OT - Dell can kiss my hairy northern nards, Huh? Options

[soloracer]

I went to a family gathering in Montana for a relative of mine who is being shipped to serve in Iraq for two years. He mentioned that they had internet access over there via a wireless network and that he was thinking of getting a laptop. I thought it would be nice for the family to all chip in and buy him one. We could load it with pictures and our e-mail addresses and give it to him before he ships out.

So I called Dell and went through the ordering process. Right at the end I told them that it was going to someone who was being shipped to Iraq for two years. Their response? They cancelled the order!!! They told me that they can't sell to anyone who is taking it to Iraq because Iraq is on a banned list and that if the computer got in the wrong hands they could be held liable. I explained that it was going to a man who was in the military and they basically said that they could care less. WTF?? What do service men use over there for internet access? Two cans and a ball of string?

[SLITS]

Call me a redneck but if I can buy from an American company rather than some foriegn country, I will.

technically, germany was still controlled by the american forces in the '70s, so i think your precious little porsche could be called "American Iron" after all ...
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) Andy

His is "American Iron". The only thing left on it that is "German" is the basic tub (less fenders). It has "American" Fenders, Hood, Trunk (fiberglass) and American SBC and Ah Shit, I forgot about the VW tranny. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

Hell, I'll bet it won't respond to Achtung anymore and prolly pukes at the sight of Bratwurst.

Never understood why the Deutschers couldn't eat anything that wasn't stuffed into an intestine. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chowtime.gif)

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/mueba.gif) Ron (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rocking nana.gif)