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- From: toddi@mav.com (Todd Inch)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: DAK's short-wave radio ??
- Message-ID: <1992Aug26.202301.6754@mav.com>
- Date: 26 Aug 1992 20:23:01 GMT
- References: <1992Aug20.015425.14557@mel.dit.csiro.au> <BtAFnM.3ww@fc.sde.hp.com>
- Organization: Maverick International Inc.
- Lines: 29
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- In article <BtAFnM.3ww@fc.sde.hp.com> Gary Fritz <fritz@hpfcbig.sde.hp.com> writes:
- >The previous responses verify my General Theory of DAK: no matter how cheap
- >it is, you get (at best) what you paid for. DAK tends to carry low-grade goods
- >dressed up with Drew Kaplan's hyped-up ad copy.
-
- Although it is hype and I'm sure some stuff is crap, I've been very impressed
- with a Turbo Breadmaker II we got from DAK.
-
- Ours was a "refurbished return" from a disgruntled customer. To get these,
- add a "U" in front of their catalog numbers and save a few bucks.
-
- Also, there is a special close-out DAK catalog they'll send if you request it.
-
- Also, I really like my Ultralite notebook computer, although I bought it
- elsewhere and it's several-year-old technology.
-
- >(And, I wish someone would
- >throttle the guy until he learns not to start every sentence with "And,"
- >and "But,"!!! :-)
-
- AGREED! But, that is his "style." And, it drives me batty.
-
- >I have also heard rumors that DAK has gone, or is going, bankrupt.
- >Caveat Emptor.
-
- According to his letter (hype) on the front of the latest catalog, he's just
- having credit problems supposedly because the new management at his old bank
- cut off his credit line for no reason. But, :-) he isn't going out of business,
- he says.
-