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- From: shopsis@panther.adelphi.edu (Charles Shopsis)
- Subject: Re: Gateway vs. Austin questions
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- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 20:54:14 GMT
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- In article <slendt.96.726275567@unomaha.edu> slendt@unomaha.edu (Steven Lendt) writes:
-
- >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.
-
- I wish that were always true. I ordered mine 3 weeks ago and I'm still
- waiting. My credit card hasn't been billed yet and customer service won't
- return my calls.
-