<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ="Msonormal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Dell to stand trial on 25th September in <?:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><ST1:COUNTRY-REGIoN w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on">China</ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGIoN><?:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ="Msonormal"><FONT size=3><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dell</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">将于</SPAN><ST1:CHSDATE Year="2006" Month="9" Day="25" IsLunarDate="False" IsROCDate="False" w:st="on"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">9</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">月</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">25</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">日</SPAN></ST1:CHSDATE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">在中国上庭</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ="Msonormal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Written and translated by: Daniel Yeh<O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ="Msonormal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Xiamen's Huli District People's Court has confirmed by Notice of Court Session that the class action by 19 Chinese consumers against Dell (China) Co., Ltd. will be transfer from a summary procedure to an ordinary procedure, and the first court session will be held on 25th September 2006. According to the “Civil Procedure Law of the People's Republic of <ST1:COUNTRY-REGIoN w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on">China</ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGIoN>”, a lawsuit of ordinary procedure should be concluded in six months starting from the date the case was placed on file.<O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ="Msonormal"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">厦门市湖里区人民法院已经发出开庭通知书,确认</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">19</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">名中国用户集体起诉戴尔(中国)有限公司的案件将</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">由适用简易程序转为普通程序审理,第一次开庭时间为</SPAN><ST1:CHSDATE Year="2006" Month="9" Day="25" IsLunarDate="False" IsROCDate="False" w:st="on"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">2006</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">年</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">9</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">月</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">25</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">日</SPAN></ST1:CHSDATE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">。根据《中华人民共和国民事诉讼法》的规定</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">,普通程序的案件</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">将在立案之日起</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">6</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">个月内审结。</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify" ="Default"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt"><FONT face=Arial>This class action lawsuit against Dell (<ST1:COUNTRY-REGIoN w:st="on">China</ST1:COUNTRY-REGIoN>) Co., Ltd. was received by <ST1:CITY w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on">Xiamen</ST1:PLACE></ST1:CITY>'s Huli District People's Court on 8th August 2006. <O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify" ="Default"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt">厦门市湖里区人民法院于</SPAN><ST1:CHSDATE Year="2006" Month="8" Day="8" IsLunarDate="False" IsROCDate="False" w:st="on"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt"><FONT face=Arial>2006</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt">年</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt"><FONT face=Arial>8</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt">月</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt"><FONT face=Arial>8</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt">日</SPAN></ST1:CHSDATE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt">正式受理了这宗集体起诉戴尔(中国)有限公司的案件。</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify" ="Default"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt"><O:P><FONT face=Arial></FONT></O:P></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify" ="Default"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt"><FONT face=Arial>This latest news was released by Mr. Guo Zhongfang, the lawyer for 19 Chinese consumers who have filed a class action against Dell (<ST1:COUNTRY-REGIoN w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on">China</ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGIoN>) Co., Ltd.<O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify" ="Default"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt">这条最新消息是由集体起诉戴尔(中国)有限公司的</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt"><FONT face=Arial>19</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt">名中国用户的代理律师郭中方先生发布的。</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify" ="Default"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt"><FONT face=Arial>These consumers say that Dell has not provided them with acceptable products as stipulated in the confirmed order forms. They ask Dell to refund twice the value of the goods as compensation and pay all the legal costs for the court proceedings.<O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ="Msonormal"><FONT size=3><ST1:CITY w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Xiamen</SPAN></ST1:PLACE></ST1:CITY><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">'s Huli District People's Court has originally requested both Plaintiff and Defendant to submit their proofs by 18 August 2006. The Plaintiff have submitted sufficient proof on time, while Dell (<ST1:COUNTRY-REGIoN w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on">China</ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGIoN>) Co., Ltd. has failed to meet the date and applied for an extension. As approved by <ST1:CITY w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on">Xiamen</ST1:PLACE></ST1:CITY>'s Huli District People's Court, the cut off date of proofs will be extended to be 20 days after both Plaintiff and Defendant have received the Notice of Court Session. However, till now Dell (<ST1:COUNTRY-REGIoN w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on">China</ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGIoN>) Co., Ltd. has not yet submitted any proof to the court.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ="Msonormal"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">法院方面给予原告和被告双方的第一次举证期限本来是</SPAN><ST1:CHSDATE Year="2006" Month="8" Day="18" IsLunarDate="False" IsROCDate="False" w:st="on"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">8</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">月</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">18</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">日</SPAN></ST1:CHSDATE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">,原告按时提交了充足的证据,但是</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">戴尔(中国)有限公司无法在规定的时间内提交相关证据,</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">之后</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">戴尔(中国)有限公司</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">申请了延期。经法院批准后,举证期限从原告和被告双方收到开庭通知书后延长</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">20</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">日,但至今</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">戴尔(中国)有限公司</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">仍未进行举证。</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ="Msonormal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>The problem was first identified on 26<SUP>th</SUP> June 2006 by a consumer who bought a Dell Inspiron <ST1:CHMETCNV w:st="on" UnitName="m" SourceValue="640" HasSpace="False" Negative="False" Number="1" TCSC="0">640m</ST1:CHMETCNV> laptop online. When the consumer tried to upgrade the <ST1:PLACE w:st="on">EMS</ST1:PLACE> memory within the computer, he found that the laptop was fixed with a T2300E CPU, not the T2300 CPU Dell marked on the order form.