Dell vostro V13 hard disk cable

I was a loyal dell customer for over 10 years. I ´ve bougt more than 10 machines for myself, my employees and family members over the years. My experience with the Dell Vostro V13 however made that I will not buy Dell again. I had the exact same problem as others described with the hard disk cable. The thing that angered me most is that Dell has discontinued this cable. The laptops are less than 18 months old and already you can´t buy essential parts. First of all it is a shame that an essential part breaks down after such a short while and even worse is that Dell is so disrespectful to its customers that they decide to stop making this part, knowing that the computer is useless without it.

I had to purchase a used hard disk cable on ebay for over 5 times the price that Dell sold the new ones.

I am really very dissapointed and will buy my next thin laptop or ultrabook elsewhere.