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- From: dawson@willard.UUCP
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Supra flame
- Message-ID: <BiksTB1w165w@willard.UUCP>
- Date: Thu, 05 Nov 92 19:28:34 EST
- References: <1992Nov3.134912.159@hsh.com>
- Organization: Willard's House BBS, Atlanta, GA -- +1 (404) 664 8814
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- paul@hsh.com writes:
-
- > In article <NJikTB2w165w@willard.UUCP>, dawson@willard.UUCP writes:
- > > I've been using a SupraFAXModem v.32bis (V1.200-C TR14-Jxxx-001 032) modem
- > > for about a month.
- > [stuff deleted
- > > I've been in line for the free H-ROM upgrade for over two weeks. Supra's
- > > tech rep assured me I'd have it by the end of the first week. Why should
- > > they make promises they damn well know they have no intentions of honoring?
- >
- > Stuff like this reminds me of the old cartoon that ends with the store
- > manager saying to the surly customer, "I've fired my employees, closed my
- > business, and I'm about to hang myself... NOW are you satisfied?"
-
- Pleased to hear you have a sense of humor!
-
- > I sent in my upgrade form two weeks ago, sat back (anticipating the WORST,
- > based on all the flames seen here), and was pleasantly surprised to receive
- > my ROMs last night. I received, in addition, complete instructions, a
- > supplement to the manual, and a li'l screwdriver to do the work. My Supra
- > works just fine, thank you.
-
- Glad to hear this too. I look forward, in eager anticipation, to actually
- having an opportunity to follow suit. Oh, BTW, it's approaching the end of
- the fourth week, and still no ROM....
-
- > Where do people get the idea that all of their orders will be in their
- > mailbox with tomorrow's mail?
-
- Could it be .... Satan!? Nah. It was from Supra. Their representative
- told me "by the end of this week." Or, can't you read?
-
- > Have some patience, for God's sake. Yes,
- > some delays are unavoidable -- but they REALLY don't do it DELIBERATELY to
- > p*ss you off. Really. Honest.
-
- What makes you think the delay pisses me? Really, it's not the delay, but
- it is instead the promise Supra's rep made, knowing full well they'd never
- be able to live up to it. Sound ethical to you?
-
- >
- > ------
- >
- > Paul Havemann, VP HSH Associates (201) 838-3330
- > Internet: paul@hsh.com Compuserve: 70410,3507 AOL: HSH Assoc
- > "Any opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the company."
-
-
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- dawson@willard.UUCP (Willard Dawson)
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