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Dell programs locks up all time

i started to rent this laptop when 1-week later i called to complain about it not working right so when i was the phone with this guy after being on hold20min he came back on a told me that it wasnt there problem and that i would be stuck with it and hung-up well knowing that i dont have money to be throwing around like i waited and called back after cool heads but that was big mistake and the asst manger started yeling at me on the phone so hung-up went in, the next day and asked them to fix the problem the gut at the counter litterally ripped from hands and we will get to when we can and laughed the lady told me next it would be ready so i called and they told me that they have to get knew disks order, the guy in the back ground was laughing loud saying curse words about i ll get next ######ing year and that i would just to have to deal with it so this lady said that it would be next week before they can get around too even checking on disk.so i called the following week after i went next door to rent from rent a center (which by the way is cheaper and better)!and so 2-weeks go by and they call me to tell me its done and so i go to get it and i asked the lady if they were going to credit me the two weeks for them to have it and she tells me HELL NO AND THAT I BETTER NOT BE LATE WITH THE PAYMENT OR THEY WILL COME AND GET IT and charge me double too get for being a pain there side, wow i just dont know how they can get away with that [censored].i bet the company could care less, because their independtly owned BS BS BS -evans, colo

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Dell crashed my computer

I spoke to Dell about my new laptop that was running slow. They informed me that a program they sell will spped it back up. It's called PC Tuneup and it's forsale on the Dell webite. When I went to purchase it, it redirected me to Iolo.com web site to pay for it. So I did. I installed it and then ran it. It took about 2 hours and then it needed to reboot my computer. After it shut down it tried to reboot and it failed. So I tried safe mode and found out now my Microsoft folder was coruted and andything that was microsoft was now crashed.
I lost alot of files, personal pictures of my friends that was sent to me from Iraq that have been killed in action. (can't replace those pictures or emails.)

I spoke to Dell and now I fined out that this Dell PCtune up program put out by Iolo.com is in fact not compatiable with the operating system that came with my laptop from dell. (Vista 64bit) and they have recieved 100's of complaints to this efect.
Case Number CAS-636300

I have been in contact with Iolo.com and they deactivated the subscription and said I would recieve a refund within 24-48 hours since I paid with Pyapal. That was 2 weeks ago and still no refund.
I called Iolo.com again and spoke to someone else and gave them the case number and they informed me it was escolated to a manager last week but still has not been autherized for a refund.
RECAP they took my money killed my computer, deactived the program so it can't be used again and havn't got around to returning my money sent to them via paypal.
I NOW ASK ALL WHO READS THIS TO NOT BUY ANYTHING EVER FROM Iolo.com AS THEY WILL KILLER YOUR SYSTEM AFTER TAKING YOUR MONEY. SPREAD THE WORD THERE CROOKS

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Marianne 2
Leesburg, US
Feb 13, 2010 7:34 pm EST

I am having the same problems. I RECEIVED A MESSAGE THAT I had two problems areas on my computer. When I opened PC Tune up I was advised to reactivate, which connected me to iolo. My account was charged but the program did not work. When I contacted Dell I found out I had paid for PC Tune UP when I bought my computer till 2012. Dell after a total of 12 hours on the phone with teck support cannot figure out how to connect PC Tune Up. In the mean time iolo has charge my account twice and claims I need to contact Dell to get a credit. Dell claims they have no record or information on the two charges. I would say this is a fraud scam if I ever saw one. My Service Case No. is [protected]. I am in Flordia my next course of action is Channel 6. So far all Dell does is transfer me from one dept to another.

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Dell will not cancel order

On April 1 2009 I placed an order for a laptop computer online. The next day I received a order confirmation stating the computer will not be shipped until the 28 April. I immediately e-mailed Dell asking to cancel the order as I didn't care to wait for a month. I received a reply saying the order was on hold and to confirm that I wanted to cancel. I replied to the e-mail confirming the cancellation. This all took place in the first 24 hours, my next e-mail from them stated that they couldn't cancel because the order was in production, however, I could return the computer within 30 days and get a refund. After fruitless e-mails with the same reply I tried calling Dell's help line... After being routed through several people who just kept passing me to the next person they hung up.
So it looks like I'm stuck waiting for a month for a computer I need now. So remember this, if you place an order you will get stuck with it. If this posting saves one person from visiting Dell Hell it was worth the effort

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Eugene722
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Sep 08, 2009 6:32 pm EDT

I agree with comment, DELL Needs to be challenged legally by the Dept of Justice on its policies that violate FTC law

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Eugene722
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Sep 08, 2009 6:30 pm EDT

DEll Changed its "policies" April 2009, but there is a question that their policy may VIOLATE Federal Trade Commission Law.

FTC law specifies that all customers have the right to cancel ANY transaction whether on the internet or not withing 72 hours of making the transaction, this excludes Sundays a Holidays as business days.

If your Ordered item on the Internet, you may have difficulty re contacting DELL because their Customer Care Group is in India now. Word is that these Indian people are trained to say that item is "in production" and can not be cancelled. However they operate on a recorded line so you should too. Record them just as they record you, make sure you say the date and what you are attempting to cancel and make sure it is within the 72 hour time period. Also make sure you purchased the item using a Major CC .

You should also send the Customer Service group and email on the same day you speak with them to CANCEL your order.

Dell tries to make all your online purchases subject to Texas law and you agree to arbitration before buying ANYTHING from DELL online. See what you give up to get a good bargain? Make sure that if all else fails that you can live with paying the 15% restocking fees they may charge you if you don't Cancel the order in 72 Hours. Those fees are how they pay for those people in India..

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Johntkr
Bethesda, US
May 24, 2009 11:41 pm EDT

I had a similar problem. I tried to cancel my XPS Desktop order within 24 hrs. and Dell refused to cancel my order. I complained to the Better Business Bureau. If every person who has been wronged by Dell complains to the Better Business Bureau, more is likely to be done about it. Here is the link to file a complain about Dell:

www.bbb.org
Dell may charge a 15% restocking fee plus shipping for orders you try to cancel.

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Dell credit line application and tech service

