In march of last year I ordered an Enpower laptop from PC Club, and about a week later received the laptop..
The laptop was absolutely great until just after halloween. When all of a sudden it starts turning itself off magically. That is when I figure out that the laptop is not charging properly anymore.
The laptop was then taken back into the Mesa, AZ B&M (where it was purchased) and I was told it could take up to a month for it to be repaired since it had to be shipped out.
About a week later the manager of the Mesa store called me to explain that there was "physical damage" to the power connector and therefore it would not be covered under warranty. Needless to say I balked @ the prospect of paying the 150$$ to repair a product that has not been dropped. At this point the manager told me he would look into it furhter and call me back.
A week or so later I called the store since I heard no information. Was told they would call me back.
Another week or so later I stop by the store. Still no information. Was told they would call me back.
Another call still no information adn of course an unfulfilled promise to call me back yet again.
Christmas eve.... call them they promise to find out and call me back.. ( I sense a pattern?? )
Christmas Eve... I fire off an email to 3 selected corporate officials....
That niten get a phone call from a woman @ PC Club who can barely speak english clearly and basically all she does is tell me that I have to pay to fix a product under warranty even tho she herself admitted that it was not my fault. Sh also told me that even tho they have had my laptop for well over a month that if I did agree to pay for the repairs it would STILL TAKE 2 MORE WEEKS for me to get back a product I paid for and own. Basically then a phone call was set up for Fri Morning (today Dec 26,2003) to see if we could come to an amicable resolution since they have had the laptop for well over a month and it is still not fixed. The reason why the call was ended was because the lady on the phone apparently had no power to do any type of resolution except call me and make me irate on Christmas Eve.
She kept stating that she did not know what time they would be able to call. To which I informed her it must be an AM call because I was leaving town @ noon and would not be back for about a week and I want to get this situation resolved asap.
And from reading previous posts it appears that PC club looks for any reason possible to find a way to use the "physical damage" excuse to weasel their way out of any warranty issues that may arise. Also on top of that it appears that the only way to get any type of response out of them as far as customer service problems appears to be that you have to become the "squeaky wheel" and then I'm still not sure if they will resolve things in a way to be acceptable to the customer. Which the last time I checked an abundance or lack of customers is what amkes or breaks a company and repeat business/word of mouth can do more for a company thatn an ad will ever do ( good or bad ).
Also I have noted from reading their own forums that it seems like a fairly often problem with their B&M's and their online store that my situation appears to be a pretty normal thing.
[update] Well it is now the nite of the 26th and I am already at my trip destination. Of course as expected I did NOT hear from them before I left on my trip like they said I would.... [/update]
This review was modified by its author, AzKidd69, on
12/26/03 9:18 PM.