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Doing a chargeback on a $2000 functional laptop seems like a bold move.
This is why we can’t have nice things.
I would agree, but said laptop isn't nice: there's nothing special to a Linux installed on a mass available OEM laptop after charging a "whooping markup" as said by FFP999 below.
I can second this. My Adder WS had atrocious build quality. The rubber feet fell off almost immediately. The charging port broke completely after a few months of normal use, was replaced under warranty, and then completely broke again. The fans constantly screamed even at idle, the case was floppy and creaky, the space bar cracked in half, and small bits of plastic repeatedly broke off.

Worse yet was the software. It would sometimes hang at random and never reliably woke from sleep. I've been using Linux laptops for ten years from a variety of manufacturers, most of which didn't officially support it, and my System76 had by far the worst compatibility.

Stay very far away.