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  • #1

    stupid old dips**t

    background: i am now outta the casino and work in a computer store. i do EVERYTHING - stock take, sales and repairs. this is a 1 man operation.

    customer calls and asks if we have any "old ram" in stock as there machine is old and needs upgrading. me, being a moron assume they mean DDR1. they bring the machine in, i sign it in and take it out back. they wanted a RAM upgrade and a new HDD. i crack the case and what do i see? It's not DDR1 RAM.. oh no we are talking SDRAM.

    i get some sticks in from our warehouse and install it in the machine. meanwhile the customer left so install the new hard drive as well (all we do is put it in as a slave, keeping the original as a master)

    i check the specs of this machine and just as i expected - it's freaking ancient. Pentum 333Mhz.

    customer comes back and i explain to them that the cost to do the upgrades is more than the machine is worth... i mean it's so old it's practically steam powered.

    she rings hubby who proceeded to inform me it has been in 2 computer stores, and we are nothing but rip offs because i charged them $60 for 512 Meg SDRAM and $90 for a 160 gig HD. he than proceeded to inform me i don't know what i am talking about and am nothing but a shyster.

    i hung up on him (they used our phone) and took out all the RAM and the HDD i put in the machine. i returned the machine and was glad to get them out.

    bloody asshole
    The mere fact that we have the flamethrower means that someone, somewhere once said "You know, I'd really like to set those customers over there on fire, but don't possess the means to do it"
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  • #2
    I'd like to see what this guy would say to a parts dealer when he goes looking for parts for his antique car. Old parts, limited supply, high price. If you want to dance, you've got to pay the piper. Or upgrade.
    A fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says W T F.....

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    • #3
      Wow, and I thought my 2.4GHz single-core P4 was old.

      Those prices are a bit inflated. Still, those are the "you can have the part RIGHT NOW" prices. Sure, you can buy off the net for less ... but, you don't get the part RIGHT NOW.
      "Always stand near the door." -- Doctor Who

      Kuya's Kitchen -- Cooking, Cooking Gadgets, and Food Related Blather from a Transplanted Foodie

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      • #4
        Problem

        Quoth marasbaras View Post
        Wow, and I thought my 2.4GHz single-core P4 was old.

        Those prices are a bit inflated. Still, those are the "you can have the part RIGHT NOW" prices. Sure, you can buy off the net for less ... but, you don't get the part RIGHT NOW.
        But the old guy is looking at DDR prices in the stores, even on the net he is going to be in for a shock looking for SDRAM.

        Guess which he will order, then complain of being ripped off when they don't fit/work?

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        • #5
          What did he need? Old PC100 stuff? He's completely screwed when it comes to buying that at a local store.

          Even the PC2100 that my ancient box needs is nearly impossible to obtain from local stores.
          "Always stand near the door." -- Doctor Who

          Kuya's Kitchen -- Cooking, Cooking Gadgets, and Food Related Blather from a Transplanted Foodie

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          • #6
            Hello. I'd like to upgrade my abacus. But I'm not paying more than $20.00!!!
            "All I've ever learned from love was how to shoot somebody who out-drew ya"

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            • #7
              My mom's desktop needs PC2700...almost impossible to find in matched pairs locally (for some reason, I'm never apprised of impending meltdowns when there's still a good lead time for me to get the part online, it always happens as "oh, by the way, I think there's a problem with my computer..." which means something has rendered it borderline unusable and I get complained at). When I do manage to find the part in stores, she flips that it's "too expensive" (um, you're the one who decided to wait in notifying me of a problem).
              "I am quite confident that I do exist."
              "Excuse me, I'm making perfect sense. You're just not keeping up." The Doctor

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              • #8
                Repeat after me "Fast. Cheap. Good. Pick two".
                ludo ergo sum

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                • #9
                  Ugh! People think that just because its easy for *you* to do - it should be cheap. You found the correct RAM, a HD that would work, put them in the correct places in their POS machine, slaved the drive, made sure everything was working, but all of that is worth nothing? Losers.

                  Even worse is asking you to create a parts list and installation instructions at no cost so they can "do it themselves" and then calling you multiple times to walk them through it.

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                  • #10
                    Yup..."I shouldn't have to pay for your experience".

                    Yet if they do decide to do it themselves and cock something up, it would be much more expensive (but then you may get: "You should have told me I'd do something bad!" when bringing it in to get fixed proper).
                    "I am quite confident that I do exist."
                    "Excuse me, I'm making perfect sense. You're just not keeping up." The Doctor

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                    • #11
                      He should be lucky he can even *get* parts for a machine that old. If I'm given a machine like that, I don't even bother fixing it--do I *really* need another computer for Wolfenstein? I keep the drives, and usually scrap the rest.

                      Right now, the slowest computer in my house is an ancient Compaq 400Mhz. And yes, it's a piece of shit. Do I care if it breaks? Probably not
                      Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines. --Enzo Ferrari

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                      • #12
                        at least they weren't SIMMs....

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                        • #13
                          Or DIPS

                          Quoth CorDarei View Post
                          at least they weren't SIMMs....
                          Or just the basic DIP chips. How could he hope to handle piggy backing dip chips like I did to upgrade my Amiga 1000 ?

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                          • #14
                            Yup..."I shouldn't have to pay for your experience".
                            "Yes you should. And you will."

                            When I was doing contract programming, I billed a fairly nice rate for my rather specialized area of knowledge and experience. Had one guy tell me that he would pay it!

                            So, he wnet to some cheap, cheap kid. A month later, he came back and needed help. Seems the kid couldn't deliver. Oops. So, I quoted him rate + 50%.

                            Starting from scratch, I got the job done fast and for less money than the cheap kid who failed.

                            Paying for experience is a good thing.
                            "Always stand near the door." -- Doctor Who

                            Kuya's Kitchen -- Cooking, Cooking Gadgets, and Food Related Blather from a Transplanted Foodie

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                            • #15
                              Quoth marasbaras View Post
                              Paying for experience is a good thing.
                              1) Fast
                              2) Cheap
                              3) Right

                              You get to choose two.
                              Never has a cheap humor sign applied more to a job than it has doing computer work.
                              The Rich keep getting richer because they keep doing what it was that made them rich. Ditto the Poor.
                              "Hy kan tell dey is schmot qvestions, dey is makink my head hurt."
                              Hoc spatio locantur.

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