I bought a computer, printer, the works for my sister more than a year ago. Last weekend, "sister" called Dell to get service on her computer... paid $50.00 to have it fixed thru internet access. She tried it out, still not fixed. call tech support back, they wanted $50.00 more. She didn't have it..they offered her a line of credit for $4, 000.00 using HER SS# and Name.. she applied for it. Tues morning I received a call (not my sister) to verify that I(not my sister) was trying to open a line of credit, I told them no.. they said that they will report it as fraud and deny the request. I said I wanted the contact information of the person who is trying to get credit under my name including their phone #. e-mail etc. so that I could report it through the police department. They REFUSED to give me that info saying that I would have to get a court order for them to release that information... I spent the next 5 hours calling credit reporting agencies. called Dell back... told them I had a right to know who was attempting to get credit under my name etc.. was transfered from one dept. to the next... having to explain over and over again... continuously told that "this" dept doesn't handle it or that I was not entitled to that information.. Then last night, my sister called and said she was having trouble with her computer and told me she was waiting to hear from Dell about HER new line of credit? I told her what I just went through, she then forwarded to me the two e-mails sent to her from Dell that clearly show HER NAME, HER ADDRESS etc... however, my name was populated (old address, old phone #, old information from when I bought the computer for her, no longer valid) in certain areas too. Clearly, the technician used the purchase information to populate some of the fields and used her information to populate some of the OTHER fields.. my SS# was NO WHERE TO BE FOUND... needless to say, this was a huge mistake on the part of Dell... I called them today... another 3 plus hours... I complained about my entire day being wasted due to their mistake which could have easily been taken care of by Dell telling me who else was involved in the transaction... All of it was plain as day.. STILL now 2:40 PM Wed.. my sisters computer is still not fixed., HER request for a line of credit to get her computer fixed has been marked as fraud which it shouldn't be.. since she gave her info to obtain credit... we don't know what to do to get service. Thus far, I have spoken in the order I have spoken to them; Anny, Anise Rose, Amanda, Anise again, Aradia, Rakesh, Cathy, Jake, Alex - supervisor, Roz, Jack, Richard, Amanda again. May, Joel, Harry in Tech support who was trying to get me through to his supervisor and did, .. put me through to Greg who was clearly eating and talking at the same time... I told Greg, I can't understand you.. mumbling.. speak clearly.. which made him mad so he transfered me into the automated system without saying anything.. just chewing on his food... then Lageshwari.. who couldn't help me at all she said and proceeded to transfer me again... 8 plus hours in two days.. transfered more times than is imaginable, I'm so upset that I began swearing which didn't help.. what do we do? I even threatened to contact the Better Bus B., to no avail.. I'm so stressed out right now... it is actually good medicine to sit here quiet and type out this complaint... Dell, your customer service it absolutely terrible.. I have bought two complete desk top computer systems from your company, printers, scanners, etc... NEVER AGAIN.. my sister still awaits help with the computer I bought her.. There is no excuse for treating me the way I have been treated. I am actually tired and plumb out of steam from trying to straighten out this situation. The only thing now to do is file complaints about Dell Financial and Dell.com to everyone imaginable.. I warned you and you just kept transering me.. HOW RIDICULOUS!

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Dell adapter scam-dell

I bought an Inspiron 1520 14 months ago. Early on I noted that the adapter dell sent would sometimes slip out if the laptop was touched. Then at 6 moths I started getting a message on power up -"AC adapter wattage & type cannot be determined". Two weeks later the battery was drained and the system wouldn't recharge it.

I called Dell and asked for a new adapter as I felt that slipping out and "adapter type be determined" message I got on power up meant the adapter was faulty. Dell absolutely refused to replace the adapter even though it (as turns out) Dell KNEW it's adapters were causing MAJOR pc damage. The pc damage caused by Dells faulty adapters is HUGELY profitable as Dell has been using it to sell extended warranties, new batteries, new adapters, and new motherboards to customers. Thousands have been affected by this scam. There are class action suits yet Dell has made no official recall or admission.

These faulty Dell adapters that can't be recognized by your new laptop will eventually cause your battery to be unrecognized by the pc. And the battery will most likely need to be replaced in a matter of months. My 14 month old laptop is on its 3rd adapter, 2nd battery and 2nd motherboard. All because Dell was sitting on a truckload of adapters they knew had serious design flaws and shipping them out with new computers purchased Dell KNOWINGLY sent these adapters to new buyers and as replacements to anyone under warranty.

http://www.laptop-junction.com/toast/content/dell-ac-power-adapter-id-chip-died

http://getsatisfaction.com/dell/topics/_the_ac_power_adapter_type_cannot_be_determined_your_system_will_operate_slower_and_the_battery_will_not_charge

http://chaotictech.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/review-dell-refurbished-adapter/

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Dell billing dispute

I have been receiving a phone calls from annoying indian voice 7 time a day. I have told them that I do not owed from Dell I have paid off my remaining account balance last August of 2008. I have told them that the amount they are trying to collect was a refund check that I mailed it back last November 2008. I made a payment for my husband Dell account for $70 last Oct. 2008 I dont have the billing so I just reference his SS# on the check memo, however the Dell applied the payment on my dell account which has zero balance, then I received a $70 refund check from Dell. I contact the Dell to apply the payment to my husband account because thats what the payment for, They finally applied the payment to my husband account, so I mailed the refund check back saying that I'm returning the attached dell check refund $70 along with my billing please write off the $70 balance on my account. I thought that was the end of it...but they never write off the balance on my account. I have send 4 follow up letter to resolve the issues but never gotten a reply, I been fighting with them since December to present. I'm so frostrated I was being harrass on the phone by the dell collection for something that I did not owed. Now it's ruined my credit I'm thinking of filing a complaint to state attorney or file a a law suit for distorying my credit, now I can't get a mortgageloan due to this. I don't know what else to do, is any one there has a suggestion on my problem.

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Scarborough (Toronto), CA
Jun 17, 2009 8:24 pm EDT

I am having a similar problem with a fraud complaint (somebody got credit using my info) I contacted them, I sent affidavits; I even did a small investigation and gave them the address where the purchased products were delivered. Seven months later, I received a bill from a collection agency trying to collect the loan which was obtained in fraud. I got fed up and contacted the Better Business Bureau with my complaint (http://www.bbb.org/online/) Eight days later I received a reply from the BBB with a letter attached from Dell Financial where they have retrieved the account from collections and reopened the investigation their incompetent team of investigators did not finish before. My suggestions is to contact the BBB and submit a complaint. I hope this helps

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Dell cancellation

I hate those people from the protection plan. They don't understand how to cancel the fee. Don't they understand the meaning "cancel"...geeeezzzzzzzzzzz...you people are giving too much headache...

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Wanda Hilliard
Raleigh, US
Nov 15, 2012 7:21 am EST

Dell Credit Protection Program is not a credible service. I have the Credit Protection Program and my home was burglarized. Dell Credit Protection Plan refuses to accept the police report saying it was an unlawful entry, with the computer listed on the police report. I also did a conference call with the Police Department and a rep. from Dell Credit program, and they said they don't believe it was the police. I plan to file a complaint with the Consumer Bureau/ Attorney General/Better Business Bureau office in that area. Something is wrong with the service. They go above and beyond not to pay any on the claim. Dell Representative with the Credit Protection Program says unlawful entry does not tell them how they entered. Then after several (6)? call to the Credit Plan a representative answered and told me something new about processing the claim. This individual says now I need the police to write on their letter head saying the report filed is all they provided based upon their policy for the County and State I live in.
My home was burglarized in August, and we are still fighting over the claim. They are TERRIBLE...Wanda Hilliard

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El Paso, US
May 05, 2012 6:44 am EDT
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I applied for the Credit Protection Program from Dell and found out that they do not render the services that they give you the full scripted speech on. I am so disappointed in Dell, thought they were different from all of the other companies that are always seeking how they can take the customer's money. Well, you know what I will add Dell to the list. Recently, I was laid off from my job and applied for the Credit Protection only to be denied. Too All, under no circumstances believe the representattive that is attempting to sell you the credit protection. Dell will not live up to their agreement, take it from someone who has paid into the program only to be denied.

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Dell doesn't care about their customers

Please read below!

This is my reply to their uncaring response.

This is the response I get from Dell after explaining my problem. Surely you can reference my dell account number that I filled in or my name and address but since you can't my customer number is xxxxxxxx, xxxxxxxxxxx equipment sales.

wouldn't a call have been more appropiate? This is the lack of customer concern I am complaining about.

