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- Path: sparky!uunet!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!msr113
- Organization: Penn State University
- Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 17:26:08 EDT
- From: Matt Richmond <MSR113@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Message-ID: <92249.172608MSR113@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Mail order company recommendations
- Lines: 30
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- Hi all. A few weeks ago I made a few posts speaking in favor of
- PC/USA as a PC mail order company. I promised to keep posting
- as to my dealings with them, in case any persons thinking about
- mail-ordering a clone would be interested. Well, my 486/33 came
- with a bad Diamond Stealth video card. When I called up tech
- support, which I had *no* trouble getting connected to, and
- talked with Ricky for < 5 minutes, I had a new Diamond Stealth
- on the way. It arrived in 3 days, and works flawlessly. They
- did want me to pay to ship the old card back, which I strongly
- objected to. We ended up compromising on this issue. Now I've
- found that the Stealth works with very few OS's besides Windows.
- Well, I mean you can only use the Stealth's S3 chip in Windows,
- not OS/2 or linux X. Being the impatient person that I am, I'm
- not willing to wait until drivers for these other OS's come out,
- so I decided to "downgrade" to the SpeedStar 24X. Not to mention
- the thought of 16 million colors really interests me. :-)
- Anyways, I call up Ricky again, and after 2, count them TWO
- minutes, I have a SpeedStar 24X coming my way, AND he's gonna
- refund the difference in price to my credit card. I think this
- time I won't complain about paying for shipping the old card
- back. :) Needless to say, I am *extremely* impressed with
- this company and would highly recommend them to anyone wanting
- to buy a PC. Their prices are very competitive, and their
- service outstanding. I believe their number is 800-886-8999.
- If anyone has any questions, feel free to e-mail me.
-
- --Matt
-
- Disclaimer: I am not in any way associated with PC/USA, just
- a very satisfied customer.
-