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How do you deal with Dell Tech Support?

post #1 of 7
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Seriously, how do you guys handle the tech support people? All they seem to do is go through textbook scripts on resolving things that have little to do with my issues and they never solve my obvious hardware problems. I have a Sony DW-56 for example that doesn't burn half the DVD content it was meant to and gives me errors after starting BF2 and wanting to play again. All the tech told me was that it HAD to be a software issue and that I should call Dell On-Call and pay them to give me the same bs answers. My display is totally shot for some reason and the whites look dirty and almost brown/grey and the brightness is just not the same. I know computers and this is not normal. Yet these people still give me crap. How do I get to the point of telling them that I've done everything and determined it is a hardware problem. I need replacements... I didn't buy into this warranty for this crap service. Please help.

BTW I sent back my system for repair... got it back... got bs hard drive errors because it turns out they installed my motherboard wrong... had to send it back... and was without my 9300 for over 5 weeks! This system is causing wayyy too much trouble.
post #2 of 7
Meds help. No coffee prior to the call - puts you even further on edge. Have a good book handy for the periods during which the tech is consulting with cohorts, supervisors and re-reading the script. Oh, and a speaker phone is a must!
post #3 of 7
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Originally Posted by chibityga
Seriously, how do you guys handle the tech support people? All they seem to do is go through textbook scripts on resolving things that have little to do with my issues and they never solve my obvious hardware problems. I have a Sony DW-56 for example that doesn't burn half the DVD content it was meant to and gives me errors after starting BF2 and wanting to play again. All the tech told me was that it HAD to be a software issue and that I should call Dell On-Call and pay them to give me the same bs answers. My display is totally shot for some reason and the whites look dirty and almost brown/grey and the brightness is just not the same. I know computers and this is not normal. Yet these people still give me crap. How do I get to the point of telling them that I've done everything and determined it is a hardware problem. I need replacements... I didn't buy into this warranty for this crap service. Please help.

BTW I sent back my system for repair... got it back... got bs hard drive
errors because it turns out they installed my motherboard wrong... had to send it back... and was without my 9300 for over 5 weeks! This system is causing wayyy too much trouble.

Wow I thought I had problems- Sorry to hear about your hassles. I'm done with Dell & there moron support team. The worse customer support I had to deal with- bar none. When my XPS2 dies it's time try another manufacture.
post #4 of 7
onlinechat is the way to go.

but filing a bbb complaint is good also
post #5 of 7
Honestly, if you want to avoid dealing with Dell support this is what you do:

Buy Premier warranty service.

What that gives you is a login to their premier site. from there you request what you want online, no chat. they assume all your troubleshooting is done already and you can request whatever you need. It costs a bit, but I know of no faster way to get your parts replaced. Period.
post #6 of 7
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Originally Posted by longlive Boo
onlinechat is the way to go.

but filing a bbb complaint is good also
I agree, and online chat gets you a copy of what was said so they can't say you never called... that happens. I always copy and paste the chat text to a document though until I get the email copy, once they didn't send me an email copy.
post #7 of 7
I've used the online chat to fix 3 laptops in the past 4 months with zero problems. Even used it to fix a cd-rw drive. The little spindle thing came off so they shipped me a new one.

-pc
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