Dear John D Moore,

Thank you for contacting Dell Online Customer Care.

To protect your data privacy, we require a Dell identification number. This can be

found on any communication you have received regarding this order.

A Dell identification number can be an order number, customer number, service tag

number, express service code number, case number, or DPS number. I would request you

to provide the name on the account as it appears on the original order documents.

Please get back in touch with us once you have located this information and we will

be glad to assist you.

Sincerely,

xxxxxx xxxxxxxx

Rep ID xxxxxxx

Dell Online Customer Care

http://support.dell.com

When corresponding with Dell, please include your order or customer reference number.

Original Message Follows:

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* * * PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THE SUBJECT WHEN REPLYING * * *

*** This is a feedback Message from the Dell Online Communications Center. ***

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Customer Information:

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Requesting Organization(Empty for DHS) =

Name = xxxxx

Customer Number = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Requestor E-Mail =xxxxxxxxx

Contact Phone =731-xxx-xxxx

Service Tag =

Case Number =

Order Number =

Issue Category = Other Question not listed

Year Of Birth = NA

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Ship To Address:, -

Bill To Address : xxxxx blvd

jackson, TN 38301-

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Problem Description:

20th January 2009 Letter to Dell computers concerning a very unfruitful and

disappointing Christmas for my daughter Rebecca.

To whom it may concern:

I ordered my daughter Rebecca a laptop for Christmas with a protective sleeve. I

received the sleave within a few days. Her laptop, is however, a different story.

Dell sends me a delay notice, and I assume it's just the holidays and I prefer dell

computers, so no big deal, I'm in business and delays happen. I tell my daughter

it's on its way and not to worry. Today is the 20th of January and when I call, I

find out my order is canceled due to a credit hold according to customer service,

who refers me to the credit department. The credit department doesn't know what I'm

talking about and that my account is fine with a balance of $21.84 and an available

balance of $4, 333.82(out of $5, 000.00) and is very willing to transfer me back to

sales so I can reorder the laptop that I DID NOT CANCEL. This is rediculous! I

have had to cover for your company(DELL) to my daughter for a month telling her

everybody is busy and delays happen, but the lack of concern is unbelievable. I

received the bill for the sleave but did anyone wonder what was suppose to go in the

protective sleave? No! You deducted the amount of the laptop from my available

credit and You canceled my order for no reason and no reason was sent or stated

anywhere on the email(it did say it was reordered but I had to search for that by

checking the additional orders link, but customer service said it was on hold? and

the credit department said it was canceled?). If I had not called then I would

still be making excuses for Dell to my daughter, who wonders why she was left out at

christmas. This may not be important to Dell but as a father it is very heart

breaking to know that your company is aware that these could be christmas gifts and

you would figure that somebody would take a little special care at this time of the

year. Times are tough and this was her only gift and now that I just told her the

truth, well you can only imagine how I and especially she feels, oh wait, you

propably can't because if you did I would have gotten a notice of regrets and not a

cancelation of order on a delayed notice. Delayed means; on it's way, NOT

CANCELLED. I just thought I would outline this fact for the person who sent the

email. I thought I was a valued customer, but I'm sure now that other people live

by this same illusion.

I have not used any other brand since my first Dell that I purchased. I have

never had many technical issues and love the product. I have 7 Dell computers at my office and I know of at least 10 at our other associated offices. I have defended your product against recommendations of HP, gateway, toshiba and others and have always remained faithful. I find the above facts an outrage considering the current facts at hand. The economy is

rough enough for small businesses and families without large companies deciding to be inconsiderate at christmas. I assume this was an over sight, but really, you remembered my bill.

I have not decided whether I will continue to use the Dell product, I like it but feel that it has lost the respect for it's customers who support it so well.

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LoriT
Provo, US
Jun 19, 2011 10:00 am EDT
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I will NEVER buy another Del computer. Their customer service STINKS!
I replaced both my Dels with HP and I'm thrilled with them. I even got a letter from HP to be sure everything was Ok with the purchase. I couldn't even get Del to respond to any of my E-mail requests for help. I didn't even get acknowledgement that they had received them.
My son starts college in September and I'll get him a laptop...an HP laptop. I'm nobody important, just a widow with kids, but I did purchase 3 laptops and a desktop with printer and was successful in talking my married son out of buying a Del desktop.
I hope that enough people will read all these complaints and opt to purchase non-Del products.
Thanks for nothing Del!

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Dell 21 day return policy

Dell has the most ridiculous 21 day return policy ever.
First of all, the 21 days start from the "ship date", so if your package is traveling to you for 5 days, you now have 16 days to try it. Add to that a couple of deliver attempts (my case), and you lost 10 days already, BEFORE you could try the damn computer. Now if you were silly enough to buy it as a gift for someone else and they use it for a bit over a week, you are OVER the 21 days. Now you are on your own because Dell keeps referring to the "policy" and there is nothing they can do.
Moral of the story, DON'T BUY FROM DELL.

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Dell scam

Don't trust such emails!

Ref: dph600014481
Batch number: bn146-7

Dear winner,

As reflected in our first e-mail to you, this promotional program was
Putted on-line to award prizes to winners all over the world, this program
Is sponsored by dell promotion in conjunction with the middle east asia
Program to give out grants to winners worldwide.

A lot of people have benefited from this online program, with winnings
Ranging from $50, 000 and more. this year's program has been designed to
Give out lump sums to fewer individuals and corporate winners. you have
Won the lump sum jackpot of $720, 000. 00 (seven hundred and twenty
Thousand united states dollars).

You are to provide the follow for your winning to be filed out:

1. your full names...

2. your full home / office address...

3. country...

4. direct telephone/fax numbers and email...

5. age...

6. sex...

7. marital status...

The above detailed information will be absolutely necessary for the
Processing of your payment cheques, drafts or wire transfers through our
Clearing house here in dubai

Note: that this winning is valid for 2 weeks and failure to issue claims
After this period will automatically void your payment. remember to quote
Your ref & batch numbers in your future correspondence.

Congratulations and we look forward to hearing from you soon

We once again say, accept our hearty congratulations,

Mrs. ruth anderson
Online co-ordinator

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Mar 09, 2009 11:10 am EDT

Ref: DPH600014481
Batch Number: BN146-7

DEAR WINNER,

As reflected in our first e-mail to you, this Promotional program was putted On-line to award prizes to winners all over the world, This program is sponsored by DELL PROMOTION in conjunction with the MIDDLE EAST ASIA PROGRAM to give out grants to winners worldwide.

A lot of people have benefited from this online program, with winnings ranging from $50, 000 and more. This year's program has been designed to give out lump sums to fewer individuals and corporate winners. You have won the lump sum jackpot of $720, 000. 00 (Seven Hundred And Twenty Thousand United States Dollars).

You are to provide the follow for your winning to be filed out:

1. Your full names...

2. Your full home / Office address...

3. Country...

4. Direct telephone/fax numbers and email...

5. Age...

6. Sex...

7. Marital Status...

The above detailed information will be absolutely necessary for the Processing of your payment Cheques, drafts or wire transfers through our Clearing House here in Dubai

Note: that this winning is valid for 2 weeks and failure to issue claims after this period will automatically void your payment. Remember to quote your Ref & Batch numbers in your future correspondence.

