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- From: pastor@prc.unisys.com (Jon Pastor)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: Gateway2000 486DX-33 ??
- Message-ID: <1993Jan6.184346.26423@gvl.unisys.com>
- Date: 6 Jan 93 18:43:46 GMT
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- > I have been working with customer service to get the computer shipped.
- > (after wasting hours of time dialing, redialing and being put on hold)
- > Customer service is polite but powerless to get it shipped.
-
- Absolutely correct. They drove me nuts.
-
- > I ordered the system with many options, a fax/modem, soundcard, tape backup
- > and a CD-rom. The main problem appears that not all of the parts are in
- > stock at the same time. At various times they have been out of the tape backup,
- > motherboard, the sound card, and the CD-ROM.
-
- The problem was probably either the CD-ROM or the sound card.
-
- > They also will not ship parts to you later. They allow you to cancel parts and
- > then charge more to order them separately.
-
- Not quite true, I believe; call your sales rep and ask. I specifically asked
- my sales rep whether I could buy, say, a CD-rom later at the same price, and
- he said unequivocally "yes". I imagine that they'd charge additional
- shipping, and you'd have to install software yourself, but you should be able
- to get the stuff at same price.
-