Greek Apple Support Company Sues Customer For Complaining About Service

from the not-a-way-to-win-business dept

Wed, Jan 5th 2011 3:13am — Mike Masnick

A bunch of folks have been sending in this story about how Greek firm Systemgraph, which is an official support partner of Apple in Greece, is apparently suing a customer who complained online about the bad experience he had with Systemgraph. Apparently, the customer, Dimitris Papadimitriadis, brought his iMac into Systemgraph to be repaired because he had noticed "dark patches" on the screen. The company said it would clean out the machine and replace the LCD. However, after Papadimitriadis got the machine back, he felt the problem had become worse, not better. The company offered to try to do the fix all over again, but the guy no longer trusted the company -- and noted that under Greek law, he's entitled to ask for a refund or a replacement for the machine. Systemgraph responded by noting that since the machine wasn't bought through them, they weren't responsible for offering a replacement machine.

I actually agree that it seems like a stretch to demand a new machine from the repair company, but I'm not familiar with the specifics of Greek consumer protection law on the subject. Even so, what happened next is pretty silly on the part of Systemgraph. After Papadimitriadis wrote about his bad experience with the company, Systemgraph sued him for defamation, demanding €200,000 for damaging its reputation. Of course, it wasn't Papadimitriadis who damaged the company's reputation -- but the company's failure to properly fix his machine. And, in the long run, it seems like suing a customer -- even a disgruntled one -- is much more likely to damage one's reputation, than any random online review.

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Anonymous Coward, 5 Jan 2011 @ 3:51am

hrmmm
nope, hard to agree with you here.

he's making shit up to demand things he doesn't deserve so he can get a new computer for free.

he's attention whoring for profit, and needs to be sued to stop it.

that's no customer mike.
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- AJ, 5 Jan 2011 @ 4:02am
  
  Re: hrmmm
  I don't know about you Coward, but I make it a habit to purchase service from companies that like to sue their customers.
  
  /sarc
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  - Anonymous Coward, 5 Jan 2011 @ 4:24am
    
    Re: Re: hrmmm
    That's no customer.
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    - Anonymous Coward, 5 Jan 2011 @ 6:04am
      
      Re: Re: Re: hrmmm
      just because you keep saying it, does not make it true.
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    - Richard (profile), 5 Jan 2011 @ 6:32am
      
      Re: Re: Re: hrmmm
      That's no customer.
      
      You mean that you will have no customers.
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    - The Groove Tiger (profile), 5 Jan 2011 @ 1:11pm
      
      Re: Re: Re: hrmmm
      It's a space station.
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- Anonymous Coward, 5 Jan 2011 @ 4:13am
  
  Re: hrmmm
  I remember a sign up in my local chip shop to remind their staff that:
  "No one ever won an argument with a customer".
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  - Anonymous Coward, 5 Jan 2011 @ 4:26am
    
    Re: Re: hrmmm
    if you live by the motto: the customer is always right, you will always have bad customers that hurt your bottom lime.
    
    Treat good customers with respect. Do not give that same respect to people trying to rob you blind.
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    - Richard (profile), 5 Jan 2011 @ 5:01am
      
      Re: Re: Re: hrmmm
      Treat good customers with respect.
      
      Yes - and at the start ALL customers have to be regarded as good customers. You have to trust people at the start or you will soon have NO customers.
      
      It seems to me that this guy has a good case. He was sold a defective product and deserves a replacement not kust a repair that doesn't work.
      Probably his legal rights were initially against the seller - but the cost will all come back to the manufacturer in the end anyway - so these actions by the service agent are a waste of time and effort. What they are trying to do is to fob this guy off and get him to go away - it's a bad move that will backfire.
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      - Anonymous Coward, 5 Jan 2011 @ 5:19am
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: hrmmm
        If I walk into your store, and try to walk out the front door with all your merchandise, unpaid for, would you...
        
        a: offer to give it to me for free just to make sure I come back again.
        
        b: detain me and call the police.
        
