Is OTHER wrong in the post ? POST : Let me preface this by saying that I'm not a computer or IT professional. I just know my way around a computer.

So about a week ago I was asked by my brother's gf to help find a laptop for university. I was given a list of specs and a budget. The laptops that the university recommended were under spec'd and over priced and from my experience, sometimes buying second hand or demo models give you better specs, quality and value. 

So the university recommended spending roughly 1800 USD ( I'm not from USA), which was more than she was willing to spend. I was asked to find something at around the 1200 USD price point, and so I started to check around.

I sent several options that were way better spec'd and closer to the 1000 USD price, but received no response. 

Fast forward to this week, I was sent a picture of the new laptop. Under spec'd and coming in at the 700 USD price point. 

Now I feel like they've gotten the impression that I was trying to mislead them by recommending a higher priced laptop even though it was had better specs than what was required and was lower than their budget amount. Kinda bummed out about it.

TL;DR was asked to find 1200 USD laptop, I recommended a good option at 1000 USD, they found a terrible one at 700 USD and may have the impression I was trying to mislead them.

