Is this really news????

[Spacecadet]

Man gets a refund without having to argue or threaten anyone for it:
xp refund

"I've cost Dell £50, not Microsoft, which is a slightly annoying," said Mr Mitchell

I guess that the BBC's Bill Thompson is right now on his way to the man's house to gently fellate him for an hour or so for sticking one up on the evil computer corps.

[MrsGoof]

the story of "Dell gives refund to customer based upon it's long running policy" doesn;t quite sound so good.

[Spacecadet]

i missed this:

Freelance programmer Dave Mitchell

The BBC really do pick the most annoying freelancers/contractors ever.
what the hell is £50 to a contractor?

[Spacecadet]

and even more shocking, this similar but perhaps more news worthy story didn't make it to BBC News:
the reg

[The Clown Beater]

Who needs a £50 rebate - you can sell the CDs on ebay for about £80!

[bogeyman]

Sounds like 'Mr Mitchell' is a sad little geek tit who gets his jollies by pretending he's given Bill Gates a sleepless night over his refusal to buy a copy of a Microsoft OS.

How does this stuff make the news?

[Spacecadet]

Sounds like 'Mr Mitchell' is a sad little geek tit who gets his jollies by pretending he's given Bill Gates a sleepless night over his refusal to buy a copy of a Microsoft OS.

How does this stuff make the news?

apparently he doesn't do windows or suits
http://www.iabyn.com

[The Clown Beater]

Sounds like 'Mr Mitchell' is a sad little geek tit who gets his jollies by pretending he's given Bill Gates a sleepless night over his refusal to buy a copy of a Microsoft OS.

How does this stuff make the news?

Oh lovely - one of them. I'd love to throw them all in a pit one day.

[Spacecadet]

That's a frightening piccie he's got there...

Makes one feel sympathy for the horse...

I hadn't seen that.. and now after seeing it I think i'll need a fair bit of alcohol to get to sleep tonight

[bogeyman]

apparently he doesn't do windows or suits
http://www.iabyn.com

Also...

At this point there should be lots of waffle about how brilliant I am, and about all the exciting things that I've done over the years, but there's no point, because you wouldn't believe me anyway

Well, he's right there!

What an utter tossoir - and a very ugly one at that.

Just the sort of clueless, yet opinionated jerk who gives IT monkeys a bad rap.

Actually, my chiefest chief hobby at the moment is fixing bugs in the Perl 5 interpreter.

Obviously no sex on the horizon then!

P.S. Hope he's checking his server logs for referrals