Monday, September 04, 2006

A laptop loan incident

I have no intention of buying a laptop when I went here. But when I see the prices and the specs of the latest model, not to mention the fact that I could loan it from the office, I decided to buy one.

I wrote to Miss Luz in Manila and inquire if I am eligible for the loan. She replied to me asking me to coordinate it with Miss Cez who asked me to fill in a form and sent it back to Manila which I did promptly bacause I am so excited to get one. Days passed and I got a mail from Miss Bam (from the 77 Softwares office here in Rockaway ) that I could drop by the office to purchase the laptop. I quickly browse for a model of the laptop, do comparison and check prices and specs. It is my second laptop. The first one only lasted for a good 3 years and cost me around 2000 USD. There's no way that I wouldbe wasting such money again. After a couple of comparison, I finally decided to purchase a Toshiba laptop A105-S4084 (see specs here) and went quickly to the office to make the purchase.

The next week, I was so excited everyday to have my laptop. I discovered that the price went down from 949.99 usd to 849.99 usd. I called up Circuit city to ask if they could make price adjustment and they did. They also inform me that the laptop will be delivered on Wednesday.

Come Wednesday. So excited to claimed it but my bubble is burst when I was told that it was put on hold because it still lacks approval. WTF?! That is so stupid. If there are lacking forms or approval, why would they allow me to make the online purchase? What's the point of putting the laptop on hold? What good does it make?

I was pissed by the incident and by the person who put that laptop on hold. I was so pissed that I need to go to the the park to release the disappointment.

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