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- Path: sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!wariat!zbig
- From: zbig@wariat.org (Zbigniew J. Tyrlik)
- Subject: Re: Dell Unix..
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.143942.7151@wariat.org>
- Followup-To: comp.unix.sysv386
- Reply-To: zbig@wariat.org (Zbigniew J. Tyrlik)
- Organization: Akademia Pana Kleksa, Public Access Uni* Site
- References: <1992Jul20.201157.21608@crd.ge.com> <Brqnrn.KAt@ef2007.efhd.ford.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 14:39:42 GMT
- Lines: 102
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- As quoted from wwm@ef2007.efhd.ford.com (William Meahan):
-
- > 1) I'm not the guy who got the SCO product literature from Dell although
- > I have been having trouble getting product literature from Dell even
- > after explicit e-mail to info@dell.com. I was sent a response from
- > the automated response generator that gave year-old prices and a pure
- > marketroid press release. Not too comforting.
- >
-
-
- Yes. We all do know that Dell marketing is a lousy one. My calls to them
- ended up with:
-
- "UNIX ??? Yes, we sell great hardware.... "
-
-
- > 2) Several threads in this newsgroup have made similar points about Dell's
- > great products but lousy support.
- >
-
- Nope. It was said that Dell has a great product, awful marketing,
- and _working_ support. I personally ( not using DELL's stuff at all )
- has learned a lot from Donn's posts and his personal replies.
-
-
-
- > 3) My direct response had nothing to do with competence but with ATTITUDE.
- > Nobody expects a vendor to support every conceivible hardware/software
- > combination, especially in the PC arena with literally thousands of
- > suppliers. Nevertheless, it IS fair to expect to be treated COURTEOUSLY
- > and with RESPECT, even if wrong. When an employee of a company rants
- > and raves ("Bull...", "Give us a frigging BREAK...") and implies that the
- > customer is, shall we say of low IQ, is not good. That this
- > occurred in an international public forum with no hint of apology from
- > others at Dell simply cannot be excused. Customers can be a pain in the
- > butt and dead wrong but should be dealt with directly.
- >
-
-
- 1) Donn is not speaking for DELL... ( check his disclaimer );
- Yes, his answer was on the harsh side - and I am sometimes hars or unpolite;
- Does it mean that my family is not selling fresh apples ( assuming that
- we are in a grocery bussiness)... 8-)
-
- 2) Let's separate Donn's answer, and deal with his personal attitude,
- without jumping on DELL - where is Larry ???? 8-)
-
- 3) I would love to see someone from Dell saying for DELL:
- Yeah, there is a problem - and we are ready to help Stan
- solve it, cause we may learn something.
-
-
-
- > Technical competence is great, and Dell should be commended for the fine
- > work they have done in providing a highly polished SVR4. BUT, if customer
- > support is not top-notch as well, a company can expect to see their sales
- > evaporate.
-
- So far customer support is very good - and Donn as a human being has
- not so great days sometimes...
-
-
-
- >
- > I wish also to personally apologize to all for my own overheated comments.
- > I had just gotten reamed for not responding quickly enough to a customer
- > myself (and I responded with a smile - just a few hours later than expected).
-
- Well, that is tough life of customer support... (Or should I say
- that because of your attitude on the net that FORD is a lousy company,
- support is non-existent, and customer is refused guarantee cause
- he himself changed oil 8-).....
-
-
- > --
- > Bill Meahan |EFHD Information Systems Staff
- > Technical Consultant |Ford Motor Company
- > wwm@ef2007.efhd.ford.com | +1 313 487 6122
- > ...!fmsrl7!ef2007!wwm |I'm not paid to speak for Ford!
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- So what ? You work for 'em, you present their attitide !!!!
-
- [ BIG SMILEY - Guys, DELL is still much better than ISC;
- nothing personal, Marty.... - I waited 9 days to get a phone back,
- and after i raised hell I got 3 replies, each from different department...
- and each different. Luckilly, my patch disc was shipped FedEX in
- proper size. I would love to have from ISC support I can get
- from Dell - at leas I know there is a human being there, and I can
- relate somehow to him.].
-
-
- _zjt
-
-
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