My computer isn't charging anymore. - Page 2

boondocks77 · 08-9-2007, 03:19 PM

ok? how bout we say my PC is perfectly fine...

**stretchypanda** · 08-17-2007, 09:04 PM

Bump for update:

So, I got my computer back yesterday (Thursday). I was so excited I rushed upstairs and plugged it in, only to see that the light that comes on when the computer is plugged into the adapter (whether it is charging or not), did not come on.

Finding this odd, I twisted the adapter around to see if I could get it to work. Nothing.

I decided to start the computer up, hoping to "jump start" the adapter. When I opened the computer, I noticed that a piece that had broken off had been replaced -- an out-of-warrany repair I did not authorize.

Still no charge.

They didn't fix the problem.

I called Gateway seething with rage, the dumbass on the line had the nerve to laugh, and then got to feel my wrath as I bitched at him for laughing at my situation.

Basically the first work order was either not understood or not properly written, so the technicians just looked for whatever could be wrong, replaced the bevel, and sent it back.

So today I had to ship it BACK to Gateway, this time completely free of charge, since I've already paid them $44 to do nothing. I'm going back to Texas tomorrow, and I can't have the laptop delivered to my house there, because Gateway can't promise that DHL will require a signature on delivery, and if the box were to be dropped on my porch and left there all day while my roommates and I were out, someone would steal it. So I have to have it shipped to Andy's mom's house, which means they'll probably stick her on their mailing list and she'll hate me. =(

I hate Gateway.

jewpinthethird · 08-17-2007, 09:49 PM

What did you expect?

IT'S A GATEWAY.

shadowraikiri · 08-17-2007, 10:33 PM

true that jewpin.

beaner692 · 08-17-2007, 10:41 PM

God panda that sucks!

Good luck with Andy's mom =]

**stretchypanda** · 08-18-2007, 09:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jewpinthethird

What did you expect?

IT'S A GATEWAY.

i no rite. =(

OrganisM · 08-18-2007, 10:50 AM

Gateway really does suck. I should know. I'm on one right now. And you know what? This will be the last manufactured third-rate piece of **** I ever buy as long as I've got hands and arms to put a computer together.

****, I'm considering starting a computer-building business, a kind of custom-shop where I build computers from the ground up based on what the person wants, with one major difference from places like Alienware: I wouldn't charge $2000 for pretty case lights and a warranty (those will still come included).

I'm about to get into building laptops as well.

08-9-2007, 03:19 PM	#21
boondocks77 FFR Player Join Date: Jun 2007 Age: 31 Posts: 883	Re: My computer isn't charging anymore. ok? how bout we say my PC is perfectly fine... __________________ vagina

08-17-2007, 09:04 PM	#22
stretchypanda shock me shock me Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Texas Age: 39 Posts: 4,123	Re: My computer isn't charging anymore. Bump for update: So, I got my computer back yesterday (Thursday). I was so excited I rushed upstairs and plugged it in, only to see that the light that comes on when the computer is plugged into the adapter (whether it is charging or not), did not come on. Finding this odd, I twisted the adapter around to see if I could get it to work. Nothing. I decided to start the computer up, hoping to "jump start" the adapter. When I opened the computer, I noticed that a piece that had broken off had been replaced -- an out-of-warrany repair I did not authorize. Still no charge. They didn't fix the problem. I called Gateway seething with rage, the dumbass on the line had the nerve to laugh, and then got to feel my wrath as I bitched at him for laughing at my situation. Basically the first work order was either not understood or not properly written, so the technicians just looked for whatever could be wrong, replaced the bevel, and sent it back. So today I had to ship it BACK to Gateway, this time completely free of charge, since I've already paid them $44 to do nothing. I'm going back to Texas tomorrow, and I can't have the laptop delivered to my house there, because Gateway can't promise that DHL will require a signature on delivery, and if the box were to be dropped on my porch and left there all day while my roommates and I were out, someone would steal it. So I have to have it shipped to Andy's mom's house, which means they'll probably stick her on their mailing list and she'll hate me. =( I hate Gateway.

08-17-2007, 09:49 PM	#23
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08-17-2007, 10:33 PM	#24
shadowraikiri FFR Player Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: On a rock on a planet in a solar system in a galaxy in a universe in a multiverse in a megaverse. Posts: 269	Re: My computer isn't charging anymore. true that jewpin. __________________ §ĦλđШŘλΐķĭřĩ™ THIS IS TRADEMARKED cant copy this stuff beezy.

08-17-2007, 10:41 PM	#25
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08-18-2007, 10:50 AM	#27
OrganisM FFR Player Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Nesoi, Olympus System Posts: 2,644	Re: My computer isn't charging anymore. Gateway really does suck. I should know. I'm on one right now. And you know what? This will be the last manufactured third-rate piece of ** I ever buy as long as I've got hands and arms to put a computer together. , I'm considering starting a computer-building business, a kind of custom-shop where I build computers from the ground up based on what the person wants, with one major difference from places like Alienware: I wouldn't charge $2000 for pretty case lights and a warranty (those will still come included). I'm about to get into building laptops as well. __________________ . Originally Posted by jewpinthethird[link]: "If you get stung by enough bees you turn into a bee, because the venom gets into the blood stream which spreads bee DNA throughout your entire body... changing your genetic structure into a bee's. Every year roughly 125 people in America are turned into bees this way." Originally Posted by MrRubix*[link]: "Do you basically bukkake-paint your walls every time you jack it?"* Originally Posted by All_That_Chaz[link]: "My pity-sex depreciates at a rate of 5% annually."

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