The PowerMax Experiment - Part 2

Once I committed to a deal with PowerMax, I got a few more e-mails. One was a simple invoice while the other was the obligatory “here’s all the rules”, some of which I don’t remember seeing until that point. According to the note, the systems being traded in had to arrive at their dock in 14 days; otherwise, the value of the systems would be requoted. If you had a “special order” where data needed to be transferred from your old system to your new one, then you had 30 days to get the system there.

Hmmm, we never used the words “special order” while talking about this deal; so, I’m not sure where I stand on that one. I am awaiting the new MacBook so I can transfer my wife’s data from her old PowerBook to it; I have no choice, fourteen days or no. I’d have some idea of whether I was going to meet that target if they had sent me a tracking number, but they haven’t done that, yet, and didn’t state they would. If they don’t send me one by Monday, I intend to ask for one.

In any case, I’m going to try to ship the iMac out to them today (Monday, 11/6).

The “regulatory” e-mail also contained a form they expect you to sign and include with the system. Essentially, it’s a declaration of the machine’s condition. You can almost miss the fact it’s a form because it’s buried at the bottom of the e-mail and the formatting does not break before you hit it. Anyway, I’ll make sure that it or something like it is included, even though for the iMac it means I’ll have to open it and reseal it.