From: PDR on

"Ogden Johnson III" <oj3usmc(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "PDR" <peter.rieden(a)nospam.baesystems.com> wrote:
>
>>"BIC" <roller(a)pointbtinternet.com> wrote:
>
>>> "Michael Arm" <marm(a)pobox.com> wrote:
>
>>>> Anyone ever by scratch and dent from the outlet store. I have bought a
>>>> couple of laptops from the outlet store and have been happy with them,
>>>> but they were not scratch and dent.
>
>>> so if it does not have a scratch or dent you can send it back as
>>> misrepresentation.
>>>
>>> NOW I ASKED FOR ONE WITH A SCRATCH/DENT.............they never listen.
>
>>The scratches and dents are available for download and user-installation.
>
> I have never found that necessary with any computer I've ever
> owned, and have always been capable of creating my own scratches
> and dents - on the fly as it were.

True, but these are not certified as Vista/XP compatible, so you install
them at your own risk. In the event of any subsequent need to call Dell
Technical Support you will have to uninstall them to revert the system to
as-built standard before they can investigate your problem. I suggest
setting a restore point immediately before installing these non-oem
scratches & dents.

PDR