Toshiba Laptop Dead in less then 10 months…

augh augh augh!

So I found out what MIGHT be wrong with my precious Toshiba laptop.  I took it to a computer shop near me, and they guy was like, ” I can fix it, but I won’t.”

Let me explain really quick what the issue is.  First know that my computer is less then 10 months old.  My screen goes black, then comes back.  It never actually shuts off, just the backlight goes out for a second, then comes back.  Well it has progressively been getting worse, and if I use it for too long it will go out, until I have to hold the screen a certain way, and keep holding it to view the screen.  Think foil and antennae.   Pretty hard to type with 1 hand!  But it is killing me!

So back to nice man telling me for free that he won’t fix it.

I say, “oh sweet.  can you tell me why?”  So I understand now why he doesnt’ want to.  Basically it is $50 an hour labor, and he said it would take at least 4 hours, and because the backlight wire either needs replaced or soudered back he wouldn’t be able to guarantee the work.

So I call Toshiba….They tell me it will be $425.  holy christ wagons, I could buy a new lap top for just a little more then that! Now mind you, I don’t use my laptop for downloading music, I use it for documents, writing, and photos for Prissy Green only.  Oh, and watching movies via hulu.com.

I haven’t been rough with it.  I don’t take it on trips. It stays on a table in our living room.  So the fact that a difficult piece to fix needs fixed kinda ticks me off.  I repeat, it is less then 10 months old!

So right now I am waiting to hear back from the nearest Authorized Toshiba Repair shop…. I am hoping if I smile pretty enough they will give me a discount.  It is just too close to Craig’s Birthday and Christmas to drop a couple to a few hundred.  It would have to wait until next year.  and that will make me cry.

So send some Laptop love to my Toshiba Satellite.  I am keeping my fingers crossed that it is a decent price!~

Karissa Gindling™ for Prissy Green™ ©