Years ago,
Leo Laporte "the Tech Guy" had carelessly given out the contact info for Michael Dell's office in Dallas. Armed with that info, I chased a few people around after being denied support for my Inspiron laptop,
which was still under warranty.
I ultimately received great service (new laptop, plus they covered shipping both ways). However, nobody should have to go through those kind of hoops to get what has already been promised and paid for.
As some of you know, my latest pump has been Apple. But if you're interested in a quality PC platform laptop, you might want to consider
Sager as your alternative to Dell.