I hate my computer shop.

Scary Person said:
UPDATE: I called the shop and asked if it was ready and they say "Sorry the video card was back ordered so were just waiting on that so we can put it together." So it will be either tommorrow or Tuesday. I say "May I ask Why I wasn't notified about this?" Reply "Oh sorry sir, it has been really busy sir." That point I said bye. I don't care how busy it is, I ordered a $1087 machine, I want to know when ever something goes wrong.
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I feel bad for you - sounds like you're dealing with a group of amateurs...It's never too busy to call a customer and say, "Hi, is this Scary Person? Hi Scary! This is your local PC computer shop. How are you today? Um-hm, um-hm, that's great. I'm calling to let you know a part for your PC has been backordered. I'm afraid the completion time for your PC will be delayed for a little bit longer. I apologize for the inconvenience, and of course we'll let you know as soon as it's ready. Thanks and have a great day." Boom. what's that, like 45 seconds max?

When you pick up your PC, ask them to not mess up the place too much, cause you want to put in a donut shop after they go out of business next month ;)
 
At least you have time to do all those things. I wish I could work out once, even twice a week. I work 40 hours a week, a full time college student. Oh did I also mention that I have a wife and two kids that I also have to give time to. I'm not complaining because I love my life and God has blessed my family with what we need. Everyone is right, a day will not kill ya, how bout spending some time with the family or something or even friends.
 
Really, what computer shop are you taking it to? The only ones I find to be any good are the ones that are smaller, and more trained. Like the one near us my friend works at and he is certified by nvidia and things like that. You bring in your parts, will be assembled in no time. They order parts off new egg for you and dont mark up the prices if you needed, and you can just bring it in and they can instantly tell you your problem. I don't go there because I can do it all my self, but there is some people that have no idea. They can help the people that can't be bothered to learn all the stuff.
 
Thanks Ryken, I read alot when im not playing games though. My summer reading for to get ready to go into Sophmore year is "Lord of the Flies". *Throws book at wall and picks up Ghost Wars".

Did I mention thanks for all the guides?

Chemist, its a local mom-and pop type store down the road, and Brouwer, Closest friend lives 5 miles down the road and my parents work so they can't take me, and im not walking 5 miles in 90-100 degree heat. I do play Wii with my dad though.
 
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hey lord of the flies was good even know it has the most sick and sadistic English kids ever, i really feel sorry for the pig.
 
Just threaten to go somewhere else. That usually works for me.
 
Read Lord of the Flies, you will probably really like it. One of my favorite reads of all time. 1/50th of all literature references are to Lord of the Flies. It looks kinda lame, but it's about a bunch of English boys stuck on an island with no adults. And then the mayhem begins...
 
UPDATE: The video card arrived at 6:00PM EST according to them, when I called them at 6:05. I asked them "So can I come by and pick it up in a about 15 minutes?" Reply "Oh no sorry sir we haven't put it together yet." He said I could pick it up monday though. So Im thinking, Since you didnt have the card and you had everything else, you could of just put it together and then wait for the card, so you could just plug it in and install. So wtf. So since they are so lazy I will have to wait until monday. Screw the 1 year parts and labor. With customer service like that I hope they go out of business.
 
Ryken said:
Read Lord of the Flies, you will probably really like it. One of my favorite reads of all time. 1/50th of all literature references are to Lord of the Flies. It looks kinda lame, but it's about a bunch of English boys stuck on an island with no adults. And then the mayhem begins...
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ya it's true this book and Nineteen Eighty-Four have managed to get more references into culture and what we speak now than any other books.

2 reasons all any country with decent English programs in school make you all read them and writing style of the 2 authors of these books lends it self's well to covering sociological issues.
 
If they had a garuntee, go ahead and complain. Thats a promise and they broke it. They owe you
 
OK, I just got off the phone with them and they are now saying that it was the HDD that was backordered NOT the video card.. They say it will be tomorrow at the latest and I should receive a phone call from the manager and we are going to talk through why I got horrible customer service.
 
Just take the computer and put together yourself, say you're not paying full price then negotiate with them from there. Don't be afraid to put up a fight.
 
Ok what is better asking for another GTX 280 so I could SLI or Phenom II?
 
I don't think so, even though the older Phenoms are much less powerful than Intel's Quad-cores and the Phenom II's. I would still get the other video card, that processor should still be fine with them.
 
This is exactly why I do all my own computer/IT stuff myself. 1. It pays well 2. I can fix myself for free.
 
yeah i think this experience should push you to learn it all yourself. none of that is very hard to do, putting a comp together is like playing with a lego set. It's pretty much all color coded and easy to figure out. Data transfer is super easy especially with an external hard drive.
 
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