Naughty Hardware: CompUSA Optical USB Notebook Mouse

Elton Woo elwoo at videotron.ca
Thu Aug 14 16:04:19 UTC 2003


On August 14, 2003 07:07 am, David Woodhouse <dwmw2 at infradead.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-08-14 at 05:19, Warren Togami wrote:
> > Don't be careless like me and purchase three, open them all, only to
> > discover that they don't work in Linux.
>
> If it was sold to you as a USB device and it doesn't conform to the USB
> spec, then it is not fit for the purpose for which it was sold.
>
> Where I come from, you get your money back from the shop for that kind
> of thing. Opened or not.
I'm a bit surprised that Warren would puchase hardware without researching
beforehand. ... but we all do have our moments when we forget the basics!
Nevertheless, I would agree with David. I tend to believe that in the USA 
consumer protection and rights are even more forcefully applied than here
in Canada. ICBW, though...

Elton ;-)
(are you sure this "CompUSA" and  not "crapUSA"??)
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