[sf-lug] bought used lenovo laptop with windows; never registered; can i request refund?

[Samir Faci]

It's technically possible to get a refund...but honestly... its
usually not worth the time and effort involved.
(I've never went through the process, laziness kicked in )

Also, keep in mind that whatever Dell, HP and such pay for windows
isn't the retail price.  I imagine on a $200
licence you'd get 50-100 back at best.



On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 3:19 AM, Michael Shiloh
<michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 12/27/2011 01:52 AM, Rick Moen wrote:
>>
>> Quoting Michael Shiloh (michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com):
>>
>>> I know it's possible to request a rebate for a never used copy of
>>> Windows on a new computer. How does this work with a
>>> used/refurbished?
>>
>>
>> Michael --
>>
>> I wonder if there's been some news in this that I hadn't heard since
>> 2002, but I honestly very, very much doubt there has.  I wonder if you
>> wouldn't mind reading the portion of this article that concerns 'Windows
>> Refund Day', here, as background:
>> http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/12/26/1040511127721.html  (Skip down
>> to 'Let's come to the Windows refund day in February 1999.')
>>
>> (In short, for reasons I discuss in the interview, sure, you can request
>> a refund on a new machine with bundled OEM MS-Windows.  You can't
>> usually get it.  For used/refurbished, you're all the more less likely
>> to succeed, as it'll be rather too easy to claim that you might not have
>> ever used the preload, but the original purchaser probably did -- or
>> some similar dodge.)
>
>
> Thanks for the pointer. Great interview!
>
> I'll go back to getting work done now...
>
>
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