Well you could go back to were you bought it... and they will say... ohhh no, no no... that's obsolete
Then you could tell them that the prescription law requires them to keep spares available for a three year period (used to be five) - They will then say... prescription what, and after you make it clear that you will not go away, they will call someone in power who might say one of two things
1. Sorry we do not have the board, please leave
2. We will try and get the board but no promises
in the case of (2) you might get the run around for a few months or you might get the board
In the case of (1) you can then take them to the small claims court, the info for doing this is a sticky on the off topic thread
When they get a letter of demand from you they might suddenly find a motherboard, but don't count on it, when they get a summons to appear in court, again they might suddenly find a board, but at a price... which you could turn down and say you would rather settle it in court, thank you very much
You might finds that in all that time, suddenly a cheaper board has suddenly become available and you can hop out at that point.... which might take a good few months, so if someone has a second-hand board it will save a lot of time and effort
Other than that, I have to say it is a pure show that the local dealers give to their customers, the bottom line is that it costs them money to keep items in stock, and companies are taxed on this , as it is counted as stock and therefore profit, there is however a very simple work around for this, and I am sure that most companies have got this sorted...
So at the end of the day what you have here is that someone wants to be rich, and if that means that they do it via the service department, well there you go, the great South African dream must be sort after, you need to have three cars, two or three houses so you can rent one out and live on that, have a business that runs its self, have a job that you do not have to do any work, and even have a sideline that gives you an extra income
Do you think I am being a bit un-fair to local dealers, well how many of them took back motherboards that had expanded caps that was clearly a factory fault
Rant over
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