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- From: rla@netcom.com (Robert Armstrong)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: U.S. Cyberlab (was Ranking the Electronics...)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec17.205705.7453@netcom.com>
- Date: 17 Dec 92 20:57:05 GMT
- References: <sehari.724185381@class1.iastate.edu> <1992Dec13.014432.1@ulkyvx.louisville.edu> <1992Dec14.055523.14417@athena.cs.uga.edu> <1992Dec14.182649.23247@icd.teradyne.com>
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- ardai@zax.eda.teradyne.com (Michael Ardai) writes:
-
- >Unfortunately, most of the interesting projects are from Nick Goss aka
- >US Cyberlab. I have tried (many times) to get a catalog from them, and
- >it has never shown up. If they can't send out a catalog to a prospective
- >customer (and I was planning to by about 30 kits for a kit-building
- >workshop with the Boston Amateur Radio Club), I won't send them any
- >money...
-
- I ordered a copy of "Extreme High Technology" (Nick's book) from
- them. After about a month they sent me a letter saying that "the
- book was so successful we need a second press run", and "it will be
- shipped in a few weeks." After two more months I finally gave up
- waiting on it.
-
- The thing that annoyed me the most was that they continued to advertise
- the book in "Computer Craft", soliciting even more orders even though they
- obviously could not deliver.
-
- Did _ANYONE_ get a copy of this book ??
-
- One thing that I will say in Nick's favor is that he did refund my
- money promptly and without hassle when I asked for it. That did make
- me feel a little better about U.S. Cyberlab.
-
- I guess I'd order stuff from them, but I'd do it COD :-) And I wouldn't
- depend on receiving it!
-
- Bob Armstrong
- rla@netcom.com
-