727-712-0382
they're still at it...
Plenty of other reports (JWSmythe, 2, 3) of the extraordinarily aggressive telemarketing scam that comes from "Quality Resources." They call your phone (in many cases, it seems, your cell phone) and claim that you've done business with them in the past. They have your credit card, even.
These are scary bastards, and my wife having just gotten a couple of very creepy calls from them today, we'll be trying to SMOKE them out.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
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Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Monday, October 02, 2006
LaCie Hard Drive - Works Lousy, but the support is Awful!
$899 for a 1TB Lacie "Bigger Disk"
Right out of the box, this drive gave me trouble. "Delayed write" failures meant that I could not move large file sets (folders containing ~100 RAW image files) except one at a time, otherwise the file transfer would abort. LaCie technical support was totally unhelpful, blaming the problem on vague system (XP Pro) errors, and offering no solutions at all.
So I used this expensive drive only as a secondary back-up. When recently it began to make intermittent grinding noises, and when some image files became corrupted, I assumed it had a bad drive sector. A request for support from LaCie yielded this:
"...we do not offer out of warranty repair. Most hard drive failure is due to mechanical components wearing out through normal use." They went on to suggest that I might remove the drive, and try installing it in another case.... but they don't sell empty cases.
What a crock. Turns out that every retailers comment site (amazon), reviewers (cnet.com) and blogs o'plenty have recognized that LaCie drives are just crap. Too bad for me I didn't learn a year ago! Thomas Hawk knew, but word just didn't get around fast enough!
$899 for a 1TB Lacie "Bigger Disk"
Right out of the box, this drive gave me trouble. "Delayed write" failures meant that I could not move large file sets (folders containing ~100 RAW image files) except one at a time, otherwise the file transfer would abort. LaCie technical support was totally unhelpful, blaming the problem on vague system (XP Pro) errors, and offering no solutions at all.
So I used this expensive drive only as a secondary back-up. When recently it began to make intermittent grinding noises, and when some image files became corrupted, I assumed it had a bad drive sector. A request for support from LaCie yielded this:
"...we do not offer out of warranty repair. Most hard drive failure is due to mechanical components wearing out through normal use." They went on to suggest that I might remove the drive, and try installing it in another case.... but they don't sell empty cases.
What a crock. Turns out that every retailers comment site (amazon), reviewers (cnet.com) and blogs o'plenty have recognized that LaCie drives are just crap. Too bad for me I didn't learn a year ago! Thomas Hawk knew, but word just didn't get around fast enough!
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