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  2. From: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
  4. Subject: Re: PC Connection, was: Re: Mail Order Hate Letter
  5. Message-ID: <1992Sep10.214900.16603@tc.fluke.COM>
  6. Date: 10 Sep 92 21:49:00 GMT
  7. Article-I.D.: tc.1992Sep10.214900.16603
  8. References: <1992Aug30.192913.25064@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> <11300025@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com>
  9. Reply-To: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
  10. Organization: The John Fluke Mfg. Co.  /a.k.a. The Gizmonics Institute/
  11. Lines: 26
  12.  
  13. In <11300025@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com> darrylo@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Darryl Okahata) writes:
  14.  
  15. >In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware, rwh@moose.cccs.umn.edu (RICHARD HOFFBECK) writes:
  16. >     What's really amazing is that they claim that you'll get next day
  17. >delivery (for those areas that support it) if you place your order by
  18. >3AM EST!  If I read their ad correctly, this means that, if I call by 12
  19. >midnight west coast time, I'll still get my package the very next day.
  20. >
  21. >     I haven't had the guts to see if this is really true, though.
  22.  
  23. I have.  It worked twice when I called at 11:30 PM -- had it by the
  24. afternoon.  Two other times it showed up the day after, but I have a strong
  25. suspicion that this is due to the morass which is our mail room.
  26.  
  27.                            "Besides, my first `real' book wasn't LOVE IN THE
  28.                             TIME OF CHOLERA, either, but that doesn't mean I
  29.                             should be satisfied reading CURIOUS GEORGE at the
  30.                             age of 35 just because I enjoyed it when I was
  31.                             five."
  32.                                            -- Jerry Boyajian
  33. ---
  34.                                         Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
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