Sorry Justin, I meant to reply to Matt's comment. Bill On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 08:19:08AM -0500, Bill Mills-Curran wrote:

Gee, Justin, where's the fun in that? :-)

Actually, it's easier to saw it off than it is to go to Best Buy. Also, they're a nasty bunch when it looks like you're trying to do something out of the ordinary. I wouldn't be surprised if they'd claim I stole it if I went back to the store, even though I have a receipt.

I had a huge hassle returning a video game that I bought for my son. The game would not work on the system we had (video card issues), even though the box didn't list any limitations. Because we opened the box, they were not going to accept a return. I had to get real insistent.

The only reason I have something from Best Buy is because my wife bought it. I'm won't go there if I have any choice.

Bill

On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 07:09:40AM -0500, Simoncini, Matthew wrote:

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I've been sort of keeping an eye on this thread and if someone has suggested this, please don't flame me, but why not just call BB and ask them what to do?

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-----Original Message----- From: wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf Of Bill Mills-Curran Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 10:38 PM To: Justin Odom; Worcester Linux Users Group Subject: Re: [Wlug] Best Buy -- weird packing

This isn't just heavy bubble pack -- This is a rigid plastic (about 1/8" thick) with a hinged top. The top doesn't open by any obvious means. The the top is opaque grey plastic, and there's a metal mechanism inside. (A magnet is attracted to it.) I'm guessing that a sufficiently strong magnet would release a latch/interlock to allow easy opening.

I'm sure it was a mistake that they didn't remove the memory package (a normal cardboard retail shelf packaging) from this "armored box", because most people would not be able to get it open. I'm going to use my cutoff saw to attack it.

On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 10:19:45PM -0500, Justin Odom wrote:

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slice it with a razor blade on back, they wont charge you if you want to return it.

I worked at that horrible place for over a year :-p

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 21:23:59 -0800 (PST), Mike Leo <mleo963@yahoo.com> wrote:

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I think they do that so you can't return it opened and not be charge some fee for damaging the package....but then again, I always think the man is trying to keep me down!

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I wonder what the relative melting points of plastic and silicon are...

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 23:47:10 -0500, Bill Mills-Curran <bill@mills-curran.net> wrote:

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Along with my new computer, my wife also picked up some memory for me. It's in the bullet-proof plastic case. I'm assuming that they made a mistake and meant to take the memory (with it's normal cardboard packaging) out of this tough plastic. There's no non-destructive way to open this plastic case without destroying it.

Comments?

Thanks, Bill

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On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 10:11:53 -0500 Gregory Avedissian <gma2004@verizon.net> wrote:

Wow. I'm surprised at that. I returned a CD burner that stopped working after a few burns, and they gave me no hassel at all. They took it back and gave me credit.

That's because the burner is hardware. If software is opened, it is assumed that a copy could have been made of the original. There are enough dishonest people that this has become the norm, unfortunately. 8( It was because of things like this that some software people started integrating things like keys mid-game (the game would only go so far, unless you were able to provide the fifth word of the second paragraph on page 57, for example). I hated that because a game that my wife bought for me years ago (Dune II) did that, and when I went to look for the key, I seemed to have everything in the box EXCEPT the book they wanted me to refer to! Didn't take long for me to un-install it, but I couldn't return it because it was already opened.

There were no other CD burners of the same model left on the shelf, so I went and looked at some other stuff. A few minutes later, I went back to look at other CD burners, and there was one burner on the shelf of the same model that I'd bought. It was obvious that the package had been opened and re-sealed. I didn't take it.

Heh. Want to lay odds that if you had marked it somehow, your mark would have been on that one? -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- William Smith wsmith-at-chezsmith-dot-com Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com Blonde Klingon: Because it was a good day to dye. * TAG! v3.1a *

On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 09:37:14 -0500 Marc Hughes <marc.hughes@gmail.com> wrote:

One day, go in, and exchange the software for an identical title because "the media is damaged and won't install". I've never seen a store who won't offer even exchanges for defective product.

:) Would be an idea, except most software these days comes on CDROM. This particular game is on FLOPPIES....

On another day, return the newly shrinkwrapped package.

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