<O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ="Msonormal"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">这个问题最初是由一名在线购买</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dell Inspiron <ST1:CHMETCNV w:st="on" UnitName="m" SourceValue="640" HasSpace="False" Negative="False" Number="1" TCSC="0">640M</ST1:CHMETCNV></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">笔记本计算机的用户所发现的。当这名消费者想要升级计算机内的</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">EMS</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">内存条时,他发现该笔记本计算机内安装的是</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">T2300E CPU</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">,而不是</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dell</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">在订单表格上所标示的</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">T2300</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">。</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ="Msonormal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>The CPU Intel T2300E is US$32 cheaper than T2300, and it cannot support Intel virtualization technology. <O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ="Msonormal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>At first, Dell downplayed the significance of this problem, saying there is no difference for consumers using CPU T2300 or T2300E, and they will not reimburse consumers for the incorrect configuration.<O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ="Msonormal"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">起初,</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dell</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">对这个问题发表了轻描淡写的言论,声称消费者在使用</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">T2300</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">或</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">T2300E CPU</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">时没有任何区别,因此他们不会因为这个不正确的配置而对消费者进行赔偿。</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ="Msonormal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>As the situation deteriorates due to fast circulation of news on China Internet, more and more Chinese Dell consumers have become aware of this “CPU Gate” scandal and filed complaints to Dell (China) Co., Ltd. asking for refund of twice the value of the goods as compensation. On 10 August 2006 Dell has finally publicized a statement on its Direct2Dell, Dell’s weblog:<O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ="Msonormal"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">随着这个消息在中国因特网上的迅速传播而导致事态恶化,越来越多的中国</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dell</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">消费者知道了这件事并向</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">戴尔(中国)有限公司进行投诉,要求双倍返还购物款作为赔偿。</SPAN><ST1:CHSDATE Year="2006" Month="8" Day="10" IsLunarDate="False" IsROCDate="False" w:st="on"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">2006</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">年</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">8</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">月</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">10</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">日</SPAN></ST1:CHSDATE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">,</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dell</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">终于在自己的</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Direct2Dell</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">博客上发表了一项声明:</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21pt; TEXT-INDENT: -21pt; tab-stops: list 21.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1" ="Msonormal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>l</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=3><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We have acknowledged the issue, and we have corrected the error in all materials. <BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">我们承认了这一问题,并改正了所有文档。</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21pt; TEXT-INDENT: -21pt; tab-stops: list 21.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1" ="Msonormal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>l</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=3><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We have directly apologized to Dell <ST1:COUNTRY-REGIoN w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on">China</ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGIoN> customers who were affected, and also informed them of the difference between the two processors. <BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">我们直接向受到影响的中国消费者进行道歉,并向他们解释这两款处理器的区别。</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21pt; TEXT-INDENT: -21pt; tab-stops: list 21.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1" ="Msonormal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>l</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=3><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For customers who were not satisfied with these actions, we offered full refunds for returned T2300E-based systems. <BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">对于仍不满意的消费者,我们向消费者提供了退机全额退款。</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ="Msonormal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>What Dell (<ST1:COUNTRY-REGIoN w:st="on">China</ST1:COUNTRY-REGIoN>) Co., Ltd. has not mentioned in its statement is that its substation of CPU T2300 by T2300E without prior notice to and agreement with the consumers is in violation of “Contract Law of the People’s Republic of <ST1:COUNTRY-REGIoN w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on">China</ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGIoN>” and “Law of the PRC on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Consumers”.<O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ="Msonormal"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">戴尔(中国)有限公司的声明中没有提到的是,在没有事先通知消费者并得到消费者同意的情况下将</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">CPU </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">由</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">T2300</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">更换成</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">T2300E</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">已经违反了《中华人民共和国合同法》和《中华人民共和国消费者权益保护法》。</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ="Msonormal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>The late apology and the insignificant full refunds for returned T2300E-based systems are apparently not satisfactory to Chinese consumers who have much aware of their own legal rights than ever. <O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ="Msonormal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>As the first court session date is drawing near, people across the country and all over the world are fixating on the progress of this phenomenal class action lawsuit against Dell in <ST1:COUNTRY-REGIoN w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on">China</ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGIoN>.<O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ="Msonormal"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">随着第一次开庭日期的接近,全国乃至全世界的人民都在密切关注这宗在中国集体起诉</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dell</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">的案件。</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" ="Msonormal"><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">详细情况请关注<A href="http://www.suedell.net" target="_blank">www.suedell.net</A> </SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><edited><editID>yesunwei</editID><editDate>2006-9-8 20:23:25</editDate></edited> |