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		<title>Linksys Technical Support Fail, We Do Not Have That Information</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:47:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>A colleague of mine has received a linksys router and was having trouble with it on Vista 64, he contacted live tech support and this is the transcript of the conversation he had.  I&#8217;ve changed his name to Vim Fuego:</p>
Vinnie (46193E): Thank You for Contacting Linksys Live Chat Support. My name is Vinnie, How may I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A colleague of mine has received a linksys router and was having trouble with it on Vista 64, he contacted live tech support and this is the transcript of the conversation he had.  I&#8217;ve changed his name to Vim Fuego:</p>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Vinnie (46193E): Thank You for Contacting Linksys Live Chat Support. My name is Vinnie, How may I help you today?</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Vinnie (46193E): Hello John !</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Vim Fuego: Hi. Please advise where I can download a Vista 64 driver for the WUSB300N. On your support page  http://www.linksysbycisco.com/UK/en/support/WUSB300N/download, only 32 bit is mentioned.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Vinnie (46193E): Let me check .</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Vinnie (46193E): Thank you for your time and patience!</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Vinnie (46193E): I am afraid, we do not have drivers for 64 Bits</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Vim Fuego: When are they due?</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Vinnie (46193E): We do not have that information .</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Vim Fuego: You may want to have a look at  http://forums.linksysbycisco.com/linksys/search?submitted=true&amp;type=message&amp;sort_by=score&amp;advanced=true&amp;q=vista+64+WUSB300N&amp;phrase=&amp;one_or_more=&amp;without=&amp;f=subject&amp;f=body&amp;f=teaser&amp;f=attach&amp;f=labels&amp;page_size=10&amp;author=&amp;board_id=Wireless_Adapters</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Vim Fuego: I&#8217;m obviously not the only one looking for them!</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Vinnie (46193E): I understand you concern however we do not have that information .</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Vim Fuego: OK. I can take a hint.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Vinnie (46193E): Sorry ?</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Vim Fuego: Vista 64 bit has been around for a while now. It looks like you can&#8217;t tell me that you won&#8217;t be producing drivers for something I&#8217;ve bought which clearly states Windows Vista Compatible on the box. That is actually illegal.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Vim Fuego: There is no mention of 32 bit only.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Vim Fuego: Every other piece of hardware and software I have works&#8230; but not this one.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Vinnie (46193E): I will forward this to the relevant department .</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Vim Fuego: Will I hear something from the &#8216;relevant department&#8217; then? Who is the &#8216;relevant department&#8217; and how do I pursue this?</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Vinnie (46193E): When the drivers will be released you will get them on the linksys sites .</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Vim Fuego: So they are going to be released?</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Vinnie (46193E): As I told you earlier, we do not have that information .</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Vim Fuego: I asked &#8216;when&#8217; are they due, not &#8216;if&#8217;. There is a difference.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Vinnie (46193E): As I told you earlier, we do not have that information .</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Vim Fuego: Right. I&#8217;ll send the hardware back then. Whom do I contact re mis-selling within your organisation?</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Vinnie (46193E): We do not have any email address for that</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Vim Fuego: You don&#8217;t have contact details for a department in your own company? Interesting. Like I said earlier, I can take a hint.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Vim Fuego: The user feeback re Linksys on many sites seems to stand up then in reality. I&#8217;m certainly not impressed with being mis-sold something and wasting my time.</div>
<blockquote><p>Vinnie (46193E): Thank You for Contacting Linksys Live Chat Support. My name is Vinnie, How may I help you today?</p>
<p>Vinnie (46193E): Hello Vim !</p>
<p>Vim Fuego: Hi. Please advise where I can download a Vista 64 driver for the WUSB300N. On your support page  http://www.linksysbycisco.com/UK/en/support/WUSB300N/download, only 32 bit is mentioned.</p>
<p>Vinnie (46193E): Let me check .</p>
<p>Vinnie (46193E): Thank you for your time and patience!</p>
<p>Vinnie (46193E): I am afraid, we do not have drivers for 64 Bits</p>
<p>Vim Fuego: When are they due?</p>
<p>Vinnie (46193E): We do not have that information .</p>
<p>Vim Fuego: You may want to have a look at  http://forums.linksysbycisco.com/linksys/search?submitted=true&amp;type=message&amp;sort_by=score&amp;advanced=true&amp;q=vista+64+WUSB300N&amp;phrase=&amp;one_or_more=&amp;without=&amp;f=subject&amp;f=body&amp;f=teaser&amp;f=attach&amp;f=labels&amp;page_size=10&amp;author=&amp;board_id=Wireless_Adapters</p>
<p>Vim Fuego: I&#8217;m obviously not the only one looking for them!</p>
<p>Vinnie (46193E): I understand you concern however we do not have that information .</p>
<p>Vim Fuego: OK. I can take a hint.</p>
<p>Vinnie (46193E): Sorry ?</p>
<p>Vim Fuego: Vista 64 bit has been around for a while now. It looks like you can&#8217;t tell me that you won&#8217;t be producing drivers for something I&#8217;ve bought which clearly states Windows Vista Compatible on the box. That is actually illegal.</p>
<p>Vim Fuego: There is no mention of 32 bit only.</p>
<p>Vim Fuego: Every other piece of hardware and software I have works&#8230; but not this one.</p>
<p>Vinnie (46193E): I will forward this to the relevant department .</p>
<p>Vim Fuego: Will I hear something from the &#8216;relevant department&#8217; then? Who is the &#8216;relevant department&#8217; and how do I pursue this?</p>
<p>Vinnie (46193E): When the drivers will be released you will get them on the linksys sites .</p>
<p>Vim Fuego: So they are going to be released?</p>
<p>Vinnie (46193E): As I told you earlier, we do not have that information .</p>
<p>Vim Fuego: I asked &#8216;when&#8217; are they due, not &#8216;if&#8217;. There is a difference.</p>
<p>Vinnie (46193E): As I told you earlier, we do not have that information .</p>
<p>Vim Fuego: Right. I&#8217;ll send the hardware back then. Whom do I contact re mis-selling within your organisation?</p>
<p>Vinnie (46193E): We do not have any email address for that</p>
<p>Vim Fuego: You don&#8217;t have contact details for a department in your own company? Interesting. Like I said earlier, I can take a hint.<br />
Vim Fuego: The user feeback re Linksys on many sites seems to stand up then in reality. I&#8217;m certainly not impressed with being mis-sold something and wasting my time.</p></blockquote>
<p>These are the people who give tech support a bad name, as I&#8217;m sure you can agree its a #linksysfail.</p>
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