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- From: cblaise@moose.uvm.edu.UUCP (Chris Blaise)
- Subject: Re: Borland charges before delivers
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.232113.12339@uvm.edu>
- Originator: cblaise@moose.uvm.edu
- Sender: news@uvm.edu
- Organization: University of Vermont -- Division of EMBA Computer Facility
- References: <1992Jul21.170432.5012@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 23:21:13 GMT
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- From article <1992Jul21.170432.5012@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>, by christ@cps.msu.edu.cps.msu.edu (Oliver Christ):
- >
- > The mistake was to go through Borland. I got my copy in 2.5 weeks
- > through a local dealer. Advice: The dealer probaly doesn't have
- > it in stock. Make them call their distributor to give you an exact
- > estimate of how long it will take to get the copy, don't just
- > "take their word" for it! Order times vary with dealers.
-
- My roomate who is a dealer for a small computer exchange/sale
- place down here is constantly preeming himself on how, as a dealer,
- he can get things faster than the average customer can. Case in point,
- the upgrade to the Ultima VII game. Origin was telling people
- to wait 3-4 weeks after sending in their orginals for the upgrade. My
- roomate had them back the next week...
-
- TTYL
- Chris
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