This isn't just being Dugg by people that hate Dell, it is being Dugg by people that are rooting for the Consumerist. I think the issue of standing up for a site's legal rights to display certain "questionable" content is pretty near and dear to Diggers' hearts, seeing as we went through a similar ordeal recently...
Funny how consumerist's last reply was about "you better avoid asking us to remove it or it will damage your reputation" and then despite no further requests by Dell this gets on Digg and Dell got their "chaos of fury and acres of criticism" anyway!
@tomarocco: Well i wouldn't really know much about your job so i won't blindly make assumptions, but i can tell you that i make enough money to make the monthly payments on my corvette AND my Skyline GT, so if i pass you on your bicycle i'll be sure to give you a wave.
So how DO they deal with people stealing their "corporate secrets"? Sit back? Let people run rampant over their company? Just because they make millions of dollars doesn't mean they're going to sit around and let people do whatever they want with their company. They have a right to defend themselves; why is the little guy ALWAYS right, regardless of what he's doing? That said, I don't agree with what Dell did.
I didn't mean to imply that the Ferrari didn't stick to corners like velcro. In that respect it was comfortable...comfortable knowing it was going to do what you wanted it to.I can really give a rat's ass for large corporations. The corporation is an entity that has been in existence for a very, very short time in the history of mankind. Companies get big by taking advantage of the consumer in any way that they can...and not necessarily overtly. How many times has Cricuit City sold an extended warranty that they knew damn well would never be used..the hoops to get something repaired or replaced under such programs are prohibitive. They know those plans are PURE PROFIT, and they take as much of it as they can. In my opinion, it is fraud....then again, much of American Capitailm has become just that. Not really fraud...but almost...right on the edge, and then they are righteous about it, like they're on the moral high road. Big corporations make plenty of money. If you screw Circuit City, it is WAY different than screwing Joe's Computer Repair down on the corner. No comparison. Circuit CIty would LOVE to put Joe out of busniess, but if you do anything to Cricuit City, you are being unfair and ridiculous. Besides, knowing the inside sales practices is not "ripping them off". Smashing your laptop is not "ripping them off". You paid for it when you bought the warranty. If it weren't profitable for them, even with the intentional "accidents", extended warranties would cease to be offered. If they want to to play (in the market), they got to pay. Trust me, Michael Dell is not missing a mortgage payment just because some Joe gets a replacement laptop.
choppinbroccoliJun 15, 2007
This isn't just being Dugg by people that hate Dell, it is being Dugg by people that are rooting for the Consumerist. I think the issue of standing up for a site's legal rights to display certain "questionable" content is pretty near and dear to Diggers' hearts, seeing as we went through a similar ordeal recently...
najdorfJun 16, 2007
Funny how consumerist's last reply was about "you better avoid asking us to remove it or it will damage your reputation" and then despite no further requests by Dell this gets on Digg and Dell got their "chaos of fury and acres of criticism" anyway!
jsparrowincJun 16, 2007
...because they're Dell ... ?
slacker1031Jun 16, 2007
@tomarocco: Well i wouldn't really know much about your job so i won't blindly make assumptions, but i can tell you that i make enough money to make the monthly payments on my corvette AND my Skyline GT, so if i pass you on your bicycle i'll be sure to give you a wave.
d2002Jun 16, 2007
If you guys are as sick of this corporate BS as I am, join me in a pledge to boycott Dell:<a class="user" href="http://www.wisebread.com/poll-would-you-support-the-consumerst-in-the-dell-scandal">http://www.wisebread.com/poll-would-you-support-the-consumerst-in-the-dell-scandal</a>
Closed AccountJun 17, 2007
So how DO they deal with people stealing their "corporate secrets"? Sit back? Let people run rampant over their company? Just because they make millions of dollars doesn't mean they're going to sit around and let people do whatever they want with their company. They have a right to defend themselves; why is the little guy ALWAYS right, regardless of what he's doing? That said, I don't agree with what Dell did.
tomaroccoJun 18, 2007
I didn't mean to imply that the Ferrari didn't stick to corners like velcro. In that respect it was comfortable...comfortable knowing it was going to do what you wanted it to.I can really give a rat's ass for large corporations. The corporation is an entity that has been in existence for a very, very short time in the history of mankind. Companies get big by taking advantage of the consumer in any way that they can...and not necessarily overtly. How many times has Cricuit City sold an extended warranty that they knew damn well would never be used..the hoops to get something repaired or replaced under such programs are prohibitive. They know those plans are PURE PROFIT, and they take as much of it as they can. In my opinion, it is fraud....then again, much of American Capitailm has become just that. Not really fraud...but almost...right on the edge, and then they are righteous about it, like they're on the moral high road. Big corporations make plenty of money. If you screw Circuit City, it is WAY different than screwing Joe's Computer Repair down on the corner. No comparison. Circuit CIty would LOVE to put Joe out of busniess, but if you do anything to Cricuit City, you are being unfair and ridiculous. Besides, knowing the inside sales practices is not "ripping them off". Smashing your laptop is not "ripping them off". You paid for it when you bought the warranty. If it weren't profitable for them, even with the intentional "accidents", extended warranties would cease to be offered. If they want to to play (in the market), they got to pay. Trust me, Michael Dell is not missing a mortgage payment just because some Joe gets a replacement laptop.