Not always Dells Fault

[Fixer]

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For my sins I am a person that works as a field engineer for Dell, and
whilst 99% of my calls are for genuine hardware failures their is the odd
occasion when its nothing to do with the H/W it's down to the customer,
today for eg. I went to a call to a brand new machine the user saying his
DVD writer would not work, I'd already guessed what the problem might be
before I knocked on the door and yep I was right he was using the wrong
media IE. using -RW instead of +RW now some might try and blame Dell saying
they should support both conventions, that maybe but they don't and so the
ownus is on the user to RTFM - Read The ****ing Manual

 

[Guest]

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"Fixer" <steve.h1m@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> For my sins I am a person that works as a field engineer for Dell, and
> whilst 99% of my calls are for genuine hardware failures their is the odd
> occasion when its nothing to do with the H/W it's down to the customer,
> today for eg. I went to a call to a brand new machine the user saying his
> DVD writer would not work, I'd already guessed what the problem might be
> before I knocked on the door and yep I was right he was using the wrong
> media IE. using -RW instead of +RW now some might try and blame Dell
saying
> they should support both conventions, that maybe but they don't and so the
> ownus is on the user to RTFM - Read The ****ing Manual
>

And prior to dispatching you, the moron and the Drll Help Desk did not
confirm proper media was being used???

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell (More info?)

Are you from India?
"PC Medic" <NOT@home.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Fixer" <steve.h1m@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:c9ioi6$h5j$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > For my sins I am a person that works as a field engineer for Dell, and
> > whilst 99% of my calls are for genuine hardware failures their is the
odd
> > occasion when its nothing to do with the H/W it's down to the customer,
> > today for eg. I went to a call to a brand new machine the user saying
his
> > DVD writer would not work, I'd already guessed what the problem might be
> > before I knocked on the door and yep I was right he was using the wrong
> > media IE. using -RW instead of +RW now some might try and blame Dell
> saying
> > they should support both conventions, that maybe but they don't and so
the
> > ownus is on the user to RTFM - Read The ****ing Manual
> >
>
> And prior to dispatching you, the moron and the Drll Help Desk did not
> confirm proper media was being used???
>
>
>

 

[Fixer]

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell (More info?)

Now why would I be from India???? I said I was a Field Service engineer not
a Call Technician (term used loosely) working in the Bangalore Call centre
"Kevin M" <kman@msn.net> wrote in message
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> Are you from India?
> "PC Medic" <NOT@home.net> wrote in message
> news:j46vc.37935$Yr.20526@okepread04...
> >
> > "Fixer" <steve.h1m@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> > news:c9ioi6$h5j$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > > For my sins I am a person that works as a field engineer for Dell, and
> > > whilst 99% of my calls are for genuine hardware failures their is the
> odd
> > > occasion when its nothing to do with the H/W it's down to the
customer,
> > > today for eg. I went to a call to a brand new machine the user saying
> his
> > > DVD writer would not work, I'd already guessed what the problem might
be
> > > before I knocked on the door and yep I was right he was using the
wrong
> > > media IE. using -RW instead of +RW now some might try and blame Dell
> > saying
> > > they should support both conventions, that maybe but they don't and so
> the
> > > ownus is on the user to RTFM - Read The ****ing Manual
> > >
> >
> > And prior to dispatching you, the moron and the Drll Help Desk did not
> > confirm proper media was being used???
> >
> >
> >
>
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell (More info?)