        Treat your "customers" with respect. Not the thieves.
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        Gabriel Tane (profile), 5 Jan 2011 @ 5:39am
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: hrmmm
        What are you talking about? This guy wrote up a description of his experience. From what I could read in the translated copy of his write-up, he didn't curse, insult, or slander anyone. Is he stretching his interpretation of the law in insisting on a new computer for his troubles? Maybe. And the laws of his country will deal with it. But he's not trying to steal anything. And the point of the article is that a company is responding to negative press with a lawsuit.
        
        I really hope you don't lead the customer relations for wherever you work. I'd hate to do business with someone who assumes I'm a thief until proven otherwise.
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        Anonymous Coward, 5 Jan 2011 @ 5:43am
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: hrmmm
        You still haven't figured out who the customer is.
        
        Hint: It's not the guy demanding a free computer.
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        Gabriel Tane (profile), 5 Jan 2011 @ 6:31am
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: hrmmm
        So... the customer is the company fixing the computer? They're the only two parties here. Or do you mean the lawyer involved in the suite? The judge to review the case? Enlighten me... who's the customer.
        
        Oh wait! I think I got it... it's the guy who paid money to the company in exchange for services. you know... the very definition of a customer.
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        Gabriel Tane (profile), 5 Jan 2011 @ 6:36am
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: hrmmm
        And bonus: Go read the article... he never said he's looking for a free computer. Now, this may be a mistake on the part of Google translation, but it looks more like he's asking for the repair/replacement of the LCD screen for free since the service provider failed to perform as agreed.
        
        In case 3 clicks is too many: http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf= 1&sl=el&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fxxx.avclub.gr%2Fforum%2Fshowthread.php%3Fp%3D1382169
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        Gwiz (profile), 5 Jan 2011 @ 8:14am
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: hrmmm
        I'd hate to do business with someone who assumes I'm a thief until proven otherwise.
        
        Wait.. isn't that that standard operating procedure of the RIAA ans MPAA industries?
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        Gwiz (profile), 5 Jan 2011 @ 8:16am
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: hrmmm
        Errr... ans = and
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        Gabriel Tane (profile), 5 Jan 2011 @ 8:33am
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: hrmmm
        Yup... and that's why I hate (and avoid) doing business with them.
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        Richard (profile), 5 Jan 2011 @ 6:37am
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: hrmmm
        If I walk into your store, and try to walk out the front door with all your merchandise, unpaid for, would you...
        
        That scenario is nothing to do with the current topic.
        
        The guy had bought and paid for a computer. The computer didn't work.
        
        They tried to fix it - it worked worse after that.
        
        He asked for his money back/ a replacement. They refused.
        
        He took the case to the ombudman. The ombudsman will decide its merits.
        
        However in the meantime he wrote up his experiences factually on the internet.
        
        The company sued him for slander/libel. If they have a good case then I reckon the guy has a good case against YOU for what you have implied about him.
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        Joe (profile), 5 Jan 2011 @ 11:13am
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: hrmmm
        I gather you're not one who subscribes to that whole "reading comprehension" theory, are you?
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    - Richard (profile), 5 Jan 2011 @ 5:11am
      
      Re: Re: Re: hrmmm
      if you live by the motto: the customer is always right, you will always have bad customers that hurt your bottom lime.
      
      Suing customers is hardly a strategy that will help your bottom line - given the legal bill and the bad publicity.
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      - Joe (profile), 5 Jan 2011 @ 11:18am
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: hrmmm
        Just ask SCO how well it's worked out for them.
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    - Berenerd (profile), 5 Jan 2011 @ 7:42am
      
      Re: Re: Re: hrmmm
      I hate when my customers mess with my limes at all...after all I am a computer repair person, WTF are they doing touching my fruit...
      
