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- Path: canterbury.ac.nz!cantva!misc1195
- From: Kenji Irie <k.irie@student.canterbury.ac.nz>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: _NO_ 030 accelerators Available!
- Date: 29 Feb 96 21:52:14 +1200
- Organization: University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
- Message-ID: <1996Feb29.215214@cantva>
- References: <1996Feb28.202826@cantva> <watchman.02f4@jericho.southern.co.nz>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: cantva-fddi.canterbury.ac.nz
-
- > Okay, lets get some FACTS straight...a friend of mine recently ordered away
- > for a Blizzard 1230...it took a week (this would have been in January) he
-
- A friend of mine ordered at Xmas, took 6 days.
-
- > got it from Gordon Harwood, on VISA...I, even more recently rang the Gordon
- > Harwood and ordered a Blizzard 1230, and was informed that there is a
- > current back order, and that they require a written order...well, with the
-
- There is a back order. Maybe due to the "apparent" 030 shortage.
-
- > usage of a fax machine (and someone willing to operate it during business
- > hours in Britain) you can get an order there and pay by VISA...
-
- Whats the point in accepting Faxed Signatures? As I said to the guy at the end
- of the line - Whats the point of having a written signature? ANYONE can forge a
- signature if you have the card. Besides, the adverts in Amiga FOrmat/Shopper
- say you can order by phone, and that really bugs me.
-
- > And I too live in New Zealand...
- >
- > The thing that annoys me about Gordon Harwood is that their fax machine
- > appears to be off when the staff are away which makes placing written
- > orders somewhat difficult when your 13odd hours ahead...
-
- I havent bothered trying to fax, as there is a backorder. i org ordered an
- Apollo 28 <And sold my ram board to help pay for it>.. That was a dud, so I
- need(ed) something straight away. A backlog of at least 6 weeks wasnt going to
- help me... Then again, every other bloody board is also unavailable.
-
- Am living on borrowed time until the Apollo arrives.
-
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