Sunday, November 01, 2009

$49 For Help

This morning my desktop locked up – the Windows screen came up but did not respond to mouse and keyboard. F12 and F8 were not generating a response.

I called Dell technical support customer support and was charged $49 for help.

After payment I was transferred to technical support who did not pick up.

Finally, after an interminable amount of time I hung up.

Tonight I called for a refund.

I spent over 2 hours talking to 6 people. The Indian or Pakistani accents of the help desks made statements hard to understand at times.

I received one order number and 2 case numbers, repeating my name and computer specs at least 3 times, and now I still have no response to my refund request.