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From: rchampe@hubcap.clemson.edu (Richard Champeaux)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Mail Orders!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Message-ID: <7010@hubcap.clemson.edu>
Date: 10 Nov 89 20:51:20 GMT
References: <17829951@wZIu9Vm00WB4M32Ihe@andrew.cmu.ed> <936700002@cdp>
Reply-To: rchampe@hubcap.UUCP (Richard Champeaux)
Organization: Clemson University
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In article <936700002@cdp> mhershede@cdp.UUCP writes:
>
>I got a Plug 'n' Print for my Okimate 20 from the Software Shop and had a 
>lot of trouble doing it. It took 5-6 weeks witrh a credit card
>dit card (two phone calls from Colorado Springs!!).. finally got it last week.
>Initiallty the guy in shiipping told me thayt there was something wrong with 
>the card then something else.. anyway I don't kn
>ow if their system is screwd or if they don't have hthe things in stock 
>that they say they do..?????

This wouldn't happen to be the Software Shop in Worcester, MA, would it?  When
I'm not at school, I live in Massachusetts, about 40 minutes from Worcester.
I called the Software shop early this summer looking for a HardFrame 2000.  
This is the conversation I had:

ME:   Hi, do have a HardFrame 2000 in stock?

THEM: Yes we do.

ME:   Great.  How late is your show room open?

THEM: Uhm..  Let me make sure we have one. ...... I'm sorry, we don't have a
      HardFrame 2000 in stock right now.

ME:   Thankyou.  Goodbye.

I had been to this store before.  For all that they boast, it's a hole in the
wall in the basement of a run down mall in the middle of a run down section
of Worcester.  The guy I talked to is the manager/owner (at least he has a
little office).  His voice is easy to recognize, since its gruff and
he has a NewYork/Italian accent.  This guy was obviously ready to take my
mail order after lying to me that it was in stock.  My guess is that
"Yes, we do have that in stock" is their standard reply.  I had called 
quite a few other dealers at that time, none of whom had it in stock, and
they all said that Microbotics was slow shipping HardFrames and they didn't
expect any for 2 weeks.

This was enough to discourage me from dealing with them again.

Rich Champeaux  (rchampe@hubcap.clemson.edu)