Author: alan c Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Sheffield man gets MS tax refund from Dell
James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > On 19/11/06, Alan Pope <alan@???> wrote:
>> On Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 12:27:58PM +0000, hantslug@??? wrote:
>> > On Sunday 19 Nov 2006 12:18, Alan Pope wrote:
>> > > On Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 10:03:24AM +0000, Jonathan Hudson wrote:
>> > > > Here's how.
>> > > >
>> > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6144782.stm >> > >
>> > > Technically he didn't actually get a refund, the payment was from Dell, not
>> > > Microsoft, and was tagged as a good will gesture, not a refund.
>> > >
>> > > Which is of course a bummer, but still, it's good news to see someone
>> > > actually getting something back.
>> >
>> > The fact that he is, I believe, a journalist and could publish any problems he
>> > might have had, may have had something to do with it. Or am I just getting
>> > too cynical in my old age? ;-)
>>
>> I suspect that the fact is most people don't actually *ask* for their money back either because they assume they can't or
>> just can't be bothered. I fall into the former category (with a bit of the latter thrown in). I have two big name
>> computers that I bought in the last year. Each came with a Windows XP licence, neither of them were ever even booted, so I
>> never had the opportunity to accept or reject the licence. The first OS each booted was Linux.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Al.
>>
> I would say that is is well worth asking for a refund.
> Look at this site:
> http://www.sterlingxs.co.uk/scpages/newlaptops.html > It lists exactly the same laptop, with and without XP.
> There is a £40 difference.
it looks more like 70 uk pounds when vat is included
