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As Christopher Walken might, say: “Wowie, zowie!” Judging by this poor consumer’s situation, either Dell’s got the world’s most stupid or most sinister sales force on Earth. John Oates of The Register writes:
You’ve heard of direct selling…
Dell’s growth figures have long been envied by others flogging boxes, but a posting on a forum reveals just how they manage to increase sales so fast.
A poster on Digital Spy forum, normally concerned with Big Brother gossip and Freeview hacks, revealed that a friend rang Dell to buy two PCs. Then the naive punter asked Dell to sell him something to link the two machines so they could share files and a printer.
So Dell sold him a PowerEdge server.
According to the poster, his friend didn’t even know what a server was when he phoned Dell. We can only hope he does now…