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From: truesdel@ics.uci.edu (Scott Truesdell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Cobra hard drive by Rodime
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Date: 31 Jul 89 17:39:00 GMT
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871323o@aucs.uucp (Oliver Oey) writes:

>Has anyone owned or seen the Cobra hard drive from Rodime?   

I think that these are a brand new product line for Rodime. The review
may have been based on a pre-release unit. 


> I have already phoned them twice.  The first time the lady said they were 
>waiting the shipment from Rodime to arrive on July 14 and the drives will 
>be shipped out to the customers right away.  The second time I phoned, 
>a lady said the same thing, only the date has changed to July 28.  And 
>she also promised to phone me when they ship out my order.  And my phone 
>has been quiet all day (July 28).

The person helping you on the phone should have mentioned my comment
above if it is indeed the case. Other than that, seems ok. 

Question: after all of the known problems with Rodime recently, what
prompted you to invest your dollars as a "quality control test site"? I
didn't read the review; was it really that glowing? I would have to let
many others prove any Rodime products reliable before I would even
consider them for anything. And I learned a long time ago about trying
to save a few dollars on sub-standard merchandise -- it ALWAYS ends up
costing more. 

Any thoughts on this from other netters?

  --scott

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Scott Truesdell