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From: buzz@tippy.uucp
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: ComputerLand (not as bad as I thought)
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Date: 22 Aug 89 02:04:00 GMT
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Nf-From: tippy.uucp!buzz    Aug 21 21:04:00 1989


>... I'm going there first next time.

Fine, just don't make ComputerLand your *last* stop!

I had a couple of interesting experiences with them back when the GS
first came out.  First, while being properly impressed by the sound
of the GS in a store in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, I watched a salesman
attempting to demonstrate a //c to a couple.  He was attempting to
hook-up a Color Monitor //c by means of the RF interface!  When I
suggested that maybe the RF interface wasn't necessary, he angrily
told me it was in a tone of voice which clearly said, "Look, I'm the
expert."  My response was to simply reach across the table, unplug the
video cable from the RF interface, and plug it into the RCA jack where
it belonged, resulting in the picture instantly clearing-up, a VERY
nasty glare from the salesman, and a snicker from the husband.    

A couple weeks later, I brought my then fiancee into the ComputerLand
here in West Lafayette, Indiana (home of Purdue University: Go Boilers!!
[Sorry, couldn't resist. :-}]) I had a saleslady repeatedly insist that
the GS upgrade for the //e would fit in my //c, despite my pointing out 
that the upgrade board clearly has slots while my //c does not!

I mean, here I am a novice, and I know more than these "professionals"!

My conclusion: Too many ComputerLand employees cannot tell a // from a ///.