Painted Cases

i think this was discussed before and the answer is that Sager/Clevo won't sell just the chassis but never know they may be convinced to?

The option of getting the original case painted still stands though as long as you don't care about your warranty.

Email Adam for a more accurate answer is my bet though.
--JR

They should allow end users to purchace just the laptop case. Just tring to give all the money to the resalers.

they have a reputation to uphold. it's not a matter of them not wanting to provide the best value to their consumers, PCT already does this!

--JR

lol, let me fill everyone in on something. Not everyone knows what they're doing and things can get ugly REAL fast. For example, selling a laptop without an OS is a great option to have that I'm sure if we didn't offer it people would say they can get their own OS from their school much cheaper and think it's crazy to have to buy a laptop with an OS. As the rules go by Miscrosoft products, if you buy OEM software you get your support from whoever you bought the software from. This is great right? Everyone saves money and has another option! Wrong, people order the laptop without an OS and have no idea what they're doing. They call up tech support expecting to be walked through a full OS install even though it's in the manual. Now, it's totally within tech support right to tell them to refer to the manual to install the OS or told to try and reinstall the OS if it's a software issue tech call. Usually the software is either pirated or where they bought it offers no support so they're left mad and ready to make a quick decision of who they're going to direct their anger at.

Now let's apply this to a much bigger potential option... offering laptop shells as a separate purchase. People would be able to paint, etch, do watever they wanted and assemble themselves their laptop.

How many people would be in over their head?
Almost everyone would. Take one of these systems apart down to the plain shell and you'll see what I mean.

Who would they expect support from if they screwed something up?
Guess

Who would they be mad at if they screwed it up, ruined their laptop and Sager voided their manufacturer warranty?
A few would be mad at themselves, but I bet most would be mad at their reseller and Sager.

The point is, it would hurt more people than it would help and cause a lot of problems.

Personally I blame Sager,PCTorque and Adam personally for the majority of the worlds woes.

you could just have a big warning on the page saying that no tech support is offered, and your not responsible for blah blah blah....., also you could give an option for pct to install it for a lot of money, that way they can complain when the mess it up themselves. and/or have a hotline where they have to pay for case assembly support.

cheers

previous custom paint

Well I got my sager 5660 custom painted by the guys who used to do it for PC Torque whom I won't mention because it just shows up as asterisks.

Anyhow, I got a four year warranty, so who honors it now? I was looking around but couldn't find the answer in this forum.

Thanks.

edit This is a perfect example of something that has to be taken to your reseller via email. -ADMIN

Reb0tc0 - if you need some suggestions, i am willing to help (barring any liability of course). See, i have already broken my 5680 down for painting.. lemme tell you, it ISNT that easy (LOTS of little screws...)

My best advice, would be to get the service manual for disassembly tips...

how much did the chassis cost? just wondering... not intent on buying my own since i have a 8890 and its already painted

you painting it or sending it off somewhere?

Seems to me you already have all those pieces. Or do you want to keep a "stock" set to change back into just in case?