[nylug-talk] How to get a Windows tax refund

[Kevin Mark]

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On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 03:52:47AM -0500, Jay Sulzberger wrote:
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> On Sun, 7 Jan 2007, alex at pilosoft.com wrote:
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> > On Sat, 6 Jan 2007, Jay Sulzberger wrote:
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> >> Alex, let us then attempt to buy one, or evn a few such fine machines
> >> from Dell.
> > I have 50 of those. (Dell Optiplex 170LN). There's no rocket science
> > involved in buying them...
> >
> > -alex
> 
> Could I order a laptop by just calling Dell and saying "Please
> don't put any OS on the laptop and also do not charge me for a
> Microsoft OS."?
> 
> oo--JS.
Hi Jay,
that's what I was thinking! It would save both Dell and you the trouble.
Cost:
tech support call cost
tech support worker cost
your phone call cost and time and irateness
check refund issuing cost
OS imaging cost
OEM OS cost
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Approx. Cost of full OS?
Cheers,
Kev
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