oh my god! being mean to MS

Nacht · Oct 3, 2004, 08:18 PM

http://kcp.codepoets.ca/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6479

GutterPunk · Oct 3, 2004, 08:32 PM

lol thats too much

Drakon · Oct 3, 2004, 08:50 PM

that's funny...

mainman · Oct 3, 2004, 09:12 PM

pr0digal jenius · Oct 3, 2004, 10:18 PM

pwnt! haha

i say we start orderign them from 1400 pennsylvania avenue......

Ev!L-aLphA · Oct 4, 2004, 12:13 AM

poor foerign workers that have to go through the mizzury of all of that lol

**dj_stick** · Oct 4, 2004, 01:43 AM

rofl i thought ordering one was bad enough

Nicky-chan · Oct 4, 2004, 02:23 AM

omfg this is halirous. *goes off to order 300 of them* Imma take all of the cds and put them in my pool layerd so when i have guest when ever someone takes a swim they get blinded by cds. >=D

WisMerHill · Oct 4, 2004, 03:28 AM

ROFL. and people started to wonder why it took MS so long to send the cd's... guess we now know the reason

EcPercy · Oct 4, 2004, 04:04 AM

If I were an MS employee I would have someone go back over the order logs and mail this guy and the others that are abusing this system the bill for the additional copies... now that would be funny!

**EDIT** I was thinking that this is not very amusing since anything that causes the company to lose money will cause the prices to go up... we will wind up paying for it.

***craig5320*** · Oct 4, 2004, 06:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EcPercy

If I were an MS employee I would have someone go back over the order logs and mail this guy and the others that are abusing this system the bill for the additional copies... now that would be funny!

**EDIT** I was thinking that this is not very amusing since anything that causes the company to lose money will cause the prices to go up... we will wind up paying for it.

I agree, while it may seem amusing, this kind of action is what forces MS to start charging $5 shipping and restricting availabilty to the US. It sucks.

Haha very amusing, but what about the people that genuinely need this service and in future may not be able to have it because of people like that

EcPercy · Oct 4, 2004, 07:30 AM

I have emailed MS about this because it is total BS.. especially if this jerk thinks that he should be able to order 3000 more.

Here is the email that I sent:

To whom it may concern:

I am just a bit concerned at what I saw on the internet this morning. It appears that there is a problem with the ordering system for the XP SP2 cd. A user was able to press the back button on his browser and resubmit his order 150 times and he was able to receive all 150 cd's. This user has been dared to order 3000 more cd's. I believe that something should be done to limit your order to 1 cd a day. (unless you are a retail outlet since they use different ordering methods)
I am not pleased seeing this because I know that this cost will be passed on to the consumer.

Please review the following website post which proves the fraud waste and abuse.

http://kcp.codepoets.ca/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6479
and
http://www.alexburke.ca/sp2/

Sincerely,

Edited (privacy)

Shadow Lady · Oct 4, 2004, 07:39 AM

and then people wonder why MS doesnt lower prices :-I

GutterPunk · Oct 4, 2004, 10:50 AM

good points... very valid... amusing... yes but thats why we pay so much... i didnt realize that at first, lets just send him a bill for the $5 more it costs now to get windows xp

EcPercy · Oct 4, 2004, 03:54 PM

Here is my email response from MS... very fast too I may add!

Hello (edited for privacy),

Thank you for contacting Microsoft.com Customer Support. We appreciate your efforts in reporting this to us.

We caught this when it was posted and have remedied the situation. Thanks to helpful customers like you.

Please let us know if you have other concerns. Have a great day!

Sincerely,

Glenn
Microsoft.com Customer Support

nuG · Oct 4, 2004, 04:50 PM

well yay for glenn

EcPercy · Oct 4, 2004, 05:40 PM

Yes make sure to thank glenn when you are able to order your copy of the sp2 cd (should you need it)

Ev!L-aLphA · Oct 4, 2004, 05:45 PM

Rule #32 in Driverheaven - NEVER tattle tale on someone or you will EMEDIATELY BE [color=red]BANNED[/color] with no warning.

EcPercy · Oct 4, 2004, 08:13 PM

I suppose I missed that one!

Nacht · Oct 4, 2004, 09:36 PM

i dont understand why people hate MS so much...they are a great company that makes great software.

Shadow Lady · Oct 5, 2004, 08:03 PM

mmm, i wonder if they remedied that with the ones doing that :O

does anybody remember the chapter where homer simpson started its own computer mini-company and bill gates goes and destroys it himself lol, i would like seeing that on real life ;p

Geminiwave · Oct 5, 2004, 11:51 PM

btw they havent fixed it.

I tried it out on a smaller scale. 5 CDs.

still working.

btw i dont believe in waste so these CDs are going to homes that kindof need them(poor dialup users)

EcPercy · Oct 6, 2004, 05:55 AM

Well I was reading one of the last posts on that site and this guy ordered 3 cd's and he got a bill for like $42

Nacht · Oct 6, 2004, 10:02 PM

yea...that would suck if you suddenly got a bill for it...but how could they make you pay it? did it say it was free on the website?

Geminiwave · Oct 6, 2004, 11:01 PM

yeah it says its free.

and you give no creditcard info or anytihng.

so they cant charge you.

Nacht · Oct 7, 2004, 08:02 PM

yea...since they dont have a number i guess they could just send you a paper bill...and what happens if you dont pay it? does the microsoft SWAT team come to your house? hehe

MythicaL · Oct 7, 2004, 08:42 PM

Awww, the post doesn't exist

Actually, it does, but it wasn't the right URL