      Also, AC, you are an idiot. I now wait for your lawyers to come and tell me I owe you money cause I cost you money.
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- Anonymous Coward, 5 Jan 2011 @ 4:24am
  
  Re: hrmmm
  Even so the right response is to send him packing not sue.
  More if he is only one people don't tend to believe sporadic rants, the instances when one person can really harm others is rare in this cases.
  
  Is like Mike suing you for posting your opposed view on some subject, like the one you just expressed.
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- Mr Claypole (profile), 5 Jan 2011 @ 4:28am
  
  Re: hrmmm
  He doesn't appear to be making anything up; he posted a bad review based on the fact that they failed to repair his product, and by all accounts actually made it worse. He then asked for a new unit, and they refused. If those are the facts, then how can he be sued for defamation?
  
  As for his rights under Greek law, I suspect it may be related to his insistence that they actually caused more damage to the unit while attempting to repair it. If they've further damaged the computer, perhaps Greek Law decrees that they should replace it entirely.
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- abc gum, 5 Jan 2011 @ 4:32am
  
  Re: hrmmm
  I wonder if there is any evidence to support your claims. If so, care to share?
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  - Anonymous Coward, 5 Jan 2011 @ 4:36am
    
    Re: Re: hrmmm
    lets see... hes trying to slander a service provider for not living up to the warranty sellers legal requirements, he refused to allow them to fix what might have been an honest mistake, and instead threw a hissy fit to get a new computer.
    
    what more proof do you need?
    
    oh, you want to see whether or not he "made up" the dark splotches? I'm sure alot of people would like to see this proof.
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    - abc gum, 5 Jan 2011 @ 5:20am
      
      Re: Re: Re: hrmmm
      To recap, here are two of your statements from above:
      
      "he's making shit up to demand things he doesn't deserve so he can get a new computer for free."
      
      "he's attention whoring for profit, and needs to be sued to stop it."
      
      Now you claim that he is guilty of slander too. I still would like to know if there is any evidence to support your claims. I'm guessing not.
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    - Gabriel Tane (profile), 5 Jan 2011 @ 5:51am
      
      Re: Re: Re: hrmmm
      Superfail.
      
      slander (noun)
      1: the utterance of false charges or misrepresentations which defame and damage another's reputation
      2: a false and defamatory oral statement about a person
      http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slander%5B2%5D?show=0&t=1294234946 (emphasis added)
      
      Libel (noun)
      a : a written or oral defamatory statement or representation that conveys an unjustly unfavorable impression b (1) : a statement or representation published without just cause and tending to expose another to public contempt (2) : defamation of a person by written or representational means (3) : the publication of blasphemous, treasonable, seditious, or obscene writings or pictures (4) : the act, tort, or crime of publishing such a libel
      http://dictionary.weather.net/dictionary/libel (emphasis added)
      
      So� I think you mean libel; but you�re still wrong. Both libel and slander have to be false information. Now, do you have anything that shows his account of the event contains false statements? I�d love to see it.
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      - Anonymous Coward, 5 Jan 2011 @ 5:59am
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: hrmmm
        you know that part where he says they owe him a new computer for having the audacity to try and help him?
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        Gabriel Tane (profile), 5 Jan 2011 @ 6:37am
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: hrmmm
        Go read my other response...
        http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110102/23281412493/greek-apple-support-company-sues- customer-complaining-about-service.shtml#c422
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        Richard (profile), 5 Jan 2011 @ 6:42am
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: hrmmm
        you know that part where he says they owe him a new computer for having the audacity to try and help him?
        
        You mean the bit where he asserted his legal rights...
        
        "I insisted that such computer ceases to be credible and relied on Article 540 of the Civil Code and section 5 of Act 2251, pursuant to which I have legal right to ask for a refund or replacement with my new PC under warranty. "
        
        Sorry - if you don't read up the background then you end up saying incorrect things.
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        Anonymous Coward, 5 Jan 2011 @ 6:52am
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: hrmmm
        hes demanding it from the warranty service provider instead of the warranty seller. its slander cause hes accusing the wrong party of not providing his legal rights.
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        Gabriel Tane (profile), 5 Jan 2011 @ 6:58am
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: hrmmm
        ~sigh~ It's not slander. It's not even libel. He hasn't made any false or misrepresented statements. Let me try to make this clear... sorry I can't use crayons in an internet forum...
        