Congratulations and we look forward to hearing from you soon

We once again say, accept our hearty congratulations,

Mrs. Ruth Anderson
Online Co-ordinator

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Mar 08, 2009 9:53 am EDT

yo recibi un correo de que era ganadora de la empresa dell

We are pleased to inform you today 7th March, 2009, the result of the
winners in the DELL NATIONAL BONANZA ONLINE PROMO PROGRAMME, held 3th
March, 2009.Your email address have beeen approved for a lump sum pay out of
$1, 000, 000.Please contact our Head Office with your winning
informations for more details; claimdell@gmail.com

Names:...
Country:...
Age:...
Sex:...
QUIERO SABER SI ES REAL

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Dell ridiculous billing practice

When I get old enough to know when I'm doing the right thing or not I'll let everyone know, "Buying through Dell" was not the right thing to do. I was surprised by the ease in which Dell made me a preferred account holder. In less than 30 seconds my 640 credit score was all they needed. They spoke of the "expierience" in ordering was very worthwhile and I must say it was ! For only 32 dollars more I was into more of this or that and before long my 600 dollar computer was near 1590 dollars. This was all for only 36 dollars per month and no interest for 18 months...Well that was fine for 18 months then I was reawakened by the Dell "gotcha scheme" .In that it was for 18 months I paid no interest but only had 18months . In the 18 months the computer was gathering interes at 25+/_ %. I was to have paid this baby off ..but heck for 36 dollars i'll just let it ride...Wrong century to make that fine judgement call. It was a deal from the Devil himself. For at the end of that time I now owed on top of the original cost an additional arm and leg. All with 26.7% interest . Now my payments are set at 50 per month or so they have been for the last year. My statment today after nearly 36 months of ownership has announced that I own a computer that is inoperable but has an acount that is about 10 dollars more than the date I bought it ...How you ask..Wait theres more..in the past i sent a payment in early via the computer ..my reward was a charge of $9.95 for my efforts. I called the next month that was 13.00 the bank draft system i set up 5 times has not worked yet. I get the feeling that Dell has a alpha numerical mix match in their name .Instead of the fourth consant for a first letter they really should use the 8th..an explination is not required. With this last gesture of arrogance I speak to all of you who think to use Dell as a computer and say..."MAN---GET---AHOLD----OF-----YOURSELF"
It's not to late to do something about that irrisponsible act your going to commit. " Please Dell let my people go..."...It is with remorse I post this a dying, withering, yes sucked to death buyer of a Dell..

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Apr 17, 2008 4:26 am EDT

Dell has charged back over $780.00 in deferred finance charges after the promotional period runs out when you still have a balance. Which you cannot pay-off through the normal payment options. They put most of your payment toward other purchases then the promotional plan balance get the smaller of the payment split.

Isn't this illegal? Now I owe finance charges on finance charges. You should only pay finance charges on the remaining balance.

When I called to complain with Dell, they only offered $75.00 to keep me quiet when I said I will start/join a class-action lawsuit about this deceptive practice.

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momamberG79
Zanesville, US
Oct 18, 2009 2:58 am EDT

I know exactly how this feels. Started out with a $1000 laptop and was so happy I was getting one as I was on bedrest for preterm labor and the laptop made time go by faster. Shouldn't have been so happy though because one month later I discovered the truth of Dell and have regretted my decision ever since. A $1, 000 charge is now over $2, 000 after 5 years. Even paying $100/month didn't really make a dent and after a couple of missed payments due to medical reasons and no job (with this economy) they turned it over to Pentagroup so now I have Dell and Pentagroup both bugging me all hours of the day and night and the interest just keeps going up, up and away. It is like making a deal with the devil getting a laptop from them. Sad thing is it is in my grandmas name as she was nice enough to let me finance it through her name and now I can't pay it off like I was planning all because of finance charges and hidden fees.

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Dell bad service

I have had Dells for over 10 years, and have bought one an average of one a year. I decided to buy the Dell Studio 1535 laptop which was the new stylish line, I didn't want the XPS laptops because they hadn't updated for a while. That's when my problems started. I received the laptop only to notice there is a design flaw with the USB Ports. The left side of the laptop is not identical; one of the ports middle pieces is shorter so you have to force the usb drive in. The computer wouldn't correctly start up when put to sleep. So I called Dell Tech support and he said you can fix it or return it since it's so new. I said I'll return it and wait a little bit till they worked out the bugs, and he transferred me over. The Dell return specialist said oh no why don't return it we can fix it will be fine. So they changed the motherboard, a couple weeks later I would have hissing sounds from the speakers. I had to learn to play with a lower sound level due to the speaks not being able to play loud enough sounds. A keyboard was replaced due to a button falling off and not able to put it back on. The mouse occasionally stops working, so you can't move the pointer correctly. You have to wait a little bit for it works. Occasionally the computer goes into sleep mode, and when you press the power button it doesn't turn on, just you hear noises, and the only way to get it to work is pull the battery. My final problem has been for some reason, when you turn of the computer the clock stops working, both on the os and bios. If I leave the laptop off for a day it turns off for a day. The cmos battery was replaced and still occurs. Dell tech specialists have done a 10-15 software repairs no luck. And if I lose connection with one, the new tech wants to repeat all the steps. I mean how many times can you install the same bios? To make sure it's not a software issue dell had me wipe the computer and no luck. So now I am sending a laptop to the dell tech depot to be looked at? Oh yea somewhere with all these changes the control buttons for the sound and other dell buttons have stopped working and do not light up. Also now my computer squeaks when you adjust the screen position, due to the multiple things that have been changed. I remind a dell tech support that I had a choice to return it, and was talked out of it. They remind me I'm past my return date, and if there are continuous problems, not to worry dell will keep fixing it for 3 more years. If you keep repair a computer, eventually you risk causing other things to break. I have never had to call dell about a computer more than once a year, Dell's quality of products has greatly diminished, and I am hesitant to ever get a product from them again. Tell me if you were in my place what would you do? Oh yeah I called dell to remind them of the return specialist who talked me out of returning the computer when it first failed, the tech coming from India didn't get what i was saying, put me on hold then hanged up on me.

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Dell misrepresentation of hardware required

I contacted Dell in Septmember to purchase more memory for my Dimension 8200 desktop computer. They told me that I needed to buy either ONE 258MB or 512MB Axiom Memory Card. I had to think about it for a few days since this was a lot of money and a few days later ordered it on line. I followed the online route to determine that I needed to purchase either the 258MB or 512MB card. I decided to purchase the 512MB card and the total cost came to $350. At the time I didn't notice embedded in the fine print is a 21 day return policy. Long story short, it's now February and I decided to finally install it (I'm not a computer expert) but opened my manual and was surprised to see that it states memory cards must be installed in pairs. I immediately called Dell and tech support told me that I can install just one. After 3 hours of being on the phone with multiple Dell tech reps finally the last one told me that I needed to install the memory in pairs and would I like to buy another card. I said "no" Dell made the sale stating that only one would be required. He said that he would transfer me to customer service for a refund. When I got to customer service they told me, sorry the 21 days is up. I explained to them that there was total misrepresentation of the product that was sold and all that they kept repeating to me is that is why they have a 21 day return policy. Unbelievable! They acknowledged that the product that was sold to me cannot be used unless I buy two of them (neither the sales rep in September or their website indicates this...both the sales rep said I needed one of them and even the website states 1x) but it doesn't matter...that's what the 21 days are for. This company is misrepresenting to customers.

