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- From: lozinski@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (The Shadow Knight)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.games,alt.sources.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.marketplace,comp.sys.amiga.applications,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Better misCONCEPTionS
- Date: 9 Feb 1996 10:06:42 -0500
- Organization: Virginia Tech Computer Science Dept, Blacksburg, VA
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- Hey all!
-
- This is also being posted to several other groups
- including comp.sys.amiga.advocacy, comp.sys.amiga.misc,
- comp.sys.amiga.games, alt.sources.amiga, comp.sys.amiga.marketplace,
- comp.sys.amiga.applications, comp.sys.amiga.hardware and several other
- newsgroups.
-
- I just wanted to warn you when dealing with Better Concepts in
- New York. They're an Amiga dealer and usually span a 2 page ad in Amiga
- Computing magazine each month.
-
- DO NOT ORDER FROM THEM.
-
- Why?
-
- Quite simply, it's been over 40 days now and they have yet to
- send me a working computer that I had ordered.
-
- Here's my continuing saga...
-
- I ordered an A1200 with an accelerator from them (the person who
- helped me was Craig) in December. They said they have the computer out
- within a week. I ddn't get it until January 16th or sometime around then.
-
- When I received my computer, it did not have OS3.1 that I had
- ordered. Who packs equipment and doesn't check to make sure everything
- you ordered is in there?
-
- So, I called them back up, I was moving so Craig couldn't send
- UPS to my place to pick up the package, I had to pay for shipping. He
- said they'd reimburse me. Fine.
-
- I sent the package off, they got it, put in the 3.1 ROMS and
- installed OS3.1. Then they sent it out. Craig said it was shipped out on
- a Thursday. The following Wednesday came and still nothing from UPS. I
- called and talked to a Peter. He gave me the tracking number, said he
- called UPS and UPS said it was en route. Now, I know he didn't call UPS
- because I called UPS as soon as I got the tracking number and they said
- there wasn't even an origin scan on my computer. So, how could it be in
- transit?
-
- They finally got my computer out February 2nd (a week later) and I got
- it on the 6th. Now, I open the package -- there's no OS3.1 disks (when
- you order an OS you should get the disks, right?!) like I had ordered,
- there's no reimbursement check, and sure enough now the entire keyboard
- is broken and does not work!
-
- I'm am going to post this message quite frequently to remind you
- Amiga Users who not to deal with until they finally get their act
- together and get me the computer I should have had over 2 months ago now.
-
- They also do not return phone calls so don't expect that either
- (nor email messages). I talked to a John during the supposed first
- shipment and he was supposed to get back to me several times -- never
- did.
-
- The last time I also talked to a Peter and he has yet to return my
- calls when I've left messages for him asking to call me back since he
- wasn't around. They have yet to do so.
-
- In the meantime, do not order from them. As of this posting, they have
- yet to do for me what they say they're going to do. I don't know what
- kind of business they run, but obviously this isn't first class. :P
-
- I'm still waiting for UPS to come and pick up my computer to take
- back to them. GRanted, I may be over reacting, but in my book it
- shouldn't take this long to get an order straight, especailly after two
- tries already. :P
-
- Dave
- lozinski@csugrad.cs.vt.edu lozinski@netcom.com
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