Even a replacement laptop has broken... twice... in a month...
You probably won’t believe this…
Just a few weeks ago, with the invent of PS2 classics on PSN I decided that I would be able to extend the website in to three distinct flavors, PSoneClassics.com for PSone classic news, PS2Classics.com, and PlaystationClassics.com with news and articles about Sony gaming products in general, sadly I’ve hit a bit of a hiccup, which can be seen to the right of your screen.
This, the laptop I’ve been running the site off, has committed suicide, long time readers of this blog probably know that I’ve had numerous problems with my laptop(s) coming from Asus. The first of which was repaired by the facility 6 times in 6 months before it was deemed defective, and then replaced with this unit you see to the right. Which was broken on first delivery, and after it being repaired for the first problem, it bricked itself (it won’t even run windows, it just goes to blue-screen) a month to the day after it was cleared by Asus to be in working order for the second time.
Legal battle
I have asked Asus for a full refund for the price of the laptop (original) because, not only because it was defective, but because they show an inability or unwillingness to repair it, even with replacement units being defective. Each time it was sent to the repair facility it went through Asus quality control. This quality control has since failed 9 times. Meaning that Asus is unable to service their devices, prompting my request for a refund.
I have spoken to the Canadian Consumer protection Agency, and they said if Asus does not comply and issue a refund that small claims court is the best way to move forward, the law stating that consumers are protected from buying defective products, and that they should be “of quality” considering the laptop(s) have broken 9 times, and the warranty “repaired” the units 9 times before, it is evident that these products were not of quality, and it would not be difficult to convince a judge of that fact. I’m not looking for huge damages despite Asus wasting my time with their defective products, just a refund.
Moving Forward
I have ordered a new laptop to be delivered to me from another company, Alienware, so I can keep up with the blog, and with a bit of gaming as well. I had to order this laptop now, before I received a refund due to the fact that I’m leaving on a two month business trip starting on November 15th, at which point I would lose the ability not only to blog for you nice readers out there, but to continue to work, and to communicate with friends and family. It was pricey but I hope it’s worth it.
I’ll try my best to keep everything going, and continue to work on this blog and building the new ones. (At the moment I’m working off my ancient desktop). Thanks a lot for your support, I hope this won’t slow down operations for too long.
Brennan (PSoneclassics guy).
November 2nd, 2011 on 2:46 pm
sorry for this setback, it will never slow me down!!! just makes me more eager to see what’s up!!
November 3rd, 2011 on 12:40 pm
That…sucks.
I recently got myself a new laptop, as well. I was going to go Alienware…then I realized most of the configurations were deep into the overkill department for what I actually wanted, so I got an Acer.
…And would’t you know it, on rare occasion it randomly reboots. I think there’s a glitch in the RAM.
Good luck with getting the refund, though.
November 4th, 2011 on 11:00 am
That sucks, I hope you get your refund.
November 6th, 2011 on 10:28 am
Dude, you really need to get laid. The gaming is one thing but who spends this much time talking about a bloody laptop? Shit happens man, and it’s shitty, but dude, really, go out.
November 6th, 2011 on 1:16 pm
Well, that’s a nice suggestion actually, but it’s odd that you would go out of your way just to make an account just to insult me about something. Well done though, it shows a great sense of maturity. I could very easily have made this comment disappear, but I made a commitment to my readers that I wouldn’t censor comments (unless they’re spam, which a lot of them are, no one wants to see people asking you to buy Air Jordan’s on the sites comments). I also made a commitment than I would keep people informed about the expansion of the website, and this laptop problem has made it a little tougher for me to do that, so I thought I would keep people informed.
As for thinking that I don’t go out, it’s pretty amazing that you make such an assumption because you most definitely don’t know me, and you most definitely don’t know my social habits or relationships. And making a comment account on a games website just to ridicule someone’s gaming habit is a little strange. Saying that I whine about a laptop “so much” is strange as well, considering out of the ten articles at the front of the blog, only one is about this problem.
Luckily most readers are quite supportive, I’m glad I have them as I wouldn’t keep writing if I didn’t. It seems like you’re lashing out on the internet for some reason, I hope that problem resolves itself soon, and that future articles of mine are more interesting for you.
November 6th, 2011 on 7:58 pm
…….Just wanted to point out to people that that guy is just some random jackass and not long time commenter and real Dan, me. Hopefully that was obvious anyway.
Makes me wish that you required account registration instead of just email, Brennan.
November 6th, 2011 on 8:35 pm
That’s a great suggestion real Dan, and I’m sorry I didn’t say overtly that he wasn’t you, I could see his e-mail and his ip address were different anyways, but I’ll get working on making a registration system as soon as I have my new laptop with me (which should be the 14th if Alienware man is to be believed), there should be some code I can borrow from someone. The way the commenting works though is that all first time commenters have to be approved by me, then they can post freely. I made that commitment that I won’t censor, so even against my better judgement I let this guy post. Looks like this commenting system is showing it’s limits!
Edit: I’ll also e-mail all regular commenters as soon as the registration system is up so you guys can keep your names if you want, and there will be no more impersonations.
November 7th, 2011 on 11:36 am
Sounds good, Brennan, and I’m glad you don’t censor comments. I don’t know why I let the impersonation bit bug me, I’m probably the one who needs to get out more, and the getting laid part of his post is good advice for almost anyone, even if giving that advice on a game website is kinda lame and immature.
November 7th, 2011 on 2:07 pm
sweet, good to know things are getting better, whoohoo!!! it would be good so i can simply sign in and just make posts.
November 7th, 2011 on 4:01 pm
for starters – Real Dan, yo, I’m sorry dude. Didn’t mean to throw it out there that it was you – Wasn’t even thinking. B-man, Yah! I’m an impersonator and yeah, I gave you some decent life advice. Call it immature, sure stuff dude. If I offended you, my bad. I probs shouldn’t be posting shit like that on here, but really, mostly, I don’t care. Pull up my IP address if you like – hell dude if you can work out where my IP address is around an operating system using code, props to ya. If you’re using programs to do that, on second thought, you might just have too much time on your hands or care way too much. Doesn’t really bother me either way. But either way, you’re totally wrong. I know who you are man, you’ve actually met me. I’m sorry if I offended you, and sure, maybe not the coolest thing to be posting on your blog, but clearly you spend A LOT of time on here dude and I just think you need to get out more and stop trying to feel important by making an identity on the internet through your blog. I’ve got friends with shit like this and they pull in decent money with google-ad sense. I just find it ironic that you talk about your blog writing as being ‘for your supportive readers’ when really I’d put down money that your readers are paying you some decent money by visiting your blog. Just my thoughts tho. I don’t even like Psone classics, I’m a ps3 guy myself. You have my word tho, no more posts from me. Sorry if I laid out any offense. Any responses to this won’t be read ladies! Peace!
November 7th, 2011 on 5:19 pm
Once again I didn’t censor the post, even though I could have. Too bad this person who obviously doesn’t have any idea of what they’re talking about (if they’re betting I make good money off this blog I’ll take that bet in a second!). As for the ip address it isn’t some tricky code, it’s recorded automatically and displayed in my account, if I wanted to get really tricky I’d go into google analytics and find out exactly where the ip address is from geographically, but really that would just be a waste of time. Obviously you have a grudge, and if you want to vent or insult wouldn’t it be better to do that privately through e-mail instead of on a blog that I write? It would be like me going to a get together of all your friends and telling you to get laid/and or get out more. As for that “life advice” you gave, I go out more than enough thanks. If you’re not going to post anymore best of luck to you. Sorry I merited a grudge from you.