        First, just so I don't have to keep typing "slander/libel", I'm grouping them under "defamation" since you can't seem to tell the difference between spoken and written (even though I gave you the definitions)
        
        Disagreement does not equal defamation. Reporting a disagreement does not equal defamation. Posting the factual accounting of an event DOES. NOT. EQUAL. DEFAMATION.
        
        Clear?
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        Anonymous Coward, 5 Jan 2011 @ 7:37am
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: hrmmm
        no its slander. its not libel. get over what you percieve to be the definitions and accept that forum posts are not publications they are akin to casual conversation.
        
        as such, it is slander and not libel. I'm not explaining this again.
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        Gabriel Tane (profile), 5 Jan 2011 @ 7:42am
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: hrmmm
        Unless you have something to back up your claim that a blog post or forum post is "verbal" and not "written", I don't care if you want to explain it again or not. Wrong is wrong.
        
        And besides which, it's neither. He did not make false or misrepresented statements. So it is not defamation, regardless of which flavor you want to claim it to be.
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        Jeremy7600 (profile), 5 Jan 2011 @ 11:33am
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: hrmmm
        I want to believe you are the biggest idiot to ever grace the internet, but I am sure someone will come along and prove me wrong (that there is a bigger idiot around)
        
        First of all, what you think in your head doesn't make it so. You are wrong. Man up and accept the fact.
        
        Second, "Libel is defined as defamation by written or printed words, pictures, or in any form other than by spoken words or gestures." (credit to dictionary.com, which also has a legal definition farther down the page.)
        
        ANY FORM OTHER THAN BY SPOKEN WORDS OR GESTURES.
        
        Do I need to print this out, roll it up and shove it up your ass? I think thats about the only thing that will get this through your head. Which is firmly stuck up your ass, so it will get their quicker if I shove it right next to your head (in aforementioned asshole.)
        
        And third, it has to be proven that what he wrote was false. So now you are in possession of all of the evidence from both sides and have made a judgement in a court of law?
        
        Get fucking real.
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        Nastybutler77 (profile), 5 Jan 2011 @ 3:55pm
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: hrmmm
        no its slander. its not libel. get over what you percieve to be the definitions and accept that forum posts are not publications they are akin to casual conversation.
        
        as such, it is slander and not libel. I'm not explaining this again.
        
        Hmm. Lack of capitalization and intelligence. Hey TAM, welcome back to Techdirt!
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        Gabriel Tane (profile), 7 Jan 2011 @ 1:27pm
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: hrmmm
        Looks like he really wasn't going to 'explain it again'. Thank god for the peace & quiet!
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        Richard (profile), 5 Jan 2011 @ 7:01am
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: hrmmm
        Do you know who the liable party is in Greek law.
        
        This guy clearly knows his law - down to the law sections.
        
        The fact is that between Apple, systemgraph and the original retailer someone certainly is liable. The three organisations clearly act in concert on many matters. For them to punt responsibility back and forth while the customer cools his heels isn't good business practice. The liability will be passed back to Apple in the end anyway so systemgraph may as well accept liability.
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- Michael, 5 Jan 2011 @ 5:52am
  
  Re: hrmmm
  Well, making things up seems to work just fine for you here doesn't it? I don't know how you have all this inside information about the situation, do you work for the company?
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- New Mexico Mark, 5 Jan 2011 @ 6:18am
  
  Re: hrmmm
  If we accept the premise that he's an attention whore for profit, how does suing him make things better? "Gasoline on a fire" comes to mind.
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Anonymous Coward, 5 Jan 2011 @ 4:43am

Really maybe they should do like Tunisia and just beat and kill those people.