Based on personal experiences, I guess I just associate Dell with
incompetence and/or India.
"Fixer" <steve.h1m@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Now why would I be from India???? I said I was a Field Service engineer
not
> a Call Technician (term used loosely) working in the Bangalore Call centre
> "Kevin M" <kman@msn.net> wrote in message
> news:10bpu1nfluuji8a@corp.supernews.com...
> > Are you from India?
> > "PC Medic" <NOT@home.net> wrote in message
> > news:j46vc.37935$Yr.20526@okepread04...
> > >
> > > "Fixer" <steve.h1m@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> > > news:c9ioi6$h5j$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > > > For my sins I am a person that works as a field engineer for Dell,
and
> > > > whilst 99% of my calls are for genuine hardware failures their is
the
> > odd
> > > > occasion when its nothing to do with the H/W it's down to the
> customer,
> > > > today for eg. I went to a call to a brand new machine the user
saying
> > his
> > > > DVD writer would not work, I'd already guessed what the problem
might
> be
> > > > before I knocked on the door and yep I was right he was using the
> wrong
> > > > media IE. using -RW instead of +RW now some might try and blame Dell
> > > saying
> > > > they should support both conventions, that maybe but they don't and
so
> > the
> > > > ownus is on the user to RTFM - Read The ****ing Manual
> > > >
> > >
> > > And prior to dispatching you, the moron and the Drll Help Desk did not
> > > confirm proper media was being used???
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell (More info?)

Kevin M wrote:

> Based on personal experiences, I guess I just associate Dell with
> incompetence and/or India.
>

How kind of you. It is singularly unfortunate that
the Western world has become one for the technically
challenged who is no longer capable of maintaining
the very devices that had made it so strong. But did
not the Roman Empire and a lot of many others tumble
because the populace needed to depend on the emerging
worlds or the overwhelmed intelligentsia of its own
to keep the technology going? It is frustrating all
over. I am sure that the university-trained engineers
and computer scientists in India and other third world
countries would like to be doing other things for which
they were educated if not for the need to earn a decent
living and strive for better standards of living.

 

[gus]

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Kevin M wrote:

> Are you from India?

Making house calls in the US? Doesn't seem like a good way to reduce
expenses to me.

 

[Guest]

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I think his point is should have never gotten to tech support if the user
had bothered to open their eyes and read some documentation.

"PC Medic" <NOT@home.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Fixer" <steve.h1m@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:c9ioi6$h5j$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > For my sins I am a person that works as a field engineer for Dell, and
> > whilst 99% of my calls are for genuine hardware failures their is the
odd
> > occasion when its nothing to do with the H/W it's down to the customer,
> > today for eg. I went to a call to a brand new machine the user saying
his
> > DVD writer would not work, I'd already guessed what the problem might be
> > before I knocked on the door and yep I was right he was using the wrong
> > media IE. using -RW instead of +RW now some might try and blame Dell
> saying
> > they should support both conventions, that maybe but they don't and so
the
> > ownus is on the user to RTFM - Read The ****ing Manual
> >
>
> And prior to dispatching you, the moron and the Drll Help Desk did not
> confirm proper media was being used???
>
>
>

 

[Guest]

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>
> "PC Medic" <NOT@home.net> wrote in message
> news:j46vc.37935$Yr.20526@okepread04...
> >
> > "Fixer" <steve.h1m@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> > news:c9ioi6$h5j$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > > For my sins I am a person that works as a field engineer for Dell, and
> > > whilst 99% of my calls are for genuine hardware failures their is the
> odd
> > > occasion when its nothing to do with the H/W it's down to the
customer,
> > > today for eg. I went to a call to a brand new machine the user saying
> his
> > > DVD writer would not work, I'd already guessed what the problem might
be
> > > before I knocked on the door and yep I was right he was using the
wrong
> > > media IE. using -RW instead of +RW now some might try and blame Dell
> > saying
> > > they should support both conventions, that maybe but they don't and so
> the
> > > ownus is on the user to RTFM - Read The ****ing Manual
> > >
> >
> > And prior to dispatching you, the moron and the Drll Help Desk did not
> > confirm proper media was being used???
> >

"skids" <skids@skidmore.com> wrote in message
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> I think his point is should have never gotten to tech support if the user
> had bothered to open their eyes and read some documentation.

That still does not excuse the fact that after calling tech support THEY
also did not find the solution. BASIC troubleshooting (even from a script)
should have caught this.

