Laptops Acer 5740g , big trouble urgent help needed

rajeshjsl

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please see the update first for those who have already read this post at bottom of this post ,

Guys , i bought acer 5740g with 1 gb hd 5650 card on 23rd feb , but the new lappy had gpu fault (see this thread http://www.techenclave.com/laptops/acer-5740g-issues-must-see-160704.html) .

i gave it back to the acer mall dealer , he told he will take and check it on service center .

he gave me a replaced laptop saying that service center guys have replaced it , on 2nd feb .
but i found the replaced laptop as a used laptop and found its lcd screen degraded . i therefore thought to make complain to acer this time .
when i talked to acer support they told me that this current lappy is already under complaint on 13th feb of not booting problem .
and when i asked about the original laptop that i bought on 23rd feb (serial number enquiry) they told that no complaint has been registered !!

i asked the dealer and he told me that this replaced laptop is of his boss .

what should i do now guys ?

should i take this lappy and replace its lcd or should i lodge a complaint of my original lappy in acer and get it repaired . why should i pay 45000 for a used and repaired laptop ??

he has replaced my bill with this repalced one but i have the old bill (in torn condition as torn by the acer mall guy )

this replaced lappy is manufactured dated 5th jan and my new lappy (23rd feb) was manufactured dated 7th feb .

now the problem is , the replaced lappy is a used and repaired one (of his boss i dont care who used it but its a used one and repaired one too)
he told service center guys replaced my lappy in place of my new faulty lappy , but according to service center no complain has been lodged of my original lappy !! so how could service center guys replace it ?
the dealer is
COMPUTER GADGETS
MAIPAL CENTRE , DICKENSON ROAD , M.G ROAD
BANGALORE
also known as acer mall .

UPDATE
I went to the acer mall guy , i told him that you gave me a used laptop (as its complaint has already been logged into acer) , he told that no , its a box piece and was having operating system problems , service center guys gave it to us to give you .
i went to the service center , i told them you cant give me a used or repaired laptop or a laptop which is already under complaint under someones name , he was having only one reply "sir , this is not a used laptop and what problem this laptop is giving to you" .
i told my problem is that this laptop is already under complaint how can you give me , he replied with the same answer .

Now , my original 23rd feb dated buyed laptop was also there at the service center alongwith the replaced one .
service center guy told me that your original laptop has been registered under complaint on 9th feb on the name of the dealer under "dead on arrival case"
i told the service center guy that "if i get a dead on arrival laptop and i come to you and give you , you will have to replace it " he tells me that "sir , if a customer reports about this problem , we never replace the laptop , but if a dealer reports , we replace for them .
even i asked " my laptop is under warranty , if service center is unable to solve the problem , the service center has to replace with a new one from the company " he tells "we never replace for customer but only for dealers under "dead on arrival" case "yes but wen will replace the motherboard ".

before going to the service center , the dealer told me that the case of your original laptop has been registered yesterday and a new laptop will arrive within 15-20 days or one month from the company . he told you can wait and take the new laptop , but it will arrive on the name of the dealer .
i told that ok its not a problem if it arrives on your name but i want it sealed one , he told no it will be unsealed as its our product , i mean how can i trust them , they can give me another used laptop as all faulty aptops are registered in that service center on the same dealer name , mine new lappy as well as the replaced one was registered on the name of the dealer .i asked them at least you can give me a complaint receipt of my original buyed laptop . but they were deviating me from the topic and telling that this is not a used laptop its a box piece . i told them how can i believe you guys if complaint has already been registered abt this laptop in acer , the dealer said "its our box piece laptop its not used" . the same reply .

finally at service center when i was talking to my dad and telling him that the service center will give me a new laptop from company but unsealed , the service center guy replied "sir i will not give you unsealed laptop , its my guarantee , when the laptop will come i will call you , you come here and we will give you the sealed one and you will open it here." so i asked him for the recepit under my name , he told "sir the complaint is under dealers name so i cant change that , moreover on a customers name we dont replace laptops , but i will give you the recepit under his name " .

then i asked him to show me the complaint , i found the complaint under dealers name , he told me to sign there , i signed there , gave my email and phone number on the receipt , he gave me the back carbon copy of the receipt and told me to wait 15-20 days and he will call me and give me the new sealed lappy and will open the seal in front of me . i agreed . i asked him whether the head office has approved for replacement , he told me that the head office has approved for replacement but the shipment has not been fixed because its stocks are not available currently , it will come from pondicherry .
before this acer mall i had talked to another acer mall , they also told me about stock shortage and that it will come from pondicherry .
so i believed it . came back home now and typed this first . i will wait a max 1 month for the laptop to arrive . if it doesn't arrives by that time i will write a letter to the highest authority of acer or even visit them and tell this story . since i am a kiddo i donno what to write , you guys help me out .

tomorrow is my exams and i am running around bangalore wasting my time , i have suffered from a lot of mental harrassment .

so finally i am gonna wait 1 month for the new sealed lappy to arrive at the service center .
than i will tell what will happen .
is it possible that service center guy can put a fake seal on a box ? do they have seals ? (i know they have laptop back seals but do they have delivery and box seals ?)

it makes sense now that the dealer and that particular service center guy are mixed one .
one more thing :- i told the dealer that if a newly arrived laptop has a dead on arrival case he has to provide me onspot replacement from his stock , he totally refuses it !! wtf ??
in my opinion :-
Acer is a big shit , i mean they provide faulty laptops as new ones ! , replaced ones as faulty ones ! and tell that the replaced one is not a used one even it is already registered under a complaint !

whereas national call support tells "we never provide a used or under complaint laptop as a replacement to user , we only repair the faulty laptop"
 

vercetti

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Obviously the dealer cheated u....u are supposed to get a spanking new laptop or the card replaced...

get ur original, self bought laptop serviced .... chances are u will get a brand new lappy

And escalate the dealer fiasco to ACER or whoever concerned
 

H2O

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When you asked him about the laptop and he said its his boss you did not give him a price of your mind ?