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Deli Jimenez
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Feb 17, 2009 2:46 pm EST

I understand exactely what you went through. We had the same problem, they are hired Indian liars (customer service is in India) and can't get anything out of them. We still have the wrong computer part they sent us and they will not even refund our money.

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Dell horrible worthless customer service

As always I am left pondering these questions "What is the meaning of Customer Service"? and "Have the job descriptions changed"? or "Is it a language barrier"? OR "Do they not give 2 ***** about the customer"?...I have opted for last thought...just not caring in any way what so ever about the customer. Those days of "Hello this is Dell Customer Service" are long gone...the days when I could have my call answered in English...in 2 mins or less...and with the same enthusiasm that I used to have on the best date I ever had...but NO...that is much too much to ask...not from DELL...oh NO...Somehere in between my 12th person that I talked to today who kept passing me around like the only woman on an island of Men...I realized...in stark reality, that my computer problem was never going to be fixed by Dell...I realized that the commercials were worthless garbage...I realized that other than the Awards that they were giving out for exemptional Customer Serive in India today (as I was told by the 10th representative because of the noise in the background) that I was getting nothing from DELL...that no matter WHO I talked to...short of the CEO which is getting a letter that won't be answered I am sure... is next...that Customer Service at DELL is without a doubt in the same sad category of all the other companies that decided to leave people standing in the unemployment line in America for the sake of saving a dollar...and in the meantime...the customer gets abused by non-caring people that don't even live in the same country. I realized that DELL is no better than the people at the bottom of the mountain when Moses came down with the 10 commandments...but what do I know? I only spent days on the phone with them...all laughing in the background like I said, while I pleaded with them...like a fool to listen to what is wrong with my computer...Dell...there is nothing you can do to fix this major problem that you have...no re-structuring...no corporate jet trips to motivate your people...nothing..because the "Coor" of business is lost in the shuffle between what is RIGHT...and who doesnt care at all...and you DELL have taken the later...you can sugarcoat it with hiring foreign companies...you can offer "perks" and the bottom line is this...the "Art of Customer Service at Dell" is over...because it is not in the "soul" of Management to help the customer any longer...

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goobie2012
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Jan 01, 2015 1:13 am EST

I have up to now had 2 run ins with Dell, I vow never to buy Dell again. I am in Australia, original run in was a XPS M1530 laptop puchased 10/2008 for over $3000. Within the 1 yr oem warranty it was getting hot, extremely hot after only 20 to 30 mins use and would every now and them flick to a BSOD and then shutdown. After getting a huge runaround and days of calls and emails and online chats, they finally during a call I made ( call 26 ) to reflash my bios to a previous version, this would keep my fan running constantly, that it was a known issue and that was the only workaround till they could workout the cause, they would contact me when a cure was found. They never called back, the workaround worked for about 8 months and then the laptop refused to startup, after another round of numerous calls, transfers, hangups and arguements, a technician got me to run a test on the laptop ( this was in 2011 ) the laptop test showed a gpu fault, tech advised was known issue, court action against Nvidia, poor soldering on GPU, Dell had extended warranty additional 1 year, but that to had expired, dell wont look at any option short of me paying for repair, laptop was 2.5yrs old. This time round Dell AIO2310, after only 2.8yrs just over it wont start up, Purchased 08/2011, tech had me test it while on phone, said it was the power connector in the back, quote sent for $680 to fix which is about 1/3 the original cost, I argue that this desktop at most was used 3 days a week, usually for 4 or so hrs but sometimes as much as 8 hours and would typically equate to 1 1/2 years usage but he was not considering offering anything such as discount or anything although I have been a loyal customer and it was obvious that I did not get the value I paid for out of the desktop, This time I am taking them to ACCC and fair trade, it will cost me $47 to lodge the complaint but its the principle, both times they almost dared me to take them to court with confidence in thier voices.

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Dec 08, 2010 8:20 pm EST
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The same thing happened to me just yesterday. Was on their sit to place an order, it was glitching and processed my order without my reviewing it. I immediately called the cancel they said it was processed and shipped...lol They processed and shipped an order in 3 minutes? I told the Indian rep he was lying that I havent even received an email confirmation for the order and there was no way they could of packed, shipped and processed an order that fast. He put me on hold several times, I asked to speak to a supervisor who wouln not speak to me.because his english was apparently worse than the rep I was speaking with. They told me there was nothing they could do despite the disclaimer on Dells website says that they can cancel an order before its shipped. I very angrily asked for a number where I could speak to an american rep. I was put on hold again an the rep came back and told me my order was cancelled!? WTF? I was even hotter after that! I asked them wahy they were giving me the run around and they hung up on me! I was lied to twice and was hung up on! Really? Is that how Dell takes care of its customers? I immediately called back and was routed to the Phillipines this time. I asked for a number for Dell Corporate or a number for an american call center and I was hung up on yet again.WTF is going on here?

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godzillajones
Stratford, US
Jul 24, 2009 6:59 pm EDT

Dell is among the worst when it comes to customer service and trying to purchase things. Recently I tried to order a few parts and was continually put on hold. The person with whom I was speaking did not speak the same English I did. I had to ask them to repeat themselves several times. The final time I was put on hold I, it lasted about 10 minutes. I hung-up. I called their so-called Customer Service to see if I could find out if my order was processed. I was told it was not. I asked if my MasterCard number was on their computer and did not get a satisfactory answer. I was then told to call some other loser so I just hung up and semnt an email to their Customer Service center and told them what to do with their company. Of course I never received a reply nor did I think I would. Once my Dell dies I will search high and low for an American manufacturer with service facilities in the US. Till then I will tell my story to warn anyone wanting to purchase Dell junk!

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tegmayfield
Warner Robins, US
Apr 29, 2009 7:06 pm EDT

Purchased XPS m1530 and out of the box the obtical drive failed. The replacement optical drive they sent also failed. Customer Service was absolutely worthless. For a computer company Quality Control is every thing.

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Dell defective product - horrible service

Please see below. I sent this letter to Dell head office several weeks ago and finally heard back from someone called Supriya Singh who is supposed to something called an 'Executive Support Resolver'. She was calling simply to let me know that I was out of luck as far as receiving any sort of re-imbursement for the hundreds of dollars (not to mention all the wasted hours) that I have spent because Dell sells defective equipment. She was not even particularily apologetic, I could tell she was reciting from a script as she answered most of my questions by saying and I quote, 'I'd rather not comment' or 'that's not in our standard procedure'.

I work in the IT department of a company employing over 400 people with two Canadian locations and one in California. We will NEVER buy from Dell again as a corporation and as most of the employees have heard my horror stories, they will NOT buy a Dell for personal use either.

Dell is absolutely the WORST company I have ever dealt with!

