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- From: death@acca.nmsu.edu (The Grimm Reaper)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
- Subject: Re: FLAME: BORLAND TECHNICAL SUPPORT
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.234834.22688@nmsu.edu>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 23:48:34 GMT
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- rjrichar@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca (Bob Richards) writes:
- : Personally, I have been VERY flustrated with Borland's "free" support.
- : The lines have been impossible to get through plus once you do get through
- : you end up waiting roughly 20-30 minutes in long distance waiting to talk to
- : somebody. Once you do get to talk to somebody you are given all of the
- : obvious suggestions/answers.
- :
- : It's pretty said that when you are paying near $900 for a product that
- : you have to pay for "GOOD" support. BORLAND LETS GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER!!
-
- Besides the long distance waiting which I too find very annoying, their
- phone support, I believe, is excellent. About the answers they give: if
- they are correct, then who cares? If they aren't the answers you are
- looking for, then tell them that. From the price tag you mention I doubt
- you are using TPW, but my experience with the TPW support has been
- completely positive. When the support guy had no clue what I was talking
- about (File Man Extensions), he -called me- back the next day with the
- answer. That's customer appreciation.
-