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- Subject: Re: Have anyone ordered computer stuff from mail order?
- Message-ID: <Bt8LBq.Gr1@acsu.buffalo.edu>
- Date: 19 Aug 92 15:17:22 GMT
- References: <199208111434.AA10027@tuna.wang.com> <11AUG199215050631@watson.bms.com> <1992Aug11.155602.1640@ucbeh.san.uc.edu>
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- In article <1992Aug11.155602.1640@ucbeh.san.uc.edu>
- yuanj@ucbeh.san.uc.edu writes:
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- >In article <11AUG199215050631@watson.bms.com>, zhang_h@watson.bms.com (HAO ZHANG) writes:
- >> In article <199208111434.AA10027@tuna.wang.com>, JULIE.KADASHEVICH@OFFICE.WANG.COM ("Julie Kadashevich") writes...
- >>>
- >>>Have anyone ordered computer stuff from mail order companies that
- >>>advertize in the back of computer magazines? I recently ordered
- >>>some SIMMs and was promissed 2 day UPS delivery. Now it is several
- >>>weeks later and still no SIMMs. The explanations I get on the phone
- >>>vary from "the guy who mails the stuff is sick" to "the guy who
- >>>took your order was fired and distroyed a lot of records before he
- >>>left". The prices for the SIMMs were good ($35 per 1M) -- is this
- >>>a reap off? Are these mail order places legitamate?
- I have ordered microcomputer stuff by mail several times,
- the quality and services have been good. I had to use the warranty
- once and it worked fine. I think the specific vendor you got has
- problems. Check alt.computers.forsale for comments about
- mail orders.
- Eleazar Puente
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