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Never Dell

Nov 5, 2013 7:45AM PST

Hi everyone. I just want to let people to know how horrible Dell really is.

About a year ago I ordered a Alienware laptop from Dell. When it arrived it was basically broken, the very expensive GPU I payed for would not work nor did the sound card. I spent countless hours on the phone with Dell trying to figure out the problems and ultimately sent it in 4 times. All 4 times I sent it in for repairs Dell did nothing to fix it. For seven months I dealt with Dell and their constant excuses and lies. I spent at least 40 hours on the phone trying to figure out the problems with no help at all. Eventually Dell told me they lost my buy back plan I purchased along with the warranty. In the end Dell just told me to deal with it like it was my fault and problem.

I ended up fixing the system myself. There were no graphic or sound drivers even installed and parts weren't connected. Dell is still the worst company I can think of and wasted too much of my time with their stupidity. I hope none of you have to deal with Dell like I did. The Alienware M17x R4 is still falling apart and Dell never did anything about it, for that I would like to say it was the biggest mistake of my life dealing with Dell and I will never again.

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Buyer Beware
Dec 3, 2013 6:06AM PST

I totally agree with you that they are a terrible company.

My pc is 6 months old and have had the motherboard, keyboard and mouse replaced, and still there are problems.
But if you Do buy Dell, remove all your backup drives before giving them access by remote control.

This is about DELL support. They will delete your data if you give them remote access and then will say they are not liable.
I have a Seagate backup drive and told the tech no but he still deleted all my backup drive. Deleted pictures of my deceased mother and other very important data that is nowhere else and said sorry but we are not responsible for data loss. Even though I told the tech, No and that it contained data that was nowhere else.

So BUYER BEWARE... if you do buy dell which I don't recommend.
My computer is still not paid for, not working properly, and now I will never trust them to fix it again. The mouse and keyboard are frequently either freeze up or are not recognized by the pc. I also have sudden unexplained shut downs, and they have been trying since the beginning to fix it. However, most of the time it has been lame attempts of just phoning me asking if the problems are still there. Not really working on repairing it.
This last time when they deleted all my I important stuff from my backup drive. they were difficult to get in touch with however, they are blaming me for it not being fixed because after the tech deleted my backup drive he wanted to take my system back to factory specs... and I told him he had done enough damage and no he could not mess with my system anymore. I even asked at that time for a supervisor and he just ended the chat instead.
Does anyone know if Dell backup and recovery software is necessary? It only asks for upgrades that I don't want or need. I have the operating system disk, drivers and utilities disk as well, so I don't need anything from this software. But every time it comes on it seems to cause problems I have mentioned it and even asked if it can be deleted and no comment is all I ever get from Dell.
Anyway, I will never buy dell and don't recommend anyone should either.

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All buyers beware.
Dec 3, 2013 6:10AM PST

I have yet to meet any company that safeguards YOUR files.

Sorry to read your PC is so much trouble but if you go with another maker, the story about your files seems to repeat.
Bob