Are you saying the guy doesn't have a right to a refund?
And if he complains and tell others how he was treated is justification to sue someone?

Right.
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Michial Thompson, 5 Jan 2011 @ 5:17am

"In his opinion" WTF
Assuming the facts are straight, he took it in for repairs, they did something and returned it and he feels it's not right, so they OFFERED to take it back and do more...

Seems to me they have done their part. They sold NOTHING, the did a repair and the guy feels it's no better than before. So they offered to make that right...

The guy needs more than a lawsuit, he needs a pipe upside the head for being STUPID... Then again little mikee feels the company should just cave in and give him exactly what he wants.... Because EVERYTHING should be free in little mikee's world...
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- Anonymous Coward, 5 Jan 2011 @ 5:22am
  
  Re: "In his opinion" WTF
  hey douche-nozzle.... He did not say the company should have 'cave in and give him exactly what he wanted' he is saying suing they guy is silly.
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- abc gum, 5 Jan 2011 @ 5:25am
  
  Re: "In his opinion" WTF
  Michial Thompson keepin it classy as ususal with the little mikee stuff.
  
  "A pipe up side the head" - seriously? What are you some kind of caveman? Welcome to the real world where such actions put you in jail, unless you are rich - are you rich?
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- Gabriel Tane (profile), 5 Jan 2011 @ 5:54am
  
  Re: "In his opinion" WTF
  Where's the [Everyone Point And Laugh At The Troll] button for this post? I guess that would be too big of a button... Maybe an acronym? EPALATT... hmm potential, methinks.
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  - Anonymous Coward, 5 Jan 2011 @ 7:57am
    
    Re: Re: "In his opinion" WTF
    I agree, they should have a Troll button besides the funny one
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redrum, 5 Jan 2011 @ 5:20am

Fix dark patches in an LCD screen?
That's the part that I can't get past. How would one do this? Either the screen is working or not. And if not, it's an easy and cheap job to replace the LCD. I just don't see how you can fix it though. They either did A) nothing and claimed to repair it, or B) they replaced the LCD with a unit that was worse/used/whatever. But that should've been pretty obvious to the tech who replaced it.

It looks to me like they were the ones who tried to pull a fast one, and then freaked when called on it.
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V, 5 Jan 2011 @ 5:31am

Idiots...
So, without knowing anything whatsoever, you pigeon-hole the guy into "attention whoring for profit"

Here's another scenario...

You take your car into the shop for an oil change. When you get it back, it runs extremely rough, the inside is stained with oil and one of the headlights is busted.

Would you REALLY want that company to do ANYTHING else to your car?

Sure, under U.S. law you couldn't demand a refund, but you probably WOULD want to take it to the dealer or other very reputable place to have it fully inspected to see what had been done AND you'd expect anything not related to the oil change to be paid for by the original shop, since they damaged your vehicle.

Companies try to get away with crap all of the time. For all your know, the guy got the computer back and half the screen was dark. That would make ME worry. Especially if I used my computer for my livelihood.

Let's get more facts before condemning either party.
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Anonymous Coward, 5 Jan 2011 @ 5:43am

This is so last week. Why are you re-releasing it?
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- Gwiz (profile), 5 Jan 2011 @ 1:58pm
  
  Re:
  This is so last week. Why are you re-releasing it?
  
  Your comment is so last year. Why did you re-type it?
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Anonymous Coward, 5 Jan 2011 @ 5:53am

What I am not getting is this: If he has a lemon computer, he would be addressing himself to Apple, not to the repair company. The repair company isn't going to give him a new computer just for the hell of it.

Remember, the computer was defective enough in the door that it was brought for service.

His demand for a replacement machine from them is stupid. That is the wrong place to take up the issue. Getting upset and posting an agressively bad review (and dinging them for not giving him a new computer) seems a little off the map.

It would be something he should have taken up with the Apple distributor, not a repair company.

