I bought a Gateway netbook last weekend at Walmart. The price seemed right but I should have known better. I brought it home and set it up; a bit of a pain as it wouldn't even allow me to use it until I set up an account; and I couldn't set up an account without being online.
I finally got it set up and used it for a bit, then it dumped my internet connection. My ISP sucks so I assumed that was the problem, but after doing some testing the machine doesn't even have the ability to connect with the internet. WTF?
Then the display crapped out... the bottom 15% of the screen is black, and shaky. Of course that's where the icons are...
I contacted tech support tonight with my problems and they asked a bunch of questions, which I answered. They then said "We will pass this on to a Master Technician. You will need to pay a one dollar refundable fee to sign up"...
At that point I said "I just bought this on Saturday. I will throw it into the trash before I will pay anymore to get it fixed."
I should have known better than to buy at WalMart. I wanted to buy a Dell, but the software deal on this seemed to be better. I used it just enough to get some personal information on it and don't know enough to take that off; so I can't give it away.
It will likely be the most expensive target I've ever used... then I will buy a Dell.
I finally got it set up and used it for a bit, then it dumped my internet connection. My ISP sucks so I assumed that was the problem, but after doing some testing the machine doesn't even have the ability to connect with the internet. WTF?
Then the display crapped out... the bottom 15% of the screen is black, and shaky. Of course that's where the icons are...
I contacted tech support tonight with my problems and they asked a bunch of questions, which I answered. They then said "We will pass this on to a Master Technician. You will need to pay a one dollar refundable fee to sign up"...
At that point I said "I just bought this on Saturday. I will throw it into the trash before I will pay anymore to get it fixed."
I should have known better than to buy at WalMart. I wanted to buy a Dell, but the software deal on this seemed to be better. I used it just enough to get some personal information on it and don't know enough to take that off; so I can't give it away.
It will likely be the most expensive target I've ever used... then I will buy a Dell.