From: Jim Biggerstaff (duh2000_at_verizon.net)
Date: Fri Nov 01 2002 - 00:37:10 EST
Yes, I read that too late. I was suspecting a Britney Spears album cover or
some such could have raised the hackles in Memphis.
jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Morrow" <penzance_at_gate.net>
To: "Jim Biggerstaff" <duh2000_at_verizon.net>; <thinkpad_at_stderr.org>
Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 12:04 AM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] EZ Serv insanity
> jim..
>
> he pulled the HDD's..
> and the CDRW/DVD..
> could not be any lewdly arranged bits and bytes..
> unless.. those "byte"'s laying all over, naked, with nothing to cover them
> up..!
>
> it WILL be interesting to hear what the explanation is..
>
> <------------------------------->
> Cordially, :-)
> Bill Morrow
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Biggerstaff" <duh2000_at_verizon.net>
> To: <thinkpad_at_stderr.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 10:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] EZ Serv insanity
>
>
> > Did you happen to have a 'pinup' or 'bikini-clad' or some such mildly
> > inspirational wallpaper?
> >
> > That seems to me to be the only possible thing a tech would see unless
> > he/she went on a snoop, which shouldn't happen.
> >
> > jim
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "STeve Andre'" <andres_at_msu.edu>
> > To: <thinkpad_at_stderr.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 9:13 PM
> > Subject: [Thinkpad] EZ Serv insanity
> >
> >
> > > OK, we've talked about EZ Serv problems before, but this is
> > > I think different from anything I've heard before on this list.
> > >
> > > My wonderful A30p developed a video memory problem last
> > > week. I delayed sending it it 'till early this week so as not to
> > > be without it on the weekend, at least in theory.
> > >
> > > I shipped it off, verified that IBM had it yesterday and found out
> > > that it came back to my work place in the morning. It was a
> > > busy day so I didn't get to it 'till evening.
> > >
> > > I happily opened the box and there was my thinkpad, along
> > > with a note which I will give the first few paragraphs of:
> > >
> > > "Your IBM ThinkPad is being returned to you unrepaired, due
> > > to the presense of an offensive of biological hazard.
> > >
> > > Upon initial inspection of your ThinkPad at IBM's EZ Serv
> > > repair depot, out technicians found that your ThinkPad was
> > > delivered to IBM containing an offensie or biological hazard.
> > > The presence of this hazard prevents IBM technicians from
> > > performing repairs on your system."
> > >
> > > I AM STUNNED. There is no odor on my ThinkPad, nor does
> > > there seem to be any evidence of chemicals on it. I immediately
> > > called IBM, and got a useless person who could only say that
> > > there was a "problem" with it and could say no more.
> > >
> > > I was refered to another 800 number which was equally
> > > useless, though the woman there did follow up with an email
> > > since I had to leave for the commute home.
> > >
> > > Tomorrow I will be calling the 800 number that I got in email
> > > and I will attempt to figure out what;s going on here.
> > >
> > > Has anyone *ever* heard of this? Does anyone know what
> > > IBM's EZ Serve does to "inspect" ThnkPads for chemicals?
> > > How do you prove that your ThinkPad does not contain
> > > offensive or biological contaigon? It occurs to me that if Franz
> > > Kafka had been born in our time I could see this being the subject
> > > of one of his stories...
> > >
> > > Right now I am so disgusted that I can hardly type straight.
> > >
> > > --STeve Andre'
> > >
> > > ps: more tomorrow as it develops
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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