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January 28, 2009

To whom it may concern:

In May 2008 we ordered a Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop as a high school graduation gift for our daughter who has since gone away to university. It finally arrived in July and although it was late, we did not complain. She called home absolutely frantic on September 26, 2008 because her laptop had stopped working - she is in the first year of a Bachelor of Commerce program and most of her course material is online and she is required to write weekly quizzes online as well. Obviously all her essays and case studies must be professionally presented and can not be hand written!

She MUST have access to a working computer at all times!

She called the Dell service number and after navigating the voice mail found someone in technical support that had her run hours of diagnostics - she had to stop to go to class and then had to start the entire process over again when she could get back to her room. Finally the Dell person agreed that it was in fact a hard drive failure and told her to remove the hard drive so she could tell him where the unit was made. She is a seventeen year old girl in a dorm room - she does not have access to tools!

At this point she called home again and we agreed to drive the two hundred + miles (with gas prices over $1.00 per litre) to bring the laptop home so that I could deal with it.

I called Dell and went through the whole rigmarole again and because I had a screw driver I was able to remove the hard drive and report that it was made in Korea. This process took hours!

The technician said that he would send a replacement and I should have it in a few days. Several days later a new hard drive was delivered. I was stunned to see that is was made in the same place as the faulty one and even more stunned when I realized that the hard drive was completely empty and that I was going to have to spend hours re-installing all the software that we purchased (installed) with the laptop.

We then had to pay to have the laptop sent FedEx overnight as my daughter had already been without it for more than a week!

When she got it back she had to spend hours re-installing her own programs and files, re-registering her anti-virus, setting up her iTunes etc.

I had already decided that I would never buy anything from Dell again when she called yesterday (January 27, 2009) to say that once again her laptop would not start!

This time I left work immediately and drove the 200 miles (round trip) to her school to pick up the laptop. I called Dell as soon as I got home and spent two hours on the phone running repeated diagnostics until once again the technician conceded that it was in fact a hard drive failure!

He started to give me the spiel about sending a replacement hard drive and I demanded to speak to his supervisor. His supervisor tried to give me the same line and I told him that I wanted the laptop fixed properly and that I was not going to waste my time again.

Finally he admitted that there was a repair depot in Newmarket, Ontario (approximately 20 miles from our home) and my husband agreed to drive over to drop it off this morning. The round trip took over two hours as we are in the midst of severe winter snow storm.

Hopefully the repair depot will fix it properly and not just replace the hard drive again!

When we get it back we will once again have to send it back FedEx overnight and incur another $40.00 charge!

Why should I have to incur cost because your product is defective? When I asked the four different Dell employees that I have spoken to in the last 24 hours no one could give me an answer.

I called Dell customer service and spoke to one gentleman who said he could not help me and when I spoke to his supervisor and explained about the hours we have wasted and all the money we have spent because your product is defective he said “that’s too bad” and refused to reimburse us.

Do you actually consider that to be “Customer Service”?

I have never written a letter of complaint before but I have never experienced anything like this – trying to deal with Dell is frustrating beyond words!

I would like all costs we have incurred (approximately $250.00 Canadian to date) refunded. If we experience any more problems with this laptop I want the entire purchase price refunded and we will buy a laptop from someone other than Dell!

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Bfreeman
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Jun 12, 2014 8:56 am EDT

Dell should be ashamed of themselves for having produced and marketed such a poor computer system.

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lulukiernan
salford, GB
Dec 17, 2010 2:05 pm EST

oh my gosh, i thought it was just us!you spend hard earned cash on a name you should be able to trust and you end up with the most frustrating pile of tat on earth.i have to stop myself from smashing this thing up.we paid extra for customer support because they made it sound like we were getting accidental damage cover so we were even more disgusted at the total lack of after care.i will never buy dell again...ever!

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Blitz982
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Jul 10, 2010 3:11 pm EDT

I also had these problems with my dell inspiron 1525. My computer worked fine for about a year and then out of nowhere no warning computer wouldnt start. I called Dell and after hrs on the phone finally they figured out it was the hardrive. They sent me a new one and after installing it we found out it didnt even work. So now its been a couple of weeks and i still dont have a computer. Finally they sent me my third hardrive i already knew how to set it all up since ive done with with the last two hardrives. The hardrive lasted maybe 3 months and once again the hardrive. I called dell once again and again they sent me another hardrive. The same thing happened the computer worked for about 2 months then hardrive broke once again. I called dell to complain that this is like the 5th time ive been dealing with the hardrive but they told me they now couldnt help me cause im out of contract and had the nerve to say they were going to charge me for the call. I flipped out and they now said u can buy a hardrive for 60 dollars and then will help you install everything on the hardrive for another 65 dollars. I am now with out a computer, i lost over 2000 songs, schoolwork, songs and all my other files on my computer. I Will NEVER BUY A DELL AGAIN

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Steven Richardson
Maysville, US
Jul 08, 2010 5:48 pm EDT

I completely agree with you all in saying the dell inspiron 1525 is a piece of crap. i bought mine in november of 2008. it ran like a champ, i mean i was playing videogames and getting phenomenal FPS, it was amazing. Gradually, it began to slow down. in july of 2009 i knoticed a ratteling noise and the hard drive speeding up and making a whining noise. i dismissed this to over heating. i opened the labtop. which took a redicolus amount of time, and cleaned it thouroghly, i even went to the extent of useing a led light and tweasers to remove some trash that was in keyboard. in january of 2010 the mic jack on the computer suddely went unuseable and would not responde to any mic. As time went on the hard drive had more and more over heating spells. eventually, a few days ago, the hard drive had another overheating spell while it was just sitting there. i was not able to turn it of in time. it continued to increase in rpms until i heard the hard drive give and the labtop bluescreened. i have re installed the OS 2 times and all the drivers. this hard drive is toast. i want to know why when i can buy this hard drive from hitachi, i get a 3 year factory warrenty but since dell bought it i dont have this warrenty. shouldnt it be the same? i also have had the battery charging issue since august of 2009, it will sometimes charge and sometimes it wont. i am a pretty decent guy, i earn my money like the rest, why do i get shafted with this hunk of junk because dell is too sorry to build a computer that doesnt have a death wish. i WILL NEVER buy a dell ever again and i well everyone i can what a sorry company dell is, i would rather buy an acer than a dell at this point, and acers are known for frying themselves.

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John Ryan
Omaha, US
Apr 17, 2010 9:59 pm EDT

I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER DELL PRODUCT. I bought Dell Inspiron 1525 laptops for my daughter and wife and between the two we have replaced SIX hard drives. I

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saif123
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Mar 27, 2010 3:17 pm EDT

hello

i am mr.saif

i know very well about dell 1525 really is very bad quality from dell .

