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- From: dvd@airmail.net (Wingman)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: USR 33.6 upgrade chip...problems with getting it
- Date: 22 Feb 1996 12:22:14 GMT
- Organization: customer of Internet America
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- Sorry Ryan, get in line BEHIND me! I ordered NOVEMBER 11. They said release
- date would be end of December. Then it was end of January. Now it's end of
- February and I am STILL waiting. I was finally told that since I ordered
- BEFORE THE ORDERING SOFTWARE was running, I got shoved to the bottom of the
- list.
-
- Right now, the chip is on backorder...for who the hell knows how long.
-
- In article <312BA41E.48A1@qns.com>, mccammon@qns.com says...
- >
- >I'm new to this group and am angry because I called USR
- >on 2/12 to place an order for the 33.6 upgrade chip for my
- >Sportster v.34 modem. I was told at that time that the "order"
- >would go out at 11 am that day. Since then, I have not
- >gotten the chip. I placed 2 calls to USR on 2/15 and
- >2/21 and both times I called the reps keep telling me a
- >different story in terms of when the chips will be released.
- >What I want to know is what the hell is going on there?
- >Why would one rep tell me that the order would "go out"
- >at 11 am on 2/12 and the two other reps tell me that because
- >of so many orders there is a backlog of 2 weeks? When I
- >called today...the "estimate shipping time" would be at least
- >another 2 weeks. Has anyone else had this problem before?
- >As I understand it, the chip was released last November...so
- >what's the deal now?
- >
- >Ryan
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