 

[Robert]

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell (More info?)

Similar for me - work for a company who contracts for Dell to do servicing.
I was too stunned to answer one client who blamed Dell for not knowing the
cause of her modem not working was because she had plugged the modem cable
into her network card. Personally I felt like saying she was too stupid to
own a computer as she couldn't read the large colour pictorial page they
ship with a dimension showing where to plug in the cables.
I probably get about one of those faults per month - even on laptops where
the sockets are on different sides.

"Fixer" <steve.h1m@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:c9ioi6$h5j$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk...
> For my sins I am a person that works as a field engineer for Dell, and
> whilst 99% of my calls are for genuine hardware failures their is the odd
> occasion when its nothing to do with the H/W it's down to the customer,
> today for eg. I went to a call to a brand new machine the user saying his
> DVD writer would not work, I'd already guessed what the problem might be
> before I knocked on the door and yep I was right he was using the wrong
> media IE. using -RW instead of +RW now some might try and blame Dell
saying
> they should support both conventions, that maybe but they don't and so the
> ownus is on the user to RTFM - Read The ****ing Manual
>
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell (More info?)

>
> "Fixer" <steve.h1m@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:c9ioi6$h5j$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > For my sins I am a person that works as a field engineer for Dell, and
> > whilst 99% of my calls are for genuine hardware failures their is the
odd
> > occasion when its nothing to do with the H/W it's down to the customer,
> > today for eg. I went to a call to a brand new machine the user saying
his
> > DVD writer would not work, I'd already guessed what the problem might be
> > before I knocked on the door and yep I was right he was using the wrong
> > media IE. using -RW instead of +RW now some might try and blame Dell
> saying
> > they should support both conventions, that maybe but they don't and so
the
> > ownus is on the user to RTFM - Read The ****ing Manual
> >
> >
>
>
"Robert" <PcTech@paradise.net.nz> wrote in message
news:etgvc.458$NA1.30148@news02.tsnz.net...
> Similar for me - work for a company who contracts for Dell to do
servicing.
> I was too stunned to answer one client who blamed Dell for not knowing the
> cause of her modem not working was because she had plugged the modem cable
> into her network card. Personally I felt like saying she was too stupid
to
> own a computer as she couldn't read the large colour pictorial page they
> ship with a dimension showing where to plug in the cables.
> I probably get about one of those faults per month - even on laptops where
> the sockets are on different sides.

Again I ask....where was Dell Technical Support? This problam and that of
the original poster should have been caught by them during 'BASIC'
troubleshooting. So yep!, the fact you went on a service call was Dells
fault. They did not properly troubleshoot and educate the customer.

 

[Robert]

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell (More info?)

"PC Medic" <NOT@home.net> wrote in message
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> >
> > "Fixer" <steve.h1m@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> > news:c9ioi6$h5j$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > > For my sins I am a person that works as a field engineer for Dell, and
> > > whilst 99% of my calls are for genuine hardware failures their is the
> odd
> > > occasion when its nothing to do with the H/W it's down to the
customer,
> > > today for eg. I went to a call to a brand new machine the user saying
> his
> > > DVD writer would not work, I'd already guessed what the problem might
be
> > > before I knocked on the door and yep I was right he was using the
wrong
> > > media IE. using -RW instead of +RW now some might try and blame Dell
> > saying
> > > they should support both conventions, that maybe but they don't and so
> the
> > > ownus is on the user to RTFM - Read The ****ing Manual
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> "Robert" <PcTech@paradise.net.nz> wrote in message
> news:etgvc.458$NA1.30148@news02.tsnz.net...
> > Similar for me - work for a company who contracts for Dell to do
> servicing.
> > I was too stunned to answer one client who blamed Dell for not knowing
the
> > cause of her modem not working was because she had plugged the modem
cable
> > into her network card. Personally I felt like saying she was too stupid
> to
> > own a computer as she couldn't read the large colour pictorial page they
> > ship with a dimension showing where to plug in the cables.
> > I probably get about one of those faults per month - even on laptops
where
> > the sockets are on different sides.
>
> Again I ask....where was Dell Technical Support? This problam and that of
> the original poster should have been caught by them during 'BASIC'
> troubleshooting. So yep!, the fact you went on a service call was Dells
> fault. They did not properly troubleshoot and educate the customer.
>
>
>

 

[Robert]

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell (More info?)