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Frustrated79
Lake Worth, US
Mar 19, 2010 10:39 pm EDT

I purchased my Inspiron 1525 about a year and a half ago from Best Buy. I had no idea that Dell didn't acknowledge the Geek Squad and felt they were so inferior to their techs according to them. I bought the warranty from the Geek Squad and it was a good thing I did because the hardrive died within months apart from each other. By the time it happened a 3rd time, I got it fixed by Geek Squad and my warranty expired. Shortly after that my heat sink went and I called Dell, unaware that it was outsourced all the way in India and got transferred a million times until someone bothered to talk to me. I told them all my problems with the laptop, the hardrive failures, the heat sink issue and a few other problems. I asked if they could replace it completely with a new one because it was obviously defective and they refused. They told me to send it to them and they'd THOROUGHLY check the laptop for any problems. They said they'd repair it as good as new. They also said that the Geek Squad techs do not know what they're doing and that I should've went directly to them. I just did what was easier at the time assuming Dell supported the store that sells their product. Apparently, Dell has NO respect for them whatsoever. They were trying to blame the Geek Squad for my issues. I refuse to believe that was the case but I tried to cooperate. I was still under Dell's warranty so I figured it wouldn't hurt to do it. The only inconvenience was being without my laptop for what I thought would be 10-12 days. I sent it with a list of all the problems I was having for them to check but when I got it back like 2 days after I sent it, I knew they chose to ignore it. All they did was fix the heat sink but the other issues weren't corrected. They also sent it back damaged with missing screws and a crack on the corner. Before I sent it, they informed my warranty was expiring and if I called afterwards, I'd be charged $45 to even speak to them. That is ridiculous. I'd be charged to speak to someone just to ask them a question or something? It's obvious Dell can care less about their customers because their customer service is horrendous. I let it go because it was working okay and the screws and crack seemed minor. That was in November. It is now March and the heat sink they replaced is now acting up and my computer is overheating again. I was fed up and reported Dell to the BBB and am now waiting for a resolution. In the meantime, Dell called me to try and resolve it before the BBB did but it ended in a fight. Dell said first I wasn't covered under warranty but I proved I was by going on their website and bringing the date up. When I sent it in, I was covered. When that didn't work for them, they tried to blame the Geek Squad again and said they do not encourage their customers to use them even though the store sells their product. They said maybe the hardrive failures weren't the problem. I talked with the techs at Geek Squad, they knew what they were doing. Dell was trying to blame others for their defective product obviously. They do not stand behind their product and were rude about it. I wrote to Best Buy to inform them of what Dell thinks of them and said that if Dell doesn't recognize Geek Squad as an official repair center, they should not sell their warranty because Dell has issues with them apparently. It's horrendous to think a person pays a lot of money for a product and have the maufacterer play games like this. I researched and found that there are a lot of people who are unhappy with Dell and their products. It's a shame that as consumers we have to deal with this kind of stuff. I think everyone should think hard before buying from Dell. Maybe enough people will realize their products are substandard and get something more worthwhile like Mac or maybe even a Toshiba. Anything is better then Dell.

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krisn
Huntsville, US
Jan 21, 2010 12:46 pm EST

I bought my Inspirion from Dell in july 2008. 2 weeks after receiving it, & 2 calls to India, they finally figured that my hard drive was no good. After 2 weeks? Thank God for Carbonite backup system.
Now it is Jan 2010, & like the person above, I am now getting "corrupt disc" warnings which is a sign my hard drive is about to crash...again. Now I try to look into buying a hard drive for the 1525 & you cannot order them online at Dell. Are they that bad they stopped making them? And I don't want to call India again.
I should have liostened to my friend when he said not to buy a Dell. Apple here I come!

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krisn
Huntsville, US
Jan 21, 2010 12:41 pm EST

I bought my Inspirion July 2008. Within 2 weeks of receiving it, & 2 calls to India, they finally figured my hard drive was no good. After 2 weeks? Thank God for Carbonite backup system.
Now, just like above..it is Jan 2010 & I am getting warnings of a "corrupt disc" half of my software won't work, and the computer keeps freezing up. (something it always does anyway) So now...I can't even order a hard drive from the Dell wbsite. Are they that bad they don't sell them anymore? And I don't want to call India again.
I should have listened to my friend when he said I would be sorry buying a Dell. Apple here I come!

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Dellhatesme
Kamloops, CA
Jan 07, 2010 2:39 pm EST

I bought my dell inspiron 1525 over a year ago and had no problems with it... untill two days ago (january 5th 2010) when it started coming up with messages saying the hard drive is in danger of failure. Congratulations to me i am now the proud owner of a $1000 BRICK (700$ for the laptop + Monitor + tablet + Game controller etc)

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Dell poor service

I rec'd a Dell laptop as a gift, it would not stay connnected to the net. I tried to fix it myself to no avail. I called DELL, was transferred 2 times adn then told their systems were down somoen would call me back in 1-2 hrs... no one ever called me back.
I called the enxt day, after going through all of the automated ptrmpts that are frustrating in itself, I was then transfreed 5 times and each time expected to repeat my story. No one tried to fix the issue on this brand new 4 days old laptop, I was told it was a software issue and software it not covered by the tech support I had to pay a fee. I said no, there is horrible servie i do not want the laptop give me a retrun authorization. Then I was told someone would call me back in 1 1/2-2hrs...I did get a call back from Customer Service tech support and he told me there is a 21 days suuport for a new computers..so is DELL running a scam trying to see who they can get to pay for extra tech support? The customer service is HORRIBLE...

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beyette
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Jan 18, 2016 9:28 am EST

Dell has the worst customer service I have ever experienced. Everyone is stupid. Keep taking you in loops. Can't answer any questions. Keep asking the same questions because they can't comprehend their own equipment and processes. This is the last Dell I'll buy.

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dynasty
Walled Lake, US
Apr 28, 2009 7:44 pm EDT

Typical Dell attitude. I purchased a Dell computer from QVC to get the 3 yr. warranty. I called when I had a problem and they said it was a software issue and not a hardware issue and would have to pay. Well my son has a friend who heads up the network department at a large cable co. He took my computer and did complete test and found it was the hard drive that was bad. At his company, they deal with Dell all day and when Dell refused to send me another hard to replace the one he put in, I had to get him involved and of course because they use Dell at his large co., they ended up sending me another hard drive. God only knows what would have happened if I told them originally to fix the software problem that never existed. I probably would have had to pay a big bill for a problem that never existed.

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Kimberly Rivers
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Feb 17, 2009 10:05 pm EST

I just got off the phone and in which the call took forever, any way for the very same reason,
my pc will not stay connected to the internet and the internet company told me that I would have to call Dell and all they want me to do is purchase more and more, every time that I call. I feel that Dell sells junk and when you call for support they sell you more junk that does not work just to sell you more junk.
I feel like Dell computers are a rip off and the public needs to be aware of their scams.

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Brian
Portland, US
Feb 09, 2009 8:32 am EST

No it isnt a scam. Please review the service contract. Dell is only responsible for software that came on the system. If the software is corrupt then sometimes a OSRI is required. Please do your self a favor READ THE CONTRACT then ###.

