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captain_slinky ([personal profile] captain_slinky) wrote2005-12-16 12:40 pm

A valuable lesson

If my customer has learned just one thing today, here is the lesson I hope she has learned:

When the shifty-looking kid who lives two trailers down from you offers to sell you a Lap-Top Computer out of the trunk of his Chevy Nova for $25, you should say NO!

But if you *do* say to yourself "My, what a wonderful bargain for what I am sure is neither stolen nor crap merchandise", do not be suprised when the Police come by the next day and confiscate said Lap-Top Computer as evidence before you can even activate your Comcast Self-Install Kit for your high-speed internet.

And finally, if you should get that Lap-Top Computer back from the Police after a few months and for some reason it doesn't want to start up at all, you should know that this is NOT the fault of your Internet Service Provider.

[identity profile] hallerlake.livejournal.com 2005-12-16 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"Never buy a TV on the street from a man who is out of breath."

[identity profile] the-4th-doctor.livejournal.com 2005-12-16 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
That's the first time I've heard a tech support story quite like that. Quite the attention-grabber.

[identity profile] spazzychic.livejournal.com 2005-12-16 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)

Uh. Yeah.

That person is the reason con men, fencers, Mormons and vacuum retailers make a living.

[identity profile] agelesseuridice.livejournal.com 2005-12-17 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
and you are willing to give up days????
after stories like that????
and what about the Mircle of the Lamp????
another classic!
1 day more!