CompUSA cheating on restocking fees, violating posted refund policies

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Perhaps, but there weren't any socket 370 desktop P-IIs either.
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Correct.

For the desktop, PII's were only available in Slot1 format. PIII's
were available in Slot1 & Socket 370. Perhaps the original poster
confused Celeron's (which were originally based on PII, later PIII)
and were available for Slot1 and Socket 370?
 
JB said:
Correct.

For the desktop, PII's were only available in Slot1 format. PIII's
were available in Slot1 & Socket 370. Perhaps the original poster
confused Celeron's (which were originally based on PII, later PIII)
and were available for Slot1 and Socket 370?
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That's possible as some either misinformed or deceptive suppliers used to
call the ppga Celerons a "P-II Celeron" and, at the time when slot-1 and
socket 7 were the 'common' motherboards, I can imagine that if someone saw
the new socket 370 with a "P2 celeron" in it they might mistakenly assume
the 370 socket was socket 7.
 
That's possible as some either misinformed or deceptive suppliers used to
call the ppga Celerons a "P-II Celeron" and, at the time when slot-1 and
socket 7 were the 'common' motherboards, I can imagine that if someone saw
the new socket 370 with a "P2 celeron" in it they might mistakenly assume
the 370 socket was socket 7.
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Point of Curiousity. The PII debuted in slot-1 cartridge, which was
made up of a circut card, the chip & a pair of memory chips along with
a slew of other smaller parts.

http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/19980503/slot1-02.html

What was the form factor of the PII on the slot-1? Was it what
eventually became known as a 370?

JB
 
JB said:
Point of Curiousity. The PII debuted in slot-1 cartridge, which was
made up of a circut card, the chip & a pair of memory chips along with
a slew of other smaller parts.

http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/19980503/slot1-02.html

What was the form factor of the PII on the slot-1? Was it what
eventually became known as a 370?

JB
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I've never looked to see what the pinout of the CPU carrier ON the slot-1
cart is but that wouldn't be 'socket 370' as it has the interface and
controls for the L2 cache that's on the card whereas the L2 cache is
'inside' the chip when it's socket 370. Socket 370 would be the 'socket
equivalent' of the slot-1 edge connector except there are still some
differences: VID4 is missing. There are some additional reset and power
sense lines that distinguish between ppga and fc-pga, etc.
 
I stopped shopping at CompUSA three years ago because their store in
Fresno, California, had attempted to charge me a re-stocking fee on
unopened goods. It is quite interesting to see that this has happened
to others too. If this has happened to others in stores other than
Fresno, California, it may be due to a store policy (written or
unwritten) which is merely being complied with due to the loyalty of
their agents. An employee of the store should be able to shed some
light on whether this is in fact, such a policy. If it is a policy,
then that would definitely open the door to a class-action suit.

Secondarily, I also stopped shopping there because CompUSA had the
nasty habit of detaining me upon leaving the store, without probable
cause to believe that I was stealing or attempting to steal, in order
to check the contents of the bag their agent had just handed to me
when I made payment, and which bag contained my purchases. I am
curious if this is still a practice at CompUSA.
 
George Gingo said:
nasty habit of detaining me upon leaving the store, without probable
cause to believe that I was stealing or attempting to steal, in order
to check the contents of the bag their agent had just handed to me
when I made payment, and which bag contained my purchases. I am
curious if this is still a practice at CompUSA.
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Then where do you shop?
Best Buy and Fry's do the same thing.
Only Circuit City seems not to check you on the way out.
Frankly I'm happy they stop and check then the
"Theft Tax" doesn't go up.
Xeno
 
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