Get the original Laptop file a report with Acer India about the showroom you got the Laptop back from. Goto Acer and get it changed.

I cannot understand why did you not blast the sales person out of the world.

Also please point out the name of the shop, maybe someone here might be knowing the dealer.

YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO GET AN ONSPOT REPLACEMENT FROM THE DEALER IF YOU HARDWARE STOPS WORKING WITHIN 7 DAYS OF PURCHASE.

Whether its LCD,RAM,GPU or ANYTHING.

Also I read that this particular model has some problem and Acer has called for a recall.

Link - http://www.newtechnology.co.in/acer-laptops-overheating-problem/
 

desiibond

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Didn't we tell you to get the support ticket number (complaint ID) first time itself. That dealer is trying to cheat you. If possible please post the dealer address and city so that we can make others avoid this dealer.

And warn that dealer that you will take the matters to consumer court if he doesn't get you brand new laptop. And be aggressive. he has no right to give other person's laptop to you as replacement. It's plain bullshit!
 

gauz88

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guys at acer are a bunch of freaks.. its been over 3 weeks that i was promised a new battery for my laptop and they are not sure if ill be gettin it this week either.

For a lappy like 5738 which is selling like hot cakes.. they dont hv stuff in stock.

If your dealer doesnt help you.Call up the customer care and threaten them with dire consequences.. just shout and abuse.. i waited patiently for 17-18 days..until i blew my lid.
 

rajeshjsl

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desiibond said:
Didn't we tell you to get the support ticket number (complaint ID) first time itself. That dealer is trying to cheat you. If possible please post the dealer address and city so that we can make others avoid this dealer.

And warn that dealer that you will take the matters to consumer court if he doesn't get you brand new laptop. And be aggressive. he has no right to give other person's laptop to you as replacement. It's plain bullshit!

he is going easy on me coz i am just a first year computer science student , i am a kid literally .

the dealer address is
COMPUTER GADGETS
MANIPAL CENTRE , DICKENSON ROAD , BANGALORE
its also called acer mall and they are authorised acer resellers .
i asked acer regional support , they tell me that this reseller is number one adn there must be some mistake , i mean wtf acer support taking their favour ??
 

vinodh89

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Holy fack ! I already own a Acer 5542 laptop, and i was planning on getting a 5740G Laptop...Now I'm :huh:
 

rajeshjsl

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actually the dealer is telling that the laptop which he gave me as replacement is a box piece which was repaired in service center due to OS going corrupt .

he gave me a repaired laptop as replacement and even insisting me that its not a used one , i mean wtf ??

i told him its a repaired laptop and you have not opened its seal in front of me how can i take it and he insists :- "its not a used laptop , its a box piece laptop" . wtf
even if i believe that its a box piece laptop , its a repaired laptop and he has no right to give me a repaired laptop . not he , but the service center guy gave him the repaired laptop to give to customer , wtf ? according to acer national call center , acer never replaces ones laptop with other repaired or under complaint laptop . how can the service center give another laptop that also used one ??

anyways , the service center guy has promised me that he will give me a new laptop (sealed one) after 15 days and will open the seal in front of me .
i asked for acknowledgement and he gave me the dealers complaint receipt having name of dealer on it and said me to sign there and give phone number , he told he cant change name as it is already registered under dealers name .

he has personally guaranteed me to give me a brand new laptop and open the seal in front of me .
i am waiting 20 days lets see .

the laptop has a case of "dead on arrival" hence according to service center , acer is replacing the laptop with a new one which the service center guy will give to me .
 

anfjavid

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he is going easy on me coz i am just a first year computer science student , i am a kid literally .

the dealer address is
COMPUTER GADGETS
MANIPAL CENTRE , DICKENSON ROAD , BANGALORE
its also called acer mall and they are authorised acer resellers .
i asked acer regional support , they tell me that this reseller is number one adn there must be some mistake , i mean wtf acer support taking their favour ??

You are wrong...

its also called acer mall and they are fraudulent acer resellers
 

amd999

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Its not a single incident but many customers are fooled/duped by similiar cases on recent times, nowadays the failure rates are high on all brands, and here the dealer cheated you.

Please email all the above incidents (on details)to acer India email id( after your exams).

i think that the dealer tried to dupe his old lap to you, he may thought that he can get another new from acer as replacement & he can sell it/use it later for more money than his currently owned one,The problem is that there is strong link between these sellers with company direct staffs so that they both makes manipulations on records as they wish !.

As per policy its thier duty to replace a DOA lap with 15 days.WHy you have to wait 30days !.You can easily file a complaint at consumer court too.

In this case as you are little (or more)expert in hardwares able to find that the replaced lap is used one, but how many customers are able to do so, and how many customer's are duped by these kind of things !! its still a mystery !
 

Joe

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you can't do much on your own now, cos these people are business men and they've figured that they can walk all over you.( no offense , but thats just how ppl are)
get your DAD to go and fire the hell out of them, throw his weight around , slap them whatever the hell you want for them to feel threatened.
One of my friends' father threatened a dealer who tried to swindle them like this, that he would pay and put an advertisement against them in the newspaper for the whole state, and the dealer ended up giving him whatever he wanted!