On Sat, 20 Jun 2009, jus at krytosvirus.com wrote:

> Albeit 6 or 7 years ago, my last several experiences were similar. I had 
> bought a new power supply that turned out to not work and when I tried 
> to exchange it for a new one the guy said something to the effect "no 
> way. A bad power supply is like winning the lottery". He would not 
> accept my return. I eventually pushed enough and got someone else who 
> tested and confirmed it was bad. I didn't like spending many hours of 
> time convincing the guy I had "won the lottery" when I could have spent 
> it playing whatever game was big at the time. I pretty much moved all of 
> my purchases and referrals to Tran Micro. Ever since Paul Tran left the 
> business I stopped going there for the most part though I don't really 
> know anything about the new folks. I mostly buy from the interwebs now 
> anyways.


I don't know what experiences are usually like at Gen Nan, but I had the 
same problem as you with power supply failure.  I took in the computer, a 
guy looked at it immediately, agreed the ps was bad, he replaced it and I 
went home.  It was 20 minutes from the time I walked in the door until I 
walked out.  There was no charge because of warrantee.

I assume that "wining the lottery" meant that ps failure is exceedingly 
rare.  That guy was nuts.  I've lost several over the years and two were 
on machines I bought at Gen Nan.

Mike