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- From: cpw8034@zeus.tamu.edu (ALAN CHIPIN WEN (409)693-2924)
- Subject: Re: Warning: A&M Computer Repair
- Message-ID: <29JUL199210003795@zeus.tamu.edu>
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- Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
- References: <Jul.28.21.48.58.1992.3758@remus.rutgers.edu>
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- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 15:00:00 GMT
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- In article <Jul.28.21.48.58.1992.3758@remus.rutgers.edu>, bachmann@remus.rutgers.edu (Dan Bachmann) writes...
- >
- >
- > In Amiga World magazine A&M Computer Repair advertises "Amiga
- >500 (Repair) $75 includes parts/labor 24 Hour Turnaround." I
- >sent my Amiga 500 in to be repaired. My complaint: it took over
- >three months to get my working Amiga 500 back and it cost me over
- >$160.00.
- >
- >The details:
- > I contacted A&M Computer Repair several times. I needed that
- >computer for some special work... they had excuses: "We are
- >waiting for your check to clear" - that was used for almost a
- >month; "It must have been sent out" - that was used for a week;
- >"We are so busy right now, we'll get it out by the end of the
- >week" - was the last one I heard from them.
-
- >the charge, I told them that I had already paid $75 for parts and
- >labor... what was this new charge? It was $9.00 for shipping and
- >another $75.00 for parts because it needed a more expensive part
- >(the part was a 1MB Fat Agnus witch I could have ordered for less
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >than $75 myself... some markup).
-
- While I agree that the 24hr turnaround was falsely advertised, you have to
- really take in consideration that no one can possibly fix all/any problem
- for $75 (even for a dealer on his own computer). Think about it... if this
- firm could really do everything for $75, what's to stop me from just getting
- a working amiga and switching all the good parts for defective parts? I could
- take the 3 1/2 drive, Fatter Agnus, Denise, Paula, 68000, etc and perhaps even
- a screwed up motherboard out and basically get a virtually new computer for
- $75... The advertisement obviously inferred minor parts and labor.
-
- I consider most Amiga owners to be of above intelligence so I can only assume
- that you MUST have thought this company to be SOMEWHAT flaky before you sent
- in your computer. No insinuations, just observation.
-
- alan
-
-