I agree, we need a timeframe (hopefully AT LEAST two weeks from the deadline). From my two e-mails to Dell's Canada tech support, it seems like Dell doesn't know when the problem will be solved for everyone.
The first message I got back on January 4 read:
"...Dell is aware of the issue with the website and are trying to fix the issue, we are gathering customers information for reference..."
"We hope to have this issue resolved in the near future."
I contacted them again a few weeks later, and received this response on January 29:
"the website issue is linked to Microsoft as they are the ones that are offering the upgrade to Vista" ...
"As this is not just a Canadian issue but a world wide issue, it is going to take some time."
I still applaud Dell for replying quickly despite the large volume of problems, but in both cases I'd still like more than "you might want to try it again". (I must've done that over 150 times already). I'd write a script to continuously spam my service tag to that site, but my guess is that'd result in an IP ban.
One thing you can try doing is contacting the phone # on the Dell VIsta Upgrade site and see if they can do anything... phone number to try is 1-866-634-7426
I have phoned and email them probably 15 times...and seldomly get an email or a straight answer from them...it's usually "Well I will send the request to tech support, then they will enter the service tag into the system, when they do they will call you to let you know, it shouldn't be much longer." So every day I try and sure enough it still doesn't work. AHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:smileymad::smileymad:
Another thing you can try is reading the FAQ's. Everyone of your questions has been asked and answered dozens of times. Maybe not the answer you want to hear but it is an answer.
The Dell Express Upgrade discs are due out by the end of March.
frontier204
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The first message I got back on January 4 read:
"...Dell is aware of the issue with the website and are trying to fix the issue, we are gathering customers information for reference..."
"We hope to have this issue resolved in the near future."
I contacted them again a few weeks later, and received this response on January 29:
"the website issue is linked to Microsoft as they are the ones that are offering the upgrade to Vista" ...
"As this is not just a Canadian issue but a world wide issue, it is going to take some time."
I still applaud Dell for replying quickly despite the large volume of problems, but in both cases I'd still like more than "you might want to try it again". (I must've done that over 150 times already). I'd write a script to continuously spam my service tag to that site, but my guess is that'd result in an IP ban.
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Message Edited by Damien29 on 02-03-2007 11:52 PM
Message Edited by Damien29 on 02-03-2007 11:53 PM
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