Microsoft Windows Refund Day is just around the corner By Wyn Hilty July 4, 1776. July 14, 1789. Nov. 6, 1917.
Some revolutions begin quietly-think one woman on a bus.
Others begin with hundreds of Frenchmen storming the Bastille. And some begin with one Australian trying to get a refund from a computer company-and expand all the way to Orange County. This latest uprising started with Australian resident Geoffrey Bennett. But when he purchased a Toshiba notebook, the retailer told him that the computer came with Windows installed. Not one to give up easily, Bennett says he noticed a loophole in his End User License Agreement for Windows, which stated that if he did not accept the terms of the agreement, he should contact the manufacturer for instructions on returning the software for a refund.