Re: Dell's Slide
- From: "Hank Arnold" <rasilon@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 04:15:34 -0400
We recently bought two servers (PowerEdge 2800 & 2850) and a PowerVault
220S. We purchased the 3 year Gold service.
Had an issue on how to configure the 4 drives in the 220S as a RAID-10
array. Had to call twice. First time worked, but forgot to tell the tech
that I wanted RAID-10 and ended up with RAID-5. Second call (15 minutes
later) completed the task.
Both times, response time was less than 2 minutes, no indication of rushing
and support was excellent and spot on. Kudos to the Gold Tech Support. This
is why I always recommend Gold Support for production servers.....
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Regards,
Hank Arnold
"Al" <dvst8@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Not only that, if you pay the premium for CompleteCare, you still get poor
> telephone support.
>
> Maybe if Dell reduced there operating costs by eliminating the huge
> waiting times talking to India for support they could spend more on
> quality support techs who can answer the questions.
>
>
> "Quaoar" <quaoar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:JOadncli69hai0DfRVn-3w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Bill wrote:
>>> Want to know who is responsible for the slide in Dell's service? It's
>>> us, the customer. Dell is driven, like any other corporation by
>>> profit. How many customers really are willing to pay the difference
>>> in price for better tech support? Consider that number versus those
>>> who would buy Brand X if it were a couple of hundred dollars cheaper?
>>>
>>> If the market really wanted and paid that extra few bucks for Dell's
>>> once famous support, it would still be provided.
>>>
>>> My take on this is, Dell sees no value and perhaps a loss in its old
>>> tradition. Perhaps I'm out in left field. As long as now one else
>>> offers better support and a certain segment of the market is willing
>>> to chase a few extra bucks in savings we aren't going to see tech
>>> support quality any where.
>>
>> Warranty is a contract and the issues seem to be that Dell is having some
>> difficulty honoring the terms of whatever warranties are in force, for
>> whatever reason Dell has. Possible reasons are low product profit
>> margins coupled with any or all of deteriorating product quality,
>> increasing consumer expectations of performance, high level of product
>> returns, etc. Dell is also having to go the extra mile in coupons,
>> discounts, freebies, and the like in order to maintain both product
>> volume sales and total revenues in a market with falling product prices,
>> intense competition, and falling numbers of new computer purchases.
>>
>> I fail to see where the customer's choice of warranty model has any
>> impact on Dell's warranty service and support obligations.
>>
>> Q
>>
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