So without ever driving you buy a car, get behind the wheel & drive. Don't
bother getting any lessons or reading road rules - yeh right.
A bit like the people that never have the clock set on the VCR.

"PC Medic" <NOT@home.net> wrote in message
news:uYhvc.42304$Yr.9893@okepread04...
> >
> > "Fixer" <steve.h1m@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> > news:c9ioi6$h5j$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > > For my sins I am a person that works as a field engineer for Dell, and
> > > whilst 99% of my calls are for genuine hardware failures their is the
> odd
> > > occasion when its nothing to do with the H/W it's down to the
customer,
> > > today for eg. I went to a call to a brand new machine the user saying
> his
> > > DVD writer would not work, I'd already guessed what the problem might
be
> > > before I knocked on the door and yep I was right he was using the
wrong
> > > media IE. using -RW instead of +RW now some might try and blame Dell
> > saying
> > > they should support both conventions, that maybe but they don't and so
> the
> > > ownus is on the user to RTFM - Read The ****ing Manual
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> "Robert" <PcTech@paradise.net.nz> wrote in message
> news:etgvc.458$NA1.30148@news02.tsnz.net...
> > Similar for me - work for a company who contracts for Dell to do
> servicing.
> > I was too stunned to answer one client who blamed Dell for not knowing
the
> > cause of her modem not working was because she had plugged the modem
cable
> > into her network card. Personally I felt like saying she was too stupid
> to
> > own a computer as she couldn't read the large colour pictorial page they
> > ship with a dimension showing where to plug in the cables.
> > I probably get about one of those faults per month - even on laptops
where
> > the sockets are on different sides.
>
> Again I ask....where was Dell Technical Support? This problam and that of
> the original poster should have been caught by them during 'BASIC'
> troubleshooting. So yep!, the fact you went on a service call was Dells
> fault. They did not properly troubleshoot and educate the customer.
>
>
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell (More info?)

Robert wrote:
> So without ever driving you buy a car, get behind the wheel & drive. Don't
> bother getting any lessons or reading road rules - yeh right.
> A bit like the people that never have the clock set on the VCR.
>

About driving a car --- I certainly hope not. But there
is a lot of reality behind stories about the VCR. The US,
among others, has become a country of illiterates. And,
of course, there is Bill Gates and his vision of Windows
and computers as "appliances", that just need to be turned
on by dumbed-down users.

 

[Guest]

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"Ghostrider" <-00-@fitron.142> wrote in message
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>
> Robert wrote:
> > So without ever driving you buy a car, get behind the wheel & drive.
Don't
> > bother getting any lessons or reading road rules - yeh right.
> > A bit like the people that never have the clock set on the VCR.
> >
>
> About driving a car --- I certainly hope not. But there
> is a lot of reality behind stories about the VCR. The US,
> among others, has become a country of illiterates. And,
> of course, there is Bill Gates and his vision of Windows
> and computers as "appliances", that just need to be turned
> on by dumbed-down users.
>

Exactly, and I as a Senior Support Tech for one of the worlds largest
peripheral manufactures (no not Dell) deal with this everyday. Grandma and
Grandpa walk into Worst Buy wanting what is needed to email pictures to
little Jimmy and the salesman sends them out the door with a P4 3Ghz system
with all the bells and whistles. Granted, once they have a problem and call
in we get them going, but most are in fact clueless and this is where
EXPERIENCE techs make the difference on the other end of the phone.

Now the question is, can a Level 1 tech dispatch service at Dell, or did it
take a Level 2 idiot to do this!?