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- From: spira@panix.com (Greg "Sarcasm Is A Way Of Life" Spira)
- Subject: Re: Gateway2000 486DX-33 ??
- Message-ID: <C0IHBq.Dsq@panix.com>
- Sender: spira@panix.com (Greg Spira)
- Organization: Boo!
- References: <31405@nntp_server.ems.cdc.com> <41929@unix.SRI.COM> <1993Jan6.184346.26423@gvl.unisys.com> <41974@unix.SRI.COM> <1993Jan7.215645.14557@gvl.unisys.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 01:26:14 GMT
- Lines: 45
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- In <1993Jan7.215645.14557@gvl.unisys.com> pastor@prc.unisys.com (Jon Pastor) writes:
-
- >In article <41974@unix.SRI.COM>, wallcave@updike.sri.com (Steve Wallcave) writes:
- >|> You are correct, although Holly in customer service said it would cost more
- >|> to order separately, Glenn at gateway@aol.com said the following:
-
- >I repeat, I specifically asked my sales rep whether I could order, say, the
- >CD-ROM *after* I ordered my system, at the same price, and he said
- >unequivocally YES. I probably won't order anything soon, because I've spent
- >enough money, but I will expect to pay the current advertised price, possibly
- >plus a reasonable shipping charge, for add-ons.
-
- Gentlemen, you;'re discussing 2 different things. The CD-Rom is the same
- price with system as without. Mr. Wallcave, however, is talking about
- the Microsoft Sound System, which is a different price bought separately
- as opposed to when it's packaged with a system. And his customer rep
- wanted to charge him the extra $20 if it shipped without a system, but
- that extra $20 should only be charged when it's ordered without a system.
-
- >No offense to customer service, but I got very little useful or correct
- >information from them while I was waiting for my order.
-
- Very little is more than a lot of people get. Tech Support is o.k., but
- customer service seems to be out of it a lot. I would encourage most
- people here with a Gateway problem/question to deal with it by e-mail
- (gateway@aol.com) - the folks there are generally better than the normal
- customer service people.
-
- >In article <1993Jan6.230623.25374@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com>,
- >j_manning@csc32.enet.dec.com (John Manning) writes:
- >|> They either get the cards at a BIG discount
- >|> or they do not want to sell the machines without the video card...
-
- >Both of the above are probably true. I don't know for a fact that computer
- >hardware margins are as high as for, say, cameras, but it wouldn't surprise me
- >a bit. And I know that NY camera stores were selling cameras for *LESS* than
- >I paid for them, when I managed a small camera store; yes, retailing them for
- >below my wholesale. So it's pretty reasonable to assume that Gateway can get
- >great deals on mass purchases.
-
- Yup. And generally, the amount you get back for eliminating an item from
- a system you buy from them is equivalent to the price you'd pay to buy
- that item separately from Gateway.
-
- Greg
-