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- From: slendt@unomaha.edu (Steven Lendt)
- Subject: Re: Gateway vs. Austin questions
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- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 23:12:47 GMT
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- In article <C0D9DF.9q5@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson) writes:
- >From: lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson)
- >Subject: Re: Gateway vs. Austin questions
- >Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 05:46:13 GMT
- >pastor@prc.unisys.com (Jon Pastor) writes:
- >
- >>I could not find a vendor that offered as much system for the money as
- >>Gateway. I wanted to; I had had an annoying experience with their sales staff
- >>in the past, and knew that tech support was sluggish. Zeos is a little better
- >
- >I bought my last Gateway system from them about 1.5 yrs ago and
- >I've been talking to them about a new 66V system and have noticed
- >something - they will NOT lower their price! The guy I used to deal
- >with would cave in with free shipping without me even trying! This
- >guy didn't seem to want to move at all. I'm going to try to call my
- >old salesman back and see if maybe it was just him, but has anyone
- >else noticed that they are more steadfast in their pricing? (I have
- >bought about 3 systems from that salesman over the years and always
- >got at least $200 off the total delivered price)
- >
- >One more thing - the lead time on the 66DX2 systems custom
- >configured is *3 weeks* !!! Jeez. I was going to order it today
- >until I heard that.
- I ordered my 66DX2 and got it 12 days later. It's like the signs
- at Disney Land that say how long the wait in a line is for a ride.
- Management says give them a big number and they feel happy when
- the get it faster.
- >--
- >David Lemson (217) 244-1205
- >University of Illinois NeXT Campus Consultant / CCSO NeXT Lab System Admin
- >Internet : lemson@uiuc.edu UUCP :...!uiucuxc!uiucux1!lemson
- >NeXTMail & MIME accepted BITNET : LEMSON@UIUCVMD
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