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Future Shop Complaints - Toshiba Laptop

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Posted: 2007-10-22 by Gerry [send email]
Toshiba Laptop
Complaint Rating:  0 % with 1 votes
I had a friend, who new nothing about
computers recently purchase a new toshiba laptop
that was on sale. When she got home with it, there
was no back up cds for the software.

No operating System for Windows Vista.
No other applications.

When called the salesperson, said, oh
you can get a backup cd for the operating system
but it will cost $95. At no point did they say
that no discs will be included.

Why? Because they want to make more
money.

They also always try to sell that extended warranty
which is useless. Lucky my friend could not afford it.
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297 days ago by Amanda [send email]
With laptops u will always need extended warantee. I purchased a laptop and it turned out to be def after only 4 months! If im invest 800 dollars the product better last me. id rather spend 100 dollars more to have a working laptop rather than 800 dollars every year, buying a new one.
267 days ago by David Beck [send email]
The extended warranty is a complete waste of money, and this has been covered many times in the news and consumer report websites. To Amanda above, the cost of the warranty is not $100 more, it is $200 and that only covers the product for 1 addition year over the manufacturers warranty. For 2 additional years the PSP is $300. What many people don't know is that the PSP kicks in after the manufacturers warranty. So since most laptops come with a 1 year warranty already, buying a 2 year PSP will only cover it for an additional year.

Do a google search on extended warranties and you will see for yourself that all the experts don't recommend them because it is just a way for the company to make money, and many times as noted on this complaint board a person is still given the run-around when they actually try to use the PSP.
135 days ago by Joe Santos [send email]
when good and honest people open a store to serve u better like antissn, and they give you more then asked as service and quality product, what do u do, , , , we will go to future shop, , , , ppl like future shop so they can still from them, if wasnt for that, future shop will be closing long time ago.

so you all deserve what is happening to you, shmuck
123 days ago by Rex [send email]
Manufacturers do not provide the system disks. Don't blame futurshop for that. If you want the disks you can do one of three things. Buy them from the manufacturer. 20 bux roughly plus shipping and handling, make your own and hope its not a failed burn or you'll end up with a need to buy them. or pay futureshop 100 to give you disks, setup windows, update windows, remove garbage-ware, fix known software issues, tune everything to function as it should. If you can do that all on your own.. then do it and stop bitching. The salesman should have informed your friend about all of this though.

As for the waranty, AKA: PSP. You are all incorrect. PSP does NOT add an extra year or two. It compliments the existing waranty and extends the comprehensive coverage to two or three years total on laptops depending on level of coverage purchased. Manufacturer repairs for one year defects, failures not due to abuse, failures not due to normal use or failures not due to power surges. PSP covers the rest for the entire duration of the contract (IE: two or three years on laptops depending on contract purchased). The rest consists of Power surge, Hinges cracked or broken not due to abuse or misuse, futureshop will pay the shipping for what is covered under manufacturer's waranty during the first year for you if you ask them to ship it for you. They also cover failures due to normal use (IE: Wear out hinges, wear out hard drive, wear out backlight, wear out conectors not due to misuse, wear out any component that you need to use to use your computer). They do not cover batteries worn out by normal use or intentional misuse though. That may change soon though as they started covering ipod batteries. In many cases they will let you purchase a laptop and return it once your unit is repaired even if its past the 14 day return policy. They also provide free technical support for the hardware for the entire contract, free diagnostics and worse case scenario if the manufacturer cannot repair the issue within a reasonable amount of time, futureshop will replace the unit. If you bring your unit in for three major repairs, even during the manufacturer's waranty coverage period, and you return again with another repair of any kind that is hardware related, they will replace the entire unit for you.
86 days ago by Techy [send email]
While I agree with Rex that recovery discs are not made available with most new computers (the exceptions at FS being LGs and Dells) there are a few points he got wrong:

1) The manufacturer will generally replace "worn out" parts.
2) Surges are generally also covered by the manufacturer as it would take too much effort to prove that it was a surge and not some defect.
3) The service plan does NOT provide any sort of technical support. There is a more expensive version that has limited support. The service plan covers the diagnosis and repair of hardware.
4) The product needs to have had 4 MAJOR repairs in order to be exchanged.

I'm a current tech at FS.

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