[Geek] Amazing
Jan. 21st, 2004 01:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lprovenI've just had the rudest, curtest ever communication I've ever seen from a supplier in my life.
It's about those budget servers I was asking about earlier.
I've been mailing various companies for quotes. Some have bent over backwards to be helpful, some have not replied at all.
From DNUK I got an email from someone signed "Lee" asking some questions which were covered in the original email. This went back and forth a few times until he recommended a server and sent a "quote" consisting of only a price, no information about the machine or its service cover whatsoever.
I replied, slightly testily.
Here is the reply, in full:
«
Tuesday, January 20, 2004, 2:33:45 PM, you wrote:
Liam> I'd like to see full specs, *including* warranty information and so on,
Liam> along with full contact details for whom I'm talking to, please. But I
Liam> have to say that unless it's something pretty remarkable, I think you've
Liam> blown it. Informal is no problem, but uninformative is.
No problem:
www.dell.co.uk
»
That's it.
I am stunned.
DNUK: don't bother, kids.
It's about those budget servers I was asking about earlier.
I've been mailing various companies for quotes. Some have bent over backwards to be helpful, some have not replied at all.
From DNUK I got an email from someone signed "Lee" asking some questions which were covered in the original email. This went back and forth a few times until he recommended a server and sent a "quote" consisting of only a price, no information about the machine or its service cover whatsoever.
I replied, slightly testily.
Here is the reply, in full:
«
Tuesday, January 20, 2004, 2:33:45 PM, you wrote:
Liam> I'd like to see full specs, *including* warranty information and so on,
Liam> along with full contact details for whom I'm talking to, please. But I
Liam> have to say that unless it's something pretty remarkable, I think you've
Liam> blown it. Informal is no problem, but uninformative is.
No problem:
www.dell.co.uk
»
That's it.
I am stunned.
DNUK: don't bother, kids.
