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- From: mroberds@mcs213c.cs.umr.edu (Mathew C Roberds)
- Subject: Re: Packard Bell experiences and Best Buy service
- References: <C09IM0.DLK@news.iastate.edu> <1i66qsINN61s@ub.d.umn.edu>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 03:08:05 GMT
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- Organization: University of Missouri - Rolla
- Keywords: Best Buy service Packard Bell
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- Summary: Computers not the only things Best Buy can't fix
- Message-ID: <1993Jan4.030805.22449@umr.edu>
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- In article <1i66qsINN61s@ub.d.umn.edu> cbusch@ub.d.umn.edu (Chris) writes:
- >Packard Bell computers are POS's, they are junk dont buy 'em.
- > My father unfortunately bought a Legend 725DX (a 386 25mhz DX, I dont
- >know why they call it a 725????) and it is full of problems. First of
- >all the 3 1/2 in floppy died. (Waited 2 months for Best Buy (NOT!) to
- >return it fixed!!) Then a month later more trouble! When the computer
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- Best Buy's service isn't very good on other items either. I had an
- AIWA stereo bought from them, that I took to their local service center
- for repair...Paid $75 and they said they fixed it, a few weeks later it quit
- again so I took it back and paid more (about $30 I think, maybe more) waited
- about a week and a half and it STILL wasn't fixed right. Moral:
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- If you must buy expensive equipment from Best Buy, DON'T LET THEM FIX IT! Get
- factory service if at all possible.
-
- >He brought it to Best "BAD" Buy and had to wait 2.5 months for those
- >SOBs to replace the motherboard and hard drive!!! (Oh yea, when he got
- >it back, it lacked its 4 meg that it had!! Another trip to Bad Buy!).
- >A happy ending right? WRONG!!!! GUESS AGAIN!!!
- >--
- >-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Chris Busch cbusch@ub.d.umn.edu =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
- > C(o_o)) _ "The use of COBOL cripples the
- > (=) (_ -|- -|- is the mind; its teaching should,
- > --|-- language of choice. therefore, be reguarded as a
- > /^\ Protest the use of BASIC! criminal offense." -E.W. Dijkista
- >-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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