Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!deimos.cis.ksu.edu!eecea!gordon From: gordon@eecea.eece.ksu.edu (Dwight Gordon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Ridiculous Problems with MS Mouse Message-ID: <843@eecea.eece.ksu.edu> Date: 19 Oct 89 11:57:31 GMT References: <111700155@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> <111700157@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> Reply-To: gordon@eecea.UUCP (Dwight Gordon,DU280,5600,) Organization: Kansas State University, Manhattan Lines: 23 In article <111700157@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> sac90286@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes: > > >>While I'm not condoning MS's refusal to just send you the replacement cord >>for your chewed up mouse, its position is quite usual for any supplier >>of any goods. > >Really? Since when did you have to ship your car back to detroit (or to >Japan) just to get a fan belt replaced? > :-) ON :-) :-) :-) My Sony VCR (which has been in the shop for 26 of the last 30 months) would probably have been fixed faster to have WALKED to Japan for want of a simple part! It serves me right for buying a VCR from a company that, at that time, advertised its quality. :-) OFF :-) :-) :-) -- Dwight W. Gordon, Ph.D. | 913-532-5600 | gordon@eecea.eece.ksu.edu Electrical & Computer Engineering Department | dwgordon@ksuvm.bitnet Kansas State University - Durland Hall | rutgers!ksuvax1!eecea!gordon Manhattan, KS 66506 | {pyramid,ucsd}!ncr-sd!ncrwic!ksuvax1!eecea!gordon