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- From: cfw@unixland.natick.ma.us (Christopher Wroten)
- Subject: Gateway 2000 Telepath Mess
- Message-ID: <1992Aug14.125738.6627@unixland.natick.ma.us>
- Organization: Unixland Public Access Unix & Think_Tank BBS
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 12:57:38 GMT
- Lines: 43
-
- I posted this article on Gateway 2000's BBS this morning (8/14/92)
-
- Sigh...
-
- /Telepath #99548 14-AUG-92 07:16
- From: Cfw
- To: ** ALL **
- Re: Watch out when altering your order!!
-
- I placed my telepath order on February 25. It was acknowleged by GW2K
- on March 5, so I was in the queue pretty early. On the same order I had
- requested an ATI Ultra Graphics card. In mid-June, I called GW2K and
- cancelled the ATI Graphics Ultra card part of the order. "No problem!",
- said the customer service person. "Your Telepath is still on order!".
-
- So, yesterday (8/13) I called customer service to find out why I
- haven't yet received the modem as I was told I would, having placed the
- order in March. To my absolute dismay, I was told that when I took the
- ATI Ultra Graphics card off the order in mid-June, GW2K actually
- cancelled the *entire* order and put in a *new* order with a mid-June
- order date; ie, I got bumped out of the queue, and that I now wouldn't
- be getting the modem until August 27 (sure.)
-
- Needless to say, I was *ANGRY* and indicated this to the nice lady at
- the other end of the phone. She spoke to her supervisor and told me
- that the mixup shouldn't have happened, it was their mistake, and that
- the supervisor would "see what she could do."
-
- This is just ducky.
-
- Dear Mr. Prez Ted:
-
- When someone asks me what I think of GW2K's business practices, I am
- not going to be kind. "Seeing what she can do" doesn't jibe with the
- guaranteed ship dates you promised. It's *YOUR* problem you changed my
- order date. I expect you to ship me a modem *with manual* TODAY by
- overnight express. That's what "she can do" ought to mean to you.
-
- "See what you can do" to remove the bad taste you are leaving in
- people's mouths by this fiasco.
-
- Christopher Wroten
- cfw@unixland.natick.ma.us
-