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Dell awful company

I purchased my Dell Desktop in June 2008. After making my first payment online it has been down hill ever since. I made an attempt to make the second payment via the internet again, but the payment section of the website was not working or was down at the time. Because the payment was going to be early I mailed it to the P.O. Box at Carol Stream, IL. The payment came back 2 weeks after the due date. I made an attempt to make a payment online. Payment service online was not working again. I called the customer service center. After being on hold for more then 10min. I was transferred to person after person who did not speak english and who would read from a script. I am so mad with dell. After being on the phone with different non-speaking people for over 2hrs. Nothing was accomplished except the last person I spoke with did say that my account was reported to the credit bureau and had a late fee with finance charges added. I was so mad I was spitting fire. I hung up the phone and called the Canada customer service number in hopes of speaking to someone in english. First person to answer the phone spoke english but, READ FROM A SCRIPT. Are you kidding me? I told him the whole problem and I was clear that I wanted the finance charges and the late fees taken off my account because I did send out the payment prior to the 15day late fee and 10days before the 3oday pass due date. He put me on hold the next person to pick up the phone did not speak English and kept asking me for my name and address. I hung up. This same situation happened 4 more times. I am still trying to get someone to help me. The website is useless with making a payment. Even more useless are all those who pretend to know what we are talking about but have no clue and only read from a script. Dell needs to be held accountable for there mishandling of consumer complaints. I have sent complaints. NO ANSWER! Hopefully this does not happen to someone else. Beware that if you do have an account pay that your payment gets posted and that you do not have to talk to a brick wall. Outsourcing not such a good idea if people want to pay their accounts on time.

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MyBizBUZZ
Placentia, US
Jul 13, 2009 3:51 pm EDT

This is typical for Dell. In fact, I would say your experience pales in comparison to most of my experiences, but further details would only serve to add stress to my day. And, DFS is getting worse with today's econoomy. I was not surprised when DFS lowered my Dell Business Credit limit from $20, 000 to $10, 000 (I owe $4K and use this account for business supplies like ink cartridges for my Dell laser multi-function printer at $200. per color, ttl $500. every 6 mos). However, my payment in June was a day late, and they yanked my line of credit completely. I had one legitimate late in Feb. (about 5 days) and another one-day late in June 2008. I pay online. I am convinced they are now LOOKING for ANY opportunity to pull credit lines. I am contacting an attorney.

Oh, wait until you return your lease equipment or if you buy new equipment and need to return the new equipment because of problems, to get something else. It has been 8 months now, and the returned items have still not been credited, even though I have been told by customer service that it has been handled and "closed" three times in the last 8 mos. I am hoping the credits that I've been told this morning will indeed FINALLY be credited to close out the lease that no longer should exist. AND, DFS continues to add finance fees each month for past-due payments that ARE NOT VALID because I returned everything last December 2008.

I'm sorry to say I've gone through this before, so be prepared. I've spent DAYS, NOT just HOURS on the phone trying to get things like this resolved. I can empathize with the incorrect transfers, dropped calls (after waiting up to an hour), and inability to communicate. All this is time lost from my sales business. THIS WILL BE THE LAST COMPUTER OR ANYTHING I BUY FROM DELL.

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Dell rebate scam

Dell cheated me from a promised rebate and gift certificate.

A dear friend recommended I purchase a dell computer. In December I purchased an inspiron 1721 laptop. I only had dial up service available so a laptop would let me do large downloads with wi fi. There were the usual start up problems with service packs destroying the operating system but the tech support got me through this (and the problem was with Word Perfect and Vista) and it works moderately well. But a perfect storm was brewing.

Fiber optics were finally coming to our road. My phone co chose to discontinue our local phone service unless we purchased a very expensive service. We shopped alternatives and contracted for local service and a high speed connection. These work well but we were under a deadline for changing our local service. No longer is it a flipping of a switch for fiber optics had to be installed. Could they hurry and complete the fiber work before the other company pulled the switch? Fortunately they could, and did with a crew that came from 400 miles away. Dummy here dropped my dial up ISP before they sent me my rebate and gift certificate�this also changed my email address under which I purchased and registered the computer.

I had purchased the laptop with a promised rebate and a gift certificate for registering and when they did not come I called (probably in early February) and was told it was too late to find out about the rebate and gift certificate. My request simply hit a dead end in customer care and I could not speak with a supervisor.

In July 2008 I heard about this web site and wrote to dell that they cheated me and before I make my complaint I felt they should have an opportunity to reply, they did. Same answer, �we can do nothing�.

I am free at last as the computer is paid for and dell financial cannot play �gotcha� with a �deferred finance charge� so I will freely tell one and all that If Dell wants to give you a rebate simply tell them �no thanks, just drop the sales price by that much. They cheated me and I will never buy from them again.

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Larry Waybright
Clarkston, US
Apr 15, 2009 3:54 pm EDT

I bought a Dell Laptop, wireless router and printer package.
The rebate required I print out and submit my rebate form.
The printer arrived a week after the window for submitting the rebate expired.
My $150 rebate was denied.
I bought a package deal.
Seems to me like the period for the rebate should have begun upon receipt of the entire purchase.

I find that rebates are largely scams and the honest way of doing business is to apply the discount, then pay the bottom line price. I paid cash up front for the entire package before receiving any of the merchandise.

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Dell scam and cheating

I have tried time after time to get my dell computer as well as my dell 720 printer ownership transfered to myself only to have these request go unanswered by Dell because I don't know who the previous owner is or was.

I feel that this is not fair to myself or anyone else who buys a dell computer second hand as I did. Now let me ask you this? Is it normal for everyone to know who owned a computer when you buy said computer from a shop or store where it was donated in the first place. Well this is what has happened to myself and now Dell does not want to do a thing to help myself get my printer up and running. Oh by the way it did take me over a year to finally get my computer ownership transfered.

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Michael
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Mar 10, 2009 4:22 am EDT

I have tried time after time to get my dell computer as well as my dell 720 printer ownership transfered to myself only to have these request go unanswered by Dell because I don't know who the previous owner is or was.

I feel that this is not fair to myself or anyone else who buys a dell computer second hand as I did. Now let me ask you this? Is it normal for everyone to know who owned a computer when you buy said computer from a shop or store where it was donated in the first place. Well this is what has happened to myself and now Dell does not want to do a thing to help myself get my printer up and running. Oh by the way it did take me over a year to finally get my computer ownership transfered.

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NDHSAJH
University Place, US
Dec 03, 2010 11:42 pm EST

We will never deal with Dell again. We have had so many problems with the computers with chips and batteries etc.. and when you call them you get someone from a foreign nation to speak to, if you chose to speak to an American you have to pay for the priviledge it costs I believe about 89.00 or 98.00 a year. Finally I took my computer to a local reputable repair shop and the owner informed that the Dell computers were of the least quality computers and not a good choice for purchase.

I didnt listen, and again I ordered from Dell and guess what ? Your right all the problems all over again on top of a new one.
We are a military famiy so of course we do move. They shipped the new order (two lap tops for the grandbabies home schooling) but they were sending our statements to our old address clear across the united states. We called Dell and tried to explain there was no payments because we never received a statement with an account number so that we could make payments. They keep calling about four to six times a day and insist we pay all back late fee charges even though they admitted it was their fault ! I feel the late charges should have been dropped and all negative reporting should have been corrected.

Please for peace of mind, for the simple fact that you can gain better quality products with a company that stands behind their warranty.. DO NOT DEAL WITH DELL !

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Dell frequent breakdown, fail to repair, keeps delaying and bad services

Our Dell laptop is under warranty. It has been keeping breaking down in the past one and a half years. In the last two mouths, our Dell machine has been unable to start up. Dell engineers have tried several times and failed to repair it. We have spent money to phone Dell technical support for many, many times. But they always find reasons or excuse to delay and postphone. Dell's technical support telephone line is always unclear. Furthermore, the line is sometimes cut off when you are talking and complaining to Dell staff. Poor quality of Dell products! Bad services of Dell! Terrible technical support!

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