I don't think this story is quite as cut and dry as TD is trying to make it sound.
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- Gabriel Tane (profile), 5 Jan 2011 @ 6:38am
  
  Re:
  Actually, this company is where Apple directed him. They are a licensed/authorized/whatever repair facility in Greece for Apple.
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  - Anonymous Coward, 5 Jan 2011 @ 7:14am
    
    Re: Re:
    It doesn't matter. If the computer is a lemon Apple is the to look for to satisfaction, not the repair place.
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    - Gabriel Tane (profile), 5 Jan 2011 @ 7:46am
      
      Re: Re: Re:
      Not quite... if this repair shop is who Apple says "go talk to them for repairs", then the repair shop is acting as an agent for Apple. This means they are considered the same entity in terms of honoring warranty and such. Now, of course, this is US law I'm talking about... I don't know that it's the same in Greece.
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Overcast (profile), 5 Jan 2011 @ 6:13am

Seems like just about anything to do with the 'human' side of Apple is full of fail.

DRM
Customer Support
Allowing people to use their own devices, their own way.

I have nothing personal against them, nor am I a Linux/MS fanboy - just the way it appears..
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NullOp, 5 Jan 2011 @ 6:24am

Yeah!
Most, if not all, companies would like to abuse their customers for not giving glowing reports on their service. It goes along with the "We exist therefore we are entitled to be successful and profitable" train of thought.
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Steve (profile), 5 Jan 2011 @ 7:34am

Sigh... Apple related posts
Is really is amazing to see all the harping back and forth and the trashing of the customer/Apple etc. If this was a story about any other computer company I have a feeling the discussion would have stayed (more or less) on topic... "Company Sues Customer for Bad Review". Should anyone really care about the small details here? The real point is whether or not it is a good business practice to sue your customers over reviews. What kind of results are they looking to achieve? Silence him? Chilling effect of others? In my opinion, the Streisand Effect is in full force.
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Grouch, 5 Jan 2011 @ 7:50am

"he's making shit up to demand things"?
"Systemgraph, which is an official support partner of Apple in Greece" (sic). Seems to me that this company is an authorized Apple retailer and authorized repair center. If this is so and Greek law provides the customer with guaranteed consumer protection. If first fix does not work then replace it. Someone needs to apologize to the customer for exercising his rights. Wish we had that kind of protection in the United States. Consumers do have rights. The computer was obviously, although not stated under warranty.
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interval (profile), 5 Jan 2011 @ 8:41am

Macs are indeed superior...
With a PC if you have display problems you get a new display for prolly less than $100, plug it in, and you're good to go.

The only way I would be slowed down by a failing display that that I can see is if my display (LCD, actually) is part of some other part of the system. Kinda like some Macs.
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- Gabriel Tane (profile), 5 Jan 2011 @ 9:09am
  
  Re: Macs are indeed superior...
  Hey Steve... here's your off-topic thread about "Mac this blah blah" and "PC that blah blah". :/ You had to say something, didn't you. ;)
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Anonymous Coward, 5 Jan 2011 @ 10:06am

stuck with the lime
quote:
"if you live by the motto: the customer is always right, you will always have bad customers that hurt your bottom lime.
"

I am still stuck with the mental images caused by the "bottom lime". What was the article about?
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- Gwiz (profile), 5 Jan 2011 @ 2:02pm
  
  Re: stuck with the lime
  I am still stuck with the mental images caused by the "bottom lime"
  
  Me too. I think I might need to clean the drawers in refrigerator out now. That bottom lime must be pretty nasty by now...
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Dushan, 6 Jan 2011 @ 8:45am

I'd love a Troll button.

And what is it with all this hostility against Michael Masnick? He never wrote that tangible goods should be for free. You start to wonder if trolls do get paid for fishing for emotions thus deluting the importance of a debate.

Personal attacts, Mr. Michial Thompson? Sad, very sad.
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