What do we see here? One of these boxes is my brand new Dell Precision M5400 from a Latitude D830. Nothing wrong with the latitude, but there was a need for some lower-end laptops for a light usage group, so upgrades ensued.
We had purchased 8, so when the email came through from shipping & receiving saying that 16 boxes had arrived, it wasn't ENTIRELY unexpected - we have seen cases where the accessories are shipped separately from the laptop, so not a big deal.
After I moved all the machines from S&R, I started to tear into one of the boxes to get at my new machine. First box I opened had all the stuff in it. So did the second box. And so did the 3rd. By now, I was starting to think that I had received 16 laptops instead of the 8 I planned on.
Sure enough, checking with the paperwork, I did receive double the number of laptops I had expected. And the only difference was the PO - one document had the PO as CT1234 and the other document had the PO as CT0000001234.
Oops.
So I get to figure out how returns work with Dell. Except for the 3 that I've already opened, the rest of the boxes haven't been touched, so guess what I get to do Monday?
My oddball network problem has mysteriously disappeared overnight, which makes me think that it was more of a server issue than client. I mean, how do 4 or 5 clients have the same problem, and they all resolve themselves overnight? I don't think they do, to be honest.
Steve is away again on Monday, which in the end will be all-right - with all that's going on, I could happily skip the weekly marathon meeting and get on with fixing stuff.
Lots of running and guitar hero this weekend! Looking forward to it for some reason :)
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