Class Action Lawsuit Against Toshiba

by Judi on Nov 14, 2006

Regarding the Toshiba Satellite® A70, A75, M30X or M35X notebook computers.

Taken from the official looking documents I recieved in the mail November 11, 2006.

If the court approves the settlement and you qualify as a member of the settlement class, you may be entitled to the following benefits:

- A 12-month Warranty Extention of your Toshiba Standard Limited Warranty for repairs, effective November 7, 2006.
- A $25 cash payment or a $50 credit voucher for use on toshiba’s website.
- A $35 credit voucher for use on toshiba’s website.

Your legal rights are affected whether you act or don’t act.

If you have one of these toshiba notebook computers, visit http://www.A70M30Xsettlement.com for more details.

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I quit counting how many times my toshiba went in for repairs, or even how many weeks I lost during those repairs. But I can say that every time but the last, toshiba “repaired” my laptop. Now, I’m not sure if we get a credit voucher for every time they fix it, but it “breaks” again, or if it’s just how many times they do nothing to it… regardless, for a piddley $25, $35 or $50 voucher to use @ toshiba, I thinks it’s useless.

I am so burned on toshiba, they’ll not get another cent from me - or anyone else I can into buying a different brand. I understand that defective models come out, but we, the consumer shouldn’t get burnt on the deal - as in this case.

I can continue to send in my laptop for repairs… but I’m not sure it’s worth the hassle of dealing with CS, (haven’t talked to them in 6 months.. is Eray still there?), shipping it, again and again. My guess is, toshiba is counting on people “getting over it” and moving on. I lucked in to my laptop last year.. it’s not easy for most people to come up with $1500 for a new one.. but it’s on my list for this next year. And it won’t be a toshiba model.

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toshiba problems

by Judi on Jul 17, 2006

I haven’t been on the computer much the past month or so. For whatever reason, my laptop was working almost perfectly for about 4 months, during January through the end of April. Once the warmer weather and oddly enough, the humidity, came in to play, I started having shutdown issues again. I propped the laptop up on blocks to let the air circulate better - it’s an overheating issue, I now realize. When that stopped being effective, I put a fan, an oscillating fan directly in front of it. By the end of June, it became so bad, I transferred all my important files to another computer and shut off the laptop.

I’ve come to accept that I will not be compensated fairly for my $1500+ laptop. Sadly, I’m now working on a hand-me-down pentium 3 that belongs mostly to my 5 yr old son. Recently surfing images at istockphotos.com took forever.. the whole computer bogged down. So much for having a fast, multi-tasking laptop to get the job done.

I did receive a letter about a class action lawsuit that a different law firm filed.. the results from it were less than satisfactory - so much so that most people wouldn’t receive a dime anyway. Because the letter said some information was classified, I am not reposting anything from it. The letter came from the firm in this thread Satellite A75 - National Class Action Attorneys though.

Thanks to all who keep sharing their experiences. I hope, eventually, to start hearing some positive results… but it’s likely just wishful thinking.

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Blank sidebox mod for zencart

by Judi on Jun 27, 2006

I submitted my blank sidebox mod to zencart’s download section. My mod was approved. It was a simple one, but I was excited!

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Zen Cart Blank Custom Sidebox

by Judi on Jun 24, 2006

I spent hours the past two days trying to find a way to create a custom sidebox for a friends new zen cart install. She wanted a place to add static buttons, that didn’t rotate. She also wanted more than one button displayed in the box.

After hours and hours, I found a mod that would work with just a few minor adjustments. Here is what I came up with:

Download Customizable Blank Sidebox - a Zen Cart mod.

Requires edits to 3 files:

> includes/modules/sideboxes/blank_sidebox_defines.php
In this file you can change the 2 instances that blank_sidebox appears - only change those words, writing the new wording exactly as it was written in the file (i.e. if it’s lower case, write it lower case, if it’s uppercase, write it uppercase). And change the header to whatever you want.

> includes/languages/english/extra_definitions/blank_sidebox.php
In this file, there are 6 places to chane the blank_sidebox text - remember, write it exactly as it was written originally.

> includes/templates/templates_default/sideboxes/tpl_blank_sidebox.php
In this file, change the blank_sidebox text once.
Add your information (i.e. links, buttons, images, text, etc) to the table.

Save each file, upload to the appropriate folders and activate it in the admin control panel under Tools > Layout Boxes Controller.

Questions? Leave a comment.

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