Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!mips!apple!well!farren
From: farren@well.sf.ca.us (Mike Farren)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: warranty servicing question
Message-ID: <24502@well.sf.ca.us>
Date: 30 Apr 91 06:19:26 GMT
References: <11908@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> <2578@public.BTR.COM>
Distribution: na
Lines: 28

valentin@public.BTR.COM (Valentin Pepelea) writes:

>rolee@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Profess'nal Agitator) writes:
>>Now, it is Thursday, and the serviceman wants to charge me $45/hr x 20 hrs =
>>$900, just to get a drive mounted!  He says that since I am a student, he'll
>>knock off 50%, but this is after he previously told me that he wouldn't go
>>over $100.

>This is utter nonsense!

No kidding.  I've done installations and service for people, both friends
and clients, and I have only one word to describe what this guy is trying
to pull - fraud.  I'd suggest getting his name, and any other information
you might be able to gather, and reporting this bastard to as many agencies
as will listen, before he manages to rip off someone more naive than you
are.  "Adjust the motherboard matrix", indeed...  reminds me of the old
"You've got a bad frammis on the A-Frame, gonna cost you a bundle" car
mechanics scam.

BTW - I would charge you one hour, at $60/hr, and would guarantee performance
for that price.  And I don't come cheap.

>We want to hear what this noble technician has to say.

Personally, I've already heard enough.  His response might be appropriate
for rec.humor.funny, but offers nothing more than that.
-- 
Mike Farren 				     farren@well.sf.ca.us