Archive for July, 2009
BBB New grading system
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009It seems that the BBB can no longer be trusted to give unbiased reports on businesses.
When a consumer files a complaint with the BBB on a business, the BBB contacts that business and informs them of the complaint. If the business does not respond, they are given an F rating for not addressing a customers [...]
Warranty Warrantee
Saturday, July 4th, 2009Warranty or Warrantee?
A warranty (accent on first syllable) is a guarantee. A warrantee (accent on last syllable) is a person or party who is guaranteed something.
Lets say you go out and buy a brand new car. You write your hefty $15,000 check for a nice sporty compact. Because someone told you to, you purchase [...]
My surge protector didnt protect anything!
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009A nice lady came in the other day with a expensive surge protector she bought from a big box store. She wanted to know why after she spent all that money, does her PC still need a new power supply.
Most people think a surge protector will protect your pc in the event of a storm [...]
No internet sounds on Vista
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009The past 2 weeks we have seen a rash of computers where the only sound you can get is from Windows media player. We thought it was a problem with flash, but it’s actually a problem with windows.
Not sure what causes it, but after it happens you will not get any windows sounds (start-up, shutdown, [...]