wrote:
One of the hard drives on one of my aging Apple
computers has been
dying
for a couple of weeks. It finally gave up the ghost
yesterday.
Called
Apple Care and the tech suggested about four
different ways to
try to
resuscitate it, to no avail.

So he made an appointment for me at the local Apple
store. I
showed up,
tech said "go to lunch." Came back 90 minutes later,
new hard
drive in
machine, running diagnostics.

No charge for labor or parts.

Love it.

Wow! just how old is that computer and was it still
under warranty?

Two years next month. When I bought it, I paid about
$100 for a three
year extended warranty. It's really nice...if I have a
problem, I call
Apple Care on the phone and usually the English
speaking person who
answers can work out the difficulty with me doing what is
suggested. If
not, the rep makes an appointment for me at the local
store.

I just reinstalled my apps and data back on the
machine from a backup.

Since most hard drives are warranted for 5 years by the
manufacturer
these days that seems like a great deal for Apple. Most
computer
problems are caused by bad hard drives. That has been
true for a long
time, pretty much since the end of the card reader and
open reel tape
drive.

Usually the problems with rotating media is with a lot.
You get about
10,000 that are bad and you need to have them replaced.
They don't
recall them but, they do work with big commercial
customers to get the
lots replaced. The consumer market, Apple is the
consumer market, is
left to deal with it on an individual basis.

It's nice to deal with it with a mannerly fellow in
Oregon on the phone
who speaks American English and isn't reading off a
script, and when his
suggestions fail, sets you up with a firm appointment at
the local
service desk. It's certain better than dealing with "Dell
Hell" or "HP
Hiccups" personnel somewhere in India, Pakistan, or
perhaps Saturn.

We know Harry, we do the same thing right up the street at
Geek Squad...
You are not special, your computer is not special, your
service is not
special... Except you spend an hour on the phone first...

What? An ISP reseller with facilities as extensive as the
ones you claim
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It just keeps getting better!

Do you have "Geek Squad" up there? Around here, they're
located at Best
Buy Big Box stores and also drive funny little cars with huge
"Geek
Squad" decals. They're not the guys you'd want if you were
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Sounds familiar.... we have a couple of Best Buy stores
locally. I
just invite my son to dinner and then lay any computer
problems I have
on him. ;-)
I had a harddrive crash last spring so I drove to a local
parts store
and bought a new one. Bit of a pain loading everything back up
though.

Is this after you go get beer for him and get him drunk, or
before he
goes into his drunken stupor, Suckling Don the Coward?- Hide
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Where were you yesterday at 1400 hrs, coward.
I knew you wouldn't show.......

You lie as much as Harry, Suckling Don the Coward. Harry's little
trick
backfired when everyone realized he was just setting me up to get
arrested at his house. I have told him, repeatedly that I'll meet
him on
public property. And, by the way, YOU weren't there, cowerd.-
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What is a "cowerd"?
How would you know where I was if you were home hiding under your
wife's apron?

Wow, Suckling Don the Coward caught a typo. Oh, and I'm single. By
choice. Fact is, you and Harry once again proved what cowards you
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Uh huh!
So... you were hiding behind your own apron?

I've told you, come to Philly, I'll gladly meet you. GLADLY. As for
Harry, he's close enough, I'll meet him in any public place in
Huntingtown. You two cowards won't do that though, eh, Suckling Don the
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I feel like I'm back in elementary school talking to you& your
ponytailed sweetie.
You are all talk& no action. We knew that but just wanted you to
confirm same for anyone who might care in this dysfunctional
newsgroup.
I've made& proved my point...... now go play in the traffic, you've
been boring and tiresome for quite some while.


He just doesn't realize how badly he was called out. I still think he's
a 14-year-old boy using his mommie's computer.

You didn't call him out at all and you sit here all day puffing out your
chest. You invited him into some sort of setup. Everyone here knows you
use the cops or someone else to fight your battles.